I am still a New Yorker at heart, my six years there were a wonderful experience. And as I resign myself to life as an Angeleno (!) I can’t help occasionally getting nostalgic about all things New York. Here is an ongoing series I’m going to start- New York things I miss… sigh!
#1 The New York Weekend Style Magazine, in print
This is a fabulous T by Sachiko Akinaga from this week’s magazine.
Love this guy’s work:
I came across Todd McLellan’s work on the site: http://www.20x200.com/art/2011/04/old-typewriter.html
He says: ‘In my series Disassembly, I photographed old items that are no longer used by the masses and often found on the street curbs heading for disposal. All of the pieces I photographed were in working order. I found it very interesting that they were all so well built and put together with screws, not glue. These pieces were all most likely put together by hand. I envisioned all the enjoyment these pieces had given many people for many years, all to be replaced by new technology that will itself be rapidly replaced with half the use.’
An Indian Summer made me very nostalgic for all things Indian. The colors, art, embroidery, seasons, fabIndia, Anokhi, NID…This blogger (Bhavna) posts some very classy images of India-inspired interiors that she gathers from all over the place. With the right balance of color and texture, the ‘desi-ness’ of the design elements actually works! Lovely eye candy! The desi equivalent of Brooklyn based Grace Bonney’s blog, which I love.
New York (Brooklyn) based photographer Anna Williams has created a site to post material that she shoots without the constraints of client demands. She calls it The Voracity. ‘The Voracity is a personal project by photographer Anna Williams exploring hunger, consumption, and beauty.’ These are stills from the first issue called Miss Scarlet. Gorgeous, rich pictures, with incredible detail. The typography is nice too. The other three issues: Contropastasciutta, Princely Feast, and Full of love.
(Had to be New York!)
Her food and environments photography is superb too!
Nicole and Petra Kapitza: I read about these London based sisters in the magazine Upper Case a couple of months back. They run their own design studio and create picture fonts and vector illustrations that are unusual and cool. ‘Our objective for the shop is to create a source of inspiration for people as well as building up a continuously growing resource of high resolution picture fonts and illustrations for designers to use in their work.’ Nicole. http://kapitza.com
I’ve been consulting with Herbalife in Downtown LA for some time and helping them migrate some of their global packaging systems to the new brand initiative. Of late I’ve stopped whining about not being able to find good food/ prop stylists and food photographers here in LA! Reason, I found Andrea Bricco! She’s done some wonderful photo shoots for me in the last few months and is worth checking out. Her site: http://www.andreabricco.com
As we start to ‘read’ more magazines on our ipads, the medium of still life and food photography is taking on a new life. Some beautiful animated stop-motion/ type pieces on this site that Johnny Miller seems to have done for Martha Stewart Living, bringing his stills to life with music and movement.http://johnny-miller.com/Look under ‘Motion’
I noticed Finnish Design house Marimekko’s stuff at Crate and Barrel recently. C&B claim to have had a long relationship with the Finnish design house; surprised I didn’t notice earlier! The Marimekko website has some gorgeous prints that are as bold and contemporary, but seem like a bit of a departure from the classic floral / circles look that I’ve come to associate with the brand. Marimekko site: http://www.marimekko.fi
Crate and Barrel Marimekko Shop: http://www.crateandbarrel.com/the-marimekko-shop/
Hope Santa brings me one of their gorgeous trays or mugs or anything at all!
Found this site with some nice type work. Didn’t like all the pieces, this one stood out for me. Reminds me of some gorgeous bedcovers and cushion covers from FabIndia, back home in India!
My eyes hurt! Spotting this all over the city: the ghastly font Mistral is making a comeback in the poster of ‘Drive’. Why O why?
