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romanesque + byzantine + urban
Published May 4, 2012 art & architecture Leave a CommentTags: architecture, church, urban
Passing St. Bartholomew’s Church on East 51st & Park Ave while leaving a meeting yesterday. Romanesque and Byzantine style amongst mass urban-ness. Hear the interior is beautiful. Will check out one day.
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garden reflections
Published May 3, 2012 art & architecture , etc. , places , plants 2 CommentsTags: garden, pond
View at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Love the reflections.
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Good ol’ pandas make construction fun. You’ve been tagged by “love panda”.
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A little art deco for your day. As seen exiting while Grand Central Station.
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peeking empire
Published April 7, 2012 art & architecture Leave a CommentTags: architecture, empire state building
The Empire State Building as I head home from work.
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Current lobby art at the New Museum.
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framing a classic
Published April 4, 2012 art & architecture Leave a CommentTags: architecture, chrysler building, grand central station
Framed moment of the Chrysler Bldg and Grand Central Station as I walk back from a meeting today. Lovely.
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Miss going to the Urban Center for Books! It was the best little store for Architecture and Design Books. When will you come back???
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belvedere sketch
Published March 31, 2012 art & architecture , handmade , places Leave a CommentTags: belvedere castle, central park, sketch
A happy find. An image of an old sketch done in Central Park of Belvedere Castle from across the Turtle pond. Can’t wait till the weather gets nice enough again to sit out and do more sketching.
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Plastic spoon city @ Lafayette espresso bar!
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mies_126th
Published March 27, 2012 art & architecture , pop culture Leave a CommentTags: mies van der rohe
Mies van der Rohe’s 126th birthday via Google today.
sunsets & towers
Published March 25, 2012 art & architecture , desk views , etc. , places Leave a CommentTags: sunset, water tower, world trade center
Sunset views on Friday from a project in Tribeca my office is working on. Progress on the World Trade Center visible as well.
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towering over the park
Published March 24, 2012 art & architecture , etc. , places Leave a CommentTags: central park, towers
Tower spires and central park. View from 57th st. & 5th ave at the bottom of the park. Went to a meeting there yesterday and saw this! A great view.
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marimekko + spring + web
Published March 20, 2012 art & architecture , fashion , pop culture Leave a CommentTags: graphics
As I do love Marimekko, I have to highlight their graphic today marking the beginning of Spring on Google’s homepage.
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“the bear cat” by Peter Woytuk at 67th St. & Broadway
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“a kiwi” by Peter Woytuk. Sculpture at 72nd and Broadway. Part of Woytuk’s sculpture series along Broadway.
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oana’s art shop
Published March 14, 2012 art & architecture , handmade Leave a CommentTags: art, collage
I’m so excited to help promote my very good friend, Oana Barac-Matei’s new online art shop launch. She is a very talented artist and architect as well as a Cal Poly SLO alum (that’s how we met!). Her mixed media collage pieces are absolutely lovely and unique. 10% of the profits are donated to a group of 8 organizations that help better and enrich the lives of other less fortunate. As an artist/architect myself, I know how important it is to have art in your life and how much it enriches your everyday interaction with the world. This is a great way to have art not only beautify your life, but the lives of others as well. Show your support and love of art by visiting her art shop at: www.oanasartshop.com. She’s constantly adding new pieces so check back everyday.
Also as a special promotion, for the month of March readers and supporters of my blog will receive a 25% discount off your purchases. Just enter the code “nummynims25″ at the shop checkout. Offer ends March 31, 2012.
Here is some background info from the artist:
Art:
Oana’s Art Shop is a collection of one of a kind handmade collage art based on or using Oana’s illustrations. Pieces are colorful and whimsical and among other things, inspired by textiles and Oana’s architecture background. All are unique and arrive framed in a choice of black or white frames. Current sizes are 8×10 and 11×14. They look great alone or can be displayed in a collection. In addition, 10% of profits are donated to one of 8 organizations that give others a chance to live a better life.
Artist:
Art has long been a part of Oana’s life, both as creator and in experiencing other’s works. She got her first break at age six upon getting second place in her first coloring contest. Oana graduated with a degree in Architecture, her favorite classes always integrated art, especially collage. While working in the architecture industry in San Francisco, Oana realized how valuable art was to her. Oana began showing her City sketches publicly and continued collaging for herself, integrating more of it into her work. She’s happy to introduce Oana’s Art Shop, a combination of her collage and illustrations. Oana hopes the daily joy she gets in creating her art is passed on to you through her work.
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Climbing zip ties near Astor Place.
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lucky miao
Published March 8, 2012 art & architecture , etc. , pop culture Leave a CommentTags: cats, lucky
Good luck all in a line on 5th Ave.
Bring some luck my way please!
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Morphic glass and sheer stretch. Current installation in the corner gallery at the tip of the Flatiron building. I need to get in to glass forming. Melting plastic just wasn’t enough for me! Stepping it up.
“Shattered Debris Sheer Transformation” by Hu Bing
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an aerial perspective
Published February 29, 2012 art & architecture , etc. , places Leave a CommentTags: aerial view, city, new york city
floral xrays
Published February 28, 2012 art & architecture , plants Leave a CommentTags: art, flowers, xray
dragon dunny
Published February 22, 2012 art & architecture , cool design stuff 2 CommentsTags: art, cool design stuff, dragon, dunny, kidrobot
This is an amazing dunny! I wish I had it in my collection. Extra Large with an awesome design. Celebrates the year of the Dragon this year.
Who will get me one?…Currently available at Kidrobot in SOHO.
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Amazing ceiling finish and light fixtures at a restaurant in DUMBO at 108 Jay Street.
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chandelier roots
Published February 12, 2012 art & architecture , etc. Leave a CommentTags: art, grand central station
If only all trees had crystal roots. Always love this part of going to Grand Central Station. Nice entry piece to the market.
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8 spruce street_gehry
Published February 12, 2012 art & architecture Leave a CommentTags: architecture
Gehry-designed residential tower near Ground Zero. The back is so flat…
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paths
Published February 12, 2012 art & architecture Leave a CommentTags: art, art & architecture, guggenheim
Lit paths wrapping the Guggenheim spiral. Summer 2011
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graphical circles
Published February 8, 2012 art & architecture Leave a CommentTags: architecture, circles, facade
Really smart facade treatment with 2 sizes of standard tubing with intersecting flat bars. Easy retro feel. Located in the East Village I believe.
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keys x infinity
Published February 8, 2012 art & architecture , etc. Leave a CommentTags: architecture, art & architecture, facade, keys, locksmith
A really intense facade made of keys-appropriate for a locksmith.
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playing cards
Published February 7, 2012 art & architecture Leave a CommentTags: art, art & architecture
Wall art near SOHO.
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empire night shot
Published January 28, 2012 art & architecture , places Leave a CommentTags: empire state buiding, night
Night view of the Empire State from in front of the Church of Transfiguration on East 29th street and 5th ave or Broadway. Nice view when walking back from dinner to the subway last night.
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enchanted island
Published January 19, 2012 art & architecture Leave a CommentTags: art, lincoln center, metropolitan opera house, opera
Here’s a stealth shot taken (@ curtain call) of the opera, “The Enchanted Island”, performed at the Metropolitan Opera House [Lincoln Center]. I went on Saturday and it was fantastical! Notice the suspended mermaids!! The opera took you from land as well as down to Neptune’s kingdom under the sea.
A Baroque Opera in English that combines “The Tempest” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” together with music by classical composers like Vivaldi and Handel. Set design by Julian Crouch combines both built set and projections beautifully. The costumes were created with wonderful textures and colors. I really loved it.
Here are some images of the costumes and a few set design drawings found at the NYtimes site:
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climbing wall_nendo
Published January 19, 2012 art & architecture Leave a CommentTags: architecture, climbing wall, frames
aqueous fluoreau_mark mawson
Published January 6, 2012 art & architecture 1 CommentTags: art, colors, ink, water
magnetic faceted curtain_florian krautli
Published January 5, 2012 art & architecture , cool design stuff Leave a CommentTags: art, art & architecture, cool design stuff, curtains, facets, magnets
An oldie, but goodie. Rediscovered this project recently during an design inspiration search. Curtains laced with magnets making these extra sculptural and free form. Love the facets!
“Magnetic Faceted Curtain” by Florian Krautli
Still yet to go into production I think.
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