Design Miami Basel 2012 Arrives
Ron Gilad's Glass Tube Bench Design Miami/ Basel kicks off today. Even if you can’t make your way to the Swiss city of the moment, the fair’s Design Log is updating regularly with snappy pieces about...
View ArticleNew York Close Up: Take Two (Snap)!
The Armory Show and Art21 are presenting a public screening next Monday, June 18, as they initiate year two of the outdoor summer film festival they’ve dubbed New York Close Up. This, the second...
View ArticlePlaying with Fire: Studio Glass at MAD
"Breathing Glass" by Sandy Skoglund, a Cibachrome photograph of an installation. Photo courtesy of the artist. The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City has an exhibition on view through...
View ArticleDirty Pierre’s: A Diamond in the Rough
Station Square, Forest Hills Gardens, New York There is a sign amidst curling photographs and faded beer labels on the beer cooler—the most prominent feature in Dirty Pierre’s bar and restaurant—that...
View ArticleGallery Hopping in Miami (in NYC)
Designer Justin Shaulis and Karen Shaulis, in vintage Dior, during the Holiday House NYC gala. Several weeks ago, I attended the press preview and opening gala of the Holiday House NYC. The array of...
View ArticleApproaching a Big City and Our Social Media Selves
House by the Railroad, 1925, by Edward Hopper. Approaching a Big City by Train For those of us who live in New York City and choose not to own cars, summer often finds us on a litany of trains—the...
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