Archive

Year: 2008

Behind the Scenes at Lincoln Center

Behind the Scenes at Lincoln Center

Back in 2002, the hottest architects in NYC, Diller Scofidio + Renfro won the competition for a massive renovation of the Juilliard School and Alice Tully Hall, at Lincoln Center....
Pay Attention

Pay Attention

City cyclists are constantly swapping stories of near death by speeding vans or surprise car doors. Ellen and I often comment that ridding through LIC, Queens in the morning is...
Philly, the City of Cyst-erly Love

Philly, the City of Cyst-erly Love

This weekend Marc and I went to Philadelphia to catch up with my sister who was looking a colleges (yep, 17 year age difference). Marc went to school in Philly...
ADC Paper Expo — A Paper Waste

ADC Paper Expo — A Paper Waste

On Wednesday evening Emil and I headed out to the Art Directors Club's Paper Expo to pick up some swatch books missing from the studio's library and to indulge in...
Area 2 is Here!

Area 2 is Here!

I went to Barnes & Noble the other day and was excited to see the new Phaidon Area 2 by Ellen Lupton that just came out 2 days ago. Area...
Great Fake E-commerce Website

Great Fake E-commerce Website

You never know where inspiration will come from, a while back Marc's mom sent us a forward of a forward to a "hilarious" Dutch site. We all agreed it wasn't...
The Empire Pays Back

The Empire Pays Back

The other day our MINI's side view mirror cap was stolen from a big box retailer's parking lot. The most frustrating part was that we have reason to believe the...
Ohhh, Now I get it, fx = Effects…

Ohhh, Now I get it, fx = Effects…

Ever since we upgraded to CS3 this past January, I've been trying my hardest to memorize the new pallet icons in Adobe Indesign so that I can keep the palettes...
Neighborhood Love

Neighborhood Love

I stumbled across the Long Island City branch of Recycle a Bicycle, and it instantly made me happy. The workshop (where apparently they build the bikes) is located on an...
Eiertütsche – A Swiss Easter Tradition

Eiertütsche – A Swiss Easter Tradition

Thoughts after my first Easter in New York: You can't judge an egg-decorating kit by its cover; the results look different. I just had to introduce the Swiss “Eiertütsche” tradition...