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Entries tagged “NYC”
“There’s No Place Like Here: Brazenhead Books”
(via etsy, more info via Michael Seidenberg)
Artist Liu Bolin, has his body meticulously painted and photographed, creating the illusion of disappearing into various surroundings. The Beijing based photographer has a solo exhibition on view at the Eli Klein Fine Art gallery in NYC through August 28th, 2011. The Invisible Man show “continues his exploration of Chinese national identity and the relationship between human beings and the environment…”
But, Liu Bolin may also be spotted around the city, interacting with the New York landscape. In the video above (shared by Wooster Collective), Liu Bolin blends into a Kenny Scharf mural as part of a new live performance piece.
(photo of Liu Bolin blending into racks of magazines via Daily Mail / Barcroft Media)
source info for photo: “…Empire State Building in rainbow colors as provided to NewYorkology on June 23 by the Edelman PR firm, which handles corporate communications for the skyscraper’s owners. Fog is actually obscuring the building tonight.” —NewYorkology
New York passes Same Sex Marriage bill : 33-29
Smurf happens…
new trailer and film posters for The Smurfs movie, due in theaters August 3rd, 2011.
“Judging Books by their Covers”
CBS Sunday Morning takes an inside look into the book publishing industry, specifically contemporary book cover design. There’s a peak into one of Grand Central’s jacket design meetings with Publisher Jamie Raab and Creative Director Anne Twomey, a flash of international variations for the Twilight book cover, a visit with Peter Mendelsund at Knopf, generalizations on design trends for various genres, a focus on large book publishers based in New York City, and a short history of the dust jacket explained by a curator of rare books at the New York Public Library.
“Cooper-Hewitt Opens Kiosk in Grand Central”
(photo credit: Fred R. Conrad via NYTimes)
10 decades of New York City’s subway system
(slideshow via The New York Times)
photos from an in progress MOMA mural on Mulberry street
(hand-painted by colossal media)
D’Espresso, a cafe with an upside-down ‘Library’
The quirky and slightly dizzying new space was designed by Anurag Nama with the nemaworkshop.
silly posters spotted in New York City to promote the new Comedy Central series, Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time
The World Trade Center c. 1973
(photograph by Wil Blanche, via The U.S. National Archives)
Congrats to David Karp and the Tumblr team.
GPOYW, Time Out
I am beyond flattered.
Allison Orenstein took some absolutely brilliant photos of Tumblr HQ!
(via fredseibert)
