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    FILMography
Photographer Christopher Moloney juxtoposes classic movie stills with their modern-day locations.



(above films: Annie Hall (1977), Leon the Professional (1994), via Design Observer)

    FILMography

    Photographer Christopher Moloney juxtoposes classic movie stills with their modern-day locations.

    Leon the Professional

    (above films: Annie Hall (1977), Leon the Professional (1994), via Design Observer)

    photography     birds     sculpture     Flatiron     NYC     public art    
    vintage     photography     NYC     design     architecture     fashion    
    photo of Vera Neumann at “Scarves by Vera” in NYC, dated June 20, 1952
(first discovered via @SllabStudios, via Shorpy)

    photo of Vera Neumann at “Scarves by Vera” in NYC, dated June 20, 1952

    (first discovered via @SllabStudios, via Shorpy)

    design     subway     NYC     vintage     1970s     typography    
    NYC     design     illustration     architecture    
    Windows of New York: A Weekly Illustrated Atlas by Jose Guizar

    Windows of New York: A Weekly Illustrated Atlas by Jose Guizar

    NYC     movies     painting     politics     posters     art    
    quotes     Instagram     NYC     graffiti    
    “If You Look for Meaning, You’ll Find Something Else.” 
(photo via Instagram)

    “If You Look for Meaning, You’ll Find Something Else.” 

    (photo via Instagram)

    art     bicycle     bikes     graffiti     knitting     street art     unusual     NYC    
    crocheted bike spotted on 23rd street in NYC
Is this a “yarn bombing” by guerrilla knitters, Knitta Please?

    crocheted bike spotted on 23rd street in NYC

    Is this a “yarn bombing” by guerrilla knitters, Knitta Please?

    NYC     Tokidoki     characters     fashion     windows     painting     illustration    
    video     books     NYC     etsy     vintage    
    animals     nyc     cute    
    Red Panda spotted at the Central Park Zoo

    Red Panda spotted at the Central Park Zoo

    Liu Bolin     NYC     painting     photography     street art     unusual     video     murals    
    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)

    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)

    nyc     empire state building     gay pride week     lights     rainbow    
    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
neighborhoodr-newyork:
New York passes Same Sex Marriage bill : 33-29

    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

    neighborhoodr-newyork:

    New York passes Same Sex Marriage bill : 33-29

    (Source: neighborhoodr-newyork)

    3-D     NYC     The Smurfs     animation     characters     cheesy     nostalgia     film    
    Smurf happens…
new trailer and film posters for The Smurfs movie, due in theaters August 3rd, 2011.

    Smurf happens…

    new trailer and film posters for The Smurfs movie, due in theaters August 3rd, 2011.

    books     covers     design     tv     video     dust jacket     publishing     NYC    

    “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.