NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & THIRTY FIVE.
March14
Another Australian who’s relocated to New York, Brooklyn based illustrator James Gulliver Hancock has been working on his All The Buildings In New York series for the better part of a year now. Whilst attempting to document every building in New York City through his quirky illustration style might sound as ridiculous as Sufjan Stevens’ abandoned 50 States Project, James sounds like he’s in it for the long haul. And let’s face it, the buildings of New York do seem to be begging to be drawn.
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & THIRTY.
March04
You probably remember this post about Koralie & Supakitch, two uber talented French grafitti artists based in New York. This new quick video, again shot by Elroy, does a superb job of getting into their creative space. In other news, I want Supakitch’s haircut.
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY EIGHT.
January21
Just saw this rad animation describing a new green energy technology. Commissioned by the New York times to coincide with their 2010 Year In Ideas issue, it was directed by Buck with music & sound design by Antfood.
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY SIX.
December07
So, until today I only knew of one Annie Novak. She’s marrying my friend Benjamin, in Maine this coming April and I’m pretty excited about the whole thing. But that said, this post isn’t about that Annie Novak. She’ll be Annie Krebs in a few months anyhow. Nope, the Annie Novak I discovered today is a different woman all together.
See, this Annie’s the urban farmer behind Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn NYC. Ya know, that place that has over thirty varieties of veggies, a working compost system, chickens, rabbits and bee hives all just chillin’ on a roof that looks out across the East River to the Manhattan Skyline. No biggie. As Annie puts it, the farm is a culmination of ‘bravery, curiosity, innovation and hard work’, and if you ask me, is bringing new meaning to urban environmental living.
Found via The Selby
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & SIXTEEN.
October11
Influencers is a short documentary exploring what it means to be an ‘influencer’ and how trends & creativity become contagious today in music and fashion. Something like a snapshot of New York creatives, the film follows a number of the young men and women leading the way in advertising, design, fashion and entertainment right now; the influencers who are shaping today’s mainstream culture.
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & NINE.
September20
Up There is a beautifully shot short, documenting the dying art of hand-painted signage. Directed and edited by Malcolm Murray, the 13 minute film follows a group of New York city painters, many of whom have learnt the skills of painting large scale advertising over decade long mentorships, bringing their story (which normally goes unnoticed above our heads) down to street level.
Found via Rachel Manchester
NUMBER NINETY NINE.
July02
Apologies on the shoddy quality of these photos (thanks a lot iPhone!), but thought they were worth uploading to once again encourage you to head along to the Monster Children Gallery to see the new show that opened last night: Pick Me Up. This time the players are Craig Redman and Karl Maier, two parts of the design collaborative Rinzen. The exhibition features screenprints in black, white and red, pieces which are the result of a year-long visual conversation between the two artists, who now live on opposite sides of the world. The works are rife with double entendres, often including plays on words or forms, providing a happy disjuncture between what is meant and what is perceived. Runs til July 16th.
NUMBER EIGHTY FIVE.
May07
Miss Morgan Blair is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and currently resides in New York Brooklyn, NY. There’s been a bit of a theme this week of illustrators combining detailed portraits with geometric patterning, but I particularly like Blair’s combination of graphite, gouache and acrylic on wood in the above works. A genuine child of the eighties, she mentions on her blog that she grew up on Legos, Tetris, tape-dubbing and Magic Eye. I think a little of that nuance plays out in her pieces and I’m pretty happy it does.
More images after the break.
NUMBER SEVENTY SIX.
May05
New Yorker Chad Moore (or Charles Wesley Moore as his parents deemed him) takes photographs that feel like a documentation of his life rather than intentional shots. But who wouldn’t want to take a record of escapades where female friends tend to be sans clothing and everyone appears to be having the time of their lives. We’re only young once, right kids? I have a friend called Chad who is moving to The Big Apple in a few weeks. I can only hope his new life is half as good as Chad Moore’s.
Based in Port Jefferson, Long Island, Onetwentysix is a full service creative studio who combine old world aesthetics with the forward thinking of the great metropolis that is New York, New York. They just updated their website. So you should go take a look-see.
