10:56pm (1 note)
DANISH EXPO PAVILION UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Construction photo of the new Danish Pavilion found on Kibisi. “Founded by Kilo Design / Lars Holme Larsen, BIG / Bjarke Ingels and Skibsted Ideation / Jens Martin Skibsted, KiBiSi is a Copenhagen based idea-driven industrial design firm.”
A documentary film by Kasper Astrup Schroder about movement in urban space
5:42am (2 notes)
My favorite bookstore, William Stout Architectural Books (image), in SF just opened their second location yesterday on Mission St. Might have to take a little field trip.
SAFFRON, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005.
I remember walking every path of Central Park when the Gates were up. It was freezing of course, but I knew this would be a once in a life time experience. It was the first time I really felt an installation brought a city’s inhabitants together to celebrate art and humanity.
1:12pm (1 note)
You don’t know how many times I have heard this phrase in the office environment. Graphic design firm 2x4 released a book by the same name, illustrating “a portrait of a studio in 1000 images.” And it comes in 6 different colors.
3:26pm (1 note)
For those of you who are in New York and are bored on a Sunday afternoon, go check out The New York Earth Room by artist Walter de Maria. 22 inches of dirt spans across 3600 square feet of Soho gallery space.
4:29pm (1 note)
ICP has a video lecture of photographer Saul Leiter, titled Life Lessons. Only 25 minutes long, it’s a nice break from all the usual crap found online. “I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. I was always very happy that way. Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learnt to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything.”
3:59pm (3 notes)
I recently stumbled upon Saul Leiter’s book Early Color at Dashwood Books. His passion was painting, however, Saul found his calling in street photography. Interestingly enough, every single photograph in this monograph presents itself like a painting. It’s as if the city is his canvas, and the camera is his paint brush.
And the second shop is Dashwood Bookstore, which is located directly below the Vitsoe showroom on Bond Street. According to their website, Dashwood is “New York City’s only independent bookstore devoted entirely to photography.” I could have easily spent hours going through stacks of photography books, especially the ones coming out of Japan. Found an image of the shop interior via photographer Mark Mahaney’s website
