With the holiday in mind I recently strolled through Columbus Circle’s holiday market and came across the booth for The Walking Art that literally had amazing works of art. This vendor had paintings with photographs and objects collaged on top of the, photo collages, and etchings just to name a few of the unique work of a variety of artists. I purchased some art for myself and as gifts. I really loved their work!
December 28th also known as Good Riddance Day was formed by the Times Square Alliance and has been day for New Yorkers and tourists to shred their bad memories of the prior year. There is a huge shredder in New York’s Time Square where people come to shred all their bad memories, bills and any other negative in the form of paper in order to have fresh start to the new year!
photo via WPIX
You’ve Got Mail! That was the sound of first days of the internet for me. AOL has now taken their brand to the next level. A more creative everyday feel has been incorporated into their new look. It almost gives off an MTV vibe. It should be exciting to see what happens with AOL’s rebranding. The rebranding was done by Wolff Olins.
I came across a sort of The Degenerate Craft Fair via Art Bistro. The Degenerate Craft Fair is an anti-art-fair featuring over 20 artists and designers. Just in time for holiday shopping, it will take place in the first three weekends of December at three different locations, and feature works of art generally priced under $50.
Dates and Locations:
December 4th — 8pm – 12am
Silent Barn, Ridgewood
December 13th — 12pm – 10pm
December 14th — 12pm – 8pm
303 Grand Street, Williamsburg
December 18th 12pm – 9pm
December 19th 12pm – 6pm
BravinLee programs, Chelsea
This is something I am definitely going to check out!
AIGA’s 50 Books/50 Covers opens of Thursday, December 10, 2009 and will be
up until February 19, 2010.This exhibition showcases selections from the “AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2008”competition, which aims to identify the best-designed books and book covers published in 2008.
via AIGA
Tim Burton’s exhibit at MoMA will open on November 22, 2009 and will be up until April 26, 2010. This exhibition will display Burton’s career of a film director, producer, writer and artist through a variety of mediums: drawings, paintings, storyboards, puppets and maquettes, and sketchbooks to name a few.
AIGA is having a typographic game show, “The Type is Right” at Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, Brooklyn on November 9, 2009 from 6:30-8:30. Ellen Lupton will be the emcee and the teams consist of Paula Scher, Charlie Nix and Chester Jenkins just to name a few.
Last Thursday and Friday Thomas Pink gave out 1,000 men’s and women’s dress shirts to promote USA’s new TV show White Collar.
They had tailors to custom fit the shirts at the Madison Avenue location as well as cast members from the show. This is a unique use of partnership and branding.
image via Racked
I was running errands in the city and passed Print Icon one of my favorite paper and stationery stores. What made me stop and look in their window was the bright colored rolled up paper that formed flowers on this corrugated like board. The idea behind the wishboard is to write a a wish on the paper roll it up and place in the wishboard. What is unique is that you can use a variety of colors and form shapes and objects with the colored paper.
National Design Week began in 2006 and is from October 18- 24th this year. National Design Week is an education initiative offering free admission to all museum visitors. During the this week the 10th National Design Awards take place as well as a series of public programs/speakers. Get involved and spread the importance of design worldwide.
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