recap.

The last day of W+K SHOP was on Monday. I met a bunch of really wonderful people and got to hang out with Kerin Rose and event mastermind Phil Chang. When not manning the Fool's Gold booth, I was shopping around at Made and Malin + Goetz. Got some very lovely round tortoise sunnies, a beautiful sheer red silk crop top, and Neroli hand + body lotion. The Malin + Goetz packaging is fantastic. I'm especially into the long shape of the shopping bags. Everything about the brand is so good!



Additionally, I learned a lot about the L train, and what do when the L train decides not to run correctly. Got to explore Williamsburg and some of Greenpoint, and finally went to the fabled Union Pool with some MICA friends! I am so happy we were able to meet up over the weekend. It's so weird not being around friends you'd see nearly everyday for four years. What a welcome reunion! Being in the city for a solid five day stint surrounded by talented, entrepreneurial individuals was incredibly energizing. Feeling so lucky and motivated right now!

Some iPhone Documentation :







SHOP elsewhere on the internetz :

Refinery 29 // PureWow // GQ // StyleCaster // NYTimes // AdWeek // Egotist

Rem Koolhaas

I've always been fascinated with the mechanics of 20th century architecture.
Walking around Manhattan as a little kid and seeing, I don't know what to call them, "Buildings of the Future", or something; where beams don't touch what they're holding up, or undulating waves are created by bent glass walls of windows, was a wonderful experience.
It's just so compelling to know that human beings daily lives interact with these mammoth works of art.
There's an exhibition at the MoMA now through March 2009 called Dreamland: Architectural Experiments since the 1970s that addresses these Buildings of the Future. I'd really like to go over Thanksgiving break.

I've been researching Rem Koolhaas.
I love the angularity of his buildings and use of repetition of form in many of them. Not only do I like these elements from a design standpoint, but because they help reinforce the idea of strength. Koolhaas's use of light within this angular buildings is particularly engaging. I am most interested in the Seattle Public Library. I hope I get to visit it soon!












I found this to be particularly interesting

Mr. Koolhaas believes in the idea of social progress. The pace of global change leaves him unfazed and optimistic. His work eagerly reforges the broken link between technology and progress. He revels in the unexpected rather than passively anticipating agony. Perhaps as a Dutchman, imprinted with his country's role as an international trading center, he has fewer problems with global change than might someone of another nationality. The Dutch, a nation of traders, have not surprisingly spawned an architect whose work responds to the silent, nanosecond transnational flows of money and ideas.

Mr. Koolhaas also notes the Dutch pride in the national trait of economy and thrift. He actually likes "the integration of the notion of cheapness to create sublime conditions" and is philosophical about "the client as chaos." "Chaos simply happens. You cannot aspire to chaos; you can only be an instrument of it."

— from "Rem Koolhaas, Post-Nationalist Architect", The New York Times, September 11, 1994.

found here

Well Deserved Lubalin Post

Since I embarked upon my venture into Graphic Design, I've been predisposed to use Lubalin Graph Book Oblique, for everything.
It's my default font, my baby.



Recently for my Typography I class we've been given the opportunity to research five specific font families.
Perplexed as to which typefaces to choose, I automatically turned to Lubalin Graph. My second choice, was Avant Garde Gothic.
I was surprised to learn that both fonts were designed by Herb Lubalin, one of the founders of the ITC [International Typeface Corporation] and that Lubalin Graph was based off Avant Garde Gothic.

Herb Lubalin did a lot of really interesting design work and art direction in addition type work in the 70s. I was really excited to learn that he made the PBS and Thirteen logos, both of which I've always been thrilled by.
This Tyopgabor has a ton of his work up.

Here are a few things I really love.