August 2008
14 posts
Lim Lite
3.1 Phillip Lim. Soft gray. Cowl neck. Coordinating sleeves. Witty buttons. Pintucking and pockets. And made for 5-year-olds. Lim’s children’s line (and price point) makes you want to be a kid again. And check out how effortlessly the girl below rocks it. Maybe she’ll give Kate & Co. a run for their money…in 15 years.
Eastern European Chic
The D&G F/W 2008 ad campaign:
Ando's Midwestern Masterpiece
Futura Bold Oblique, Anyone?
Typography and good ol’ black and white photography may be two of my favorite things, and nobody combines them quite as deliciously as Barbara Kruger. Her subversive pieces critique consumerism and sexism, among other -isms. Juxtaposing cropped photos with seemingly unrelated captions, Kruger draws on her magazine design background to create powerful, iconic images.
“Cool is…”
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(Pre)Fab on 54th
Donuts: a Do.
Balthazar Bakery // 80 Spring St., at Crosby St.
Trolling around SoHo in search of that consummate downtown buy can be exhausting. Truly. As such, a mid-trip pick-me-up is essential, and there is no better place to refuel than at Balthazar’s charming boulangerie. No need to make a reservation — just duck under Keith McNally’s other red awning and check out the wares.
Sandwiches and...
“Manhattan has consistently inspired in its beholders ecstasy about architecture.”
– Rem Koolhaas
Sport Couture
Leave it to the French to turn it out for the 2008 Olympic opening ceremonies. The men’s beautifully tailored seersucker blazers, dark pants and ties, retro fedoras, and fresh kicks scream Parisian chic.
Well played.
Inspired, Indeed.
Subterranean Delight
Defender of clean design, champion of Helvetica, Massimo Vignelli has created some of the most beautiful pieces in modern design. But his ubiquitous American Airlines and Bloomingdale’s logos don’t compare to his true masterpiece: the New York City subway sign system. While the signage is still in use, Vignelli’s elegant, abstracted map is not. Below are images of his original...
Poori in the Park
Tabla Street Cart // 11 Madison Ave., at 25th St.
Pretzels, hot dogs, pretzels, falafel, pretzels.
The world of the New York City food truck can seem rather limiting. Enter: the Tabla Street Cart, the new kid on the block (literally), courtesy of restauranteur extraordinaire (and St. Louis native) Danny Meyer. Just off the lovely Madison Square Park and directly in front of USHG’s...