New York, New York , it's been a while.
In-between bagels, i'll be doing my best to get around the exhibition trail,

on the list so far:

Erwin Olaf at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler

Miroslav Tichy at ICP

Wolfgang Tillman at Andrea Rosen

2010 Whitney Biennial

Alan B. Stone at ICP

Beat Streuli, “NYC 91/09.” at Murray Guy

Robert Adams, “Summer Nights Walking.” at Matthew Marks.

daniel rozin at bitform.

just hoping (as the weather reports suggest) it's not under several foot of snow. It's going to be busy! :-)

Friday

blue.

Great noirish b&w shots of Kate by Mert & Marcus For Love Magazine.

slightly creepy but interesting porcelain sculptures by Kate D. MacDowell (site currently down )

Amazing illustration from Iain Macarthur .His work reminds me a little of Wesley Burt. with an added graphic twist. I love the contrast between the soft tones of the faces and the hard monochrome of the black and white surroundings. Gorgeous stuff. Makes me happy i'm storyboarding today!

A few shots from Sachliches & Formen by Josef Schulz

Happy valentines day ♥

i'm a little bit in love with the Amore Mio (my love) chair by Jon Goulder

London-based architects Platform 5 have been awarded the first prize in the refurbishment competition “Don’t Move, Improve” for their extension to a Victorian terraced house in Hackney, London.

Here is how Platform 5 describe their scheme:

Mapledene Road is situated in a conservation area in Hackney. The property had been stripped of virtually all its period features and had become run down and used as a “crack den” leaving it ripe for modernization.

Refurbishment was conceived of as a landscape of interventions and new components. The cellular ground floor was opened up and extended to the rear to allow the spaces to flow into each other and to the garden whilst the existing layout to the first floor was largely retained. Each room maintains an individual character giving a varied experience as you move through the house.
The kitchen and patio areas are unified by a power-floated concrete floor and London stock brick garden wall giving the internal space an external character. The existing flank wall has been removed and the kitchen is applied as a lining to the rough brickwork. A modern structural glass oriel window lined with cherry wood projects into the garden and juxtaposes with the Victorian bay that projects into the street. The expansive glass roof over the kitchen opens up the view to the sky, you can watch the planes fly over and the swifts catching flies.

Daylight is brought in from above to illuminate previously dark spaces, the walls, floors, roof, glazing and appliances have been upgraded to modern standards for insulation and efficiency. Overheating and glare in the kitchen is managed by shading from the surrounding buildings and trees, high thermal mass and the use of solar-control glass and blinds.

Mapledene Road has also been shortlisted for an RIBA Award, Grand Designs Award and Architect’s Journal Small Projects Award 2009.

Great shots of Freja Beha Erichsen by Josh Olins for Cyber Tribe

Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.
Directed by: Arev Manoukian

An amazing piece of work, and such a beautiful simple concept, It appeals deeply to the romantic in me, the idea that even for a split second, in a daydream fantasy, nothing can stop this connection, it's a force of nature.

watch the "making of" below, if you want to see just how much work went into this!

great stuff!

Townhouse by Swedish architect firm Elding Oscarson

Logorama, the short shown at sundance by french outfit H5 is up for an oscar!
here is the trailer, as the full 17min piece has yet to surface online.
a good synopsis/review by Adrian Shaughnessy is available here

Do yourself a favour and get down to kkoutlet in hoxton for lookbothways/Happy Accidents. Photographer Matt Stewart's new exhibition.
He seems to have a near supernatural knack of seeing and capturing these..well.. Happy accidents, that happen all around us every single day. Love it.