the apartment is having another one of its unforgettable events tomorrow night tackling the ultimate in sustainable activities. Come be a part of a conversation so esoteric your IQ goes up by proxy, that is if you can make it inside (usually has a line around the block so come early).
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One of the better online art rags, Ruby Mag has just dropped issue #29. This Argentine-export is a global survey of young, working artists, and this issue invites contributors from the first twelve issues to resubmit new pieces.
Stunning images, easy to navigate site, fresh perspectives, and a color-themed title. Peep it.
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View pictures not of Tony Schultz from The Winger, but the artist never to be known as him.
Get your ticket for team red while they last. DNCHRD is Tuesday May 20th.
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While not as romantic as rooftop BBQs, a short stroll down Canal St. found us in possession of free iced coffee and a free “southern style” chicken sandwich. What a way to start the summer.
Nefarious pro-trans-fat plot? Oddly timed promotion? Catering to the visiting design crowd? Either way, I wish every day was May 15th.
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This weekend, May 16-18th, the Meatpacking District will be host to innumerable tables, chairs and models sipping free organic vodka. Joining them are LVHRD members John Truex and Holler Design’s Matt Alexander and Melissa Watkins. Both are showing emotionally moving pieces of limited edition furniture at Shelly Steffee with an opening reception on Sunday from 5-9pm.
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Igor from Driven By Boredom has created a Google Map of his hometown of Alexandria VA, full of Polaroids and personal prose marking the milestone tingly events of his younger years. Landmarks include The Bush with a Playboy Buried Under It, Sarah’s House, Topless Forest. It’s a touching project (pun intended) and a sterling example (the only example?) of storytelling with…
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The KOREANNOVATION trade show kicks off tomorrow. Gadgets that not only make you want to scratch your head - they sprout hands and scratch it for you.
Top reasons to attend and a terrifying video after the jump.
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The Real World: Brooklyn. Filming this summer. Brought to you by “There’s no such thing as a counter culture.”
Via Gothamist.
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Playing The Building, opening May 31st, marks the New York debut for David Byrne’s sonic infrastructure experiment, one where he uses the water pipes, steel beams, and pillars of a building to produce music.
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Kevin Kelly has a great post on the boon of films using richly layered photo-composites to tell their stories. 300, Speed Racer, Sin City. He’s taken to calling them Painted Films, and they represent a means of story-production that owes more to Disney’s Multiplane camera than traditional cinema.
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In this week’s VDO we meet DNCHRD’s 6 ambassadors of color. Watch them destroy Uniqlo with their moves, show an elevator who’s boss, and hear a few of the moves you can pull off whilst dancing monochromatically. GRAB YOUR TICKETS, soak up ECLECTIC METHOD’S techniques, and we’ll see you TSDY.
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RED, the final color of tickets, is now available for DNCHRD next week on MAY 20th. Tony Schultz from The Winger (who can do handstands) is the red leader. This it not a picture of Tony.
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