next stop: top design

i didn't intended to toot my own horn in this blog, but i'm working on a project that i'm particularly excited about. if you happen to be in, or could make the trip to, new york city from jan 29-feb 4, i hope you can check out an installation i worked on which is being put up this weekend.

it's an environmental space, located at grand central station, subway shuttle track 4, to promote the upcoming interior design competition show, top design. (premiering this wednesday, jan 31 at 10 on bravo, and featuring designers todd oldham, jonathan adler and kelly wearstler. end of free plug.) not only is it the first project in a long time that i've been able to really sink my teeth into, it is the first installation of it's kind at grand central, a place near a dear to my heart. hopefully i'll at least be part of some historical footnote, with this project.

look for photos to be posted, and if anybody should happen to see it (out of the 5 of you), please let me know what you think.

design crush: welcome to parradise

i've been watching this guy for a while now. he's smart and funny, and his art is sooo dreamy...sigh. he's, like, from europe (amsterdam, actually) so he's rilly sophisticated. he also just goes by one name, parra, isn't that cool? i first saw his work on some postcards i found in chelsea (i know what you're thinking–WRONG-O!) for a club night called 'demon days' (scary hot, right?). i wasn't sure what it was all about, but i saved them and hung them up.

so, anyway his work is like, part yellow submarine, part schoolhouse rock, and all awesome! he does advertising and junk, but i rilly like his club flyers. his colors just knock me out and his lettering is refreshingly hand done looking. if only more objects around were as beautiful as this. his information on the web isn't that recent, but i'll leave you with a couple more teases...

manifesto schmanifesto

it's always difficult and intimidating to write the first posting. which is why i decided to do it really half assed. why over think it, right?

i hope to keep this blog a little more upbeat than previous blogs i've been associated with. this recent period of time has been the most difficult in a while and i hope to make something positive happen in the near future. i plan on keeping abreast of my personal interests and projects and share some of the frustrations and rewards of life as a husband/dad/creative. the next few months could bring some much needed changes, LIFE ALTERING CHANGES, or i could just crash and burn...