Brand spanking new magazine websites. The new Web site of T, The New York Times Style Magazine, makes its debut with a Holiday issue all about art and the ways it shapes culture and style today. The design is amazing, but I hate that the advertisements are so prevalent.
This Friday Richard Prince will sign catalogues to accompany the exhibition Richard Prince: Spiritual America. Bring your catalogue or purchase one at the Guggenheim Store prior to the event.
Richard Prince Book Signing
Fri, Nov 30, 6-8 pm
Guggenheim Cafe
Kit Hinrichs has designed Pentagram’s 2008 Classic Typographic Calendar using twelve typefaces designed by typographer Matthew Carter. “I wanted to bring a new awareness of typographic design through this calendar,” said Hinrichs. “Typefaces are pervasive in our daily lives in everything we read and see around us and yet most people are oblivious of them or the circumstances in which they were created. We can gain a new perspective on our world by studying the origin of typefaces. I hope the calendar will encourage a new sensitivity to the importance of typeface usage and the work of Matthew Carter.”
The calendar is available in two sizes, a supersize 33-by-22 inch version suitable for wall hanging and a smaller 18-by-12 inch version appropriate for desk use. Both versions are available in the US and UK at kenknight.com. The price of the supersize calendar is $36 and the smaller desk and wall calendar is $22. (Prices do not include shipping.) Via Swiss Miss.
W now has it's own website. Before it was grouped the Condé Nast portfolio on style.com. The website actually looks like the magazine. Love it!
My friend sent me this email a couple of days ago about the opening of the new MUJI store in NYC.
Okay, so I know I love the MoMA store but this is WAY better! Oh GOD, you must be so excited. Did you ever go the one in Europe? I have an old crusty planner from 1998 I got from there when I was in London 10 years ago. I'm dying here, and it's not even in my city. Will you go in there and just take pictures, write down how it smells in your blog, call me and put the phone to the air so I can listen to the sound of affordable, beautiful wonders of consumer design - and the happy people loading their carts with the stuff? I'd appreciate it.
Combining Pantone, Uniqlo and Helvetica - this poster series speaks designer talk to the masses. It would be interesting to ask someone that is a fan of Uniqlo if they have a clue as to what Pantone means? (via DesignNotes by Michael Surtees)
This was my first year going to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I didn't think that it would be fun. Although highly commercial and "American," it was fun. The snow, fireworks, and costumes made me feel like a kid again. What could be better than that?
Last night I went to a SPD lecture by Platon. He's the photographer behind Esquire's famous Clinton "crotch shot". His work is stunning, rarely do you see something fresh and original. Here's an interview he did with Mediabistro.com.
I'm loving these pillowcases from Urban Outfitters, especially the Dreaming of Paris set.
"The marvelous thing about the theory of relativity is that the math is simple and each logical step is simple. You can follow each logical step, but eventually you find you have been led to conclusions that are totally preposterous, like Alice falling down the rabbit hole."
–Alan Lightman, Adjunct Professor of Humanities, Creative Writing, and Physics at MIT and author of Einstein's Dreams, the book selected for the 2007-2008 Freshman Reading Program
Monday I went to a film screening, Beyond Beats and Rhymes by Byron Hurt. The film examined representations of manhood, sexism and homophobia in hip hop culture. Afterwards there was a panel discussion with Talib Kweli, La Bruja (bottom) and others. Check out PBS.org see when it's playing in your area.
