I'm going to try Halal on 53rd and 6th street. It's chicken and rice. When I get Halal, I will take a photo of it. Street food is to be trusted and tastes good. Street art is more interesting...SEE!

How cool is that? I saw a homeless guy with a sign that says "Pay me $2.00 to tell me off." Who needs a television in New York City.

There was a cool store called "West Elm." It's reasonably priced. I have never seen one in Los Angeles. Later, I found out that William Sonoma owns it. Anyway, it's a cool store. I like this one lamp. They should open one in L.A.

Across the street from "West Elm" is "Angel Street Thrift Store." I walked in and found a cool book about Alfred Hitchcock for $3.00, but didn't have cash on me (and I would feel stupid charging $3.00 to my credit card). Anyway, I went back, and it was GONE. Anyway, it's a cool store. There are vintage designer pieces, ranging $25, $70 and $90. There were some lamps that I liked, but they were $400. At least the money goes to a good cause, substance abuse and mental health.

Both are on 17th Street.

I think I have some images of his/her art work somewhere in this blog. This one, I think, is a goldfish jumping into a cup. Green pasteurs...maybe not. I can't read the other one.

This is a pretty cool conference, and worth every penny. Unfortunately, I was barred from taking any photos, but check out their site, if you're interested in design. The conference encompassed Print, Fashion, Computational, Architectural, Illustration, Graffiti art/design and more. It was held at the Lincoln Center.

Here's there link:
http://www.semipermanent.com/newyork

I don't know who this is suppose to be. I just hope it's not some political dictator. Also, I posted the "Stop Bush" graffiti because it reminded me one of another tag that I saw in Florence, Italy that said "Bush is a terrorista." I don't know what to make of this form of medium.

This is the magazine that costs $170.00 an issue. It used to cost $80.00 an issue. If I had the money, I would probably subscribe. One of the issues is are die-cut mandalas and art work stuck loosely in foil colored pages.

Another issue was just a scent one. Each page shows and image, and then you refer to the bottle of scent to smell it. The first page is an image of a glacier, and the perfume is the scent of what a glacier would smell like. The second scent and image is "Fetish." Another magazine is a a set of dolls that famous fashion designers painted. The dolls have special accessories.

There are illustrations printed on latex, a page of slides, and embossed dots (emulating brailled) drawn in a figure. Other pages, which I don't have images include a photograph of Giselle Bunchen, and an envelope on the opposite page containing a swatch of the sheet she is lying on in that photograph. The same goes for an undergarment a model cuts with scissors while wearing them. Cool stuff. I hope all graphic designers, artists, and creative people get inspired.

Exhibited at the gallery were these hand cut images. Some of the pieces were 8.5 x 11 inches, and some were 4 x 5 feet.

Interesting messages...

I went to a cool restaurant, emulating a generic French cafe, called "Pastis." Busy, busy, busy, but worth the wait.

I just liked these photos.

Frank Gehry Cardboard Chair
Mondrian-like Shelves
Wired Mesh Chair (This chair is in my "Spoon 100" book)
Enzo Calendar
Noguchi Rocking Stool

Stuffed microbes. Bullet-proof t-shirts.

Architecture Exhibit

I love this store. We peeked in because of my toy design class.

I went to this Adidas exhibit, which was to give me the "ultimate" experience of making me feel like I'm one with the "in" crowd. When I first arrived to the address 267 Canal Street, I walked into 2 stores, and asked about the Adidas exhibit. This Chinese man, who couldn't speak English told me to follow him, so I did. He walked through the store to the back, and crossed the street and into another entrance to a basement. I started to feel that this wasn't legit, and was wondering if this was a place where they sold fake Adidas. But then, at the end of the hallway, I saw this colorful videotracking projection and a ultra-contemporary sculpture that had Adidas stamped all over it. The experience was pretty effective in making me feel pretty "cool" that I knew about this event, and "special" that I was part of this covert operation. The tennis shoe line emulate printmaking business model, where some shoes are limited edition, and the same went for the athletic jackets. There were some commercial to underground grafitti artists tagging shoes, and popular artists like "Fafi, a French grafitti lady artist. "Fever 1," a dancer, hired for this 2-week event, pitched a great story/sale.