Archive for the ‘Art + Design’ Category
August 24, 2009
Celebrity shutterbug
Patrick McMullan has chronicled the social scene's most fashionable and fabulous since the decadent days of Studio 54 leading some to comment, "It's not a party if Patrick isn't here!"
While it might be tough to get the world's most famous society and nightlife photographer to attend your next ...
July 13, 2009
Inspired by Victorian Cabinets of Curiosity, the ceramic dinnerware collection by artist
Laura Zindel Lauterbach and her husband features exquisitely hand drawn images of spiders, snakes, ladybugs, butterflies and beetles that adorn everything from serving platters to water pitchers.
Each piece of earthenware is made by hand with non-toxic low fire glazes with images printed in enamael, then ...
June 19, 2009
As Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney said, during the Great Depression upon the founding of the now iconic Whitney Museum, "It is especially in times like these that we need to look to the spiritual. In art we find it." And now with the country facing a similar challenging period, Whitney’s statement still rings true– the resonant power of art alive and well, and stronger than ever– judging from the heavy turnout ...
March 9, 2009
What do you get when you combine a big box store with an out-of-the-box designer and a lot of discarded boxes? Fabulous, inspired, sustainable designs, of course! And, so it was for the launch of West Elm’s new Upper West Side store last week, featuring the reliably cool and thoughtful work of
David Stark Design & Production.
The crowd, including West Elm’s own
David DeMattei and
Patrick Wade, as ...
December 12, 2008
It’s Thank-God-Art Basel’s-Over Sunday at the Raleigh in South Beach, and Food, Beverage & Nightlife guru
Omar Hernandez looks damn good for a guy who just threw 22 parties in four days. Must be his Gucci glasses. Or, the natural telegenicity of a Plum TV host.
“I don’t know how we pulled it off,” he says, giving props to his staff of 65, a big clue to his cool management style. ...
December 11, 2008
Want your face on the cover of a magazine? Guests at the
Vanity Fair and
Free Arts NYC party during Art Basel Miami happily settled for a brief moment in the spotlight as a large-scale image of their best strike-a-pose was projected on a wall at the Raleigh Hotel. Sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger, the event featured The Digital Photobooth by
Mark van S Studio, ...
December 9, 2008
For party-goers at Art Basel that identified more with graffiti art than the Gagosian, the Opening Party for the
Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair was the place to be on Friday night. Presented by Fage Total, the cutting edge fair, held at Charcoal Studios in Miami's Wynwood Arts District was packed with influencers including designer
Todd Oldham, tennis champion
Venus Williams and art enthusiasts from all over ...
September 8, 2008
Fashion Week started with a big bang on Thursday night at the
MINI Rooftop NYC, an event space in Hell's Kitchen that has been transformed for an exclusive 10-day cultural event series. Hosted by international style publication,
Dazed and Confused, the opening party featured a headline musical set by the band on everybody's summer playlist, MGMT. No doubt the party had an
electric feel from the cool LED lighting by ...
May 23, 2008
"If I knew there would be this kind of turn out, we would have written better plays," joked
Israel Horovitz, the internationally acclaimed playwright, as he addressed the full house on Wednesday night for the premiere of the
Red Rope Playhouse at the Westside Theater.
Hosted by Chopin Vodka with 10 Cane Rum, "Ex-Lovers - An Evening Reading of Short Plays," presented in partnership with
New York Magazine and ...
May 13, 2008
At first glance, this
earthenware apple by Tatsuya Okazaki ($55) resembles a charming tabletop accessory. But, take off the top and it becomes a sugar pot with a wooden spoon which cleverly rests inside as the apple's core.
For more original gift ideas, visit
Destination: Japan, a collection of lifestyle products created by emerging and established Japanese designers and ...
May 6, 2008
It’s hard to get out of the hot seat when you have
Simon de Pury around. That’s the lesson that actress
Michelle Monaghan got last week at the
Portraits and Polaroids art auction to benefit
Free Arts NYC, an organization that provides underprivileged children and their families with art and mentoring programs.
Sponsored by 7 For All Mankind and
Vanity Fair, the event is known for its high ...
March 28, 2008
Your favorite couple is getting married. As you scroll through their wedding registry filled with the requisite china, silverware and perhaps even a blender, you wonder if any of these gifts are meaningful enough. If tradition dictates that you give something for the home, why not something for its walls?
Susan Spiritus, a fine art photography dealer, works with many clients interested in purchasing art ...
November 27, 2007
For
Julie Panebianco and
Topaz Page-Green, the term
power lunch may have been redefined. Concerned about the growing number of impoverished children that went hungry at school every day, the friends joined forces in 2005 to create
The Lunchbox Auction to raise money for two hunger relief organizations. Celebrities, designers, musicians and artists were asked to design personalized lunchbox art to be donated to an online auction to ...
October 19, 2007
Collecting art is kind of like falling in love. It all starts with a little spark.
So to capture some of the excitement from the Fall photography auctions at Sotheby's this week (which brought in over $12 million),
Notes on a Party hosted an intimate art event at the private home of Demetra Marcus on Wednesday night. With our co-host Margo Spiritus, we invited world renowned photographer ...
May 15, 2007
Event designers always cringe at the thought of corporate signage clashing with their artistic vision.
If only all messaging was as beautiful as
Blik, the award winning product line of surface graphics. With
Prose, the company's newest offering, the writing is on the wall....
literally.
You can submit your favorite ...
April 16, 2007
Over the years, I have planned many celebrity parties and I'll admit that I have been starstruck on a few occasions. But, who I consider to be my biggest celebrity sighting may surprise you - it's not a Hollywood actor or music superstar. I'd ...
March 17, 2007
During a time when women did not go to dinner parties without escorts, Eva Zeisel was crossing continents in search of creative independance. And, at 100 years old, the world renowned designer is still a force of nature.
Best known for her organic, ...
