tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25853304705055777552024-02-07T16:08:42.157-05:00CONCRETE COMMENTARYSmall bites from a big apple!The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-47011421514119281542010-07-01T10:32:00.002-04:002010-07-01T10:35:55.773-04:00I'm Mesmerized<object width="550"margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KX82DXvmQu4&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KX82DXvmQu4&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-52387135002064387852010-06-24T10:30:00.004-04:002010-06-24T10:52:34.400-04:00African Baskets<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/958/dsc2796y.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/958/dsc2796y.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8944/dsc2798.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8944/dsc2798.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7568/dsc2800.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7568/dsc2800.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9999/dsc2801l.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9999/dsc2801l.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />These Baskets from KwaZulu Natal in South Africa are absolutely amazing. I've decided to carry them on my online store, <a href="http://www.keruthome.com/">Kerut Home</a> for their beautiful craftsmanship, detail and contemporary clean look. These baskets are made from Ilala palm fronds. The fronds are collected, pulled into strips, naturally dyed and then hung to dry as the traditional Zulu women prepare their materials for basket-weaving. The palm fronds have a natural waxy coating which makes them ideal for the weaving of these watertight baskets. These baskets are also a product of Fair Trade. This fair trade partnership works to provide low-income artisans and farmers with a living wage for their work. Please support the people of Africa by purchasing these stunning fair trade baskets. I will add more baskets to the site soon. As of now, I have the 2 large ones with lids, and 2 bowl baskets.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-34400428860349495182010-06-15T09:28:00.006-04:002010-06-24T10:53:04.826-04:00If Lamps Could Walk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2655/dsc2795a.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2655/dsc2795a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2253/rod1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2253/rod1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9215/rod3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9215/rod3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Happy to be back!! I had strep throat that kept me in bed or on the sofa in a comatose state feeling like I would never recover and get back to the outside world, and the city of NY, that I adore so much. Finally I feel motivated to get my ass going again. Ugh! I hate being sick. I don't do it well! Anyway, I just received a postcard from the New York artist, <a href="http://www.rodgerstevens.info/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1">Rodger Stevens Studio</a>. His lamps are extraordinary!The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-20776702821015272592010-06-09T18:02:00.006-04:002010-06-09T18:08:51.038-04:00Atom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6702/img7630.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6702/img7630.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/9733/img7635.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/9733/img7635.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mondocane.com/collection/objects">Mondo Cane</a> is a fun little shop here in NYC, chalk full of mid century goodies. I love this 1920's Atom Model from Mondo Cane.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-58244217798447238592010-06-08T09:27:00.005-04:002010-06-08T09:37:17.489-04:00ForestBound<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4351/il430xn149711427.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4351/il430xn149711427.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8713/il430xn149793610.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8713/il430xn149793610.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1647/preview4m.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1647/preview4m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />My new favorite New York bag merchant, <a href="http://www.forestbound.com/Forestbound_Home.html">FORESTBOUND</a> uses exclusively found and salvaged materials to create durable, utilitarian tote bags. great effort is put into hunting for well-worn historic textiles and hardware throughout new england. much time and care is spent working with these unique materials to make every forestbound bag one of a kind.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-69752809827336263692010-06-03T19:24:00.005-04:002010-06-03T19:41:19.294-04:00Holding On To The Fascination<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1339/02artifactsmarinatmagar.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1339/02artifactsmarinatmagar.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2883/690f10c8.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2883/690f10c8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Marina Abromovic's amazing performance art exhibit has ended, I report...sadly. During the 4 months (I think) while she was at the MOMA, I would leisurely take a stroll a few blocks and visit her and the other artist's once in a while when I had the time. The energy I received from the crowd and the exhibit inspired and motivated me. It opened up a space in my mind and fascinated me to the core, although I never did muster up the courage to sit at her table and stare into her intensity. Anyway, for those of you who want more of Marina, and just can't let go of it all, check out <a href="http://www.skny.com/exhibitions/2010-05-08_marina-abramovic/">Personal Archaeology</a> at Sean Kelly Gallery through June 19.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-84933990005293558972010-06-02T08:54:00.007-04:002010-06-02T09:08:42.233-04:00"If I had a world of my own"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8677/o128architectmodel1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8677/o128architectmodel1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9978/o128architectmodel2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9978/o128architectmodel2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I attended the one of my favorite Antique Shows this holiday weekend, and came back with a lot of goodies. My favorite find of the show was this vintage Architectural Model from the 1940's. Now only if I had a bottle that read "drink me"!<br /><br />Visit my new online store, <a href="http://www.keruthome.com/objects">Kerut Home</a> for more images and a detailed description.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-12026658798614858882010-05-27T11:42:00.004-04:002010-05-27T11:49:37.751-04:00Robert Stilin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8048/sh09.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8048/sh09.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3374/idet01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3374/idet01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/3163/livingroomdetailportfol.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/3163/livingroomdetailportfol.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Loving Hampton based Interior Designer <a href="http://www.robertstilin.com/default.asp">Robert Stilin's</a> work right now.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-15961202300423492052010-05-25T10:12:00.004-04:002010-05-25T10:24:37.494-04:00Dead-Stock Pillows<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7055/hopifront.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7055/hopifront.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7311/clarencepillow.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7311/clarencepillow.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9866/bishopfront.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9866/bishopfront.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As materials and ideas from fashion and interior design continue to merge, Kara Green jumps on the bandwagon. check out these pillows from Pendleton fabric dead-stock. Throw a few of these on the sofa for a punch of color! Reasonably priced too. By <a href="http://karagreen.bigcartel.com/">Kara Green</a>The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-49239515031491166132010-05-21T10:28:00.003-04:002010-05-21T10:39:55.744-04:00Krum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2057/83043332.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px; cursor: pointer; width: 650px;" src="http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2057/83043332.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/1256/gregkrumoffering007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px; cursor: pointer; width: 650px;" src="http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/1256/gregkrumoffering007.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8199/gregkrumoffering077.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px; cursor: pointer; width: 650px;" src="http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8199/gregkrumoffering077.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />His First solo exhibition...Practice... photographs by Gregory Krum at <a href="http://jenbekman.com/upcoming.html">Jen Bekman Gallery</a>The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-59771096515252276882010-05-18T11:07:00.005-04:002010-05-18T11:33:37.127-04:00Straight Forward Design<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1445/dsc2739j.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1445/dsc2739j.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1663/dsc2738m.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1663/dsc2738m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3350/dsc2742n.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3350/dsc2742n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I attended the New Finnish Design Show this weekend, and even though it was small, it contained some quality design. The above images are a few of my favorites that I photographed while I was there. <br /><br />The first is <a href="http://www.alessi.com/en/">Alessi</a>, Adagio Fat Tray & 123DL. by designers Harri Koskinen and Kristiina Lassus. A set of three different sized crystalline glasses intended for several purposes: drinking toasting measuring cooking stacking storing. The Fat Tray made of bamboo can "swallow" inside it everything one needs for setting a table, while food beverages or pastries can be placed on top for serving.<br /><br />The second is <a href="http://www.nounoudesign.fi/e_anupenttinen.html">Anu Penttinen</a>, City Plan 24/7. The City Plan wall pieces are versatile art products. It represents the artist's interest in introducing urban moods into hand-made art glass objects. A City Plan is about the small details within a cityscape: signs signals architecture walkways everyday objects.<br /><br />The last is offered by <a href="http://www.mottoform.com/welcome/">Mottoform</a>. These are part of a collection of old things made new, each with it's own story and design. Each textile embodies the unique history of a previous life in a home or cottage-where signs of age and use are markes of beauty. The Helsinki made hand printed vintage linens contains relief patterns found in Helsinki Art Nouveau architecture.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-46483002040377238482010-05-17T11:27:00.004-04:002010-05-17T11:43:54.847-04:00Official Art Poster Edition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1962/01fifaposterkentridgeco.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1962/01fifaposterkentridgeco.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4441/03fifapostertoguocopy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4441/03fifapostertoguocopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3130/13fifaposterhassancopy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3130/13fifaposterhassancopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I don't watch much football, or soccer as we say here in the states, but I'm liking the art work from this years South African World Cup poster editions! Especially the three above from William Kendtridge, Barthélémy Toguo and Kay Hassan.<br /><br />The 2010 Official Art Posters are available as individual prints or as Complete Set in the <a href="http://brandsunitedug.sport.officelive.com/sitemap.aspx">2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM Portfolio</a>. The Portfolio is handmade of natural black cardboard with embossed silver lettering „2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM “. It holds all seventeen Art Posters. Each individual Art Poster comes with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity with FIFA HologramThe Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-84173658816011428782010-05-14T10:03:00.002-04:002010-05-14T10:10:55.734-04:00New Finnish Design<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9162/11viladasfinnscustom1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9162/11viladasfinnscustom1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />As a part of this weeks <a href="http://www.core77.com/nydesignweek/">Core 77 NY Design Week</a>, <a href="http://www.straightforward-design.net/about/">STRAIGHTFORWARD</a>: New Finnish Design is setting up shop at the Chelsea Market<br /><br />“Is it not the ultimate meaning of the beautiful to<br />be essential, functional, justified, truthful?”<br />— Designer Kaj Franck (1911–1989)<br /><br />Designer Kaj Franck is often described as the conscience of Finnish design. He thought that in order to be designated good and beautiful, an object had to be durable, robust, easy to clean, functional, do justice to the materials used for it, and be indispensable. By removing everything excessive from his designs and leaving only the essential, he created a design philosophy, which has become the backbone of Finnish design.<br /><br />The starting point for STRAIGHTFORWARD stemmed from the validity of this principle today. The route was to discover the ways in which present day Finnish design still embraces those traditional values, and how these values have been reinterpreted today.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-66533415914248232302010-05-13T10:31:00.006-04:002010-05-13T10:51:00.646-04:00Earth And Clouds<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2915/dsc2708j.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2915/dsc2708j.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5467/dsc2712.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5467/dsc2712.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4664/dsc2713.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4664/dsc2713.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6466/dsc2714.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6466/dsc2714.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Completely crazy about <a href="http://veinandbabyalpaca.com/">Vein and Baby Alpaca</a>, a collaboration of 2 creative forces. "Vein" who sprung from the earth, and "Baby Alpaca" who was born in the clouds. Jewelry of the natural, whimsical, and dark. I'm in love...The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-52943387427252894822010-05-11T19:26:00.005-04:002010-05-11T19:35:58.275-04:00I Love Unis<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/96/55561524.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/96/55561524.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1672/82595580.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1672/82595580.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3230/06w.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3230/06w.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I love <a href="http://www.unisnewyork.com/collection/spring10/02m.shtml">Unis </a>clothing! Its just so damn comfy and classic. I think I need to do a little summer shopping! Oh, and this model is a sweet guy. I've photographed him a few times around the city, glad to see he's modeling for the line.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-58988108143573985582010-05-08T11:44:00.006-04:002010-05-08T11:56:55.157-04:00Oka's World<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/129/micheleokadoner.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/129/micheleokadoner.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3778/s700.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3778/s700.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8339/s701.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8339/s701.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/6609/s704.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/6609/s704.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.micheleokadoner.com/">Oka Doner's</a> work is fueled by a lifelong study and appreciation of the natural world, from which she derives her formal vocabulary. I'm entranced by her works!The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-12655892972073370742010-05-07T09:16:00.004-04:002010-05-07T09:40:21.812-04:00The Hipster on Abromovic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5497/abramovic5l1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5497/abramovic5l1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />A couple weeks ago I posted the Unknown Hipster blog. I'm happy to see he's posting again, but I a most happy that he has posted about Marina Abromovic's exhibit. Yes, there has been a lot of talk about the show, as there really should be! I have chosen to not blog about the show, even though I really have wanted to, but felt I could never describe it perfectly enough with out sitting down in front of my computer trying to write the most perfect eloquent post, which would take me,ummmmm... all day! To me the show was that good, that I don't even want to touch it by writing about it, if you know what I mean. I'll leave that to the professional writers. Marina Abromovic's exhibit moved me tremendously, and I won't say anymore because it's something that one has to experience for themselves, because everyone will take away from it something different I'm sure. But check out the <a href="http://unknownhipster.com/">Unknown Hipster's blog</a>, he writes a bit about the experience of the exhibit, and his renderings are delightful!The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-53042325513847205482010-05-06T16:43:00.006-04:002010-05-06T17:05:54.264-04:00Michael Hainey<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8321/hainey13.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8321/hainey13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6466/hainey14.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6466/hainey14.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5206/hainey1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5206/hainey1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/767/hainey15.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/767/hainey15.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2774/1030hainey.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2774/1030hainey.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've just discovered the talented Michael Hainey! deputy editor of GQ magazine, Hainey is also a poet a writer and painter who resides in Greenwich Village, NYC. His pieces are being snatched up by the likes of Thom Brown, Jeff Klein and Nate Berkus. Awwww shucks, which means I can never afford his work now!! Anyway, I can at least sit back and enjoy the understated beauty of his quirky, thoughtful, and whimsical creations. Damn! But that little charcoal bird would look amazing in my apartment. HmmmmmThe Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-91394664102698242662010-05-06T10:23:00.006-04:002010-05-06T10:54:51.339-04:00Deka Ray of Light<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7337/slide101.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7337/slide101.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5549/slide72d.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5549/slide72d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3542/slide90.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3542/slide90.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5808/slide98.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5808/slide98.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />That's exactly what Ms. Huang Selway's <a href="http://www.dekaray.com/">Deka Ray's</a> Jewelery line is to me.. little jewels of light... twisted, and angular...sculpted and architectural.<br /><br />Growing up amidst of stacks of blueprints, art volumes, and music anthologies in the woods of North Carolina, Ms. Huang Selway first began making jewelry after reading a book about Alexander Calder at the age of 8. Between pursuing bachelors and masters<br />degrees in architecture at MIT and Columbia, she spent a year in middle Ohio learning how to rebuild motorcycle parts and motors. She currently shares the NYC-based architectural practice <a href="http://www.formactiv.net/">Formactiv</a>.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-38481775314365241212010-05-05T18:10:00.004-04:002010-05-05T18:15:57.660-04:00All Blown Up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3351/29brownehaendeltmagsf.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3351/29brownehaendeltmagsf.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Karl Haendel creates large-scale graphite drawings on paper in various sizes, which are displayed in a diversity of configurations on the walls. He combines and arranges the works, acting as an editor, generating new relationships and juxtapositions between images, and suggesting new meanings for a number of themes. The subjects of Haendel's works are collected from the private and public realm, usually photographic imagery, and include personal narrative, political commentary, and modernist references. Showing now at <a href="http://leverhouseartcollection.com/#/home">Lever House Art Collection</a> NYCThe Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-83774431341725162062010-04-24T08:55:00.004-04:002010-04-24T09:12:03.038-04:00Where The Wild Things Will Be This Summer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/4015/morris.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/4015/morris.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7244/justaroundthecornersumm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7244/justaroundthecornersumm.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4689/owaiawi1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4689/owaiawi1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Well, at least one wild thing...ME!! I've been following <a href="http://www.stickwork.net/">Patrick Dougherty's</a> work for about a year now, and I can't wait for his installation at the <a href="http://www.bbg.org/about/pressroom/centennial/">Brooklyn Botanical Gardens</a> centennial this summer. I'll be a kid all over again!The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-13395147338622206092010-04-20T10:29:00.005-04:002010-04-20T10:36:01.838-04:00The Unknown Hipster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3752/coyote372dpi1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3752/coyote372dpi1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This guy has not posted in a while, but his blog is very entertaining! <br /><br />Born French, Unknown Hipster early moved to New York to become a painter, a poet, or whichever position was available on the Art scene. Once a lead tambourine for « Uneven dusk », it’s unclear what became his main occupation after the band quickly broke-up. All can be said is that Unknown frequently appears at Fashionable and Cultural events without being necessarily on the list. <a href="http://unknownhipster.com/">The Unknown Hipster</a>The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-12425558172772495722010-04-16T09:30:00.005-04:002010-04-16T13:36:10.170-04:00Lonny Magazine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2776/lonnymag.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2776/lonnymag.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2198/bradfordlonnymag2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2198/bradfordlonnymag2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />With the end to quite a few Interior Design Magazines this past year, Lonny Magazine is amongst those who have tapped into the power of Internet. Check out this new online Interior Design magazine. <a href="http://www.lonnymag.com/Home.html">Lonnymag.com</a>The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-22168354586235857412010-04-14T09:37:00.003-04:002010-04-14T09:47:05.795-04:00Mikael Kennedy At the Chelsea Hotel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1331/009lz.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1331/009lz.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/5010/045gh.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/5010/045gh.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/9936/028s.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/9936/028s.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6175/008yu.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6175/008yu.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4061/004yf.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4061/004yf.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />“In 2002 I was twenty-three years old. David Lamb and I were leaving the blood bank in Seattle where we went twice a week to make 45 dollars selling our blood…I sold my blood to buy expired Polaroid film where I could find it, and when that didn't work I would steal it... We had no jobs, we had no plan…I told David that this was to be the plan: No plan. I said we'd ‘Shoot The Moon.’ Like in the game of Hearts, you collect all the bad cards you win, you get almost all of them but not all, you lose. So I started collecting my cards in the frame of a Polaroid.” - Mikael Kennedy<br /><br />The Chelsea Hotel, <a href="http://www.phhfineart.com/mikael_kennedy.html">Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art</a>, 222 W. 23rd St., Suite 524. Reception from 6-8 p.m. tonightThe Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585330470505577755.post-26581142200514614512010-04-12T08:49:00.004-04:002010-04-12T09:17:38.610-04:00American Modern<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8537/dsc2444s.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8537/dsc2444s.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/3988/dsc2445.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/3988/dsc2445.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8750/dsc2446.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8750/dsc2446.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8467/dsc2447.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8467/dsc2447.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9127/dsc2448.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9127/dsc2448.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7674/dsc2449m.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 650px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 75px" src="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7674/dsc2449m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not a minimalist. I love collecting an assortment of interesting objects, from the pretty to the ugly. However my apartment is certainly not cluttered-there's a place for everything. I always say accessories and artwork really make your home you! The things you live amongst says a lot about your personality, and these things brings a sense of warmth and character to the space. I can never be a Buddhist, I have such an attachment to all my things. My new favorite coffee table read is "American Living" by one of my favorite designers, Thomas O'Brien. It's all about beautiful organized clutter. I love it! I also love O'Brien's showroom in SOHO called <a href="http://www.aerostudios.com/">Aero</a>.The Concrete Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600902393138706112noreply@blogger.com1