Una Coolhunter en Nueva York

MoMA Design Store Destination: NYC The 11th edition of...

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:16:00 -0400

MoMA Design Store Destination: NYC

The 11th edition of MoMA’s destination series—which has included Seoul, Portugal, Japan and Brazil in recent years—looks at the five boroughs with fresh eyes, and the smart selections reflect both the museum’s knack for remaining on point, as as well as the creativity pumping through NYC.

MoMA Design Store Destination: NYC arrives online and in MoMA Stores 15 May 2013.

http://www.coolhunting.com/design/moma-design-store-destination-nyc.php?

Little Germany in NYC. Downtown Manhattan’s Vibrant Scene...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:56:21 -0400

Little Germany in NYC.

Downtown Manhattan’s Vibrant Scene Crystallizes with a New Launch from the Best-Selling Bremen Brewery

An assortment of 21st-century transplants channel the energy and nightlife of their native Germany into the bakeries, beer gardens and bars of New York’s Lower East Side in this film celebrating Beck’s Sapphire, a new pilsner brewed from rare “saphir” hops. From pretzel street vendors to electronic music, the film explores the rich culture that has contributed to the Manhattan scene since the first wave of German settlers in the 19th Century. Casting the likes of DJ and downtown.

Video: http://www.nowness.com/day/2013/4/23/2979/sapphire—little-germany

“Punk: Chaos to Couture” at MET The Met’s spring 2013...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:22:32 -0400

“Punk: Chaos to Couture” at MET

The Met’s spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, will examine punk’s impact on high fashion from the movement’s birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition will include original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk’s visual symbols.

Focusing on the relationship between the punk concept of “do-it-yourself” and the couture concept of “made-to-measure,” the seven galleries will be organized around the materials, techniques, and embellishments associated with the anti-establishment style. Themes will include New York and London, which will tell punk’s origin story as a tale of two cities, followed by Clothes for Heroes and four manifestations of the D.I.Y. aesthetic—Hardware, Bricolage, Graffiti and Agitprop, and Destroy.

Presented as an immersive multimedia, multisensory experience, the clothes will be animated with period music videos and soundscaping audio techniques.

“We’re trying to highlight the more intellectual, artistic side of punk,” said Andrew Bolton, the curator of the exhibition. Organizers hope to draw a parallel between the populist, DIY punk aesthetic and the individualized vision of rarefied designers.

http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2013/PUNK

“Front Row: Chinese American Designers” exhibition. THROUGHOUT...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:02:58 -0400

“Front Row: Chinese American Designers” exhibition.

THROUGHOUT THE RECENT and meteoric rise of Asian-Americans in fashion, there have been numerous milestones, as when Alexander Wang was named the creative director of Balenciaga last year, or when Jason Wu designed Michelle Obama’s first inaugural gown in 2009 (and her second one this year). Before them, beginning in the 1980s, came a handful of pioneers, like Vera Wang and Anna Sui.

Underscoring their rapid ascent is a pair of fashion exhibitions opening Friday at the Museum of Chinese in America. One shows the influence of Western dress on Shanghai fashion from the 1910s to 1940s, a period before designer names were established in China; the other focuses on designers of the last 30 years, who are now stars in the United States, and increasingly so in China. The change in perception is all the more impressive when you consider that the museum’s last exploration of fashion was a history of Chinese laundry workers organized by the New York Chinatown History Project in 1983.

“Now you don’t think of Chinese-Americans in fashion in terms of laundromats,” said Helen Koh, the museum’s executive director. “You think of fashion designers.”

Front Row traces and celebrates the rise of Chinese American designers who decided to make their marks in New York. In the 1980s, designers such as Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Vera Wang and Vivienne Tam emerged in the New York fashion scene just as the city was transforming its identity from a garment center into one of the fashion capitals of the world. Curiously, the growth of New York’s Chinatown, the preponderance of Chinese manufacturers (tailors and seamstresses) in the city’s garment district, and the increased outsourcing of garment manufacturing to China, occurred alongside the rapid growth of fashion’s creative industries and a broader shift towards creative driven production in New York.

Since then, a new generation of young designers, from Derek Lam to Phillip Lim, have gone on to build global enterprises alongside established figures in an international fashion world. The diversity of their aesthetics, their individualized approaches to branding, and their varying personal relationship to cultural identity has shaped what we now understand as not only New York fashion, but an American sense of style.

This exhibition, guest-curated by designer Mary Ping, features the unique visions of 16 designers amidst a larger narrative of social and cultural forces that accentuated and cultivated this group’s rise. Front Row will feature designer assemblages of signature looks while drawing on personal reflections that speak to unique artistic visions and entrepreneurial paths. From the origins of their careers and development of signature styles, to understanding their own complex relationship to the concepts of New York and Asia, the exhibition will explore the rise of these Chinese American designers and their relationship to New York City.

Guest Curator: Mary Ping
Exhibition Design: Rebecca Shea

http://www.mocanyc.org/

The Sea Glass in Battery Park, just openning:) WXY Architecture...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:53:37 -0400

The Sea Glass in Battery Park, just openning:)

WXY Architecture recently finished off an undersea-themed carousel in Lower Manhattan for the Battery Park Conservancy. SeaGlass, which opens this fall, replaces nostalgic-themed ponies and unicorns with a futuristic aquatic look that will make visitors feel like they are diving underwater.

History

The New York Aquarium at the Castle was one of the nation’s earliest public aquariums welcoming 2.5 million visitors annually. Until its closing in 1941, the Aquarium was a vital educational and scientific center. SeaGlass carousel will not only entertain visitors, but inspire and educate them.

The story of SeaGlass began when The Battery Conservancy was designing the park’s interior to reflect its rich history and to create a light source in a previously darkened landscape. An aquatic carousel was proposed to recall 1896 when the Battery was the first home of the New York Aquarium. SeaGlass is an innovative, aquatic–themed ride for Downtown residents, workers and visitors from around the world.

The Conservancy is working with the New York Aquarium at Coney Island to develop a ferry link from The Battery waterfront to a dock near the aquarium. Information on exhibitions and events at the Aquarium will be available at the SeaGlass site along with educational materials about the SeaGlass sea creatures.

MOMA in May New exhibitions, extended hours and an interactive...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:09:40 -0400

MOMA in May

New exhibitions, extended hours and an interactive café hit the MoMA

There are a lot of new things going on at the New York Museum of Modern Art this May. A few new exhibitions, the 100th installation in the Projects series, an interactive studio café and even a new schedule all come into play. To keep you organized and share a little more insight into the MoMA happenings, we’ve gathered together a rundown of what to expect next month.

chek it out! http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/moma-in-may.php

Strip Strip Hooray One of the preeminent shows in the...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:06:43 -0400

Strip Strip Hooray

One of the preeminent shows in the neo-burlesque scene from Dita von Teese—a pioneer of contemporary American burlesque and authority on elegance—although co-stars Dirty Martini, Perle Noire, Selene Luna, Monsieur Romeo, Lada Nikolska and Catherine D’Lish.

The most recent production involved turning NYC’s Gramercy Theater—a space more suited for rock shows than kinky acrobatics—into a proper burlesque stage.

Stay in the loop on future dates for Strip Strip Hooray and other burlesque performances by following Dita von Teese on Twitter.

www.coolhunting.com/design/behind-the-scenes-strip-strip-hooray.php?

Oficial Photo: Book´s presentation “Una coolhunter en...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:27:10 -0400

Oficial Photo: Book´s presentation “Una coolhunter en Nueva York” ( Instituto Cervantes, NYC)

Insta 2013 Ideas Nethunter Idea Catalyst on Flickr.

Good memories in New York: sharing ideas @CervantesNY Gema Requena @Nethunting Gustavo CARVAJAL @IdeaCatalyst1

Gustavo CARVAJAL Idea Catalyst @IdeaCatalyst1 http://idealandia.com/ idealandia http://idealandia.tumblr.com/

Instituto Cervantes NY (211 E 49th Street) book presentation...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:21:38 -0400

Instituto Cervantes NY (211 E 49th Street) book presentation “Una coolhunter en Nueva York” Tue, 3/26/13

Nice Day, Oficial Photo:)

Insta 2013 Ideas Sharing is good

Full house sharing ideas @CervantesNY. Photo: Marisa Fatas @marisafatas - Gema Requena @Nethunting - Patricia Buraschi - Gustavo CARVAJAL @IdeaCatalyst1

Instituto Cervantes NY (211 E 49th Street) book presentation “Una coolhunter en Nueva York” Tue, 3/26/13 featured Pop-Up tasting “Gnocchi del 29” by Patricia Buraschi. Participants: Gema Requena [Coolhunter, Nethunter, book´s author] and Gustavo Carvajal [Idea Catalyst, event moderator.] @IdeaCatalyst1 http://idealandia.com/http://idealandia.tumblr.com/

#Jacques by Aronow The ties are handmade in New York by...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:59:31 -0400

#Jacques by Aronow

The ties are handmade in New York by TieCrafters, a wonderful business. They clean, shorten, customize ties and are great people. The next edition will be with Brooklyn Tailors and will drop some time in late Spring. They’ll retail for under $85. Click here to follow along for the ride.

Elliot Aronow has been teaming up with brands for a while now, curating their collections and offering advice to a generation overwhelmed by options. He just launched a line of ties that transition from work to the weekend. In his own words…

I designed and produced 3 styles of #jacques by Aronow ties for our debut winter 2013 collection. The first is a cashmere/wool blend with yellow tipping, the second is a green/grey flecked Donegal tweed with polka dot piping and the third is a black/green number made from %100 Loro Piana cashmere.

http://www.patternpulp.com/accessories/jacques-by-aronow/

Milton Glaser, last designs Now 83 years old, Milton Glaser has...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:47:23 -0500

Milton Glaser, last designs

Now 83 years old, Milton Glaser has become a name synonymous with meaningful graphic design. With a decades-long career under his belt that includes creating the iconic “I (Heart) NY” logo and many others, as well as co-founding Pushpin Studios and New York Magazine, the beloved designer is still brimming with ideas and advice. Last week we had the opportunity to both listen to and speak directly with Glaser as part of MoMA Design Store’s ShopTalk series where he recounted some of his recent work and the process behind his collection of clocks produced exclusively for the MoMA Design Store in late 2012.

“If you spend your life doing what you love, the speed at which the world goes on and changes around you is irrelevant.”

Find Glaser’s clock collection through MoMA Design Store online and in person.

www.coolhunting.com/design/milton-glaser-moma-design-store-shoptalk.php?

Mes de la MUJER en el Instituto Cervantes. Os espero el 26 de...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:45:24 -0500

Mes de la MUJER en el Instituto Cervantes.

Os espero el 26 de Marzo a las 18h para presentar el libro “Una coolhunter en Nueva York”

Please join us for an exclusive “Una coolhunter en Nueva York” about cities, trends & culture.
Instituto Cervantes has the pleasure of inviting you to the book presentation “Una coolhunter en Nueva York”, which will be held in our auditorium (211 E 49th Street / between 2nd y 3rd. Ave.) on Tuesday, March 26th, 6pm.

Participants: Gema Requena [Coolhunter, Nethunter and the book´s author] and Gustavo Carvajal [Idea Catalyst and event moderator.]

During the event you will enjoy the experience of one book´s chapter, a Pop-Up tasting of “Gnocchi del 29” by Patricia Buraschi.

“Una coolhunter en Nueva york”
Instituto Cervantes
211 E 49th Street / between 2nd and 3rd Av.
Tuesday, March 26th - 6pm
FREE admission once you RSVP to info@nethunting.es

The conference will be in spanish language, after that we ´ll enjoy a multicultural experience book by Gnocchi event.

http://nyork.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha87562_27_2.htm

Location-aware Music Project - Central Park NY Ryan Holladay ...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:13:15 -0500

Location-aware Music Project - Central Park NY

Ryan Holladay and his brother Hays created the location-based musical experience “Listen to the Light” in Central Park, in which users pursued musical and physical routes during a walk through the park.

Location-aware music is Ryan and Hays Holladay’s exploration of music that is composed and mapped to a landscape and that can only be experienced within the designated coordinates of a physical space. Designed for Apple’s iPhone and iPad, location-aware music discards the passive listening experience and invites the user to explore a terrain musically as they move throughout a space. Musical passages and pockets of sound are spread across a terrain — geo-tagged to various landmarks, paths and spaces that blend seamlessly as the listener traverses the area.

http://www.bluebra.in/

Find. Eat. Drink., an informed app to help you do just as the...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:15:58 -0500

Find. Eat. Drink., an informed app to help you do just as the name implies, with tips and suggestions from pros like Michelin-star chefs, coffee roasters and food writers.

Wiith, mobile (free app), online or pdf guides about the neighboorhoods:)

http://www.findeatdrink.com/guide/download_guides.html

Wall to Wall in Brooklyn. Converse The Converse sneaker has...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:12:48 -0500

Wall to Wall in Brooklyn. Converse

The Converse sneaker has become an iconic symbol of laidback cool. Through the decades, as brands have come and gone, Converse has remained a symbol of non-conformity in a mass of sameness. That’s a hard act to pull off from a marketing perspective.

That’s why Converse’s marketing efforts are always interesting to watch, especially in a time where “authenticity” is on the lips of most marketers. Converse’s latest campaign “Wall to Wall” aims to reinforce cultural relevancy. For the “Wall to Wall“ series Converse invited street artists to travel all over the world to transform walls into street art.

You can see all of the “Wall to Wall” features on the Converse site. The videos are also on YouTube.

http://www.digiday.com/brands/converse-gets-in-on-street-art/

NY City´s Indie Coffe shops The number of independent and small...

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:32:11 -0500

NY City´s Indie Coffe shops

The number of independent and small chain coffee shops in New York City now beats the number of locations run by the city’s two dominant chains, Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts. That trend has been fueled by the high numbers of younger consumers (18-35) working in the city who are willing to pay up for a premium cup of coffee, suggests a recent statistical analysis from the New York Economic Development Corp.

Here’s more from the EDC review:

Manhattan neighborhoods have the highest density of cafés per ZIP code. The East Village ZIP code of 10003 has the highest number of shops with 49, closely followed by Midtown/Hell’s Kitchen (10019) with 47. Midtown East (10017) and SoHo (10012) each have 41, and Tribeca/Chinatown (10013) has 40. The non-Manhattan neighborhoods with the highest concentration of caffeine are Williamsburg (11211) with 31 shops, Glendale (11385) with 32 shops, and Park Slope (11215) with 32 shops.

http://dailycoffeenews.com/2013/02/13/new-york-citys-indie-coffee-shops-now-outnumber-big-chains/#

“Darkened Cities, New York’s Danziger Gallery, The French...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:11:13 -0500

“Darkened Cities, New York’s Danziger Gallery,

The French photographer Thierry Cohen has turned the lights out in the city to reveal the stunning stars that have always been overhead.In his series “Darkened Cities,” Cohen creates a visual reminder of what the world would look like if it were free of light pollution, and asks us to ponder how an increasingly urban society can disconnect us from the natural world.

527 West 23rd Street
New York, New York 10011 USA
Telephone 212.629.6778

New Museum, the exhibition NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:50:20 -0500

New Museum, the exhibition NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star

“NYC 1993” looks at art made and exhibited in New York over the course of one year, providing a synchronic panorama in which established artists and emerging figures of the time are presented alongside the work of authors whose influence has since faded from the discussion.

The show, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Gary Carrion-Murayari, Jenny Moore and Margot Norton, tells how the early 90s was a seminal time of change nationally, globally, socially and economically, and how this was reflected in art produced at the time.

Centering on the year 1993, the exhibition is conceived as a time capsule, an experiment in collective memory that attempts to capture a specific moment at the intersection of art, pop culture, and politics.

Studio 231 at 231 Bowery, Lobby Gallery, Second Floor, Third Floor, Fourth Floor, and Fifth Floor Visit Us
The exhibition runs February 13th 2013 – May 26th 2013.

NY Ballet partering with Urban Graffiti Art! NYCB Art...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:47:28 -0500

NY Ballet partering with Urban Graffiti Art!

NYCB Art Series commissions contemporary artists to create original works of art inspired by our unique energy, spectacular dancers, and one-of-a-kind repertory of ballets. New York City Ballet has worked with leading and emerging artists throughout the Company’s history — luminaries like Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Julian Schnabel. We are proud to continue this tradition by partnering with Brooklyn-based artists FAILE for the inaugural year of Art Series.

FAILE’s installation, Les Ballets De Faile, was created for theArt Series performances on Friday, February 1, and Wednesday, May 29. On these dates, every seat in the house is available for just $29, and each audience member will receive a limited-edition work made specifically for this event.

FAILE’s installation will also be on view to ticketed patrons at all performances during the Winter season and during special gallery viewing hours that are free and open to the public, February 10-17.

Sunday 10 AM–1 PM
Tuesday–Friday 12–5 PM
Saturday 10 AM–12 PM
Closed Monday

http://www.nycballet.com/artseries/

The new varieties of The Brooklyn Hot Dog, an iconic meal in the...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:58:18 -0500

The new varieties of The Brooklyn Hot Dog, an iconic meal in the city.

With natural ingredientes and made in the traditional German style, all of The Brooklyn Hot Dogs Co’s products are completely nitrate- and preservative-free and sealed in sheep casings for just the right amount of snap.

After perfecting the original beef and pork flavor the partners added new varieties reminiscent of other New York staples like gyro and pepperoni, as well as a buffalo chicken and an all pork dog.

The fledgling brand is currently only available at local NYC retailers like Dean & Deluca and Foragers, but keep an eye on their site (coming soon) for gradual expansion plans in the US.

http://www.coolhunting.com/food-drink/the-brooklyn-hot-dog-company.php