Category: museums
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I ♥ NY: Moveable Type @ New York Times Building
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfIFndB1jo8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] I used the Port Authority Bus Terminal for my commute and witnessed the construction of the new New York Times building. The building has several restaurants and NYC’s first Muji store (outside of Moma). I pass it by every day but one day, I decided to walk through the building lobby which runs from the…
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I ♥ NY: Street Art @ East Houston St
NYC is full of surprises. I thought I know the streets of the city somewhat well, but I stumbled upon this piece of street art on East Houston St and Bowery (near DBGB). In case you are wondering, the white specks on the photos are snowflakes, it was January – around midnight. The piece was…
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Louis Vuitton / Super Flat Monogram
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCn06bEl15A&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Here is another anime made for LV by Takashi Murakami. My earlier post about his anime and LV is here: Super Flat First Love. This one shows one of TM’s cute character (a bamboo-chewing LV panda ?) swallowing a young Japanese girl whole and transporting her to a world of dancing LV monograms. It…
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eyeCandy #1: Super Fluids
Too tired to write. Knee deep in stuff. Turning home upside to get ready for the movers. Here is something catchy to look at. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f82TNyJ_pVw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1]
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Louis Vuitton / Super Flat First Love
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqaXxSBZTZc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] While I was uploading my Louis Vuitton/Solari video on Youtube for an earlier post, I discovered a series of anime by Takashi Murakami that involves the LV trademark monogram. The anime are all breezy, magical, and cute. Last year, the Brooklyn Museum put on a retrosepctive show of Takashi Murakami’s work. The show…