Thanks to my studiomate Raul I discovered this Collection of Peculiar Vintage Snapshots over on Flickr. Made my day!
Spaces, Etc.
These sculptural objects by New York based designer Ron Gilad are minimal three-dimensional outlines of various familiar shapes. As minimal as they are, they form spaces, rooms, shapes. It’s fascinating how our mind finishes what his artwork has started.
Pictoplasma
Wow, Pictoplasma NYC 2011 has an interesting line up of speakers. Meanwhile in its 3rd US edition, Pictoplasma returns to New York. It will take place at the Tishman Auditorium of Parsons The New School for Design on November 4th and 5th, featuring more than a dozen selected artist and designer lectures, such as Tim Biskup, Allyson Mellberg Taylor, Jeremyville, Raymond Lemstra, Geneviève Gauckler, Jon Burgerman, BeatBots, Mark Jenkins and many more!.
I would sign up just so I could see Geneviève Gauckler speak. Long time fan here! Tickets are only $260, that’s a refreshing price.
inbook Charging Stations
I couldn’t help but smile at the sight of this inbook Charging Station over on BLTD. Why not disguise your iphone docking station with old-school looking books? I like it. Available over on Etsy.
I just bought the white one pictured above. Yay!
Tattly Video Shoot
Yesterday was quite an unusual day at Studiomates: We had the talented and charming team of This Is Made By Hand here. They turned our conference room into a professional video studio. They shot about 50 people wearing Tattlys. Needless to say I can’t wait to see the final product. For now, check out the above timelapse I took of the video shoot!
In case you’re wondering what camera I used. It’s this one. (And yes, it works with Mac)
CreativeMornings = 3
What started as a humble 50-person event at Studiomates in 2009 has grown into a 17-chapter global adventure. When I first launched CreativeMornings people laughed and said no one will show up. Too early for New Yorkers. Well, I proved you wrong! We now average 250 creative folks that attend CreativeMornings/NewYork at 8.30am, one friday a month.
A big thank you goes out to my *amazing*, hardworking hosts and their team. You have to understand, everyone is working on volunteer basis. Impressive and humbling to say the least. CreativeMornings started as a reaction to the expensive and time-demanding conference world. I knew there had to be something more accessible and nimble. An event you could simply go to before heading to work. An event, that let’s you connect with people in your community. That’s what CreativeMornings stands for.
Would you like to watch a selection of our talks? Head over to Vimeo where we created a ‘best of’ channel.
But for now, for the month of October, party along with us and tell us what we should do next! Do you have ideas for a speaker, host, venue or just simply a suggestion on how we should celebrate? Let us know! happybirthday.creativemornings.com
A big giant thank you to my team Yoko and Kevin for building the birthday site!
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