I met Swedish designer Amanda Ericsson in a dark little bar in Paris. After a few minutes spent exchanging pleasantries, she flashed me a coy smile and removed her coat. There, pinned to the front and dead-center of her pants, was a small, white tassled brooch. A grappe de chatte, she calls it (literally, a [...]
Author Archives: Julie Cirelli
LIFE’s 30 Dumb Inventions
September 29, 2009 – 5:52 pm
Because who wouldn’t want a pair of artificial Japanese breasts with a built-in heartbeat? Or for that matter, a precarious outdoor cage in which to dangle your infant several stories over the street. LIFE magazine has cataloged its picks for most absurd inventions of all time, most of which are rather amusing. A few of [...]
Pike Loop, a Robot-Built Installation
September 28, 2009 – 6:55 am
This Wednesday, the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York will inaugurate its month-long building project, Pike Loop. A curling brick wall, designed by Swiss architects Gramazio & Kohler, will be built over the course of the month entirely by a robot. The one-armed industrial claw – aptly named R.O.B. – employs the same technology and [...]
Richard Kern at Rental Tonight
June 4, 2009 – 1:03 pm
Richard Kern, Photos 1980 – 1999
JUNE 4 – JULY 5, 2009
@ RENTAL, NEW YORK, NY
RECEPTION: THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, 7-9PM
RENTAL | 120 EAST BROADWAY 6TH FL NY NY 10002
Vigil tonight in Union Square to Honor Dr. George Tiller
June 1, 2009 – 12:55 pm
Monday, June 1st, 6 pm
Union Square, New York City
Accessible by the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R trains (map of Union Square)
From The New York Times:
WICHITA, Kan. — George Tiller, one of only a few doctors in the nation who performed abortions late in pregnancy, was shot to death here Sunday in the foyer [...]
Recipe: Spring Salsa
May 20, 2009 – 8:49 am
We’ve asked photographer and self-described “home cook geek” Daemian Smith to supply us with the recipes behind some of his favorite culinary creations. The following are two of his recommendations for Spring: basic Salsa Roja and Salsa de Tomatillos, made with the eponymous green tomato-like fruit. Says Daemian: “Homemade salsa is one of the easiest [...]
