Archive for the ‘DIY City Blog’
Little Black Dress charitable event
“EM & Co brings its distinctive mix of styles from local and global designers to the “little black dress” pop-up venue at The Sunset shopping and dining complex, from September 16 through October 12. The high-profile “little black dress” charitable event established in 2002, returns to Los Angeles for a month-long celebration of style, bringing [...]
Indie Fashion Parade on the Brooklyn Bridge
photo credit: fashion indie
All eyes have been on Fashion Week - but not all eyes - Fashion Indie with only 10 days of planning pulled off an indie fashion parade on the Brooklyn Bridge.
photo credits: racked.com - view more photos on racked.com
IPod Nano - Get Ready
Choices, choices. I got my IPod Nano in today. Wendy and I won a competition on Stylehive a few weeks back. We are so excited. It is red, shiny, new and gorgeous. I really don’t want to cover it up, but I don’t want to scratch it either, so I’ve been looking around for a [...]
“Faberge’ - Style Egg Contest” - Forbes/Instructables
Forbes and Instructables unite to bring you this great contest - “Faberge’ - Style Egg Contest.” Details can be found on Instructables. The winning eggs will also be featured in the Forbes Galleries in New York City.
The contest opens for entries Monday, Sept. 8 and closes for entries Sunday, Oct. 12.
Cool Design - Skateboard Steps
Check out these cool skateboard steps. They were installed in the basement of a Canadian skateboard school. The design is really cool. The photo shows the steps before the handrail was added. Wendy and I love finding designers who find new uses for manufactured products. These are new boards, but wouldn’t it be a great [...]
3rd Ward just announced its 3rd open call for art
3rd Ward in Brooklyn just announced it’s 3rd Ward Fall Solo Show: An Open Call to Find One Extraordinary Artist.
It is a nation-wide open call for “ambitious, distinct and provocative work” and is open to artists working in all mediums - sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, motion graphics, illustration, installation, industrial design, graphic design, film, [...]
Dedicated to the Hurricane Survivors - 3rd Anniversary
This is the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Of course, those of us in Louisiana are all preparing for another dangerous storm - Hurricane Gustav. We don’t know yet what it will do - but it is very dangerous. This post is dedicated to all of the Katrina survivors and those who survived Rita. Wendy [...]
Jacob’s Eye in Brooklyn
One of our favorite designers, Jacob Gayle of Jacob’s Eye has been busy producing funky Rocker Bags this fall.
You can find Jacob’s work all over Brooklyn this weekend:
Saturday, 9am-5pm: Fort Greene Artisans Market, FORT GREENE PARK @ DEKALB AVE AND WASHINGTON PARK
Sunday, 10am-5pm: The Brooklyn Flea, SCHOOLYARD @ LAFAYETTE AND VANDERBILT AVES
Tuesday-Sunday, 12pm-8pm: Urban Alchemist [...]
Design Sponge visits 5 designers from Sydney
Design Sponge has to be one of my favorite blogs for eye-candy and now I discovered these regional roundups that they are doing. Sure you will enjoy them as well. This is based on Sydney. You will get to meet 5 amazing designers from the area - Kareena Zerefos - an illustrator, Dieu Tan - [...]
Foyles - book store in London
Shop: Foyles (W & G Foyle Ltd)113-119 Charing Cross RoadLondon WC2H 0EBFax: 020 7434 1580Email: webmaster@foyles.co.uk
Opening Hours - Monday - Saturday: 9.30am - 9.00pm - Sundays: 11.30am* - 6.00pm
Public holidays: 11.00am - 8.00pm - (*11.30am - 12.00pm browsing only)
You can also find the company on-line at www.foyles.co.uk
Foyles is possible the largest London book store [...]
