I spent a couple of nights with my lover at the Gramercy Park Hotel, NYC, Schrager’s collaboration with Julian Schnabel — painter, filmmaker, now, interior designer.
October 27, 2006
Julian Schnabel and Ian Schrager
October 23, 2006
The concept of the sacred in commerce
The conceptual gesture, to supporting Shawn’s spiritual exploration, is drawing back to manuscripts hundreds of years old to find the archetypal spiritual exploration that captures the needs and quests of the seeker. It’s all about the voice, the sacred voice, the calling. Finding the illustrations and woodcuts in rare books from the Mediaeval age – even hearkening to earlier manuscripts and inspirations – creates this kind of lineage, a real snapping line through history, to the potency of the evocation of the call, the wandering, the search. Everything else supports that, the hand drawings, the calligraphy, the special icons we created, even the symbolism that is inherent in everything that Shawn has in his presentation – the trinity of the silver seeds, for example – it’s all about listening to the voice. And acting on it. The beauty of this offering is that the inspirations – and the aspirations – are powerful and rich – moreso, authentic and true to the mystery, extending back hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
October 21, 2006
Brand Braille
*10. MARKETING: INNOVATIVE BRANDING AND MARKETING TRENDS. TIM GIRVIN, designer and founder of GIRVIN, discusses a new expression: Brand Braille. Tim describes this a sa metaphor – a way to transmit a brand message through the creation of a distinctive pattern that actually transcends design: “Braille is a language that does not rely on seeing, but instead it relies on touch and feel. Branding is another language that doesn’t just rely on seeing; it is also the feel and touch of all that is sensual about the brand. The brand experience might be about touching, scenting, tasting, hearing and sensing holistically.”
October 10, 2006
Interview Notes / Tom Kundig
How do you know Tom?
I’ve known Tom since childhood, in Spokane, our families sort of connected earlier in our lives – and still have a kind of connection together, over there.
October 4, 2006
Making Ballet
I spent the day with Balletmakers | Capezio the day before yesterday. It was Cristina and I. Some interviews, some research, some connections. More gathering. This will be going on for a couple of weeks, the two of us.
October 2, 2006
Perfections
Good morning.
Here’s a procession:
For the last 15 years, or more, I’ve been watching the evolution of this artist, designer and sculptor, Anish Kapoor. He was, however, born one year after me, so he’s been around. You probably know about him. Maybe not. But working on the east coast, I had the chance to run down to Rock Center at night, to look at this latest installation. And, in a way, his work — it’s always about perfection: skewed. That is, something perfect that, in some aspect
of its installation, skews the perspective. Could be a perfect piece of polished steel running into the floor. Wall. Something strangely luminous that somehow twists the circumspection in a marvelous way. I wanted to see it at night, which is another kind of skew, I suppose, given the so-called idea of it bringing the “sky into the city”. Here are some images. After that, to learn more, some sites that reference his work.
