Monthly Archives: November 2011

Random finds in the Reader feed this weekend:

- Love these photos of deconstructed old timey communication platforms by Todd McLellan: typewriter, telephone, clock, radio, cassette player. I wonder how he photographs them flying that way, is it meticulously strung as if in mid-air or as easy as carefully dropping all the pieces at the same time? It’s captured in time, as if in slow motion, but with force and a crash.

- Art world’s renowned performance chef Jennifer Rubell interviewed on Hyperallergic in time for Thanksgiving.

- Artist communities and artist run spaces rising nice and ripe in Brooklyn.

- Four reasons to see HIDE/SEEK, exhibition on sexuality and gay identity at Brooklyn Museum.

- Merchification of pink and cancer.

- Murakami’s homage to Yves Klein.

- Interview with Angel Deradoorian of Dirty Projectors. Hippie talk.

- Interview with Wolfgang Tillmans.

- This puppy portrait is made out of 221, 184 candy sprinkles. Someone had a whole lot of time in their hands.

- Gerhard Richter in action. He’s the only artist badass enough to paint with a fucking knife.

- Eddie Huang introduces John Jay, Tom Sachs has a few words to say about the advertising guru as well.

- Look at Megan’s little bunny wunnies!!!!

- Jessica Eaton’s pattern & plane distorting photographs.

- “Occupy has touched the third rail: personal congressional profits streams…our own national leaders, who likely see their own personal wealth under threat from transparency and reform, are now making war upon us.” SCARY SHIT.

- Do I (can’t help but) have or want one basket or too many baskets? via Seth Godin.

- I WANT WANT WANT this cuff. This entire collection makes me want to be that crazy lady that ONLY wears animal themed accessories. Why not right?

- I also very much want this compass keychain.

- I didn’t know Apple had a new store in SoHo. What happened to the frosted glass staircases? Pictures look drab.

- Never thought I’d say this but: Chinese Food Crawl anyone?

- Glass Candy: Band of the day. Awesome song & video. Rethinking Neo 80′s as repulsive and embarrassing. O and speaking of the ’80s, Pizzza Time!!

- Pet habits that will make you a better person.

- Artist Maira Kalman illustrates Michael Pollan’s Food Rules. Awesome.

- 10 new must reads for November. I always get Joan Didion mixed with Jennifer Egan… Also, Seth Godin’s list of books for the fall.

- Explaining complex philosophic theories through basic shapes.

- New camera concept: Lytro: Shoot now, focus later. Weird design.

- On Art & Language.

- Setting the scene for a productive day.

- Productivity and self-control go hand in hand but to be uber successful you gotta work your ass off with some grit. True grit.

- Terry Richardson is celebrating an exhibition of photographs about his parents and the launch of a monograph. I don’t know if I should take this seriously or not.

- The Brooklyn Love Exchange Project maps love stories throughout the borough and turns them into embroideries.

- Like this Uni Tunic outfit from Mary Meyer.

- Band One Ring Zero made an album about recipes from their favorite chefs. Cool.

- A whole lot of pictures of NYC from the ’40s.

- Herein which Joseph Gordon Levitt performs Thriller on Halloween.

- A wristband tracks your wellness. Cool.

I’ve been saving links in my bookmarks library since March of this year. Here’s my attempt to sift through them all and highlight the keepers:

- Studio tour of one of my favorite food bloggers, Kelly of Eat Make Read.

- Matchbook Mag‘s tumblr page has many covetous pretty pictures.

- How to make Salsa Verde courtesy Diner Journal.

- This Williamsburg Seamstress picks up, fixes, and drops off your clothes.

- 3rd of May is a blog run by Modern Art Notes’ Tyler Green featuring an artwork a day correlating to current news.

- 8 steps to becoming a conversationalist.

- Max Wagner has quickly become my favorite lifestyle and wedding photographer. Such smooth and dreamy photos! And, I love this sneak peek of his home.

- How to manage communication overload. Easier said than done!

- Creating your wedding website with Wedding JoJo.

- Can I have a home like this Sydney based stylist?

- Jhumpa Lahiri on being a writer and a mom in Brooklyn.

- A lovely video dedicated to New York.

- Tools for better attention focus. “With a tidal wave of information coming at us daily, focus is rapidly becoming the scarcest commodity of the 21st century.” Scary!

- A class on how to be a better friend.

- A blog dedicated to record covers.

- I had a bad dream the other night where my head got bashed open while riding my bike. Time for helmets.

- Thank God pink month is over.

- 100 fantastic pieces of journalism.

- David Foster Wallace endnote generator.

- Fake tools for an absurd act by Gensis Belanger

- The Way I Work: David Karp of Tumblr

- Watch Tim Ferriss’ TED video at the bottom of the page. It’s inspired me to face my fears, which I have one too many of.

- Slideshare allows you upload and share powerpoint presentations.

- Essays from Paul Graham, co-founder of the tech startup seed fund, Y-Combinator.

- Smart tips for small space living.

- How publisher Jeff Mann keeps Greenpoint Gazette alive.

- Want these headphones.

- Dog fashion.

- Woody Allen on inspiration.

- Yes please.

- The original coca-cola bottle.

- Next Williamsburg food destination: brown liquor and cheap food at Post Office.

- I want this electric bike that doesn’t look like a “dork mobile”.

- Slutty Halloween costumes: a cultural history.

- I haven’t ventured through the world of e-books just yet but when I’m ready I think I’ll start with booki.sh

- I googled “spiritual bookstore NYC” one day and found this.

- Learn typeface design from Cooper Union.

- Hello. My name is Jules. I’m a fashion blogger and I can’t stop posting pictures of myself.

- Average color of NYC sky, every 5 minutes.

- Trailer home living.

- iHurst skull kit for $79.

- Spike Jonze and Olympia Le-Tan collaborate in this cute stop animation love story.

- 4 menus based off Brooklyn bars and restaurants.

- Bip Ling. The only fashion blog / meme you ever need to know.

- Top 10 Art World Figures I’d like to fuck.

- Interview with Dennis Crowley, co-founder of Foursquare.

- I LOVE finding Korean food blogs. There just aren’t enough of them.

- The flea marketing of NYC and the “I’m a cool hipster” fatigue that comes with it.