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AIA Selects Small Project Awards Winners

brooklynmodern — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:04:28 +0000

East Village Studio; New York City
jordan parnass digital architecture

The American Institute of Architects is once again proving that diminutive architecture can still deliver with its selections for the sixth annual Small Project Awards.

Established to recognize small-project practitioners and to promote excellence in the field, the awards program is divided into three categories: Architecture in the Public Interest, Small Project Objects for entries with construction budgets of $50,000 or less, and Small Project Structures for entries with construction budgets of up to $500,000. Visit Full Article.

www.kk.org for reviews

brooklynmodern — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:55:19 +0000

kk.org selects and reviews everything from Dwellings to Backpacking.
The tool tote above was found in General Purpose Tools.

josephsandy.com

brooklynmodern — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:06:25 +0000

I had a nice look through Joseph Sandy’s site. Some of his work is made from reclaimed wood and he’s got a downloadable layout of a Usonian house. Plus a cool link to: http://whatwedoissecret.org/

Metropolis’ Kristi Cameron Selects from Etsy

brooklynmodern — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:11:41 +0000

A Console by Wheeler’s Studio is one of the many modern pieces available on Etsy

$1,550.00 USD

Cameron writes:
As a design editor, I see an ongoing parade of mass-produced furniture, so it’s sometimes easy to forget Modernism’s long craft history. Sure, Charles and Ray Eames performed furniture miracles with bent plywood and fiberglass, and those kinds of material experiments live on in contemporary feats like Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s Slow Chair. To me, minimalism is uniquely lovely when it bears the fingerprint of the human hand — think of Hans Wegner and George Nakashima, whose poetic ways with wood helped mainstream the movement. Another of my favorite Modern traditions is the clever repurposing of materials: no one did it better than Achille Castiglioni, who made an art of using off-the-shelf industrial parts to fashion his unforgettable product designs. Happily, there are plenty of examples of the handcrafted and the reinvented on Etsy — my digging even turned up a few pieces by the masters themselves! Click here to visit article.

ICFF Video Coverage

brooklynmodern — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:14:47 +0000

Meet some of the ICFF designers and then make sure to visit
the multimedia page at Metropolis for in-depth interviews

Metropolis Writes:
As you may have read in the New York Times the other day, Metropolis’s editor in chief, Susan Szenasy, was one of several design mavens to comb the recent ICFF in search of the very best products for the annual ICFF Editors Awards. This year, Szenasy toted along a Flip video camera for part of her rounds. Click the play button for a sample of her unofficial ICFF video diary; to watch the full videos, visit our Multimedia page.

Brooklyn Woodshop Share $750/mo. Gowanus/Slope

brooklynmodern — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:40:24 +0000

GN WOODWORK is looking for someone friendly and easygoing to share space.

THE SHOP
-large windows with natural and artificial lighting
-freight elevator and roof access
-24/7 access
-1250ft
-$750 per/month
or we could do a Nights/Weekend deal for less.

Friendly situation, not a jam-packed crazy deal at all. Equipped with all major floor tools (power saw, band saw, mortiser etc.) you need to have your own hand tools (chisels, router). Shop is a well kept space and is relatively orderly.

Space provided for tool storage, also lumber and sheetstock storage (to be determined). Looking for a creative someone (boy or girl) to get along with furniture maker (lease holder) who will be in shop approximately half time and a couple folks who use shop sporadically on nights and weekends. You must be competent with tools (i.e. no bleeding on table saw) be responsible type/know how to maintain shop/clean up after yourself and get along with others. Two artists have private studio’s on the floor, a creative environment.
Contact:
GN WOODWORK
200 6th Street
3rd Floor
Brooklyn NY 11215
p/f 718.643.6968
g@gnwoodwork.com

Great Find: Dare Studio

brooklynmodern — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:22:33 +0000

While researching credenzas for a client, I came across Dare Studio in England. They’re located in Brighton and their collection is worth a check. Click here to visit.

American Black Walnut Console. Three drawers with optional black leather lining.
Floating shelf. Powder coated steel frame.

NY Times: A Brooklyn Loft Transformed on a Budget

brooklynmodern — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:53:23 +0000

The Times does a great job with their interactive pieces. Check out this story on the affordable design on a Brooklyn loft. When you get to the article, click on the buttons to listen to the clients and hear their design decisions.

By JULIE SCELFO

WHEN Sasha Haines-Stiles moved out of a crumbling brownstone studio in April and into a large loft in downtown Brooklyn with soaring ceilings and expansive views, she fantasized that the space would look as perfect as one of the many photo shoots and fashion shows she oversaw in her role as a vice president for communications at Bernard Chaus Inc. and its Cynthia Steffe fashion label. Visit article

Jason Hackenwerth at the High Line Street Festival

Daniel Sommer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:12:50 +0000

Saturday marked the official opening of the High Line, the 10^th anniversary of Friends of the High Line, and the 75^th anniversary of the building of the original structure. To celebrate, The High Line Street Festival brought together local artists, marching bands and other events for all ages. Of particular interest was Jason Hackenwerth and his Mega Might Army. Brooklyn Modern spoke to Hackenwerth at the festival to learn more about his work.

“I was given a grant by the Scope Art Fair to go to the Venice Biennale in 2005, so when I went there I wanted to take something uniquely New York. So I made big bed bugs out of balloons and I went around terrorizing and pestering every body at the Venice Biennale as a bed bug.”

Hackenwerths’s balloon sculptures fit over the wearer and allow them to become the character of the balloon animal. Outdoor events like the High Line Festival allow the wearers to explore the performative aspect of the work. All his pieces have different names and behaviors, the first being the Mega Might. At an event like this a piece might last the weekend, but in a gallery they can last significantly longer.

Hackenwerth admits that having attractive people to perform in them helps to get people interested in looking at the work, but sees that as part of the process.

Hackenwerth is based in long island city, but travels around the world creating his works.

More information on his wide range of work, including some great images can be found at www.jasonhackenwerth.com/

Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman

brooklynmodern — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:47:56 +0000

If you are an architect, furniture designer, or industrial designer, having your work beautifully photographed is critical. A great image can entice potential clients and add a level of drama and romance to an artist’s vision. Julius Shulman is the most renowned architectural photographer. He was discovered by Frank Lloyd Wright and went on to shoot some of the most iconic images of LA architecture. Documentairan, Eric Bricker, is director of Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman, and has allowed brooklynmodern to show the trailer of his film which will be opening this coming fall. Dustin Hoffman narrates and the movie features many design stars—architect Frank Gehry, designer Tom Ford, artist Ed Ruscha, publisher Benedikt Taschen. The film was the winner of the 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.

For more details visit www.juliusshulmanfilm.com and read Eric Bricker’s interview at Dwell.

A good book on Shulman from Rizzoli. Click to buy at Barnes & Noble.