reblogged from ads of the world
8.26.2007
Marc Ecko 's Digital Graffiti
Mark Ecko's latest marketing venture is so smart it makes my brain hurt. It's a bluetooth phone gadget cum spraycan. Paying homage to his love of graffiti once more, basically you can tag giant lcd screens around the city via your phone's bluetooth interface. It's called Blue Tooth City Lights.
reblogged from ads of the world
reblogged from ads of the world
8.24.2007
Adventures at Terroni
Last Friday night was the weirdest night everrrrr, in the history of dinner at Terroni. Tenma, moJO (Joanne), and I had just left a meeting at the Cadillac lounge and decided to indulge in a dinner at … yes.. Terroni. Yes, *again*.
So we call up Matt and Jesar to join us. We get to Terroni sometime after 7 and as expected on a Friday there is a huge lineup. This time it’s wrapped across the front to the left so the last people in line (us) can see the people eating in the window – which turns out to be Natalie Galazka of Revolver Films, “Hi Natalie”.
Anyway, there’s something fishy about this line-up. It’s longer than usual, not entirely surprising, but it turns out it hasn’t moved at all for like a while… why? Because Terroni’s computer system is down. Whoa. Just imagine the craziness right? Our heart goes out to beloved Terroni staff. But we still want to get in there.
Eventually the line manages to move a bit and after talking to Andrew, our old faithful Terroni link behind the bar, we get a few seats at the bar so we can atleast have a drink while we wait for the table. The wait feels like forever because we’re all starving and getting a little hangry.
Finally we get the table and it’s totally the best one in the house (you know the first big table when you come in, just below the bar, one side is the long bench seat? That one). In my opinion it’s the best because you can see a lot of the restaurant action including who’s coming in, who’s leaving, you’re close to the bar staff so you can yell out to them, and the waiters all come to and from the kitchen right past you so you get to say hi to all of them too.
K, so we’ve ordered food, and we’re sharing our table with 3 strangers on the other end. Waitress who’s name I can’t remember brings the strangers their apps and totally drops one of the plates which miraculoulsy lands perfectly making all noise , but no mess. Phew#1!
So later we’re talking and whatever when *smack* just like that Jesar elbows the same waitresses (accidentally of course) and her food dishes almost go flying. But she maintains control! Phew #2! Jesar apologizes. She turns to us and says – “don’t worry, I knew it would come in threes, so at least it’s almost over”. We laugh, and forget about it instantly and are soon eating our food which has just arrived.
But before you know it Bang! – the lights shut off, the music turns off; the power has gone out. At Terroni! At Terroni on a Friday night! At Terroni on a Friday night and the power is actually out on the whole Queen Street strip! WTF!
After a moment of nervous confusion the restaurant erupts in clapping and cheers and it seems everyone thinks this is fun and cool, except for of course the Terroni staff. The thoughts that were racing through our heads were “holy shit – do you think it’s like a huge north eastern black out like 2003?”. I know now it wasn’t, but sitting there with the lights out that felt like an exciting possiblity. And we were *so* lucky our food had just arrived. (we heard another waitress tell the strangers next to us they couldn’t get their food or something due to the power being out!)
So we’re sitting in the dark, Terroni staff had come around with little tea candles, (so cute!) when we hear “oh my god somebody call 9-11”.
The next thing we know people are crowded around in the waiting in line aisle by the door because someone has passed out in line and hit their head on the floor!
The energy was so strange that night. So. Strange. That Tenma and I decided we needed to document it because noone would believe this crazy story.
Here it is.
See it. Believe it.
A while later the lights came back on and it was like the whole thing never happened. so glad we took that picture.
So we call up Matt and Jesar to join us. We get to Terroni sometime after 7 and as expected on a Friday there is a huge lineup. This time it’s wrapped across the front to the left so the last people in line (us) can see the people eating in the window – which turns out to be Natalie Galazka of Revolver Films, “Hi Natalie”.
Anyway, there’s something fishy about this line-up. It’s longer than usual, not entirely surprising, but it turns out it hasn’t moved at all for like a while… why? Because Terroni’s computer system is down. Whoa. Just imagine the craziness right? Our heart goes out to beloved Terroni staff. But we still want to get in there.
Eventually the line manages to move a bit and after talking to Andrew, our old faithful Terroni link behind the bar, we get a few seats at the bar so we can atleast have a drink while we wait for the table. The wait feels like forever because we’re all starving and getting a little hangry.
Finally we get the table and it’s totally the best one in the house (you know the first big table when you come in, just below the bar, one side is the long bench seat? That one). In my opinion it’s the best because you can see a lot of the restaurant action including who’s coming in, who’s leaving, you’re close to the bar staff so you can yell out to them, and the waiters all come to and from the kitchen right past you so you get to say hi to all of them too.
K, so we’ve ordered food, and we’re sharing our table with 3 strangers on the other end. Waitress who’s name I can’t remember brings the strangers their apps and totally drops one of the plates which miraculoulsy lands perfectly making all noise , but no mess. Phew#1!
So later we’re talking and whatever when *smack* just like that Jesar elbows the same waitresses (accidentally of course) and her food dishes almost go flying. But she maintains control! Phew #2! Jesar apologizes. She turns to us and says – “don’t worry, I knew it would come in threes, so at least it’s almost over”. We laugh, and forget about it instantly and are soon eating our food which has just arrived.
But before you know it Bang! – the lights shut off, the music turns off; the power has gone out. At Terroni! At Terroni on a Friday night! At Terroni on a Friday night and the power is actually out on the whole Queen Street strip! WTF!
After a moment of nervous confusion the restaurant erupts in clapping and cheers and it seems everyone thinks this is fun and cool, except for of course the Terroni staff. The thoughts that were racing through our heads were “holy shit – do you think it’s like a huge north eastern black out like 2003?”. I know now it wasn’t, but sitting there with the lights out that felt like an exciting possiblity. And we were *so* lucky our food had just arrived. (we heard another waitress tell the strangers next to us they couldn’t get their food or something due to the power being out!)
So we’re sitting in the dark, Terroni staff had come around with little tea candles, (so cute!) when we hear “oh my god somebody call 9-11”.
The next thing we know people are crowded around in the waiting in line aisle by the door because someone has passed out in line and hit their head on the floor!
The energy was so strange that night. So. Strange. That Tenma and I decided we needed to document it because noone would believe this crazy story.
Here it is.
See it. Believe it.
A while later the lights came back on and it was like the whole thing never happened. so glad we took that picture.
8.22.2007
Holy fuck buckets. Just checked out the new Shop Vogue site and it's so fucking beautiful. Clean, great content and the flash work is seamless.
As if Style.com wasn't a wet enough dream, the site has the sexiest online shopping experience (integrated ads w/ the products) I've seen yet, and launches their TV content, meaning lots of video footage of shows, models, etc.
HOT!
oh if only my meagre little marianista blog had Condé Nast funding behind it too. ;)
8.21.2007
Dj Debut
So J and i are djing at the beaconsfield this wednesday. Tenma asked us a few weeks back - probably because she always hears us complaining about how most of the djs in this city think they're too cool to play sexy, fun, dance-your-ass-off-with-your-heart-out tunes.
so we're gonna *bring it*.
here's the flyer we sent around.
so we're gonna *bring it*.
here's the flyer we sent around.
8.15.2007
Light Drawings
oooooh...Make celestial light drawings like your some kind of angel with Philip's Drag & Draw Digial painting kit. Apparently it was designed with kids in mind but i can think of 20 of my closest friends (all adults, i swear) who will shit themselves when they see this.
Enjoy ;)
Enjoy ;)
8.13.2007
Forget Me Knot
How heartwarming is this Forget Me Knot ring by Kiel Mead? In a time when we're virtually owned by all day emails, texts, and microsoft outlook prompts it's nice to have something wrapped around your finger for a change.
It comes in gold, silver and platinum. Ummmazing.
I have really enjoyed seeing jewelry designs getting so irreverent over the last several years. Karen Walker was one of the first to grab my attention, but other heavy weights in my book are Tom Binns, Iosselliani, Lena Wald, Luis Morais, and now Kiel Mied.
Karen Walker
Tom Binns
Iosselliani
Lena Wald
Luis Morais
Kiel Mied
It comes in gold, silver and platinum. Ummmazing.
I have really enjoyed seeing jewelry designs getting so irreverent over the last several years. Karen Walker was one of the first to grab my attention, but other heavy weights in my book are Tom Binns, Iosselliani, Lena Wald, Luis Morais, and now Kiel Mied.
Karen Walker
Tom Binns
Iosselliani
Lena Wald
Luis Morais
Kiel Mied
8.10.2007
Seriously Worship Worthy
So okay I've been away a while. funny enough, today i got a lead on an amazing site and t-shirt collabo all rolled into one miracle, that roused me from my blogging hiatus like i'd seen a virgen maria on a tortilla.
Turns out this image is the newest fruit from the womb of the the Worship Worthy crew. Worhip Worthy is a newsletter and blog site by a group of smart style and culture saavy ladies in nyc. Their Frida t shirt above is a collabo with Rockers NYC.
On another note, Nomad’s summer lookbook has been up for a while on their site but I hadn’t posted about it.
This season I conceptualized, creative directed and styled the shoot – a lot more stress, but a lot more fun in the end.
The concept is called Tragic Fame and is centered on a single nameless male character obsessing and dressing up as 3 tragically “dead” style icons; Curt Cobain, JT Leroy, and Andy Warhol.
I wanted to play with the relationships between fame, dress-up, obsession and tragedy.
Have a look.
Turns out this image is the newest fruit from the womb of the the Worship Worthy crew. Worhip Worthy is a newsletter and blog site by a group of smart style and culture saavy ladies in nyc. Their Frida t shirt above is a collabo with Rockers NYC.
On another note, Nomad’s summer lookbook has been up for a while on their site but I hadn’t posted about it.
This season I conceptualized, creative directed and styled the shoot – a lot more stress, but a lot more fun in the end.
The concept is called Tragic Fame and is centered on a single nameless male character obsessing and dressing up as 3 tragically “dead” style icons; Curt Cobain, JT Leroy, and Andy Warhol.
I wanted to play with the relationships between fame, dress-up, obsession and tragedy.
Have a look.
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