Petals and Wings

Every 1st Thursday of the month, DUMBO is having a Gallery Walk — many galleries are open late and showing works from artists of many disciplines, especially photography, while hosting receptions, producing live music performances and curator/artist talks among other highlights. I went to the May event in between unpacking and working, it was a blast. Saw many great art work and photography.

I especially thought these work by Kathleen Schneider at A.I.R. Gallery at 111 Front Street was interesting — I guess I was more drawn towards the 3 dimensional art, it’s always so interesting to see.

“Wings” — made out of lots of paper planes. Always amazing to see what papers can do.

“Petals” — these were awesome. Caught my eye for sure.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Banksy Was Here

Banksy was here! A block away from our loft! I noticed right away because this wasn’t here before… and it is already ruined. boo. Sucks. See this article and original photos of his work in NYC: Banksy Gets Dissed – Gothamist.

Here are my photos.

Looks like he used his finger…?!

The other ones in NYC looks like they are ruined, but I’d love to see them anyway…

BKLYN DESIGNS 2010

Hello, another week! Did you have a nice Mother’s day weekend? Are you ready for a new week? :)

I went to BKLYN DESIGNS on Saturday since it was happening right here in my neighborhood — it was great! I found lots of inspirations not only for interior designs and product designs, but also graphic designs + much more. Here are some photos from the show… hope it’ll give you some inspirations this morning… enjoy!

It had me at the entrance: awesome divider with lots of black chairs

Lovely wallpaper pattern from grow house grow:

Their logo was on the top of their booth in 3D format. Love.

This wardrobe from daniel moyer design with the typography caught my eye. “You look so beautiful today” — a nice piece!

and a cool skateboard mobile:

I also loved the logo design. Very cool.

and of course the pin badges. So fun :)

André Joyau booth had a nice collateral design going on — love the wood on wood and their CD/DVD jacket was made with wood and chipboard! Love.

and the stunning coffee table… would love to have that in my new loft, please.

Loved the logo design from THINK*fabricate/Doban Architecture, too. Colorful stickers caught my eye.

and this was one of the most interesting booths of the show for me; Hugh Hayden Design. It looks like a bunch of pretty frames on the wall…

but in each frame, there is an ant farm! A living work of art, FRAMEicarium:

The FRAMEicarium is constantly changing and active” — so very interesting and I’m sure it is beautiful to see…

Speaking of nature, I thought these honey comb chandeliers from furthurdesign are cool…

Another beautiful wood on wood presentation — love the wooden portfolio book. via City Joinery.

LOVE these coasters/trivets from Lamacek! So cute.

Flock of Birds from Colleen & Eric are made out of North American hardwood veneered panels — reusable! unlike those vinyl wall decals. It’s reversible, too, so you can enjoy darker wood or lighter wood or both. Very cool.

Would love to have this subway signage lamp bench…. (via 718 Made in Brooklyn) Great Helvetica usage in the house, too :)

uhuru‘s Coney Island Line definitely caught my eye.

“The reclaimed wood surface of our console echoes the inlaid pattern of the original boardwalk”

Love the lettering…

CYCLONE LOUNGER!

These tables are also inspired by Coney Island’s rides and landmarks. So whimsical and so Brooklyn, I love it!

and… couldn’t take any pictures, but if we ever have kids, I’d love to get some furniture from Argington

Thank you BKLYN DESIGNS for all the inspirations!!!

Weekend in DUMBO

Hello! I’m here at the new DUMBO loft! The move was really crazy (I forgot how crazy moving is) but we are so happy here it was all worth it :) Still have a lot to do, but it’s coming along slowly, but surely. Can’t wait to finish!

How was your weekend? NY was so hot. Summer definitely came to say hello and it was so nice. In between our unpacking and work on our loft, we took a walk with Maia around our new neighborhood.

This is her new park: under the Manhattan Bridge.

There is a dog run, too. (where you can let your dogs run freely within the area) This is a view from the dog run.

Maia met some new friend…

Found: rusty letter O (I’m not exactly sure what it is really)

On Sunday, we brought our sandwiches and ate at this cute beach under the Manhattan Bridge :) You can’t swim here, though. Love this tiny beach.

We are so in love here!!! :)