Luxury crystal rarely finds itself suspended over cobblestones, but this winter, Baccarat has turned one of its most iconic designs into a full-scale public art moment. Towering above the Meatpacking District, the Baccarat Zénith Crystal Chandelier transforms a historic object of interior design into an outdoor spectacle—part holiday illumination, part brand statement, part urban theater.
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Pink Thing of The Day: KAWS Giant Pink BFF Display in Dior Shop
As part of its Spring/Summer 2019 line, Dior has partnered with artist KAWS (aka Brian Donnelly) to use a signature Dior Pink version of the iconic BFF figure in a variety of store promotions and campaigns. I spotted this guy — who is about 8-feet tall, suited up in a sharp Dior suit, with hands, shoes and head made from tufts of pink roses (which are actually paper facsimiles) — in the front window of the Dior pop-up shop at the corner of West 14th Street and 9th Avenue in NYC’s Meatpacking District.
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Ron English’s Ronnnie Rabbbit on West 14th Street
On the north side of the intersection where 14th Street crosses both 9th Avenue and Hudson Street (just across the street from the Apple Store), there’s a triangle-shaped plaza that currently appears to be under construction. For what, who can say. But the concrete barriers that border the space support a chain-link fence which is wrapped on all sides in vibrant, multi colored images of Ronnnie Rabbbit; the three eyed, three-eared mutant rabbit character created by Popaganda artist Ron English.
What is Ronnnie hiding? Please leave your clues in the comments!





