The perfect package fresh from the dry cleaners contains a garment free from mites, dirt, wrinkles, and any other signs of human life. Both laundered object and smells are contained – captured – underneath a thin plastic sheen. A necessitated by-product of office life, dry cleaners dot every neighborhood in New York City, their large windows opening onto racks of hung garments, pressed together, sterile, separated and contained by layers and layers of that shining, thin plastic – low density polyethylene, also known as LDPE plastic # four.
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Eye On Design: Amoeba Rocking Chair By Isabelle Moore
The Amoeba Rocking Chair (aka Amoeba Rocker) is named for its continuous, concave arched organic form that evokes the amorphous, single-celled organism.
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Sui Park’s Summer Vibe Installation in Riverside Park
If you’re looking for a fun way to get in your daily steps, while enjoying nature and discovering a bit of contemporary art, then head on over to Riverside Park and check out RE:GROWTH, A Celebration of Art, Riverside Park, and the New York Spirit, a summer-long public art exhibit which includes site-specific works by 24 artists and covers 100 blocks of the westside park and waterfront.
Among my favorites of these works is an entirely charming fantasy garden installation by New York-based Korean artist Sui Park entitled Summer Vibe. While not entirely accessible — it’s located behind a locked gate — Summer Vibe is easily spotted along Riverside Drive at 78th Street as long as you know what you’re looking for.
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Jean Shin’s Floating Maize at Brookfield Place
Fans of this blog will know that I am way into repurposing and recycling items that would otherwise end up in a landfill into both functional items and aesthetically pleasing works of art, so when I read about Floating Maize, artist Jean Shin’s new public art installation at the Brookfield Place mall, I braved the subway to get down there to check it out.
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String Lights Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles!
In the first week of December, I was invited to a fantastically fun Tree Trimming Party at The Norwood House, a private Arts and Culture club located in a multi-story townhouse on West 14th Street in Manhattan. The club is filled with beautiful contemporary artworks, rare collectibles and antiques, and eye-catching oddities throughout its many rooms. While I was exploring, I spotted this string of large, irregularly-shaped colored lights, which were draped around a bust nestled on a stairway landing, and they grabbed my attention right away. Because, colored lights.
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