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Design and Innovation

Eye On Design: Brooklyn Toile Pattern Wallpaper

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brooklyn toile wallpaper photo by gail worley
All Photos By Gail

Mike Diamond (Mike D of the Beastie Boys) wanted a Brooklyn-inspired toile wallpaper for the walls of his Cobble Hill brownstone. In 2012, he worked with designers Vincent J. Ficarra and Adela Qersaqi at Revolver New York, and John Sherman of local manufacturer Flavor Paper to produce a design that pays tribute to Brooklyn in a manner that looks, from a distance, like a traditional eighteenth centre French toile — a printed textile with small scenes that make up an overall pattern.

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Arts and Culture

Google Doodle for June 21 by Takashi Murakami

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This explains why my other Murakami posts are getting so much traffic today. Happy First Day of Summer, Everyone!

Arts and Culture

Takashi Murakami Exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum

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Me and Geoffrey!
This is Me and Geofffrey at the Brooklyn Museum’s Murakami Exhibit! Just Kidding!

Today Geoffrey and I went to see the Takashi Murakami exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. OMG, this show was so much fun; gallery after gallery fully saturated with Murakami’s colors and shapes; paintings, wallpaper, sculpture; extremely fun. I recommend checking this out! Admission is $10. Afterwards go get some delicious Mexican food and a big margarita! Enjoy your day. Enjoy your life.

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