Month: April 2010

Shepard Fairey on NY1

Artist Shepard Fairey appeared on local New York City news station NY1 for an in-studio live interview segment. Among several … More

A.S.V.P. Letters

More street-art freshness in the form of large, colorful letters by A.S.V.P. on the “Jay Meisel” building at Spring and … More

Greetings From Coney Island

Wheat-paste street art of a classic Americana-style Coney Island picture postcard on the Jay Meisel building (on Spring street at … More

Time Machine

Oh, so this is what a time machine looks like. Who knew it was parked on Broome Street in Chinatown, … More

Smort Crew

This van parked on Wooster Street in SoHo has been given the graffiti treatment by Smort Crew.

A.S.V.P. Nolita

An A.S.V.P. wheat-paste poster at the vacant lot at the corner of Prince and Mulberry streets, across the way from … More

Sneaker

Another one of the sneakers wheat-paste posters. This street art work series uses bright DayGlo-type colors over a black-and-white image … More

Foursquare Badges Design

Foursquare badges have a distinct (mostly) flat info-graphic design aesthetic we like. The designs have thick round borders and cheery … More

Meet

Gorgeous signage and architectural design at Meet, a beautiful loft space  at “The Apartment” in SoHo that can be rented … More

Haculla of Liberty

Fresh art work from Haculla at the usual spot near Cafe Select on Lafayette Street in SoHo / Nolita.  IHere … More

Walk Walk

These directional “Walk” signs on a building hoarding in SoHo are amusing. Love ’em. Aside from stating the obvious, the … More

Read Dead Redemption

The side of this building at Canal and Mercer streets on the Soho-Tribeca border in New York City has for … More

Epic Marco

Artist and Lower East Side fixture Marco painted these massive hoardings on the stretch of Orchard Street between Houston and … More

Google Maps Car Chase

Here’s an amusing short animated video of a birds-eye view car chase on Google Maps. The locale is Brooklyn, New … More

Ripped Shepard Fairey

A massive and ripped-up Obey-Andre (“Giant has a Posse”) wheat-paste poster in SoHo, in downtown New York City. Looks kinda … More

La Colombe

The beautiful and beautifully rendered large logo on the wall at La Colombe Torrefaction cafe in Tribeca, New York City.The … More

Revisit

Revisit is a beautiful real-time and dynamic visualization of Twitter users and their tweets for a select set of keywords … More

“Pixels”

This is “five kinds of awesome” awesome! Love it.

Yellow Vinyl Sofas

The interior decor and furniture are bright and colorful at the New York offices and global headquarters of advertising agency … More

Soccer in Chinatown

Soccer (or “football”) in the park at Grand and Chrystie streets in Chinatown, downtown New York City.

Matisse as Street Art

Street-art homage on Eldridge St. to the famous painting “Dance (I)” (sometimes referred to as “The Dancers”) by French Fauvism … More

Huggy Bear

We stumbled upon this large, white plush bear on Crosby Street in SoHo, near where the French-West African restaurant L’Orange … More

Coffee Desk

From our City Life file  . . .  the desk of a producer at a New York advertising agency. What … More

Bye Bye Tretorn High-Tops

We’ve been doing some spring cleaning. Among the stuff that’s headed for the rubbish been is pair of much-beloved Tretorn … More

Smile

Lots of these paste-ups and stickers by “Joey”around town these days. They creep us out, but make us smile, too. … More

Greatest Banksy Pranks Ever

Flavorpill has an excellent, thorough recap of the greatest Banksy pranks and controversies (“so far”). Great reading.

Primo Clown

More wheat-paste street-art awesomeness by artist Primo in downtown Manhattan. This life-size poster of a scary, AK-47 gun-toting clown can … More

NYU Athletics

An New York University Athletics department van parked on Mercer Street in SoHo. LOVE the tiger / lion / panther … More