Fort Defiance is an awesome little bar-cafe-restaurant in the still-gritty-but-gentrifying Red Hook area of Brooklyn

The scene at the counter behind the espresso machines at La Colombe Torrefaction in NoHo, downtown New York City. [ … More

The beautiful lanterns above the bar at Barrio Chino, a Mexican restaurant with Chinese decor in the Lower East Side … More

One of our go-to local restaurants downtown New York City is the Fat Radish. It’s just a block away from … More

The Heineken honeycomb attracts all the curious bees. We found the most interesting Venezuelan photographer here. Life is synchronicity connecting … More

Originality on deck at west 21st in Chelsea. We are here for the finale of the TriBeCa Film Festival and … More

The living room wall in S’s apartment is covered in the worn pages torn from old books. Brilliant and beautiful.

We visited a friend’s office in Los Angeles recently and discovered with awe and surprise that her love of all … More

Tart on Fairfax in West Hollywood, in L.A.

The beautiful space at the recently opened Bowery Coffee cafe at the corner of the Bowery and Houston Street.

Chairs and bikes in an artist’s studio in a massive lofts building in DUMBO, in Brooklyn, New York.

While the Global Graphica team is in Los Angeles, we’re getting a Japanese-Hario-style slow-pour coffee fix at the Intelligentsia Coffee … More

The new Aether shop in New York City is a tent pitched and ported to a tricked-out classic Airstream camping … More

We are in love with these white lights in the elevator landing at the advertising agency and production agency offices … More

The recently opened Uniqlo “Global Flagship” store on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan’s prime stretch of shopping is a massive … More

We are at MoMA today, live-blogging a visit to the “Talk to Me” interactive communications and design exhibition. Out first … More

The entrance to the Acne shop in SoHo, in downtown New York City. Acne is a Swedish clothing brand and … More

More pix from the studio shared by several Japanese artists in Brooklyn.    

The awesome “sky lounge” and its awesome views atop the awesome architecture of the building that is the New Museum … More

The architectural design of J. Crew’s concept store for men’s clothing in Tribeca, in New York City, preserves the old-school … More

Another look at the Uniqlo mobile pop-up store that was set-up at the recent DUMBO Arts Festival in Brooklyn, in … More

A white line runs along the middle of the floor in the halls and stairs on MoMA P.S.1 art museum … More

Pix of the beautiful, sexy modern-contemporary (MoCo) interior design and decor at the SoHo New York offices of  boutique digital … More

A few pix of the Five Pointz building, the legendary graffiti-art mecca, and surrounding area near the MoMA P.S.1 museum … More

We recently went to a meeting at Apple Computer’s New York City office where the company runs its iPad Apps … More

Our Instagram photo of the lobby at the New Museum on the Bowery in the Lower East Side of New … More

The designy front to the super modern-contemporary or “MoCo” Soho Synagogue on Crosby Street on the ground floor of a … More

Beautiful lighting-art installation in the lobby of a cast-iron loft building in SoHo, in downtown New York City.

This beautiful chair and table are in the reception area at the company headquarters of David Yurman, the jewelry company, … More

We’ve recently been doing a lot of music production – recording and mixing – for an interactive project at Global … More

The entrance to the esteemed Japanese restaurant  Morimoto in Chelsea, in New York City, has a design aesthetic that is … More

We’ve been guests at a few of the Thompson hotels over the years. The Thompson LES in the Lower East … More

From our City Life file … Pic of the beautiful, lush garden behind a couple of of old tenement apartment … More

Recent sexed-up, summery window display at the New York City flagship store of fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg ( DVF … More

The New York City home of Austro-Italian style duo Rubin Chappelle is a beautifully architecturally designed space on West 14th … More

The beautiful floor lit from below at Chelsea Market in New York City.  The market is an early, successful and … More

To raise awareness and charitable contributions for victims of the Japan’s recent Tohoku Earthquake disaster, acclaimed clothing designer James Perse … More

The partially lit sign (with missing letters) at the San Franciscan, a classic suburban lounge in Torrance, California, near Los … More