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Tag: city life
The World Is the Wall: JR’s Horizons at Perrotin Los Angeles
There is an art that refuses to stay inside. It climbs buildings, spreads across bridges, covers the sides of houses … More
A House Out of Place: Do Ho Suh’s Fallen Star at UCSD
There is a house on top of a building at the University of California, San Diego, and it does not … More
The City as Canvas: Sayer Gomez and the Art of Los Angeles
There is a building in downtown Los Angeles that never became what it was supposed to be. Oceanwide Plaza was … More
Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Presence: Robert Therrien at the Broad
There is a table in the galleries of the Broad museum in downtown Los Angeles that you cannot sit at. … More
IN YOUR FACE : TOKYO ELECTION BILLBOARDS COLOR EVERY CORNER OF CITY WITH PORTRAITS OF POLS!
It’s election campaign season again in Tokyo. If you’re on the ground in Japan’s capital, you can’t help but know … More
LA LA LAND GRAFFITI : “SICKID” BILLBOARD HUSTLE IN HOLLYWOOD !
Driving around a major U.S. city long enough and you’re bound to see unused billboards that have been hijacked with … More
POST-MODERNISM IN THE PARK : CONTEMPORARY ARTWORK AS PLAYGROUND
Dubbed the “post-modern playground slide” in the park across the street from my in-laws’ home near Roppongi in Tokyo. The … More
“KONNICHIWA!” : BACK IN TOKYO AND IT FEELS LIKE HOME!
We got to Tokyo early in the morning just after sunrise. It was a bright, hot morning with the humidity … More
HAIRY: WHEN YOUR PERSONAL MODE OF TRANSPORT NEEDS A HAIRCUT
You are looking at this photo and you’re thinking “WTF?” Maybe you’re even mouthing the letters as you think them, … More
TRUE CRIME: STREET ARTIST “APPROPRIATES” ICONIC IMAGE OF FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER
Bicycle-Shaped Bicycle Rack
There must be a word in the English language for when a thing is designed to look like another object … More
DIY Taco Stand Architecture
This taco stand popped up at the biannual Echo Park Craft Fair in Silver Lake this past weekend. It seems … More
On the Scene at Menotti’s Coffee Shop in Venice
The cafe at Menotti’s Coffee is a third-wave espresso joint and a friendly little hub for the legion of caffeinated … More
Cool Design: The Stella Apartments Building … Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles
“Can’t Steal Our Vibe” Sign at Lone Wolfs (sic) Surf Shop … Venice, Los Angeles
We love this … The Lone Wolfs (sic) surf shop on Lincoln Boulevard in Venice, in Los Angeles, was recently … More
Scenes from a Snow Day … New York City
As the pix below show, Tuesday was a “snow day” here in New York City due to the massive winter … More
Hey, Mr. Weatherman … Snowmaggedon 2015 Blizzard Report …
Local TV news weather forecast in New York City. Look at those weather maps graphics!
Vintage Alfa Romeo Parked on a Snowy Sidewalk … Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Surfboard Design and Brekkie … New York
On the Scene … At the Beautifully Minimalist Nezu Cafe in Aoyama, Tokyo
The cafe in the garden of the Nezu Museum in Aoyama, in Tokyo, is a striking example of minimalist architectural … More
The “Don’t F*** It Up” T-Shirt
Awesome dude Hiroshi shows off his “Don’t Fuck It Up” graphical t-shirt at the rooftop BBQ party in New York … More
Where to Stash a Surfboard in Chinatown
Usually we keep our surfboards stored in a board bag somewhere more sensible and indoors, but after a recent DIY … More
On the Scene … At the Painting of the Beastie Boys “Paul’s Boutique” Mural, New York
Pix here at the scene of artists putting the final spray-paint touches on a mural honoring punky New York hip-hop … More
Urban Life … Mexican “Mariachi” Band at Rooftop Cinco de Mayo Party, New York
In celebration of the annual Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo, our ad agency threw a rooftop party complete with … More
On the Scene … At the Brennan & Griffin Gallery
City Life … On the Scene at a Chinatown Protest in NYC
We stumbled upon this political-labor protest this morning outside the Grand Street subway station in Chinatown while on our way … More
On the Scene NYC … At “That Surfboard Condo” …
We spent part of our weekend surfing (and checking out a lot of art and drinking a lot espresso, too, … More
“Last Night I Got So F’d Up That Now …”
Last weekend this chest of drawers was left out on the sidewalk at the corner of Mulberry and Prince streets … More
Where Do You Keep a Trampoline in Downtown NYC?
On the street … you turn it on its side and lean it against a building, of course. The trampoline … More
The Super Awesome “Dog Garden” at Daikanyama T-Site
Architecture: San Jose Brutalism
The capital city of Costa Rica doesn’t have much of a high-rise skyline to speak of. But one unmissable architectural … More
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