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Tag: city life

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

architecture, billboard, billboard hijack, city life, graffiti, Graffiti Art, graffiti hijack, humor, la, la graffiti art, la street art, los angeles, sick kid, sickid, urban landscape

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

architectural design, architecture, art installation, city life, contemporary art, god of the mountain, japan, masashi takasuka, modern art, part, playground, post-modernism, public art, sculpture, tokyo, tokyo life

“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

architecture, asia, asia travel, city life, japan, japan travel, tokyo, tokyo skyline, tokyo travel, travel

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

art project, bicycle, bike, chewbacca, city life, contemporary art, fashion, hair, la, los angeles, socal, style, superba, venice, venice beach

TRUE CRIME: STREET ARTIST “APPROPRIATES” ICONIC IMAGE OF FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER

1 santa fe, architecture, arts ditrict, artwork, city life, contemporary art, downtown, dtla, gentrification, la street art, lao, los angeles, mural, one santa fe, socal, wordsmith, wrdsmth

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

architecture, bicycles, bike rack, bikes, city life, cycling, industrial design, la, los angeles, silver lake, slake, socal, street furniture, urban design

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

architectural design, architecture, building, city life, decor, diy, echo park craft fair, food, foodie, la, los angeles, mexican food, silver lake, slake, style, taco stand, tacos

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

architectural design, bicycle, cafe, city life, coffee, decor, design, interior decor, interior design, interiors, la, la life, los angeles, menotti's coffee, socal, style, third-wave coffee, venice, venice beach

Cool Design: The Stella Apartments Building … Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles

apartment, apartment building, architectural design, architecture, building, city life, condos, la, los angeles, marina del rey, socal

“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

can, can't steal our vibe, city life, fashion, la, lala land, lone wolfs, lone wolves, los angeles, music studio, sign, style, surf, surf culture, surf shop, surfboards, surfers, surfing, venice, venice beach

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

2015, architecture, blizzard, blizzard 2015, cafe, chinatown, chinese steamed dumplings, city life, coffee, cortado, dumplings, espresso, juno, la colombe, landscape, les, lower east side, manhattan, New York, ny, snow, snowmaggedon, snowmaggedon 2015, snowpocalypse, snowpocalypse 2015, soho, urban living, winter storm, winter storm juno

Hey, Mr. Weatherman … Snowmaggedon 2015 Blizzard Report …

Local TV news weather forecast in New York City. Look at those weather maps graphics!

architecture, blizzard, blizzard 2015, city life, juno, les, lower east side, manhattan, New York, ny, snow, snowmaggedon, snowmaggedon 2015, snowpocalypse, snowpocalypse 2015, urban living, winter storm, winter storm juno

Vintage Alfa Romeo Parked on a Snowy Sidewalk … Williamsburg, Brooklyn

autos, bklyn, brooklyn, car design, cars, city life, classic cars, industiral design, italian sports cars, lancia, lancia fulvia, New York, nyc, snow day, sports cars, vintage cars, williamsburg

Surfboard Design and Brekkie … New York

breakfast, brekkie, caffe latte, cappucino, city life, coffee, espresso, fashion, food, foodie, les, longboards, lower east side, manhattan, New York, new york city, nyc, shortboards, style, surf, surf culture, surfboard design, surfboards, surfing

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

architectural design, architecture, asia, city life, coffee, cool spaces, japan, minimalism, minimalist, nezu, nezu cafe, nezu garden, nezu museum, tea, tokyo, travel

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

bbq party, city life, clothes, downtown, east village, fashion, graphic design, greenwich village, grpahic t-shirt, grpahic tee, manhattan, New York, nyc, rooftop, style, t-shirts, tees, union square

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

atchitecture, chinatown, city life, city living, downtown, fashion, interiors, les, lifestyle, longboards, lower east side, manhattan, New York, new york city, nyc, style, surf culture, surfboards, surfers, surfing, urban surfing

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

adam yauch, artists, artwork, bands, beastie boys, beasties, city life, downtown, graff, hip hop, les, lower east side, manhattan, mca, mural, mural art, Music, New York, new york graffiti art, new york street art, nyc, pauls boutique, public art, punk

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

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On the Scene … At the Brennan & Griffin Gallery

art event, art forum, art forum magazine, art gallery, art magazine, art show, art space, artists, brennan and griffin, brennan griffin, chinatown, city life, contemporary art, delancey street, downtown, exhibitions, galleries, group show, images, jim boden, les, lowereastside, magazine ad, manhattan, New York, nyc, photos, pix, shows

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

activism, beldel, chinatown, chinese, chinese-americans, city, city life, downtown, grand street, images, labor protest, les, lower east side, manhattan, New York, nyc, photos, pics, pix, political protest, politics, protests, sodel, south of delancey, urban, workers protest

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

beach, city life, condos, cool spaces, design, far rockaway, fashion, hipsters, images, New York, new york city, new york surf culture, newyork surfing, nyc, photos, queens, rockaway, rockaway beach, style, surf culture, surfboards, surfers, surfing, urban surfing

“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

chest of drawers, city life, funny, furniture, furniture on street, Graffiti Art, images, last night i got so fucked up that now i'm here, manhattan, new york city, nolita, photos, pranks, soho, street art

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

art and fashion, city life, film shoot, global graphica, images, les, lower east side, ludlow street, manhattan, new york city, nyc, photos, trampoline, trampolines, video shoots

The Super Awesome “Dog Garden” at Daikanyama T-Site

architectural design, architecture, asia, city life, daikanyama, daikanyama t-site, dog, dog park, dogs, japan, landscape architecture, park, shibuya, t-site, tokyo, travel

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

architectural design, architecture, brutalism, buildings, central america, city life, costa rica, landmarks, latin america, san jose, skyline, skyscrapers
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