Project staff weekly obsession: Coldplay

This week, Christina is loving the new Coldplay CD entitled Viva La Vida, or long live life. Inspired by a Frida Kahlo painting, some of the album, which was recorded in churches in Spain and Latin America, is full of religious references. The song "Life in Technicolor" introduces a Persian santur into the orchestration, commonly used in the traditional music of Iraq and Iran, as well as steel guitars and long instrumental soundscapes.

You can listen to the entire CD at www.iheartmusic.com or you can download the CD at itunes.

Title Track:Vivia La Vida.

Get your KAWS off of me.

Street artist KAWS has showcased his artistic talent through several different outlets over the past few years, including clothing lines, accessories, and magazines. Let's add another outlet, an art gallery.



New York gallery, Franklin Parrasch, will be hosting the "everything else" exhibition that will showcase some of KAWS signature works, including the 4ft. companion and an untitled painting with a hanging Smurf The opening reception is set for Thursday, June 19, from 6 to 8 pm. There will also be installations from a wide range of artists, so definitely check it out. It will give you the opportunity to use one of your date dresses.


Franklin Parrasch Gallery
20 W 57th Street (between 5th and 6th Ave.)
New York, NY 10019
Tel 212.246.5360


KAWS adding his personal touch to NYC.

I see Ghosts....

"The Ghost"series are the first line of chairs and stools from designers Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn. This is perfect for a conversation starter.


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Project Stores:4 Dates...4 Dresses

"Every night, except Monday." It's a statement that is usually made by NYC women all the time, especially during the summer months. Tuesday through Sunday, our nights are usually filled with activities involving the opposite sex, from a party at a loft in Soho to visiting a gallery in the Meatpacking district. It doesn't matter what it is, you should look your best for those dates. Depending on who you are, a different date each night could be fun.

Here are four outfits to start off with. Don't worry about the nights you're home; it just gives you time to rest up for the upcoming week.

Best in Show Part 2

This is Part 2 of our Best in Show series. Just wanted to show you that some men can wear a three-piece suit during the spring/summer months and look as though it's the perfect temperature outside.




Click here for Best in Show Part 1

That sound looks pretty good!!!

Sonance, the leading provider of high performance audio design solutions has joined forces with Italian speaker manufacturer NACSound to create a series of speakers that look as though they were meant to be decorative art pieces for our homes.


These loudspeakers are made out of ceramic, aluminum, wood, and carbon-fiber materials, creating a truly unique appearance. They are designed to be either suspended from the ceiling or to be placed on a flat surface.
The speakers range in price from $1,000 to $4,500. Just a price to pay for something we don't have to see, just hear.
http://www.sonance.com/

Spotlight: Thomas Heatherwick

The Rolling Bridge

Longchamp Flagship in NYC

Thomas Heatherwick is known for his innovative engineering and use of materials. The popularity of Heatherwick's designs shows us his drive to make his work comprehensible to people who don't know the first thing about design. His work sometimes get this London-based designer mislabeled as a sculptor or artist.

B of the Bang

The Bleigiessen

The perfect example of how powerfully Heatherwick's designs affect people would be "The Bleigiessen" in central London. Th seven-story sculpture is made up of more than a hundred and forty-two thousand glass spheres, in a pattern outlining the shape of molten lead dropped in water. The Wellcome Trust, a British medical foundation, got a taste of the Heatherwick effect three years ago, after it commissioned him to do The Bleigiessen for their atrium. The foundation is closed to the public, but demand to see the sculpture has been so intense that it now opens its doors once a month to show off Heatherwick's work.

The Vents


Harvey Nichols

Heatherwick founded the Thomas Heatherwick Studio in 1994 to bring architecture, design and sculpture together within a single practice.
The studio's work spans commercial and residential building projects, master-planning and infrastructure schemes, as well as high profile works of public art.

For more info, click HERE.
http://www.heatherwick.com/