Monthly Archives: August 2011

Walking through the forest in Manhattan

You know, I feel really stupid right now reading Scouting NY’s experience of walking through the 28th Street Flower District. Why? Because he makes note of a building just down the block from me that I never seemed to have … Continue reading

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Depth of Speed – A Car Show Born

Check out this video of a man with a dream to host a small European car show here in the States. With some good word of mouth, the car show turned out to be quite a big success. Lots of … Continue reading

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Time-lapse video of the construction at Ground Zero

Here is the world’s most blurry video on the world’s slowest construction project ever — the new World Trade Center. A hat tip to non-progress in NYC in the last 10 years. Share this:EmailFacebookRedditDiggStumbleUpon

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Urbanized: a documentary about the design of modern cities

Gary Hustwit of Helvetica and Objectified fame is wrapping up a new movie project called Urbanized about the design of modern cities. The film is set to have its US premiere in NYC on September 20th and is poised to … Continue reading

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Ryan Gosling breaks up a NYC street fight

This wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the very funny reactions from the girls standing behind the camera as they realize it’s Ryan Gosling coming to the rescue!! [via] Share this:EmailFacebookRedditDiggStumbleUpon

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PBS Arts on Typography

PBS Arts put out a short episode on typography and its relationship to the public and to designers. Watch until the end if you want to find out what the most beautiful typeface ever designed is. [via] Share this:EmailFacebookRedditDiggStumbleUpon

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