BOFFO Building Fashion
Design competition for Linda Farrow: Deadline: July 14, 2013
A series of collaborations celebrating architecture and fashion design. Fall 2013
"To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance" -Oscar Wilde April 13, 2013
Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords by Desi Santiago December 2012
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After winning two AIA NY Interior Merit awards in 2012, BOFFO Building Fashion is back for another exciting year. This annual program explores the intersection of architecture and fashion through integrated store and exhibition design. A shipping container, near New York City's Meatpacking district, will be redesigned inside and out providing a unique glimpse into the work of vibrant and acclaimed designers. This third annual installation series aims to once again push the limits of temporary architecture and the language of retail design. There are three competitions for three different fashion designers in this series. This competition is for eyewear brand Linda Farrow. Subsequent competitions will be launched after the winner of the previous competition is announced.
BOFFO Building Fashion will showcase design installations that push the limits of temporary architecture and retail spaces through fashion and architecture collaborations. Each will reflect the fashion brand’s image through expressive voluminous forms engaging interior space. The participants are asked to collaborate and create a space that exemplifies the aesthetic of a fashion designer while progressing the boundaries of architecture in a retail context. The installations should speak to the worlds of fashion and architecture while deploying a sensory experience engaging the public of New York City. BOFFO is a non-profit organization that produces creative, ambitious, forward-thinking public art. BOFFO fosters collaborations between artists, designers, communities, theorists, and the media in the exploration of contemporary subject matter that informs and educates the public, through innovative, participatory public arts programming. BOFFO is the conduit between the emerging and the established, the obscure and the adored, the profound and the profane. BOFFO is always on the move, repurposing spaces. All projects are free and open to the public. BOFFO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, based in New York City. Visit www.boffo-ny.org for more information
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About Linda Farrow Established in 1970, the Linda Farrow brand of luxury eyewear rose quickly to acclaim amongst stylish Londoners and the international jet set. Originally a fashion designer herself, Linda Farrow was one of the first to treat sunglasses as fashion, producing collection after cutting-edge collection, her finger always on the pulse of the times. A tireless experimenter, Farrow pioneered many of the shapes and styles that remain au courant today. Farrow’s relentless pursuit of luxury, innovation and cutting edge design continue to mark the brand almost forty years on. Today, Linda Farrow’s long tradition of innovation has been kept fresh by collaborating with the most exciting designers to date, bringing a new perspective, whilst respecting the values which have made Linda Farrow a by-word for style, exclusivity and excellence. With a steady stream of coverage in the world’s most prestigious fashion publications, frequent celebrity sightings ( on the likes of Rihanna, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Beyonce, Miranda Kerr, and Charlize Theron to name but a few) and exciting collaborations on the way, Linda Farrow’s fashion-forward pace shows no signs of abating. Linda Farrow has never lost sight of its fundamental value; to create innovative products at a luxury level. Understanding fashion and eyewear trends whilst being able to forecast what will be ‘big’ next season sets Linda Farrow apart from its competitors. The team travels to New York, Paris and Milan twice a year to attend the most prestigious international optical fairs and compiles a dossier of information on trends, colour forecasting, material resources and technical development. The crucial information is shared with the collaborating designers in meeting during the preparation stages for upcoming collections. In the ever changing and competitive designer eyewear market, it is imperative that a collection be on ‘trend’ for the season. With extensive knowledge and a willingness to push the boundaries of eyewear, Linda Farrow doesn’t follow trends, it makes them. Creativity has been instrumental to Linda Farrow from the start, and has been a central guiding value since the brands re-launch in 2003. Collaborating with many world renowned, as well as up and coming designers to produce timeless eyewear under the line Linda Farrow Gallery. Whether it’s creating a single pair of show stopping glasses, or a luxurious collection, the Linda Farrow team works closely with the designers to produce eyewear in their own artistic style and brand aesthetic. Combining creativity, knowledge and the finest materials, Linda Farrow Gallery offers a diverse selection under one brand. Current designers under the Linda Farrow Gallery line include, The Row, Oscar de la Renta, Matthew Williamson, Agent Provocateur, Dries Van Noten, Kris Van Assche, Erdem, Prabal Gurung, Jeremy Scott, Boris Bidjan Saberi, Kokon to Zai and Walter Van Beirendonck. Fron iconic pieces, to the future fashion must haves, Linda Farrow Gallery takes a designers vision and brings it to life. The brand was originally re-launched in 2003 by Simon Jablon, son of designer Linda Farrow along with Tracy Sedino; after discovering a generous selection of 70s and 80s sunglasses in the family’s warehouse. Simon and Tracy began selling this unique back catalogue to exclusive retailers worldwide and the Linda Farrow Vintage brand quickly established a reputation for originality and flair. Their impeccable background combined with an in-depth working knowledge of craftsmanship, fashion marketing and distribution, Linda Farrow has become an eyewear phenomenon. Luxurious yet innovative, these inventive pieces pay homage to Linda Farrow’s creative legacy, showcasing its extraordinary ability to mix the past with the present and bringing together the richness of heritage and design. Linda Farrow presents two collections; Linda Farrow and Linda Farrow “18k”. Linda Farrow comprises of timeless shapes, all handmade in a luxurious highly polished acetate and fine titanium metal coated in 24 carat gold in a range of colour ways and exotic skins such as alligator, sting ray and python. Linda Farrow “18K” Collection, created from the purest gold whilst using innovative design to achieve lightness and comfort offers a bespoke service of customizing your pair with brilliant-cut diamonds available in colours such as white, yellow, champagne and pink: gem stones such as Sapphires, Rubies and Emeralds as well as engraving a personalized inscription, which is exclusively available at selected stockists worldwide. The bespoke customization is, of course, entirely handcrafted by highly skilled craftsmen in Japan. Exceptional levels of skill is required to create amazingly fine settings and structure. Timeless in design, uncompromising in quality, unabashedly luxurious, Linda Farrow takes sunglasses to the next level. |
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BOFFO Fire Island Art Camp Enriching the Fire Island Pines community through art & design. CALENDAR
Session 1 June 3 – 16
Session 2 June 17 – 30
Session 3 July 1 - 14
Session 4 July 22 – August 4 August 3 BOFFO Fire Island Art Camp Benefit - Andy Warhol's Birthday
Session 5 August 5 - 18 Session 5 August 19 - Sept. 2 The BOFFO Art Camp on Fire Island will be a culmination of artistic presentations contextualized by the history and culture of The Pines. Events & programs include sunset musical performances, art exhibitions, experimental food presentations, movie screenings, painting workshops, craft lessons, and more. The BOFFO Art Camp will be open to the public in hopes of adding a positive cultural influence to its inhabitants of the island. BOFFO will present a community driven artist residency program where 6 artists are selected to create a body of work that enriches and informs. These programs will provide a constant activity that will engage the diversified friends and family of Fire Island. The series of programs and works will provide moments to reflect, celebrate, and memorialize the perseverance of those on Fire Island.
Located just steps from the ocean and pristine beaches. The residency is located at 533 Sail Walk in the Fire Island Pines. Projects take place at different locations around the island. Fire Island Pines, part of a barrier island on the southern side of Long Island, is a hamlet in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. Often referred to as The Pines, this one square mile area located on Fire Island, is 60 miles from New York City. Transportation on The Pines is via foot on boardwalks. Kalup Linzy Linzy will present a live performance version of his musical film project Romantic Loner and present the tenth installment of his Conversations Wit De Churen series, One Life To Heal featuring Michael Stipe and Leo Fitzpatrick. Afterwards Linzy will choose a selection of karaoke songs from influential, iconic female singers; guests will be able to dress up as his character Taiwan Braswell to sing along. They will have the option of having their performance videotaped. All are welcome to watch and sing along while Kalup takes over The Fire Island Pines Blue Whale Saturday Nights. About Kalup Linzy
Kalup Linzy is a video and performance artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Born in Stuckey, Florida. Linzy received his MFA from the University of South Florida. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Linzy has been the recipient of numerous awards including a grant from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship, Creative Capital Foundation grant, a Jerome Foundation
In summer 2010, Linzy appeared on the long running ABC soap opera General Hospital alongside James Franco in a story line that incorporated performance art. In 2011, he released the music EP Turn It Up (featuring James Franco) and was featured in the production Four Saints in Three Acts: An Opera Installation presented by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Yerba Beuna Center. In 2012, he was awarded a Headlands Center for the Arts Alumni Residency in Sausalito, CA, where he shot the majority of his upcoming feature film (Introducing Kaye) Romantic Loner, which will screen during the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The Romantic Loner album is his third full length album which is available on Itunes and other digital outlets.
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"To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance" - Oscar Wilde The Narcissists Ball - A BOFFO Benefit April 13, 2013 8-11pm
531 W 36th Street
A self-love affair of epic proportions.
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BOFFO is proud to announce a larger than life public art installation by The New York Times "Artist in the Moment," Desi Santiago, from December 3rd - 9th during Art Basel Miami Beach 2012. With their commitment to produce some of the most innovative public art today, BOFFO has partnered with Perrier® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water and Lords South Beach to provide Desi Santiago with a building-sized commission, literally using Lords South Beach as a canvas for his work. Watch this exciting video showing the creation of The Black Lords. Upon visiting the installation, guests enter a traditional art deco neighborhood, full of refreshing candy colored buildings with the ocean, blue sky, and characteristic palm trees as a backdrop. In stark contrast, Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach will stand out, shifting the neighborhood into its wicked Wonderland, making the passerby stop and wonder. Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach is the transformation of Lords South Beach into a ravenous black dog named Gypsy that often appears throughout Desi's work. Upon closer inspection, visitors will find an assemblage utilizing low-fi materials such as construction netting and inflatable parts. A looming head overlooks the courtyard, menacing paws flank the entrance, and a whipping tail finds its way in the back. After the large gesture is taken in, visitors will then be able to participate in a multi-sensory ritual evoking the dark and macabre subculture Desi is known for. They will also be able to have their fortune told by Gypsy. When asking simple questions, Gypsy will respond through her laser eyes, smoke, and sounds of her running, panting, and barking.
Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach, is the largest-scale project in Desi Santiago's career, marking a certain "moment" in his fast rising status. Appropriately opening during Art Basel Miami Beach, Design Miami, and several other smaller art fairs during Miami Art Week, Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach will be one of the largest public art installations during this increasingly popular winter destination for the art elite and enthusiasts.
Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach will be open daily from 11am to 2am at Lords South Beach located at 1120 Collins Avenue (at 11th Street) in Miami Beach, Florida. Two private parties will celebrate the opening of Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach. On Tuesday evening there will be a VIP Penthouse party and Thursday evening the third annual Midnight in Miami party. More information to come on these events.
Perrier® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water For over a century Perrier® has collaborated with some of the world’s most famous and distinguished artists, including Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali and Bernard Villemot. Perrier was first bottled in the south of France in 1863. Perrier® is an all-natural, sugar-free and calorie-free sparkling natural mineral water. With its refreshingly unique bubbles and low mineral content, Perrier® is perfect on its own, with a slice of lemon, or mixed with juices or spirits. The iconic green bottle is recognized around the world as the number one sparkling natural mineral water.
For Perrier® press inquires please contact: The Workshop Partner | Maile Gamez maile@workshopcollective.com | 305.775.2939
LORDS SOUTH BEACH Lords, the first gay boutique hotel brand in the country and Miami’s headquarters for queer culture, opened in January 2011 and has quickly become the vanguard for the modern gay-friendly boutique hotel. The hotel encourages a proud, playful experience and fosters a sense of community for guests and locals alike. Lords has a strong commitment to the arts and to giving back to the LGBT community. www.lordssouthbeach.com
For Lords South Beach press inquires please contact: M18 Public Relations Co-founder | Meg McGinnis |
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An exhibition and series of discussions showcasing a collection of photographs and videos taken over 10 years. Marco’s first exhibition reveals his keen ability to capture provocative moments of the night. The conversation series will focus on subject of sexual health, awareness, orientation, and identity. Marco Ovando’s portraits of the female and male body represent his unique perspective, taking an otherwise expected subject matter and exposing an unexpected gaze. The collection ranges from intimate photographs with lovers, to behind the scenes nightclub shots, to voyeuristic displays of the many dancers, bartenders, and nightlife personalities he interacts with on a daily basis. In capturing these graphic moments he creates a sense of style and fashion. “I shot this series with the intention of an exhibition, but have never had the chance to realize this project. Marco captures objects of desire, which in return, give the viewer a unforgettable level intimacy and something to talk about. APICHA - 400 Broadway New York, NY 10013
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Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords by Desi Santiago at Lords South Beach
Dec 3 - 9, 2012 Lords, the first gay boutique hotel brand in the country and Miami’s headquarters for queer culture, opened in January 2011 and has quickly become the vanguard for the modern gay-friendly boutique hotel. The hotel encourages a proud, playful experience and fosters a sense of community for guests and locals alike. Lords has a strong commitment to the arts and to giving back to the LGBT community. www.lordssouthbeach.com Location
1120 Collins Ave. Hours11am - 2am Daily |
BOFFO Art Camp Enriching the Fire Island Pines community through art & design. Special thanks to Cay Sophie Rabinowitz and Fantom Magazine for co-curating this program. CALENDAR
Session 1 July 5 – July 18
Session 2 July 19 – Aug. 1
Session 3 Aug. 2 – Aug. 15
Session 4 Aug. 16 – Sept. 3
Session 5 Sept. 4 - Sept 18 The BOFFO Art Camp on Fire Island will be a culmination of artistic presentations contextualized by the history and culture of The Pines. Events & programs include sunset musical performances, art exhibitions, experimental food presentations, movie screenings, painting workshops, craft lessons, and more. The BOFFO Art Camp will be open to the public in hopes of adding a positive cultural influence to its inhabitants of the island. BOFFO will present a community driven artist residency program where 11 artists are selected to create a body of work that enriches and informs. These programs will provide a constant activity that will engage the diversified friends and family of Fire Island. The series of programs and works will provide moments to reflect, celebrate, and memorialize the perseverance of those on Fire Island.
Located just steps from the ocean and pristine beaches. The project is located at 160 Ocean Walk in the Fire Island Pines. This home is the residence of Michael Bolla, a generous supporter of the arts. Michael Bolla has donated the use of this home for the 2012 Summer Season. It is a three - level, four bedroom home designed with cedar in the vernacular style typically found on The Pines. Its clean, modern design and open plan makes it an ideal location for small gatherings. Located just steps from the beach, 160 Ocean Walk features also include breathtaking ocean views and a large outdoor terrace.
Fire Island Pines, part of a barrier island on the southern side of Long Island, is a hamlet in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. Often referred to as The Pines, this one square mile area located on Fire Island, is 60 miles from New York City. Transportation on The Pines is via foot on boardwalks. |
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BOFFO Show HouseMay 15 - June 4, 2012 BOFFO Show House is located in the historic Charles B. Snyder Public School 12, now a premiere residential destination called The Madison Jackson with an address at 371 Madison Street in the Lower East Side of New York City developed by the Sung family with Michael Bolla of Douglas Elleman. Location
The Madison Jackson HoursDaily, 11am – 7pm |
Andrew Yes, Cantilever FossilTableBOFFO Show House with Andrew Yes371 Madison Street New York, NY 10012
May 15 - June 4 , 2012 $10 donation at the door BOFFO Show House is a cutting-edge experiment in living. Media Sponsor
The BOFFO Show House will bridge art and design through
Inspiration Images - do not indicate work shownFrom Left (Paula Hayes © Paula Hayes 2010, Verner Panton, Jenny Holzer (© 2012 Jenny Holzer, member Artist Rights Society (ARS), NY), USM)
This exhibition of art, design, and installation work in Interior
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WORK Each theme will be represented by one of four individual apartments re-imagined with one specific theme. Each apartment is a bi-level two bedroom apartment between 1300-1800 sq ft. The goal of portraying these concepts is to allow the installations to play with convention and challenge the norms of contemporary interior design.
LOCATION The historic Charles Synder Public School 12 is now a premiere residential destination.
The project is located at 371 Madison Street in the Lower East Side of New York City. The building was originally made as the PS12 school house. It has now been converted into a 120 unit apartment complex. The BOFFO Show House is situated in four apartments that were renovated from the original auditorium with 20’ ceilings and views to the adjacent gardens. This building was designed by Charles B.J. Synder a prolific architect who designed many of New York’s historic public schools and later became the Board of Education Superintendent of Buildings. He was known for smart innovations in methods of construction and safety. The building was recently turned into condominiums by developer, Mr. Thomas Sung. Michael Bolla, managing director of Douglas Elliman, is the creative consultant and director of sales for the building.
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Nicola Formichetti + Gage/Clemenceau Architects Fashion designers submit a creative brief outlining the desired concept for their collaboration. Architects with built portfolios are invited to submit design proposals for the fashion designer of their choice. Each fashion designer was presented with three - five nominations of qualified design proposals, chosen by a jury compiled by BOFFO, Architizer and industry professionals including:
Faris Al-Shathir The fashion designer makes the final selection with whom they choose to collaborate. Each fashion designer should acts as the creative director or “client” of the architect in the process of their collaboration. BOFFO awards each architect with $20,000 to fund the production of their installation. Architects are responsible for the construction of their installations. The installations be operated by the fashion designer with the assistance of BOFFO. All merchandise displayed or sold is the responsibility of the fashion designer. |
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Nicola Formichetti & Nicola Formichetti and Gage/Clemenceau Architects will celebrate their collaboration with BOFFO Building Fashion 2011 during Fashion's Night Out on the first day of New York's Fashion Week. Mugler creative director and stylist to Lady Gaga Nicola Formichetti will open his first retail installation in TriBeCa selling pieces from his jewelry line, t-shirts, hoodies and even including iPhone and iPhone cases. "This is the oppurtunity to look directly into my head. Visitors get to see my work with Mugler and collaborations with magazines, as well as the work I've created with Lady Gaga. It's everything I love, in one store" says Formichetti. Mark Foster Gage, principal architect of Gage/Clemenceau Architects describes the installation as, "a faceted, robotic, mirrored chapel that through millions of reflections, produces a stunning environment to view fashion in suprising new ways."
Above: A sequence of Gage/Clemenceau Architects’ shifting robotic mirrors reflect Nicola Formichetti’s vision. |
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Irene Neuwirth & TheVeryMany |
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Schedule
Nicola Formachetti &
Irene Neuwirth & TheVeryMany
Patrick Ervell & Graham Hudson
The Lake & Stars
Ohne Titel & Easton + Combs Location
57 Walker Street Hours
Monday – Saturday, 12pm – 7pm |
Every year the art world goes to Miami to celebrate what has become the most important art festival in the United States. BOFFO was happy to represent NY Arts by bringing three performance based artists to perform in front of a large audience at Lords Hotel in South Beach. Entertaining hundreds of people, from NYC and abroad, Alexcalibur and H.U.N.X. provided a memorable visual spectacular on stage, while Damaris Drummond produced a more subtle performance floating in water. |
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BOFFO Building Fashion explores the intersection of architecture and fashion through installation and exhibition design by pairing fashion designers with architects to build temporary installations. Each installation reappropriated the HL23 Tin (former sales office), providing a unique glimpse into the vibrant work of New York’s next generation of fashion designers and architects.Fall 2010 Installation Schedule:
09/09 – 09/19 Simon Spurr + COLLECTIVE 09/09 – 11/15 Supima Garden designed by konyk architecture pc Location
Emerging from a 38.5 foot-wide site amid the railbed of Manhattan’s reborn High Line Park and the art galleries of West Chelsea, HL23 is the first freestanding building by the celebrated vanguard architect and theorist Neil Denari. Rising between the city and a spur in the High Line, HL23 offers proof to the notion that great architecture often arises from the most challenging site − and that idea had no better testing ground than in Manhattan.
The Building Fashion Installations reappropriated the HL23 Tin. Designed by Spilios Gianakopoulos with Pandiscio Co., the HL23 Tin is adjacent to HL23 and nested beneath the High Line Park on over 5000 sqft of outdoor space. Extending HL23’s dedication to green architecture, the Tin is a well crafted converted trailer, fitted with full custom interior furnishings and a landscaped exterior inviting street traffic to the previously abandoned site.
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Our contribution to Housing Work’s ‘Design on a Dime’ is designing and donating furniture and art for one of the fifty interior vignettes for this year’s fundraiser. We are happy to be presenting the work of six artists and designers collaborating to create one of a kind pieces to furnish the room; Jessica Angel, Faris Al-Shathir, Andrew Schles, and Gregory Sparks, with contributions by Jen Poueymirou and Arden Wohl. The designers are creating a dining room inspired by 17th century Flemish masters Vermeer and De Hooch with all the furniture made from shipping palettes and found materials; which exemplifies the concept of design on a dime. The goal is to use less than 15 percent of new materials in fabrication of these pieces while maintaining a cohesive collection of furnishings. The finishes are non-toxic and eco-friendly. The collection will include a dining table, six dining chairs, a side board table, a chandelier, three murals, fruit bowl, and a little roundie table. We are excited to contribute to such an honorable cause as well as the Housing Works organization that supports artistic and creative new talents.
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Lords South Beach - December 3, 2012
Fire Island Pines, NY - September 4, 2012
371 Madison Street NY, NY 10001 - May 15, 2012
Lords Hotel Miami Beach - December 8, 2011
57 Walker Street, New York - September 8, 2011
515 West 23rd Street, New York City - July 18, 2011
HL23, New York - November 15, 2010
New York, NY - August 10, 2010
Brooklyn Heights, New York - September 3, 2009
We're always looking to work with talented new artists, architects, designers, and performers to make great ideas happen.
Boffo is currently looking for students interested in pursuing careers in the arts and design, communication and project management
If you aren't a student, but are still interested in helping out and want to gain experience we'd be happy to have you jump onboard.
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Your donations allow us to continue offering bold, forward-thinking programming to spotlight and foster up-and-coming innovators in the arts. Donors receive recognition and invitations to exclusive events.
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BOFFO is a non-profit organization that produces creative, ambitious, forward-thinking public art. BOFFO fosters collaborations between artists, designers, communities, theorists, and the media in the exploration of contemporary subject matter that informs and educates the public, through innovative, participatory public arts programming. BOFFO is the conduit between the emerging and the established, the obscure and the adored, the profound and the profane. BOFFO is always on the move, repurposing spaces. All projects are free and open to the public.BOFFO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, based in New York City. |
StaffFaris Al-Shathir – Co-Founder, Executive Director, PresidentFaris is a designer and curator based in New York City. Faris holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Art in Art from Rhodes College. Faris has worked as an interior designer and architect for several years, working in the United States and abroad. Faris has curated exhibitions for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and the American Institute of Architects San Francisco Chapter, and has assisted with exhibitions at the Slaught Foundation and the Storefront for Art and Architecture. Faris has received a presidential commendation for his work with the AIASF, a traveling a fellowship from UPenn, and academic awards and recognitions from Rhodes College and the University of New South Wales. Gregory Sparks – Co-Founder, Associate Director, SecretaryGregory is an artist/designer, working in New York City. The importance of the relationship between culture and the tangible objects produced is what informs and inspires his work. His working process is centered on meticulous and labor intensive installations and drawings. He creates work that strives to make products of value and beauty from mundane origins. From turning bleached copy paper into a sculptural window garden to redefining goldfish excrement as culturally significant product, his mission is to highlight process and the cultural reverberations that are produced. He received his bachelors and masters degrees in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania and has continued studies in art and design at Parsons and New York University. He is orginally from Honolulu, HI and now lives in Los Angeles and New York. |
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Matthew Ames Artek Bosi Contemporary Cappellini Cassina Creation Baumann Dinosaur Design Estiluz Fort Street Studio Fresh Kills GAN Haunch of Venison Hedge Gallery Johnson Trading Gallery Lladró Maharam Marset Matter Mondo Collection Nasser & Co. Ovando floral Poltrona Frau Stark Carpet Swarovski Tres Trintas Triode USM Modular Furniture Vondom Alexa Hoyer Andrew Yes Azadeh Shladovsky Balmond Studio Bec Brittain Ben Jones Ben Venom Eli Elysee Charles Broderson Charlotte Vercruysse Chris Adamick Christopher Kurtz Christophe Mathieu Click Boom Pow Colene Blanchet David Trubridge DB Kim Deborah Ehrlich Debra Folz Eduardo Garza Elizabeth New Erica Prince Erin McGuiness Faktura Farrah Sit Focus Lighting George Venson Ghiora Aharoni Guido Constantino Harry Allen Ian Tong Jaime Hayon James Killinger James Weingrod Jen Turner Jenny Holzer Jenny Hyde Jesse Trentadue Joe Robbins Design Kirk Van Wormer Laz Ojalde Maire Kennedy Malagana Design Margarita Mileva Mark Talbot Max Lamb Melissa Gamwell Mikey Loverich Moza Saracho Natalia Criado Nixon Noah and Nathan Rice Pablo Elizondo Pablo Piatti Patricia Urquiola Paul Clemence Paula Hayes Pelle Pryor Callaway Ran Lerner Ricky Clifton ROLU Roque Rey Snarkitecture Snøhetta Spacecutter Stefan Hengst Thomas Heatherwick TJ O’Keefe Tom Fruin Tracey Langfitt UM Project Klaus Kempenaars William Lee
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FashionNicola FormichettiIrene Neuwirth Patrik Ervell The Lake & Stars Ohne Titel Richard Chai Simon Spurr House of Waris Siki Im Heather Huey Erin Fetherston Chris Habana Frank Tell ThreeASFOUR |
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COLLECTIVE PerformanceMichael AlanLilac Caña Coco Dolle MGM Grand Jennifer Sullivan Amber Martin Damaris Drummond Paz de la Huerta Metric Casey Spooner H.U.N.X Sebastien Perrin Ensemble Moto Perpetuo |
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