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  • BOFFO Show House

    May 15 – June 4, 2012

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Please note the BOFFO Show House will be closed from May 15 - 18 for installation. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • Let's Talk About Sex
    An exhibition by Marco Ovando

    Spring 2012

    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

    Marco Ovando

    Marco Ovando was born in Guatemala City and lives in New York, a city whose vibrant nightlife serves as one of his primary inspirations and a source of subject matter. His unique work combines elements of fashion, video, travel documentary, and celebrity portraiture. His photos have been featured in a number of magazines, including Maxim and Next; Sephora Cosmetics commissioned a video for a major campaign in 2009. Also in 2010 he directed few music videos for arts like Keo Nozari, Chris Salvatorre and the Youtube sensation Cazwell’s “Ice Cream Truck”. Currently promoting few of the biggest gay parties in NYC, like Amanda Lepore’s Big TOP, Rockit and Club 57, allowing him to have connection and photograph A list celebrities, from Victoria Beckham, Kelis, Ke$ha, Kelly Rowland, Lindsay Lohan and the list goes on, also Paper Magazine has assigned a weekly segment in their on line site an a monthly section in the magazine starting October 2010.  Marco has never exhibited his work.

    APICHA

    In the fall of 1989, six Japanese American women activists founded APICHA after being inspired by the People of Color AIDS Conference earlier that year. Two years later, with a grant from the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Foundation and the fiscal sponsorship of the Family Health Project, APICHA hired its first two employees. “APICHA’s mission is to improve the health of our community and to increase access to comprehensive primary care, preventive health services, mental health and supportive services. We are committed to excellence and to providing culturally competent services that enhance the quality of life.
     

  • BOFFO Art Camp
    May 24 - September 4, 2012
    Fire Island Pines, NY

    Enriching the Fire Island Pines community through art & design.

     

    The Art House on Fire Island will be a culmination of artistic presentations contextualized by the history and culture of The Pines.  Possible events & programs include sunset musical performances, art exhibitions, experimental food presentations, and the unveiling of a garden designed in memoriam of those affected by AIDS.  The Art House will be open to the public in hopes of adding a positive cultural influence to its inhabitants.  BOFFO will present a community driven artist residency program where 16 artists will be 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 memorial will demonstrate an understanding of the challenges faced by the community because of AIDS.  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, five bedroom home designed with cedar in the vernacular sytle 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, 25 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.

    WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR?
    Creative projects that actively engage and educate the Fire Island Pines community.  

    ELIGIBILITY
    This residency is by invitation only.  It is open to all creative professionals from many disciplines including but not limited to: Music, Culinary Arts, Photograph/Video, Painting, Sculpture, Installation, Mixed Medium, Drawing, Watercolor, Ceramics, Silk Screening, Stain Glass, Pottery, Performing Arts, Dance, Song Writing and Poetry, Architecture, Design, Jewelry Making, Quilting, Knitting, Art History, Film

    HOW TO ENTER
    Written proposals must be submitted to: faris@boffo-ny.org

    CALENDAR
    Session 1    May 24 – June 6
    Session 2     June 7 – June 20
    Session 3     June 21 – July 4
    Session 4     July 5 – July 18
    Session 5     July 19 – Aug. 1
    Session 6     Aug. 2 – Aug. 15
    Session 7     Aug. – Sept. 3



     

    NOTIFICATION & DEADLINES
    Submission Deadline April 9th

    Notification April 16th

    SELECTION
    BOFFO will invite a limited number of candidates to participate in this program.  Thirteen candidates will be selected. Six candidates will be selected for the four week residencies.  Seven candidates will be selected for the two week residencies.  Selections are based on proposal strength and calendar diversity.

    ENTRY MATERIAL
    Creative proposal outlining
    1.  What will be produced
    2.  How it incorporates community
    3.  Event & program schedule
    4.  Classes, discussions, lectures, workshops or        other forms of community driven activities
    5.  Duration: either 2 week or 4 week
    6.  Materials request and costs
    7.  Available dates

    UPON AWARD
    BOFFO will provide accommodation, lodging, three daily meals, and up to $500 in material costs.  Artists are expected to stay the duration of their residency and attend community dinner every Saturday.  
     

  • BOFFO Building Fashion celebrates cutting-edge design through a series of temporary retail installations.

    Coming Fall 2012, the third annual BOFFO Building Fashion pairs fashion designers with architects in an installation series exploring the intersection of architecture and fashion through integrated store and exhibition design.  Each installation will reappropriate a vacant space providing a unique glimpse into the work of New York’s vibrant and acclaimed designers.

    2011 BOFFO Building Fashion Designers
    Nicola Formichetti + Gage/Clemenceau Architects
    Irene Neuwirth + THEVERYMANY
    Patrik Ervell + Graham Hudson
    The Lake & Stars + SOFTlab
    Ohne Titel & EASTON+COMBS

    2010 BOFFO Building Fashion Designers
    Simon Spurr  + COLLECTIVE
    Heather Huey  + Urban A&O
    House of Waris + Christian Wassmann
    Richard Chai + Snarkitecture
    Siki Im + LEONG LEONG


     

    Installations
     

    Building Fashion showcases design with the caliber, prestige and quality of the best fashion and architectural designers today. All  installations are open to the public. Each will reflect
    the fashion brand’s image through expressive voluminous forms engaging both indoor and outdoor elements of the site.

     

    The programmatic use of each installation will be decided by
    their designer(s), from conceptual boutiques to provocative exhibitions.
    The series will be comprised of five, two-week installations.
    Guest list and public events will parallel opening receptions and parties. A combination of womenswear, menswear, and accessory designers will be selected.

    Fashion designers are selected based on their brand and business history as well as their benefit to the events. All of the fashion designers asked to participate do not have freestanding stores. This is an opportunity to explore how their vision and brand can be translated into an environment and three-dimensional space by creating a strong and distinguished visual presentation  transcending the common
    pop-up store. All participating fashion designers will be
    paired with an architect selected through an international competition of the leading industry designers with our partners at Architizer.com.

    Designers

    Fashion designers must submit a creative brief outlining the desired concept for their collaboration. Architectural designers with built portfolios are invited to submit design proposals for the fashion designer of their choice. Each fashion designer will be presented with three - five nominations of qualified design proposals, chosen by a jury compiled by BOFFO, Architizer and industry professionals. The fashion designer will make final
    selection with whom they choose to collaborate. Each fashion designer should act as the creative director or “client” of the architect in the process of their collaboration.

    BOFFO will award each architect with $20,000 to fund the production of their installation. Architects are responsible for the construction of their installations and any additional costs. The installation will be operated by the fashion designer. All merchandise displayed or sold is the responsibility of the fashion designer. BOFFO will provide one full-time employee and one security guard for store hours and will help set up all business operations.
     

  • BOFFO Art Basel Miami
    by Desi Santiago at Lords Hotel
     

    During Art Basel Miami 2012 Desi Santiago will transform The Lords Hotel into the body of a black dog named Gypsy.

    The installation developed with Desi Santiago will create a fictional narrative through performance pieces and spatial design. Taking up camp in the the Lords Hotel  will be a  
    collection of fortune tellers situated in the restaurant, lobby, and courtyard. The event will include platforms with dancers throughout the evening and trained dogs in the lobby and courtyard. We will create special video for hotel guests rooms as well and propose to create limited edition black dog piece either as an inflatable, plaster, silicone or another materials.

    Desi Santiago

    A New York City based Puerto Rican artist, Desi Santiago’s, practice spans from 1990 to the present with a strong foundation begun in NYC nightlife culture and crossing over into fashion and art worlds. Santiago’s work draws from, addresses, and utilizes the respective vocabularies and iconography of these worlds to create ceremonial experiences and relational performances which deal with identity, exchange, and the duality of mourning/celebration. His practice is that of “the host”, wherein the body is the channel and receptor for circumstance, experience, and identities to pass through resulting in a visual vocabulary of object, installation, and performance.

    Santiago has collaborated with Miguel Adrover, Naum, Diamanda Galas, New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center, Y-3, Alexander McQueen, and consulted for Zaldy on costumes for MIchael Jackson and Lady Gaga. Desi’s performance and work has been exhibited at Deitch Projects, Envoy Enterprises, and MoMA PS1.

    Lords Hotel

    An exciting new hotel appropriately oriented for your special South Beach moments.  Founded by Brian Gorman, The Lords Hotel has been a proud partner with BOFFO for the 2010 & 2011 Art Basel Miami seasons. 
     

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    Andrew Yes, Cantilever Fossil Table

    BOFFO Show House will be closed May 15 - 18 for installation.

    BOFFO Show House Opening Reception Tickets are on sale through May 19! Tickets can also be purchased over the phone by calling 917.562.4756.

    Opening Reception FRIDAY May 18 from 7-10 pm. Individual Ticket $50.

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    Opening Reception SATURDAY May 19 from 7-10 pm. Individual Ticket $50.

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    BOFFO Show House
    371 Madison Street
    New York, NY 10012

    May 15 - June 4 , 2012
    11am - 7pm daily

    BOFFO Show House is a cutting-edge experiment in living.

    Media Sponsor

     

    The BOFFO Show House will bridge art and design through
    installation showcasing designers and artists in a residential
    setting with the goal of creating a profound and relevant experience representing modern living at a visually enticing
    Manhattan destination. BOFFO Show House is a cutting-edge
    experiment in living showcasing creative furniture, décor, and art creating complete interior environments that redefine possibilities of interior space. Beyond a level of traditional staging of spaces, as would be expected in a contemporary show house, the products and selected work will be presented through powerful installations of designed objects and artwork. BOFFO Show house will feature one-of-a-kind furniture and art as well as market ready furniture and products, and antiques. Working with some of the most creative, artists, architects, designers, product manufactures, and galleries today, BOFFO with Andrew Yes will creatively assemble four unique spaces.

    Inspiration Images - do not indicate work shown

    From 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
    Design is presented through four themes. These themes include Nature, Play, Work, and Future. The goal of these themes is to allow BOFFO to investigate the boundaries of contemporary life and the compartmentalization of urban living while questioning standards of interior design. These themes are representative of what is western, holistic, living, and what aspects of life are important to healthy and happy lives.

    NATURE  
    brings sensations of
    the exterior world to
    the interior world

    PLAY
    allows for rules
    of behavior to be
    mitigated and rules of
    play to be reinforced

    FUTURE
    reveals a distant
    evolution of domestic
    lifestyle

    WORK
    focuses on
    productivity both
    mentally and
    physically

    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 Madison Jackson - 371 Madison Street, NY NY

    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.  

    Jim Lambie, MoMA Floor Installation

    DESIGNERS &
    ARTISTS

    A.G. Fronzoni (Cappellini)

    Adam Goodrum (Cappellini)
    Alexa Hoyer
    Andrew Yes
    Aranda/Lasch (Johnson Trading Gallery)
    Arnaud Lapierre (Triode)
    Azadeh Shladovsky
    Balmond Studio
    Bec Brittain
    Ben Jones (Johnson Trading Gallery)
    Ben Venom
    Bodo Sperlein (Lladró)
    Eli Elysee
    Antonio Pio Saracino (Bosi Contemporary)
    Charles Broderson

    Charlotte Vercruysse
    Chris Adamick
    Christophe Pillet (Cappellini)
    Christopher Kurtz (Hedge Gallery and
    curated by Regina Connell)
    Christophe Mathieu (Marset)
    Click Boom Pow
    Colene Blanchet & Robert Peavey
    David Trubridge
    DB Kim (Swarovski)
    Deborah Ehrlich
    Debra Folz Design
    Eduardo Garza
    Elizabeth New
    Erica Prince
    Erin McGuiness
    Faktura
    Farrah Sit
    Focus Lighting
    Francois Azambourg (Cappellini)
    George Venson
    Ghiora Aharoni Design Studio
    Guido Constantino
    Harry Allen (Matter)
    Ian Tong
    Jaime Hayon (Lladró and Mondo Collection)
    James Killinger
    James Weingrod
    Jasper Morrison (Cappellini)
    Javier Borras (Marset)
    Jen Turner
    Jenny Holzer
    Jenny Hyde
    Jesse Trentadue
    Joan Gaspar (Marset)
    Joe Robbins Design
    Kirk Van Wormer
    Karim Rashid (Vondom)
    Ladd Brothers
    Lindsay Adelman (The Future Perfect)
    LMNOQ by Laz Ojalde
    Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy
    Maire Kennedy
    Malagana Design
    Marcel Wanders (Cappellini)
    MargaritaMileva
    Mario Bellini (Cassina)
    Mark Talbot
    Mashallah (Marset)
    Mathias Hahn (Marset)
    Max Lamb (Johnson Trading Gallery)
    Melissa Gamwell
    Miquel Planas (Marset)
    Mikey Loverich
    Moza Saracho
    Natalia Criado
    Nixon
    Noah and Nathan Rice
    Orlando Soria
    Pablo Elizodno
    Pablo Piatti
    Patricia Urquia (GAN)
    Paul Clemence
    Paula Hayes
    Pelle
    Piero Lissoni (Cassina)
    Pierre Ospina (Mondo Collection)
    Pryor Callaway
    Ramon Esteve (Vondom)
    Ran Lerner
    Ricky Clifton(Johnson Trading Gallery)
    Rodolfo Dordoni (Cassina)
    Robert Loughlin (Johnson Trading Gallery)
    Robert Lobe
    ROLU
    Roque Rey
    Sandra de Ovando
    Silva Bradshaw (Mondo Collection)
    Simon Naouri (Triode)
    Snarkitecture
    Snøhetta
    Spacecutter
    Stefan Hengst
    Stefano Giovannoni (Vondom)
    Studio Cerri & Associati
    THEVERYMANY
    Thomas Heatherwick (Haunch of Venison)
    TJ O’Keefe
    Tom Fruin
    Tracey Langfitt
    UM Project
    Xavier Manosa (Marset)
    xSITE, Klaus
    Kempenaars
    William Lee & et.al



     

     

    Daniel Jeffries, Cumuluss Table

     

     

     

     

    SPONSORS

    Fashion GPS
    Kohler
    Relative Space
    Studio Printworks
    Surface Magazine
    Tres Tintas

    GALLERIES & SHOWROOMS

    Aesop
    Artek
    Bosi Contemporary
    Cappellini
    Cassina
    Creation Baumann
    Dinosaur Design
    Estiluz
    Fort Street Studio
    Fresh Kills
    Future Perfect
    GAN
    Haunch of Venison
    Hastens
    Hedge Gallery
    Johnson Trading Gallery
    Lladró
    Maharam
    Marset
    Matter
    Mondo Collection
    Nasser & Co.
    Ovando floral design & event production
    Poltrona Frau
    Printed Matter
    Stark Carpet
    Swarovski
    Tres Trintas
    Triode
    USM Modular Furniture
    Vondom

    2012 HONORARY DESIGNER
    Andrew Yes

    BOFFO is proud to honor Andrew Yes in its inaugural BOFFO
    Show House. Andrew, along-side BOFFO Directors will transform four magnificent apartments into a contemporary show house of wonders.

    Andrew Yes, Helmut Lamps

    Andrew Yes is a New York based designer working on projects ranging from wild silk rugs for an A-list celebrity, to vegan home designs for  New York icon Arden Wohl, to home decor objects for luxury brand Eduardo Garza. Andrew's unique furniture, lighting, and decorative arts are vibrant, playful and comfortably chic.  

    "Create for Love."  - AndrewYes.com

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    BOFFO Show House Location & Schedule

     

     

    BOFFO Show House

    May 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
    371 Madison Street
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    Hours

    Daily, 11am – 7pm
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    BOFFO Building Fashion 2011 a series of collaborations celebrating architecture and fashion design.

    BOFFO Building Fashion 2011 
    September 8 – December 14, 2011

    A series of collaboration celebrating architecture and fashion design.

    About

    BOFFO Building Fashion celebrates cutting edge design through a series of temporary retail installations.

    Installations

    BOFFO Building Fashion showcases design with the caliber, prestige and quality of the best fashion and architectural designers today. All installations are open to the public. Each will reflect the fashion brand’s image through expressive voluminous forms engaging both indoor and outdoor elements of the site. The programmatic use of each installation will be decided by their designer(s), from conceptual boutiques to provocative exhibitions.   The series is comprised of five, two-week installations. Guest list and public events parallel opening receptions and parties.

    Fashion designers are selected based on their brand and business history as well as their benefit to the events. All of the fashion designers asked to participate do not have freestanding stores. This is an opportunity to explore how their vision and brand can be translated into an environment and three-dimensional space by creating a strong and distinguished visual presentation transcending the common pop-up store. All participating fashion designers will be paired with an architect selected through an international competition of the leading industry designers with our friends at Architizer.com.

    Locations & Dates

    September 8 - 21
    Karkula, 50 Walker Street New York, NY 10013

    September 9 – December 14
    57 Walker Street New York, NY 10013

     

     

    Designers

    Nicola Formichetti + Gage/Clemenceau Architects
    September 8 – 21, 2011

    Irene Neuwirth + Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY
    September 29 – October 12, 2011

    Patrik Ervell + Graham Hudson
    October 20 – November 2, 2011

    The Lake & Stars + SOFTlab
    November 10 – 23, 2011

    Ohne Titel + EASTON+COMBS
    December 1 – December 14, 2011

    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
    BOFFO Executive Director

    Annie Block
    Editor, Interior Design Magazine

    Felix Burrichter
    Editor in Chief, PIN-UP Magazine

    Richard Chai
    BOFFO Building Fashion 2010 Fashion Designer

    Winka Dubbeldam
    Architect, principal of Archi-Tectonics

    Spilios Gianakopoulos
    BOFFO Building Fashion Chair, Co-Founding Creative Director

    Robert Hammond
    Executive Director, Co-Founder Friends of the Highline

    Marc Kushner
    Architect, HWKN co-founder andArchitizer partner

    Dominic Leong
    BOFFO Building Fashion 2010 Architect, principal of Leong + Leong

    Charles Renfro
    Architect, Principle of Diller Scofidio + Renfro

    Gregory Sparks
    BOFFO Associate Director

    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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    Ohne Titel & EASTON + COMBS


    Ohne Titel & EASTON + COMBS
    December 1–14

    Ohne Titel

    Ohne Titel is a women's collection designed by Flora Gill and Alexa Adams. The two met in 1999 while attending Parson's School of Design where they bonded over shared influences. After graduating, they designed for established labels. Alexa spent several years at Helmut Lang while Flora held a design position at Vivienne Tam. In 2005, the two reunited to work for Karl Lagerfeld. In September 2006 Alexa and Flora founded the Ohne Titel brand.

    Ohne Titel pairs architectural shapes and soft draping with a keen attention to detail in fit and finish. Ohne Titel is intelligent design for a strong and modern woman.

    In January of 2009 Ohne Titel won the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award for women's wear. Ohne Titel was nominated into the top 10 for the 2009 CFDA/ Vogue Fashion Fund Award. The label was also nominated for the 2009 Swiss Textiles Award.  Ohne Titel is currently in the top 10 for the 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund.

    EASTON + COMBS

    Easton + Combs is an award winning, internationally recognized architectural office that operates as a laboratory for innovative building strategies at the intersection of material practice and applied architectural research. Easton + Combs approaches the production of architecture as a context for exploration of environments and the development of new spatial typologies towards critical models of social and cultural production at the scale of architecture and urbanism.

    Easton + Combs have recently advanced a body of research that addresses lightweight sustainable structural membranes for public space intervention. Lonn Combs and Rona Easton were invited to participate in the MoMA P.S.1 Young Architects Program in 2009-10. Easton + Combs received 2010-11 Independent Projects awards from the Architecture, Planning and Design Program of the New York State Council on the Arts. A full grant was awarded to support ongoing research and application into lightweight structural membranes for public space implementation.

    Easton + Combs were recently awarded by the New York AIA with the New Practices New York 2010 highest honor award as an emerging an innovative architecture practice.
     
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    The Lake & Stars & SOFTLab


    The Lake & Stars & SOFTLab
    November 10–23

     

    The Lake & Stars

    Named after a Victorian euphemism for a woman’s skill in the bedroom, The Lake and Stars intimates balance provocation and humor, intelligence and sensuality, for a new vision of feminine style.

    Streamlined lingerie and swimwear find a place among more traditional lingerie essentials, for creative pairings that revive the classic and redefine the seductive. Designed to stand alone or in complement to other clothes, the pieces themselves embody a broader view of lingerie as fashion expression, rather than costume. Their clean lines and assertive detailing describe unique stylistic characters all their own, making them as personal as they are diverse, and as accessible as they are luxurious. They are intimates meant to be seen—reflecting, as a fashion statement, on the open and sophisticated tastes of their wearer.

    Their new lingerie styles offer bold solutions to sheer dressing in opaque pinstriped stretch silk, a lace reminiscent of rippling water, and a signature print made of Maayan & Nikki’s own fingerprints (blue ink on ivory appears as if you’ve been fondled-or security-checked). This season also marks the return of their bestselling garter belt, reminding the ladies that stockings are for all seasons.

    Motivated by the notion that lingerie could play an active role in their wardrobe without having to stand alone as a costume in the boudoir, designers Maayan and Nikki launched The Lake & Stars after meeting in New York City in 2007. Having designed previously at mass and boutique brands respectively, together they sought to create a collection that would bridge the gap between special occasion and everyday lingerie. Serving as a counterpart to their ready-to-wear designer contemporaries, the brand would be inclusive, friendly, and lighthearted, designer lingerie meant to be worn everyday, as a statement of personal style.

    Nikki Dekker was born and raised on a farm in North Dakota and went to school in Minneapolis before designing for Target, then moved to New York. Maayan Zilberman was born on a Kibbutz in Israel then lived in Vancouver, Canada before moving to New York for art school. The two live and work in Brooklyn.

     

    SOFTLab

    SOFTlab is a design studio based in New York City. The studio was created by Michael Szivos shortly after receiving a graduate degree in architecture from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. The studio has since been involved in the design and production of projects across almost every medium, from digitally fabricated large-scale sculpture, to interactive design, to large-scale digital video installations. As the studio adjusted to a wide range of projects , it began to focus less on the medium and style and more on ideas. 

    As a studio, SOFTlab, embraces projects that are strange, difficult, blurry, and straddle multiple mediums. The constraints of each project are treated as opportunities that are tested through a collaborative studio environment with the hopes of solving typical problems in new ways, with new tools. Through the studio’s unique blend of backgrounds as designers, artists, architects and educators we are able to approach every project from a fresh perspective to create rich spatial, graphic, interactive and visual experiences. SOFTlab privileges adaptability and infuses every project with the capacity to evolve and grow into something new and unexpected. Rather than thinking of a project as finished, the studio thinks of a project as a chance to cultivate intelligent change. By mixing research, creativity and technology with a strong desire to make working fun, SOFTlab attempts to create new and unique experiences.

    In 2010 SOFTlab was awarded the New Practices New York award by the AIA Chapter of New York along with 7 other young studios. The studio has also produced a wide range of design projects and collaborated with various artists, designers, publications and institutions including MoMA, New Museum,The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Times, eVolo Magazine, Surface Magazine, Columbia University and Pratt Institute. The studio's work has been published widely in international journals and has also exhibited work in museums and galleries throughout New York City and Germany.
     
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    Nicola Formichetti & Gage/Clemenceau Architects


    Nicola Formichetti &
    Gage/Clemenceau Artchitects
    September 8–21

    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.

    Nicola Formichetti

    Formichetti is the creative force behind some of the world’s most influential brands, publications, and individuals. Born in Japan in 1977 to an Italian father and a Japanese mother, his unique style is a result of his international upbringing. For several years, Nicola has worked as a contributing fashion editor for magazines such as V Magazine, V Man, Dazed & Confused, Another, and Another Man. Nicola’s most current notable contribution is as fashion director at Vogue Hommes Japan, where he oversees the creative process from production to styling.

    As the fashion director to Lady Gaga, Nicola has collaborated with her on some of the most memorable imagery, performances, and moments in recent pop culture history. As the nucleus of Haus of Gaga he is at the helm of red carpet creations, album covers, videos, and tours.

    For Fall/Winter 2011, Nicola debuted his first mens and womenswear collections as the creative director of the iconic French fashion house, Mugler. Nicola also serves as both stylist and creative director to the uber-cool Japanese mega brand, Uniqlo.

    Gage/Clemenceau
    Architects

    Founded in 2002 by Mark Foster Gage and Marc Clemenceau Bailly, Gage/Clemenceau Architects is at the forefront of a new generation of architects working to combine architectural practice with the innovative use of today’s emerging technologies. The work of the firm has been exhibited internationally at venues including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Deutsches Architektur Zentrum in Berlin, Germany. 

    Recently, Gage/Clemenceau Architects was selected as one of the architecture firms to represent the United States in the 2010 Beijing International Biennale.  The firm has won numerous awards including being named one of the “Avant Guardians” of architecture, by Surface Magazine in 2010, and was nominated as one of thirteen firms, internationally, for the inaugural Ordos Prize in Architecture in 2009 — a select group that Rem Koolhaas referred to as “the next generation of great architects.”

    Mark Foster Gage serves as assistant dean and associate professor at the Yale School of Architecture.

     

     

     
     

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    Irene Neuwirth & TheVeryMany

    Irene Neuwirth & TheVeryMany
    September 29–October 12

    Irene Neuwirth

    Founded in 2003 Irene Neuwirth, Inc. has emerged as a leading jewelry brand in the US, recognized by its uniquely modern and sophisticated designs. Irene Neuwirth's collections are widely anticipated season to season by a fashion-forward, discriminating and affluent clientele, who have come to expect a line that delivers a precise balance between timeless, collectable jewelry and the ultimate statement in modern luxury.

    A native of Southern California, Irene’s fundamental inspiration is the ocean. Its purity, power and colors are all key elements at the origin of her designs. Her fascination with intense colors and raw, un-manufactured gem cuts, have become signature trademarks of the line.

    In June 2006, Irene was the recipient of the coveted Town & Country Couture Design Editors’ Choice Award at the Couture Jewelry Collection & Conference, the definitive event for the upscale jewelry market. In July of 2008, Irene was selected as a finalist in the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund, the pre-eminent honor for young American fashion designers.

    TheVeryMany

    Marc Fornes is a registered “Architecte DPLG” mixed with a fine connoisseur in computer science. Hidden under his label TheVeryMany, he is one of the leading figures in the development of computational protocols applied to the field of design and fabrication. In 2004 he graduated with a Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Design Research Lab of the Architectural Association in London after having previously studying in France and Sweden.

    Marc’s professional work experience in La reunion, France, UK and the US includes SOM, Ross Lovegrove and Zaha Hahdid Architects, where he was the project architect, from competition to tender documentation, for an experimental Mediatheque in Pau.

    Under TheVeryMany Marc has designed and built an extensive body of large scale prototypical installations. He has been invited across the globe, lecturing at the MoMA in New York, showing work at the Guggenheim, New York and is part of the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the FRAC Center in Orleans.
     

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    Patrik Ervell & Graham Hudson

    Patrik Ervell & Graham Hudson
    October 20 – November 2, 2011

    Patrik Ervell

    Patrik Ervell debuted in 2006 at the store Opening Ceremony in New York. Ervell is noted for using innovative and unusual fabrics including gold foil, vintage parachutes, fabrics died with oxidized iron and copper, handmade rubber raincoats, horsehair, and most recently splash-dyed silks.  His designs are characterized as utilitarian, minimal and elegant.  Ervell was selected in 2007 as a winner of the Ecco Domani Award for Menswear.  Since then, Patrik has been nominated three times for the CFDA’s Swarovski Award for Menswear – in 2008, 2009 and 2010.  Patrik was also the runner up of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award in 2009.  In 2011 he was nominated for CFDA Best Menswear Designer of the Year.  PATRIK ERVELL is carried world wide at stores such as Barney’s, Opening Ceremony, Harvey Nichols, Fred Segal and many more.  In 2010 Patrik launched a fully developed online store at www.patrikervell.com.

     

    Graham Hudson

    Graham Hudson is a London based architect, born in Sussex, UK in 1977, gaining an MA from the Royal College of Art, London in 2002.  Grahams’ past solo exhibitions include: Locust Projects, Miami, the Jan Cunen Museum, Netherlands and Arthouse, Austin. With recent group exhibitions including Glow, The Vanabbe Museum, Eindhoven; 6:1 Performance and Sculpture, Camden Arts Centre, London; and Newspeak, Saatchi Gallery, London.  Graham has collaborated on many projects including the Henry Moore Foundation and Comme Des Garcons, in 2010 Hudson received the 'Designer of the Future' award from Design Miami. 
     
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    BOFFO Building Fashion 2011 Location & Schedule

    Schedule

    Nicola Formachetti &
    Gage/Clemenceau Artchitects
    September 8 – 21

    Irene Neuwirth & TheVeryMany
    September 29 – October 12

    Patrick Ervell & Graham Hudson
    October 20 – November 2

    The Lake & Stars
    & SoftLab
    November 10 – 23

    Ohne Titel & Easton + Combs
    December 1 – 14

    Location

    57 Walker Street
    (Between Church St. & Broadway)
    New York, NY 10013
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    Monday – Saturday, 12pm – 7pm
    Sunday, 12pm – 6pm
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    Art Basel 2010

    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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    Building Fashion 2010

    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
    09/23 – 10/3         Heather Huey + Urban A&O
    10/7 – 10/17         House of Waris + Christian Wassmann
    10/21 – 10/31       Richard Chai + Snarkitecture
    11/5 – 11/15         Siki Im + Leong  Leong

    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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    Design on a Dime: BOFFO presents Flemish Masterpieces

    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.

     

     

    Designs & Artworks by:

    Andrew Schles, Jessica Angel, Faris Al-Shathir, Gregory Sparks,+SeiSe Bothers Chandelier, Jen Pouyemirou, Arden Wohl..

    A vignette by BOFFO . FarisAl-Shathir & Gregory Sparks/ directors.

    		  
     
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    Objective Affection

    Objective Affection is an exhibition concerned with the influence of objects in contemporary culture. With over 100 artists and designers, in a 14,000 sq. ft former printing factory for the Jehovah’s Witness, this multi-media exhibition looks beyond the surface to explore our obsession with objects that surround us.
     
    In conjunction with the exhibition, there is a SHOP that showcases both personal and created objects by many of the artists and designers participating in the show.

    Artists & Designers

    Jessica Angel, Rory Baron, Zena Pesta, Rebecca (Marks) Leopold, Jonathan Mildenberg, Orlando Dumond Soria, Jade Doskow, David S. Mellen, Tom Fruin, Laura Braciale, Conor Fields, Erin Ryan, Yuka Otani, Michael Berens, Yen-Hua Lee, Nathan Wasserbauer, Jordan Kleinman, Michael Alan, Simone Frazier, Peggy Tan, Neil Enggist, Chris Oh, Mark T. Johnson, Rebecca Wasserman, Melissa Fleming, Elizabeth Graeber, Matthew Lane, Jennifer Sullivan, Gregor Wynnyczuk, Hima B, Robert Boyd, caraballo-farman, Peter Lapsley, Bohyun Yoon, Amber Martin, Ron Rocco, Ben T. Brown, Colin Kilian, Kelsey Harrington, Junko Sugimoto, Hugo Crosthwaite, Blake Williams, Jason Tomme, Jennifer Poueymirou, John Manion, Chloe Paganini, Travis Childers, Lucas Cwojdzinski, Daniel Jeffries, Alexandra Schmidt-Ullrich, Bliss Lau, Janelle Norton, Catherine Merrick, Sarah Anderson, BLAND, Lindsey Adelman, Tom Butch, Ufuk Keskin & Efecem Kutuk, Timothy Van Beke, Patrick Gavin, graypants, inc., Victoria Fang, Lara Knutson, threeASFOUR, AREAWARE, Chris Habana, Jean Pelle, Adam Razak, Matthew Ames, Andrew Mau, Erin Fetherstone, Colin Schleeh, Heather Huey, Patrick Doyle & Revel Woodard, KIKKERLAND, Glen Jufer, Josh Jakus/FUZ Farm, Sukmo Koo, Mario Marchese, Future Retrieval, Stanley Ruiz, Ken & Dana Design, Frank Tell, Josh Owen, Lauren Tickle, Julia Baum, Max Greis, Alexandra Kuechenberg, David B. Smith, Eric Hollender, Andrew Schles , Terence Koh, Caris Reid, Simon Tepas, Damaris Drummond, K. T. Anthony Chan & Aaron Jezzi

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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.

  • 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 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, and all projects are open to the public.

    Boffo is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, based in New York City.

  • Staff

    Faris Al-Shathir – Co-Founder, Executive Director, President

    Faris 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, Secretary

    Gregory 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.

     

    Board of Directors


    Shira Sue Carmi

    Combining a deep passion for creativity and a sharp talent for business, Ms. Carmi has been helping conceptualize, launch and grow design and retail businesses, specializing in the fashion and apparel space. Ms. Carmi began her career in the art world, working for several contemporary art galleries including Deitch Projects, and held positions in marketing, communications and brand management at Banana Republic and Avon Products before founding Launch Collective in 2005.

    Launch Collective is a management firm for fashion and lifestyle businesses. Offering an array of strategic services including launch and growth strategy, merchandising and production, marketing and sales, and eCommerce, the company has quickly developed an extensive network of clients in the fashion, design and retail space. Launch Collective was also a founding partner of Save Fashion, a pop up store concept, with Refinery29.

    Ms. Carmi graduated Summa Cum Laude from New York University with a BA in Visual Culture, and holds an MBA in Marketing and Management from Columbia University. Ms. Carmi is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society and lectures about fashion and entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, FIT and Parsons The New School of Design.

    Brian Gorman

    Brian spent much of his childhood immersed in the world of hospitality, often spending time on new hotel sites. Suitably, he began his career at BBG-BBGM, a leading global architecture and interior design firm with extensive expertise in the design of hotels and resorts. More recently, as VP of Business Development at SHVO, Brian secured several real estate and hospitality contracts worth over USD 10 Billion in under 3 years, while serving as a key contributor to brand development, helping to achieve premium positioning and sales for SHVO clients. While at BBG-BBGM and SHVO, he worked with world-class hospitality brands such as Aman Resorts, GHM, W Hotels, St. Regis, Peninsula, Morgan’s, Ian Schrager, Thompson Hotels, Marriott and Kempinski on various initiatives including project management, design, branding, marketing and sales. Brian’s broad experience in real estate and hospitality prepared him with the knowledge, capabilities and relationships essential for his role as Chairman of LORDS. In 2010, Brian successfully launched his first Lords Hotel in South Beach, Florida. He currently oversees the branding, operations, marketing and sales for Lords South Beach.

    In addition to his professional accomplishments, Brian maintains a leadership role in various organizations, including the Carnegie Real Estate Council, Carnegie Hall Notables, Guggenheim Young Collectors Council, and The Gay Real Estate Group, among others, and is an active supporter of several charitable organizations dedicated to helping others overcome adversity, including the Bailey House, as well as a variety of LGBT-related causes including GMHC and Point Foundation. He has spearheaded hugely successful fundraising efforts to help those in need, including raising $30,000 to support Architecture for Humanity’s efforts in creating affordable housing in the Bronx, NY, and $25,000 for the Global Opportunity Fund to build an orphanage in Ghana. At Lords South Beach, Brian most recently established an innovative charitable program that supports five leading LGBT organizations via a donation of room proceeds.

    Meaghan Gragg

    Meaghan is an associate at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in New York City. Meaghan has worked there since 2008. Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Meaghan worked as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ursula Ungaro, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida from 2006-2008. From August of 2007 through May of 2008, she worked as a Legal Research and Writing Instructor at the·University of Miami School of Law. She worked as a summer associate at Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP in Miami, FL, in the summer of 2005 and at Kenny Nachwalter PA in Miami, FL, in the summer of 2004. Before attending law school, Ms. Gragg worked as a Copy Editor & Editorial Intern at Bomb Magazine in New York, NY. Ms. Gragg is a member of the New York Bar (admitted 2009), the Florida bar (admitted 2007), and the California bar (admitted 2009). She received a JD from the University of Florida and an AB from Dartmouth College.

    Lisa Rosenthal

    Lisa has been working in real estate and related fields for over 30 years. Ms. Rosenthal began her real estate career early working in her family properties in California and Florida while still in high school. These early experiences have given her a broad prospective about the importance of understanding local economies and site specific locations. Ms. Rosenthal studied geography at the University of Chicago and graduated with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in the field. Currently Lisa is working with Donna Karan, Jodi Arnold and Pylones on their national strategies. In the 1980s and 1990s Lisa worked for the real estate developer Harry Macklowe. In 1995 Lisa joined the 34th Street Partnership and Bryant Park Restoration Corp., two of midtown Manhattan’s largest business improvement districts. Lisa worked to improve the quality of life within the BID boundaries, successfully changing the perception of the districts from run down, has been neighborhoods to the dynamic, much sought after, commercial communities they are today. She did this by working with landlords, lenders, appraisers, brokers and the press. She also directly recruited commercial and retail tenants. Since 2005, Ms. Rosenthal has worked as a commercial real estate broker. Ms. Rosenthal joined Lansco in 2008 and is Director of Lansco.

    Cator Sparks

    Cator is a journalist for a variety of magazines and websites. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Sparks attended the College of Charleston where he majored in French and later the American College in London where he graduated with honors with a Fashion Marketing degree.  Since moving to New York City in 1999 Mr. Sparks has worked in both beauty and fashion PR, which lead to his transition to a full time journalist. Currently Mr. Sparks writes for FullFrontalFashion.com, 1stdibs.com, Elle Décor, T Magazine, Huffington Post, Acne Paper and Nowness.com and is the U.S. Editor of WeAr magazine. His focus is men’s fashion and design.  He also contributes his time to the Hetrick Martin Institute and The Atlanta Hospital Hospitality House where he volunteers regularly.

     

    Board of Advisors

    Michelle Violy Harper

    Michelle born in Colombia in 1978, attended the Lycée Français de New York, the Spence school, Aiglon College in Switzerland, and NYU’s fine arts program. Ms. Harper is the co-founder of a multi million dollar multi brand cosmetics holding company, CB LLC. Ms. Harper sits on the board of directors for FIT’s Couture Council and Tata Harper Beauty, as well as sitting on the Casita Maria young members board. She actively supports amfar, el museo del barrio, aid for aids, and nutrir. Ms. Harper is passionate about philanthropy, design, art, film and fashion. Her previous work experience includes internships and employment at MoMA, Malborough Gallery, MUSE Film and Television, VMS Associates, and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Ms. Harper’s focus is on the intersection of business, the arts, and philanthropy.

    Spencer Levine

    Spencer is a principal at RAL companies and affiliates, one of the leading development firms in New York City. RAL is a nationwide development company specializing in urban development and architectural revitalization. The projects range from luxury apartment, condominium and resort communities. Mr. Levine is also the founder and principal of Creative Design Associates, which is a full service architecture and landscape architectural firm with a new York City focused practice. He has received his BS in Landscape Architecture and an MLA from Harvard Design School.

    Winka Dubbeldam

    Winka is a native of the Netherlands, is the principal of Archi-Tectonic NYwhich was founded in 1994. The firm just recently opened an office in Shanghai. Archi-Tectonics has been featured in several professional journals and in the two monographs “Winka Dubbeldam Architect” by 010 publishers (1996) and “AT-INdex” (2007) by Princeton Press, NY.

    Archi-Tectonics has been a finalist in several invited design competitions including the recent Staten Island Sustainable Housing Competition (winner) and the Houthaven Competition in Amsterdam. Among others, Dubbeldam received the “Emerging Voice” award from the Architectural League NYC in 2001 and was nominated as “The Best and Brightest” by Esquire Magazine, Dec 2004.

    Bjarke Ingels

    Bjarke is principal of BIG, based in Copenhagen. An alumnus of Rem Koolhaas' OMA practice, Ingels takes a similar approach: experimenting with pure space, but never losing sight of the building as a solution to a real-world problem. His deeply-thought-out and often rather large works — including several skyscrapers and mixed-use projects in a developing section of Copenhagen, plus a project for a new commercial harbor-island —  work to bring coherence to the urban fabric and to help their occupants and users lead better lives.

    D.B. Kim

    D,B is an award-winning designer, a conceptual and constructive practitioner, a commentator on creativity, and a world traveler and citizen. Born in South Korea, he built a professional career that has taken him all around the globe. His work spans hospitality, architecture, interiors, product design, and associations with leaders in these industries. His convictions, humor, and intellect drive a strategic imprint on the business of design and creativity

    James LaForce

    As a co-founder of L+S, James directs a range of communications programs across the agency’s diverse client roster.  With a nimble approach, he blends his business savvy with an insatiable interest in the trends and personalities of the ever-changing media landscape. LaForce was raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and studied English Literature and writing at Columbia University.  For five years, he was mentored by the legendary fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert, who is often credited with putting American fashion on the global map. As his career in communications developed, with a number of multi-year stints at top P.R. firms, he managed programs for a range of prominent brands, from consumer packaged goods to fashion and luxury products.  LaForce and his partner of twenty years, writer Stephen Henderson, live in Manhattan and spend weekends on Long Island. But, he is happiest at his office sending out emails and “calling around to bug people.”

    Jürgen Mayer

    Jürgen is founder and principal of this crossdisciplinairy studio. He studied at Stuttgart University, The Cooper Union and at Princeton Universtiy. His work was published and exhibited worldwide and is part of international collections like the MoMA New York and SF MoMA. His work was awarded with numerous prizes, i.e. the Mies-van-der-Rohe-Award 2003 Emerging Architect and Winner Holcim Awards 2005 Bronze Europe for Metropol Parasol. Jürgen Mayer H. tought at Princeton University, University of the Arts Berlin, Harvard University, Kunsthochschule Berlin, the Architectural Association in London and is currently teaching at Columbia University in New York.

    Farshid Moussavi

    Farshid is an architect, founder of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) and Professor in Practice in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She was co-founder and co-principal of Foreign Office Architects (FOA) until June 2011.

    Farshid Moussavi has served on numerous design committees including the Mayor of London’s Design for London Advisory Group and LDA International Design Committee, the RIBA Gold and Presidents Medals, the Stirling Prizeand the Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2004, she was Chair of the Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and has been a member of the Award’s Steering Committee since then. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Moussavi is also a trustee of the Whitechapel Gallery and Architecture Foundation in London.

  • Design

    Matthew Ames
    AREAWARE
    Lindsey Adelman
    Sarah Anderson
    Tom Butch
    BLAND
    Patrick Doyle
    & Revel Woodard
    Graypants, Inc.
    Patrick Gavin
    Victoria Fang
    Erin Fetherston
    Chris Habana
    Heather Huey
    Glen Jufer
    Josh Jakus/FUZ Farm
    Ken & Dana Design
    KIKKERLAND
    Laura Knutson
    Sukmo Koo
    Bliss Lau
    Mario Marchese
    Andrew Mau
    Josh Owen
    Jean Pelle
    Ufuk Keskin
    & Efecem Kutuk
    Daniel Jeffries
    Catherine Merrick
    Stanley Ruiz
    Colin Schleeh
    Frank Tell
    ThreeASFOUR
    Richard Chai
    Simon Spurr
    House of Waris
    Siki Im
    COLLECTIVE
    Urban A&O
    Christian Wassmann
    Snarkitecture
    Leong Leong

    Visual Art

    Jessica Angel
    Hima B
    Robert Boyd
    Michael Berens
    Laura Braciale
    Julia Baum
    Hugo Crosthwaite
    Neil Enggist
    Elizabeth Graeber
    Jordan Kleinman
    Janelle Norton
    Orlando Dumond Soria
    Rebecca (Marks) Leopold
    Chloe Paganini
    Jade Doskow
    Caraballo-Farman
    Melissa Fleming
    Chris Oh
    Mark T. Johnson
    David S. Mellen
    Simone Frazier
    Caris Reid
    Erin Ryan
    Adam Razak
    Simon Tepas
    Nathan Wasserbauer
    Rebecca Wasserman
    Gregor Wynnyczukman

    Sculpture

    Rory Baron
    Ben T. Brown
    K. T. Anthony Chan
    & Aaron Jezzi
    Travis Childers
    Lucas Cwojdzinski
    Conor Fields
    Max Greis
    Future Retrieval
    Colin Kilian
    Kelsey Harrington
    Terence Koh
    Alexandra Kuechenberg
    Zena Verda Pesta
    Matthew Lane
    Peter Lapsley
    Yen-Hua Lee
    John Manion
    Jonathan Mildenberg
    Jennifer Poueymirou
    Tom Fruin
    Eric Hollender
    Yuka Otani
    Ron Rocco
    David B. Smith
    Junko Sugimoto
    Andrew Schles
    Peggy Tan
    Jason Tomme
    Lauren Tickle
    Alexandra Schmidt-Ullrich
    Timothy Van Beke
    Blake Williams
    Bohyun Yoon
     

    Performance

    Michael Alan
    Lilac Caña
    Coco Dolle
    MGM Grand
    Jennifer Sullivan
    Amber Martin
    Damaris Drummond
    Paz de la Huerta
    Metric
    Casey Spooner
    H.U.N.X
    Sebastien Perrin

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