10.Mar.2010 at 10 | Demian
We recently met some friends at Braeburn for an enjoyable birthday brunch. It was a sunny day, there was a table big enough for all of us, we weren’t being hurried, the conversation was good. A very nice time. I wish I could say that I loved the food.
The vibe I get from reading through Braeburn’s [...]
Tagged: Design, Food, New York, Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized ,bouley bakery, bouley restaurant, braeburn, brian bistrong, david bouley, demian repucci, New York, quail dog, spotted pig
1.Mar.2010 at 1 | Demian
I was listening this weekend to ‘On The Media’, one of my favorite radio shows, and heard this piece about artist Caleb Larsen and a recent sculpture of his entitled ‘A Tool To Deceive And Slaughter (2009)’. The sculpture is an 8 inch black acrylic cube. The cube is for sale on ebay. Actually, it is [...]
Tagged: Art, Design, Ideas, Media ,caleb larsen, demian repucci, ebay, npr. tool deceive slaughter. conceptual art, on the media
23.Feb.2010 at 23 | Demian
The Toy Industry Association’s Toy Fair 2010 was just at New York’s Javitz center. As the show was open during President’s Day I had the opportunity to run through it unfettered by babies or schedule conflicts. I have been to many design fairs over the years but this was my first Toy Fair. I was not [...]
Tagged: Branding, Design, New York, Uncategorized ,areaware, bicplastics, david weeks, demian repucci, disney, gift fair, hello kitty, hirsch perlman, icff, javitz, kidrobot, makedo, New York, pokemon, star wars, toy fair 2010, tristan eaton, ugly doll
21.Feb.2010 at 21 | Demian
I just last weekend went with some friends to the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. I hadn’t been there in several years so when I received their invitation I figured it was high time I went for another run-through. In retrospect… my time would have been better spent doing something else. With the friends of course.
I [...]
Tagged: Art, Design, New York ,aeron chair, american folk art museum, cooper-hewitt, demian repucci, design museum london, herman miller, moma, national design museum, New York, rodarte, smithsonian
9.Feb.2010 at 9 | Demian
Heinz has taken the french fry world by storm in the last couple days with the release of it’s new ketchup packet. Public reaction has been positive to the point of elation. “Thank goodness I can finally dip my fries!” and “I am so glad the squirting tyranny is over!”. Or something like that. Anyway, [...]
Tagged: Design, Food ,condiment, demian repucci, dip & squeeze, heinz, ketchup, ketchup packet, mcdonald's
9.Feb.2010 at 9 | Demian
Last week was the Spiring 2010 show of the New York International Gift Fair. We did not have a booth this time but I went anyway for a quick survey of the current state of affairs.
Unfortunately I was at the Gift Fair for only a short time. And I was carrying a baby. Why? Well [...]
Tagged: Design, New York, Uncategorized ,areaware, artecnica, demian repucci, international gift fair, mint, neo-utility, New York, suck uk, w2 products, whitbread wilkinson
5.Feb.2010 at 5 | Demian
I have been thinking about the new ‘Raindrop Besace’ bag by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton. And I think I love it. Well… to clarify… I love it… because it is so confusing.
It is, literally, a trash bag. Except that it is not. A neo-realist representation of a trash bag. But done in glossy treated [...]
Tagged: Branding, Design, Ideas ,andy warhol, brillo, claes oldenburg, damien hirst, demian repucci, kartell, louis vuitton, marc jacobs, philippe starck, raindrop besace, takashi murakami, warhol
31.Jan.2010 at 31 | Demian
Apple, under the guidance of Steve Jobs, is one of the smartest brands out there. Laser focused on the user experience, the incorporationof design and maintaining its message and identity over the entire scope of the brand. Which is why the announcement of their latest product seems so surprising.
I have always been a proponent of [...]
Tagged: Branding, Design, Ideas, Media, New York ,apple, at&t, Branding, demian repucci, google, ipad, iphone, ipod, New York, steve jobs, verizon
29.Jan.2010 at 29 | Demian
My creativity was weened on years of Star Wars obsession. How can you be a kid in the 80’s and not love Chewbacca?? I also think Hello Kitty could be the cutest thing on the planet. I couldn’t resist exploring this convergence of science fiction and cuteness.
Tagged: Art, Branding, Design, Media, Projects ,chewbacca, demian repucci, hello kitty, star wars
25.Jan.2010 at 25 | Demian
I just finished watching Waltz With Bashir. Better late than never. I really liked it. Waltz With Bashir is the 2008 film by Ari Folman documenting an episode in the 1982 Lebanon War. It is autobiographical in that the storyline follows Folman as he tries to reconstruct his lost memories of involvement in that incident. The event in question was [...]
Tagged: Art, Design, Media, Uncategorized ,ari folman, cannes, israel, lebanon war, sabra shatila massacre, waltz with bashir