


This DutChick posts about all things design but special attention for Dutch and local NYC design.
I took this pic a while ago when attempting to attend a taping of The Daily Show.
As I approached the long line outside the studio, this made me smile.
Hell's Kitchen:
I don't remember exactly where I saw this, but I do remember wanting to take a pic as soon as I saw it.
Somewhere below 14th Street:
Like most New Yorkers, I spend a good amount of time underground in the subway system. It's a necessary part of life which most of the time provides a means to an end, but sometimes can be entertaining (like the man in my carriage a while ago who decided to sing along loudly to his music, passionately and off-key), and sometimes provides an image worth capturing.
Not an image I captured myself, but I do like the 'urbanism' in this pic.
New York:
I've spotted Do Frame Tape on Droog Design a few times and might have to drop by their New York store and pick this up. Not only could I use it to 'frame' a print that never made it to my walls, but also to get creative: what about framing another paint color or use it as molding along the top of the wall? And at $17, it's so affordable. Designed by Marti Guixe for Droog Design and added to the permanent collections at Centraal Museum (Utrecht, The Netherlands) and Indianapolis Museum (Indianapolis, USA).
Looks like Norwegian street artist DOLK paid Gowanus a visit.
Stylistically, it looks inspired by Banksy, but the tag makes it clear that DOLK was at work here.
Spotted just off 3rd Avenue:
After studying experimental film in Berlin, Simon Heijdens enrolled at the Eindhoven Academy, where he studies product design. He obviously impressed Dutch design group 'Droog', as they added one of his graduation projects, , to their collection. Not a bad start to a design career!
He reasons that people have defaulted to putting paintings on walls to 'decorate', but that eventually painting and wall become one and the same object. By creating a wallpaper that can be switched on and off, with different images, the experience is constantly changing.
I bought Jewel Of The Mind by Justin Richel last year:
But am quite tempted to snap up this print:
We Are Connected by Danna Ray
Graduated less than a year ago from the Design Academy Eindhoven (which seems to produce amazing designers), Amba Molly might be one to watch.
Using Portugal's fishing culture as inspiration, she created tableware using nets and nylon.
I like the rustic feel of these cups and bowls, without the design becoming too 'theme'-like.