CMD Handbook
2016–2017
Somehow it took me 3 years in the studio to get a POV on how this would be a valuable tool for the student community and encouraging interactions across classes. Consider it my farewell gift and to keeping the studio culture going strong.
Thanks to all for sending me your info during the summer. Joey and Harlie will be in charge of the files moving forward. Send them your updates.
Streets of NYC: Summer ’16 Edition
A summer sublet on North 7th in Williamsburg was more hectic than preferred, however the good news was that the hood gets plenty of exciting wild postings, hand painted murals, etc. (see the next few posts)
A couple of black painted / David Adjaye-inspired buildings … and the walking tour begins.
Streets of NYC: Painted
Handpainted signs / billboards throughout Williamsburg brought me back to my childhood dream job.
Loving Colossal Media, stencils, Christopher Wool-ish sign, etc.
Streets of NYC: Election Edition
Trump v. Hillary … Hobo … and a real, live Trump supporter in NYC?! (he IS rocking the look all the way to the boat shoes)
Streets of NYC: Wild postings x Music
Other than the Bud (sweet copywriting and type) … lots of great walls of recent albums, shows, etc.
Streets of NYC: Tribute
Bill Cunningham
1929–2016
I stand by what I texted to a close friend the morning this came out celebrating his life: “i would totally live in a shoebox* and love what i do till my 80s” … to which she said “I think you just uncovered the secret to happiness right there”.
A sighting / shot of mine of Bill on his bike a block from The Times in the summer of 2014.
*the documentary is a MUST!
Penelope Umbrico / Rays of Sunlight
I recently came across the exhibit, “Four Rays of Sunlight in Grand Central”. While the imagery is already so familiar, I found the installation brought to life and reinvented my relationship with them.
Interestingly enough the photographs date from the early- to mid-1900s and it is explained that these angled beams of sunlight can not be seen in the same way today because of the neighboring tall buildings.
Kathy Ryan / Office Romance
Kathy Ryan is the director of photography at The New York Times Magazine. During the time I worked with, and have known of her work, it has been her eye as an editor that has placed her as one of the top figures in the world of photography today. However in recent years, with social media and instagram, she is sharing more of her own incredible photography.
Aptly titled “Office Romance”, her recent body of work tends to focus on the light and shadows within The New York Times building. (The tower, and now iconic rods, was designed by Renzo Piano.)
The following are images from her Instagram and a series on furniture in a recent issue of Apartmento.
