LAST WORDS

Eames Elephant

November 19, 2008 Retail By Tom Ran
Plastic versions of the Eames Elephant

Photo: Vitra

On the occasion of Charles Eames’s 100th birthday last year, Vitra released the famous molded plywood elephant in an edition of 1000 in each of the two color-ways. The original elephant never went into production and was only made as a prototype. This year, Vitra is making the elephant even more accessible. Abandoning the molded plywood for something more durable, the new elephants are made of plastic in five different colors. Now kids can really enjoy them, though I’m sure adults can appreciate them as well.

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The Dinner Party

November 19, 2008 Dining & Food By Tom Ran
The Dinner Party

Photo: Aiga

We always thought that food and design went well with one another, hence this site. We’re not the only ones, Aiga will by hosting The Dinner Party, a talk discussing the relationship between these two fields. The speakers for this event will include AvroKo, the New York based creative firm mingling in both industries owning not one but two restaurants, Public and Double Crown. Other speakers include Dan Barber from Blue Hill, Matteo Bologna, and Will Goldfarb. The evening will conclude with specialty cocktails and “delicious nibbles from some of New York’s finest food carts.” This talk is scheduled for Wednesday December 3rd.

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Spike Jonze Interview

November 18, 2008 Film By Tom Ran
Scene from <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i>

Photo: Ain't It Cool News

Ain’t it Cool News released a massive interview with Spike Jonze today. Speculation and rumors about whether Where the Wild Things Are would see the light of day ran rampant throughout the web this year. Missing its original release date of October 2008, many thought Warner Brothers had shelved the project. But the movie is back on track with a new release date of October 2009. Moriarty talks to Jonze in length about the film, the process, the editing, the shoot, the postproduction, the studio’s reaction, the actors, the score, and more.

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EVENTS

October 2 - December 31

ART

Tadashi Kawamata: Tree Huts

Mad. Sq. Art presents Tadashi Kawamata

September 4 - October 18

ART

Totalities

Chris Johanson at Deitch Wooster

August 16 - November 1

RETAIL

Japan ©

Felissimo Launches Japan C

August 15 - October 18

ART

Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea

Swoon at LIC Deitch and Along the Hudson River

July 1 - October 30

SCIENCE

The Science Barge

A Sustainable Urban Farm
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FEATURES

Whisky Run

By Maggie Shi
Blue Owl's bar

Photo: Courtesy of Blue Owl

If you want a pint of beer, a shot of vodka or a glass of wine, there are hundreds of bars you could go to. But if you’re looking for a decent glass of single-malt scotch—something more refined than Jack Daniel’s—you need to search a little harder.
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The Vendley Brothers

Calexico - Gourmet Mexican Street Food
By Tom Ran
25th and Park Avenue Location

Photo: Taka Anai

For the past several years the Vendley brothers have been setting up their Mexican food cart on the corner of Prince and Wooster Street in SoHo. Their specialty mix of fresh Californian / Mexican food prompted many taco and burrito deprived New Yorkers to make daily treks to the Calexico cart. Read More

Capturing Time in Glass

By Sarah Williams
Interior view overlooking the pool.

Photo: Staff

Philip Johnson once said that “architecture exists in time.” By this he meant that a great piece of architecture should unfold before you in procession, and reveal itself in surprising ways. Architecture can also be a snapshot in time; the permanence of a building captures the aesthetics, materials, and consciousness of when it was created.  Read More

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,… Read More

The Tenenbaums

By Siobhan Vivian

Photo: Staff

The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the… Read More