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Hotels, Documentaries and Features

By Tom Ran

Published: July 27, 2009 under Hotels

The Standard Hotel

Photo: Barry Whittaker

We’re quickly approaching our one year anniversary and have been diligently working on new content. The first in our documentary series with Billykirk is due out in September. New features include interviews with architects, hoteliers, and interior designers. And something that we’ve been wanting to start since the beginning, a Hotels section. We’ll include some local hotels in Manhattan as well as upstate getaways. It’s been a busy summer, you’ll see what we’ve been up to soon enough.

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Levis x Fader x Ace Hotel

By Tom Ran

Published: March 27, 2009 under Hotels

Photo: Ace Hotel

Rock stars and hotels go hand in hand, so it was a perfect combo last week when Ace landed in SXSW. Only this time it was the hotel that went to the rock stars, tempting every musician’s fantasy of trashing a hotel room. It was all a part of a promotion organized by Levi’s and Fader Magazine which invited musical acts ranging from Peter, Bjorn, and John to Rick Ross. Levi’s asked Ace to set up a lounge that was dubbed Room 501. Sampling from their Portland and New York hotels, the lounge included signature items like a Music Hall turntable, an Epiphone acoustic guitar, Pendleton wool blankets and of course a decked out Smeg refrigerator.

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FEATURES

The Mast Brothers

By Tom Ran
Michael Mast and Rick Mast of Mast Brothers Chocolate

Photo: Mindy Best

The Mast Brothers Chocolate factory occupies only three rooms in a nondescript building in Williamsburg. The first doubles as a storefront that opens on the weekend to customers with much…

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Roman & Williams Studio Visit

By Tom Ran
Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch in their studio

Photo: Rose Callahan

The partners behind Roman & Williams, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch are anti minimalists. It’s apparent in the spaces they create.

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Billykirk Studio Visit

By Tom Ran
Chris and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories.

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