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Vitsœ Talks: Nicholas Felton

By Tom Ran

Published: March 21, 2011 under Talks

Detail from Feltron 2010 Annual Report poster

Photo: Nicholas Felton

With its intimate setting and living room-like space Vitsœ’s shop is an ideal setting for talks. Starting April 6th, their New York showroom will host a series of talks, with Nicholas Felton being their first guest speaker. Felton is a designer obsessed with data and translating them into charts and graphs for clients from the Wall Street Journal to Creative Review. He even collects data on his personal life and compiles it into an annual report. He’ll be discussing his thought process behind his 2010 Annual Report. The talk is free, however, due to space limitation there is a waiting list for the event.

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Mira Nakashima

By Tom Ran

Published: March 17, 2011 under Talks

George Nakashima with daughter

Photo: George Nakashima Woodworker SA

You don’t always have to spend hundreds of dollars or even thousands to attend some great talks. Apartment Therapy’s meet ups have included some outstanding guests in the past and the one coming up on April 6th is no different. Mira Nakashima-Yarnall, George Nakashima’s daughter, has been invited to speak on the legacy of her father’s work, her continued efforts in preserving his designs and her contributions and creative offerings to the company. Since 1990, Mira has been running the George Nakashima Studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where visitors are welcome on the weekends for tours. The talk will be held at ABC Carpet & Home, RSVP for the event here.

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Standard Talks

By Tom Ran

Published: March 10, 2011 under Talks

Standard Talks at the High Line Room

Photo: The Standard

Sunny Bates is an advocate and connector helping people and businesses find solutions to issues in just about every aspect imaginable. That’s why she’s a part of TED’s Brain Trust, an adviser to the development and future of the conference. The Standard and Cool Hunting have joined forces to bring Standard Talks, a monthly forum curated by Bates that will touch upon issues that span a range of topics including art, fashion, design, culture, sex, entertainment, science, architecture and more. The first in the series will be a conversation on “game theory and werewolf,” what exactly does that mean is anyone’s guess. The panel will include a psychologist, private detective, and very special guests. Intrigued? You bet!

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A Camera, Marker, Paper & Scissors

By Tom Ran

Published: February 3, 2011 under Talks

Neistat Brothers office

Photo: Neistat Brothers

A camera, marker, paper & a pair of scissors is all you need to make a movie, a Neistat Brothers movie at least. Brothers Casey and Van Neistat have been making their short films since 1999 after purchasing an iMac and camera. Though the production to their films are simple, it’s their story telling and subject matter that makes them so unique. Their humble beginnings would garner much attention after a video they made on the iPod’s battery life, went viral in 2003. And in 2010, HBO premiered a television series based on the brothers’ lives told in various short stories. Find out how it all began this evening when one half of the team, Casey Neistat, will be speaking at The Celeste Bartos Theater
 at MoMA.

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Times Talks with Sofia Coppola

By Tom Ran

Published: November 23, 2010 under Talks

On the set of "Somewhere" with Harris Savides and Sofia Coppola

Photo: Focus Features / Franco Biciocchi

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” made 125 million over the weekend, Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere,” opening next month, will not. It will be lucky if it makes 125 million globally during the span of its life time in the theaters. But hey, her movies have never been about blockbusters, yet time and again, the studios have confidence in her work to release her films during the fall/holiday season. Times Talks invites Sofia Coppola and Stephen Dorff to discuss the making of “Somewhere” and her recent win of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in September. The evening will be moderated by Frank Bruni, scheduled for Wednesday, December 15. Tickets are now available.

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America Meets MUJI

By Tom Ran

Published: October 12, 2010 under Talks

Naoto Fukasawa, Kenya Hara, and John Maeda

Photo: Hidetoyo Sasaki and RISD

The unbranded brand that is MUJI has come a long way. It was only three years ago that the company decided to open its first store in America – its now celebrating its thirtieth anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, a new book published by Rizzoli will be released on October 26th, written by the designers that have been pivotal to MUJI’s identity, Jasper Morrison, Naoto Fukasawa and Kenya Hara. The Japan Society will host a conversation with Naoto Fukasawa, Kenya Hara, and John Maeda to discuss the “concepts behind the creation, design and essence of MUJI.”

November 3, 6:30pm
Japan Society
333 East 47th St
New York, NY 10017

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FEATURES

What’s In Store? - 3x1

By Tom Ran
Scott Morrison, founding partner of 3x1.

Photo: Daniel Bernauer

Scott Morrison is the Sean Parker of denim. Though not as ubiquitous as facebook, Morrison has had a string of successes with the launch of Paper Denim & Cloth and…

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What’s In Store? - Saturdays Surf

By Tom Ran
The Saturdays Surf crew, left to right: Morgan Collett, Josh Rosen, and Colin Tunstall

Photo: Tuukka Koski

For years surfing in NYC was reserved for the die hards. Even though the Atlantic Ocean is minutes away, the urban density didn’t make transporting a surfboard an easy task….

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Behind the Bar - Karlsson’s Batch 2008

By Craig Cavallo
A family affair, Bertil Gunnarsson with his son Bo Gunnarsson.

Photo: Stefan Andersson

Potatoes are a significant part of Swedish culture. On Cape Bjare, in the south of Sweden, the soil they grow in is referred to as farmer’s gold. The country grows…

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