FEATURES

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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By Loft Visit

By Shawn Kelly as told by Sarah Williams
Before - Piero Lissoni for Living Divani - Softwall Sofa, Box series chairs and Metro2 table, Ile side table.<br> Vintage and Flea market accessory pieces. Lighting by Flos.

Photo: Jordan Provost © 2009

Anyone with a design fetish in New York City dreams of a cavernous loft space to create endless compositions of beautifully designed furniture punctuated with rare artifacts, and the luxury…

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Life of a Personal Chef

By Maggie Shi
Left: Jill Donenfeld Right: Whiskey Prawn Skewers w/Tomato Curry

Photo: Left: Jill Donenfeld Right: Melissa Ricketts

It sounds like an idyllic life—cooking inventive meals in private homes, working flexible hours, spending your days shopping at the greenmarket, and getting paid to do it all.

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RESULTS FOR "Sarah Williams"

Retail

Scandinavian Grace in the Catskills

Photo: Courtesy of Scandinavian Grace

Scandinavian Grace - Catskills

Scandinavian Grace has opened a spacious new outpost just outside of Woodstock, NY. The store is nestled among the Catskill Mountains, and the sturdy, timeless look of Scandinavian design fits… read more »

Photo: Staff

Greenwich Letterpress

Sisters Amy Salvini Swanson and Beth Salvini combined their talents in graphic design and fine art with their printing pedigree to form Greenwich Letterpress. read more »

Luddite, Williamsburg New York

Photo: Mindy Best

Luddite

A “luddite” is one who resists progress in technology and industrialization. Luke Scarola and Rebecca Squiers have turned that resistance into a passion, creating a store that honors time-worn artifacts. read more »

Dining / Bars

Photo: Daniel Krieger

James

James is nestled in the Prospect Heights neighborhood on the corner of St. Marks and Carlton Avenue, tucked inside a century-old brownstone. read more »

Features

Alex and Companies

Alex Calderwood has a history of turning nothing into something. He looks at unloved and abandoned spaces with an optimistic eye, seeing potential to infuse them with new life, art,… read more »

Textile & Objects shop 1961

Photo: Todd Webb courtesy of máXimo

Meet the Neuharts

We were first smitten with the work of Marilyn and John Neuhart upon discovering the handcrafted, colorful dolls that Marilyn created on commission for Alexander Girard’s Textile & Objects Shop… read more »

The Sculpture Gallery houses works by Heizer, Rauschenberg, Segal, Chamberlain, Stella, Nauman, Morris, and Lord.

Photo: Staff

Capturing Time in Glass

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… read more »

Blog

The Glass House, side view

Photo: Staff

The Glass House

The Scout recently took a weekend road trip up to the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. We walked in Philip Johnson’s footsteps and imagined for a minute that our… read more »

Breathe in

Photo: Staff

Stop and Breathe

This weekend I took refuge from the city at a cozy hideout in the Catskill Mountains called Breathe Inn. After a quick tour of the house I realized… read more »

Photo: Sister Mary Corita Kent

Corita Kent

When times are troubling, I like to look at Sister Mary Corita Kent’s artwork for a dose of wisdom and hope. She was a revolutionary artist in her… 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,…

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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…

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