The 1964 World’s Fair New York State Pavil­ion designed by Philip John­son is sim­ply awe­some. It “fea­tured three obser­va­tion tow­ers, one of which at 226 feet, was the tallest struc­ture at the Fair. Speedy “Sky Streak” cap­sule ele­va­tors whisked vis­i­tors to the obser­va­tion plat­form above. Beneath the tow­ers was the Tent of Tomor­row, the world’s biggest sus­pen­sion roof (larger than a foot­ball field), sup­ported by six­teen 100 foot columns. Translu­cent col­ored pan­els in the roof flooded the tent’s inte­rior with col­ors.” Sources here and here. We nor­mally don’t use other images on our Visual Serendip­ity series but these two are too good to skip.
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The 1964 World’s Fair New York State Pavil­ion designed by Philip John­son is sim­ply awe­some. It “fea­tured three obser­va­tion tow­ers, one of which at 226 feet, was the tallest struc­ture at the Fair. Speedy “Sky Streak” cap­sule ele­va­tors whisked vis­i­tors to the obser­va­tion plat­form above. Beneath the tow­ers was the Tent of Tomor­row, the world’s biggest sus­pen­sion roof (larger than a foot­ball field), sup­ported by six­teen 100 foot columns. Translu­cent col­ored pan­els in the roof flooded the tent’s inte­rior with col­ors.” Sources here and here.

We nor­mally don’t use other images on our Visual Serendip­ity series but these two are too good to skip.

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Visual Serendipity.

Woody Allen’s, Man­hat­tan, is about a divorced New Yorker dat­ing a high-schooler, and look­ing for love in the mis­tress of his best friend. Quite a dark story there. I’m sure the city has changed a lot since the movie was released in 1979.

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Our Dream Office.

First things first. My father once said that only when you have a pay­roll can you con­sider your­self a busi­ness owner. I must admit that it was a thrilling mile­stone in the his­tory of this com­pany when I began cut­ting checks. Look­ing ahead, I envi­sion the growth of our team and an expan­sion in what we do. As new dreams are born new mile­stones will be met.

We are cur­rently work­ing on an excit­ing endeavor called Dream Office. While the impor­tance of doing what you love can­not be under­stated, we also believe that where you do it is per­haps just as vital to ensure inspi­ra­tion, hap­pi­ness, and stel­lar work. Dream Office is a plat­form we use to imag­ine the ideal work­place, an envi­ron­ment that buzzes with life where we can per­form our best work and col­lab­o­rate to the best of our abil­i­ties. Today I am proud to share with you these Dream Office ren­der­ings. My wife, Katty, who is an extremely tal­ented archi­tect, made these draw­ings. Check her online port­fo­lio here.






It is our hope to trans­form these dreams into real­i­ties in the near future. We’ll keep you updated.

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Get set for AIPAD. Starts today!

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If you have ever been to an AIPAD show in New York City, then you know that ‘tis the sea­son to be excited for the 32nd anniver­sary of this once-a-year pho­tog­ra­phy showcase.

Start­ing today and until April 1, 2012, pho­tog­ra­phers, art deal­ers, hob­by­ists and inter­na­tional art enthu­si­asts will gather together for the lat­est in art pho­tog­ra­phy at the Asso­ci­a­tion of Inter­na­tional Pho­tog­ra­phy Art Dealer’s (AIPAD) Pho­tog­ra­phy Show, return­ing to the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper west side.

The Armory was built as a mil­i­tary facil­ity and designed by the world’s lead­ing artists and archi­tects in 1861, includ­ing Charles W/ Clin­ton (later a part­ner of Clin­ton & Rus­sel), Louis Com­fort Tiffany, Stan­ford White Herter Brother, Pot­tier & Sty­mus, and archi­tects of the Astor Hotel.  The main hall, mea­sures 55,000 square feet…that is a lot of room for a gallery, wouldn’t you say? It remains as one of the few unim­peded spaces remain­ing in New York.

This year is going to be huge, with 75 of the world’s lead­ing art gal­leries con­tribut­ing all dif­fer­ent kinds of pho­to­graphic work includ­ing con­tem­po­rary, mod­ern, abstract, 19th cen­tury, photo-based art, dig­i­tal video.… you name it!

In addi­tion to the amaz­ing vari­ety of art­work that you will encounter, there are also panel dis­cus­sions and sem­i­nars from some of the world’s most influ­en­tial pho­tog­ra­phers and cura­tors includ­ing a con­ver­sa­tion between Dutch pho­tog­ra­pher, Rineke Djisk­tra and Jen­nifer Bless­ing, cura­tor of pho­tog­ra­phy at the Solomon R Guggen­heim Museum.

“High­lights of this year’s pho­tog­ra­phy exhi­bi­tion include work by Julia Mar­garet Cameron, Ansel Adams, André Kertész and Henri Cartier-Bresson, as well as a vari­ety of mod­ern and con­tem­po­rary show­cases such as those of Linda McCart­ney and Karen Knorr and an exclu­sive exhi­bi­tion by David Zwirner gallery of a new body of work by Philip-Lorca DiCor­cia, in which he endeav­ours to find a bal­ance between doc­u­men­tary and the­atri­cally staged pho­tog­ra­phy. There is also an exhi­bi­tion of per­sonal cards sent from pho­tog­ra­phers such as Lee Fried­lan­der and Jerry Uels­mann.”  Read the press release. to see more fea­tured speak­ers and artists.

For only $40, you can get a four-day pass, or $25 for a one-day pass.  Even bet­ter, stu­dents can pay $10 for a one-day pass. I would highly rec­om­mend this show to any­one who is in the least bit inter­ested to under­stand past and present trends in pho­to­graphic mediums.

For more details, visit www.aipad.com.

Source: eduardoangel.com

Visual Serendipity. Serendip­ity: noun; the occur­rence and devel­op­ment of events by chance in a happy or ben­e­fi­cial way. Spring leaves? No, it is just arriving.
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Visual Serendipity.

Serendip­ity: noun; the occur­rence and devel­op­ment of events by chance in a happy or ben­e­fi­cial way.

Spring leaves? No, it is just arriving.

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Visual Serendipity.

Serendip­ity: noun; the occur­rence and devel­op­ment of events by chance in a happy or ben­e­fi­cial way.

I’ll do my best to post one new pic­ture every week. The rule (there’s always a rule) is that it has to be taken with my trusty, yet dying, HTC Incred­i­ble cell phone.

Mannequins

I love reflec­tions and col­ors, and also have a strange fas­ci­na­tion with man­nequins. This image, shot just a few days ago on 23rd Street near Baruch Col­lege, cap­tures every­thing, includ­ing myself.

The source for the word “man­nequin” comes from the Mid­dle Dutch “man­nek­ijn,” which means “lit­tle man,” or “lit­tle doll.” Man­nequin is the French spelling from this Dutch source. Even though the word means “lit­tle man,” the lit­eral French mean­ing is, “a young woman hired to model clothes.” Go figure.

Source: eduardoangel.com