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Urban Outfitters to save Polaroid!!

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Style Files

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Urban Outfitter’s is launching a global campaign to make sure unwanted Polaroid stock doesn’t go unloved, and maybe even persuade Polaroid to produce instant film cameras again. This year Polaroid announced it was going to stop producing instant film, spelling the end for the classic Polaroid camera. Now Urban Outfitters [...]



NEW YORK INTERLUDE

By Ty Wenzel • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Featured, General, Videos

Was feeling blue, so I took a couple of buses to get away for a few days, first from East Hampton, NY to Montvale, NJ, to Manhattan back to East Hampton, NY in the course of three days. Decided to film it, star in it and and share it. Although it seems that I look [...]



Wood Country Home with a Centrifugal Layout in New York

By Ty Wenzel • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Architecture, Featured
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OBRA Architects had some circular logic for their stunning wood country home design in Southampton, New York. Among the grass and trees of this five-acre property, this wonderful wood clad house features an unusual floor plan with a hollow center, “as if the heart of the house had somehow fallen outside its body,” according to [...]



Mashable’s Weekly Social Media Marketing Job Guide

By Ty Wenzel • Sep 17th, 2009 • Category: Techie News

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If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage Social Media for Career [...]



3 Eclectic Homes, IKEA Classics & DIY Desks New York Hot Posts

By Ty Wenzel • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Featured, Interiors Exteriors
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• Brussels House Tour: Leenda & Anthony Build Their Own Set
• Gramercy House Call: Max’s Eclectic Salon Style
• Julianne Moore’s West Village Townhouse
• Before & After: Rita Konig’s Sofa
• Best IKEA Classics 2009
• 4 Desks Made from Hollow Core Doors

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Cooper Union Builds

By Ty Wenzel • Jan 29th, 2009 • Category: Architecture
Cooper Union New Academic Building

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Here’s a few shots I snapped today walking past Cooper Union’s New Academic Building by Morphosis under construction.

The building is located between 6th and 7th Streets, catty-corner from the school’s main building. The above and below shots are looking northeast across Third Avenue, the street between the old and new buildings.

The below shot [...]



Cocktails and Small Bites for Troubled Times

By Ty Wenzel • Jan 15th, 2009 • Category: Featured, Mama Ty's Personal Baggage
Danish-Modern Interior - oh my!

My wonderful incredibly  hot friend, Lesly Bernard, has opened a fabulous new haunt in the East Village called Mr. Jones.  I still have fond memories of Clementine where cocktails were as good as mine back when I was mixing at Marions.  I just got word that Mr. Jones has received the coveted New York Times [...]



Cafe Cadre Will Prepare Your Dinner Party!

By Ty Wenzel • Jan 11th, 2009 • Category: Events, Featured, Mama Ty's Personal Baggage
Let Cafe Cadre take care of every aspect of your Dinner party!

If you’re like me, you love a good dinner party – but you hate the actuality of putting it all together.  And with the country at the beginnings of a very-real recession, what better way to save money than by inviting good friends to your place, instead of going out to a restaurant – where [...]



Target Bulls Eye Bodega

By Ty Wenzel • Dec 29th, 2008 • Category: Design & Graphics, Style Trend Forcasting

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Target is setting up four limited-time pop up shops Bullseye Bodegas in Manhattan to show case their limited edition designer collections. Here are what the store designs are looking like.
To go to the Original Link, please click below.

$100 Target Gift Card
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House Tour: Vanessa’s Picture Perfect Home New York

By Ty Wenzel • Nov 18th, 2008 • Category: Home & Room Tours, Interiors Exteriors
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Name: Vanessa and Simon
Location: Gramercy Park
Size: 500 sqft., 2-bdrm. rental
Favorite Element: Light
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Vanessa, a web designer, draws a parallel between organizing her belongings and designing web sites. She finds they both present the same challenge — how to accommodate a lot of stuff into a small amount of space…

>> See Slideshow!
When Vanessa [...]



The Red Thread

By Ty Wenzel • Nov 15th, 2008 • Category: Events, Fashion & Beauty, Style Trend Forcasting

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The Red Thread is the first of Samsung’s Imagination Icon Series, a celebration of outstanding individuals who share Samsung’s passion for beauty and creativity. The series will include sites, exhibits, and events exploring each icon’s achievements. And in The Red Thread, Samsung celebrates the inspiration and passion of Valentino Garavani.

To experience Valentino’s [...]



Fashion Week Spring 09

By Ty Wenzel • Oct 16th, 2008 • Category: Events, Fashion & Beauty, Style Trend Forcasting

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Watch for this year’s fashion extravaganza – beginning Friday, September 5 to Friday, September 15, 2008 – as designers gather from around the world to exhibit their Spring 2009 collections. New York City hosts two major “Super Bowls of Fashion” with the big names of fashion unveiling their fall designs in February, [...]



Museum Openings

By Ty Wenzel • Sep 20th, 2008 • Category: Events
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A couple New York City museums are (re)opening their doors in the coming two weeks.

[Brooklyn Children's Museum as seen from Brower Park | image source]
The Brooklyn Children’s Museum opens its bright yellow doors on September 20, in its new expansion by Rafael Viñoly Architects (PDF link).

[Museum of Arts and Design | image source]
The [...]



The Molting City

By Ty Wenzel • Sep 20th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Books & Periodicals
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In the September 15 issue of New York Magazine, Justin Davidson admirably tackles the building boom of the last 15 years, looking at how buildings have transformed their immediate context. “The Glass Stampede” is a lengthy article (one I’ve yet to tackle, so I can’t comment at length on the text here) with [...]



The Art of Unveiling

By Ty Wenzel • Sep 20th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Fashion & Beauty
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On the triangular site formed by Gansevoort, West 13th and Hudson Streets on the edge of Manhattan’s Meatpacking District junya.ishigama + associates renovated a one-story brick building into a boutique for Yohji Yamamoto. The austere yet clever design splits the existing building into two — shop at the tip and storehouse in [...]



Sublet Clothing | www.SubletClothing.com

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: Fashion & Beauty, Green Me Baby!, Product & Merch

And they say you can’t meet anyone online…

ANNE TOP
30% organic cotton
67% bamboo
03% spandex
With a breezy trapeze shape and adjustable twill tape straps, the Anne top is flattering on all. Beautiful 1-3/4" cotton lace tops the double pleated front. Slightly curved hem and gathering throughout the front and back. Hits below hip.
style#1012 price:$102
one size [...]



PlantTherapy: Upcoming April Garden Events in the City

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors
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Amy Stewart is coming to the HSNY
April kicks off ‘National Gardening Month’ and ‘Million Trees NYC Month’ – Here is a short list of lectures and events in April happening all over the city. Do you know one that’s not on the list? Post it in the comments and [...]



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