During the pillaging of the East Hampton beachhouse, I was able to get a MASSIVE wood frame that was going to end up in the dumpster. I took the graphics that I made of my favorite rocker, Pete Doherty (Babyshambles, the Libertines, Kate Moss’ ex-boyfriend), and made a ginormous museum-quality poster out of it. It’s [...]
Trapped: Self-Portrait, originally uploaded by designshrine.
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Smudged: Self-Portrait, originally uploaded by designshrine.
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This is going to sound morbid or obtuse, but I can succinctly sense that I am on the threshold of somehow leaving youth behind. You know, that number that solidifies your mid-life. I think for me, it was turning 42. It isn’t sad or scary. It’s simply true. I’m 42 [...]
So the other day, my good friend (and goddess), Jenna Minardi, asked me if I’d be interested in pillaging a Hamptons house’s goods since it was being torn down. The good-hearted owner was asking people to take what was in the house before demolition began.
Jenna never ceases to amaze me. Besides being an insanely beautiful [...]
Here is my husband, Kurt Wenzel’s third and latest novel’s book jacket, Exposure: A Novel . I love it! Can you guess who it is? I won’t give it away in case you read it some day. But I just love the way Little, Brown & Co’s design team pulled this off. The squares [...]
"Behind Bars" in Japanese , originally uploaded by designshrine .
This was my favorite cover of all of the versions for my book, Behind Bars: The Straight-Up Tales of a Big-City Bartender . It really captured my experience as a bartender on the Bowery before the rich folks took over. They captured my old look, [...]
