I am the Creative Director at Media Temple. I I live and work in Los Angeles, California where I also run the Los Angeles chapter of Creative Mornings.
New Year’s Eve is just around the corner and I just finished up the poster for the New Year’s Eve bash at Franklin Park. You’ve got some leaf clusters thinking they’re fireworks up in the sky of this poster and everything else is just as it seems. Happy early New Year – is this decade really over?
Coolhunting had a nice write-up on the new Fjällräven Store in NYC. They’re a Swedish company that used to make explorer type clothing and goods, but now makes winter wear for the common person. I absolutely love this Swedish flag made out of what appears to be backpacks. I look forward to swinging by there this weekend.
Pathetically, I haven’t been to the MOMA in 18 months. There is really no excuse for this. However, I plan on heading there next month to check out the Tim Burton Retrospective. I think my son will love it. The promo piece he did is weird and fantastic. The exhibition has a rather large Flash experience that is worth checking out.
I managed to get out of work at a reasonable time and got to hang out with Jack and Mindy in the Park early this evening. I love dusk. It’s the best time of day. I love it so much that we made it my kid’s middle name. It was a perfect almost-Fall evening in here in NYC. It felt cold and the park smelled like trees and grass and not gross bbq, garbage and soda. We lay on the grass for a bit watching the planes go by as Prospect Park is right in the flight path of planes landing at La Gaurdia in the early evenings. I’ll miss a lot about NYC. Prospect Park (anytime but during bbq season) is right near the top of the list.
the old NY Transit Authority logo
We took my son to the Transit Museum in downtown Brooklyn today. It’s nice to see what the subway used to be like before it got disgusting, although the “new” F trains are nice. At some point the trains went from being rather beautiful with soft benches to the institutional looking beasts they’ve become today. Anyway, it’s a worth a trip – but there is basically no air conditioning which made us hurry through. Some shots below.
nice train from the 40s - look at the fans
