Year: 2013
Look at the image above, the logo for Everyman Espresso, a coffee shop with locations in SoHo and the East Village. Does it remind you of the state of New York’s iconic “I ♥ NY” mark? Enough for the state to take legal action? That’s exactly what’s happening, as the state’s Department of Economic Development gets its […]
Lou, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
A handful of daring folks ride the Air Race at a thriving post-Sandy Coney Island this Memorial Day. (Photo: asterix611/Flickr) […]
There’s a small lamp made by Milan-based web designer Vittorio Cucolo currently on view at the New Museum’s exhibition “Adhocracy.” It’s nice. But it isn’t just a nice lamp — this inexpensive IKEA Lampan has been transformed to accurately access your mood and change the color of its light based completely on your facial expression, in real time. This mildly creepy effect […]
Earlier this week Vin Cipolla, president of the Municipal Art Society reached out to four design firms in hopes for renovation proposals of Penn Station, sometimes referred to as a “lousy basement.” It’s in a dire need of a facelift. And let’s throw in some futuristic glassy escalators, why not. The present station isn’t sustainable — it can’t […]
There’s a brand new artist interview video series on Netartnet.net and, as ANIMAL’s Art Editor, I’m jealous. Artist Anthony Antonellis’s Netartnet.net project — “quick access to netart listings… all netart gallery bookmarks and RSS feeds in one place” — celebrated its one year anniversary this week, with more than 300 exhibitions and 1000 artists logged and with archives reaching back into […]
Now for some groovy geometric digital art from Andy Gilmore of Rochester, NY. Staring into his explosive, kaleidoscopic designs kind of makes you feel dizzy, but in a good way, like you just ate some mushrooms and are frolicking through a sunny field. The illustrations are supposedly Gilmore’s visual interpretations of music, but if you’re wondering […]
Tomorrow, seven months (nearly to the day) after Hurricane Sandy, the Rockaways will once again have a fully-functional subway, as A Train finally service returns to the area. About a month after the storm, the MTA restored partial train service to the area via a temporary “H Train” that traversed the peninsula but didn’t extend to mainland […]
Swiss sound artist Zimoun creates epic “kinetic sound structures” by applying basic mechanics to simple industrial materials, a lot of them, strategically assembled to emit complex and layered rhythms. His latest installation (video above) was made by attaching 329 of Zimoun’s signature dc-motors to cotton balls, and symmetrically placing them throughout a massive abandoned toluene tank in […]
Phenazepam or “da joose” is a benzodiazepine drug that expresses the 5 typical benzo actions: sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant and muscle relaxant. In other words — chill out, go to bed, stop worrying, stop seizing and stop twitching. Phenazepam is just as dangerous as any other CNS depressant and is habit forming. Mixing it with […]
