New York Times 06.17.10

Steve's 'dismembered flatware' was one of Ron Gilad's picks for the shopping with Ron Gilad piece in the New York Times today.

"Ron Gilad, the Israeli product designer, based in Brooklyn, buys locally whenever possible - even when it comes to furniture and home accessories. On a recent shopping trip, he found a number of pieces made by New York designers and companies that suited his taste for pared-down but playful products." - New York Times

UPCOMING EVENT

spring has been invited to participate in Makers Market at Socrates Sculpture Park - now in it's second year

Conceived as a forum for artists and fabricators who create small run and hand made functional objects, Makers Market will be an open air marketplace featuring a curated selection of skillfully crafted products presented in a series of large tents within the Park's spring exhibition.

With a focus on design excellence, technical expertise, and quality of materials, Makers Market has been organized as a partnership between Socrates Sculpture Park, American Craft Magazine, The Noguchi Museum and R20th Century and will include approximately 30 makers selling a broad selection of products including textiles, ceramics, turned wood bowls, glassware, bicycles, jewelry, furniture, motorcycles, accessories and many unique items.

NEW SHOW

busy with design week in NYC, ICFF at the Javits Center for the last week, spring gets colorful with the new show coloring featuring work by Nina Bovasso, Charles Lahti, Peter Cole among others

JGT

nice to see long time friend Jim Thirlwell visiting spring - with orange crush T shirt and super scoop suitcase I couldn't resist a photo against the new 'Albers' wall. Check out his excellent new release Manorexia and upcoming performance of steroid maximus in Prospect Park on June 18th

Don Ervin

We were saddened to hear that Don Ervin died on March 10th resulting from a car accident. We were introduced to Don and his wife Wilma's world through a good friend Gretchen, their daughter. Even before we opened spring, we knew that we wanted to show his amazing cars made from household parts and we were happy to be able to present them in FASTFORWARD in 2005. These pieces reflect Don's character in their inventiveness, skill and sense of humor.

Working with George Nelson and referred to as a design god by his peers but always modest about his past, his skills lay in design - from creating the titles to 'The Misfits' to logos that included UA and 3M among many others. article by Steven Heller for more

The New Yorker magazine 3.8.10

we always like it when Patricia Marx pays us a visit - this time she fell for tamsin's serenely beautiful bone china light shades from our WHITEOUT show - The artful objects at spring always tempt me. This time, I desired a lantern made out of crumpled bone china" - $200BOROUGH HAUL - are you hip enough to shop in Brooklyn? Patricia Marx - The New Yorker

potluck at spring

even more food!
thanks to all who came to our forth potluck at spring - those responsible: Paul - manchego with homemade quince jam and pistoccu from Sardegna; Gregoire and Audrey - homemade bread and almond cake; Derek, Denise and Lelia - 2 spicy salamis and Anna's fresh ricotta with thyme and the greenest olive oil; Soraya - homemade borscht with sour cream; Steve - couscous with toasted pinenuts & butternut squash; Anna - sautéed portobello and shallots: Steve - frittata with asparagus and cheddar; Sylvia - roasted yam & peanut sauce; Cliff - summer rolls with peanut dipping sauce plus a chocolate & coconut cake; plenty of wine and conversation - all went down a treat!