This Friday (01.15.2010) come on over to my ‘hood and find out who makes the best (insert Italian accent) meat-a-ball in NYC at the Meatball Slapdown. The event, being held at 100 Frost St., features five fine Brooklyn restaurants, including Frankie’s Spuntino, Bamonte’s, Roebling Tea Room, The Meat Hook and Roberta’s participating in the first-off of this planned annual event. For $75. at the door, or $50. via PayPal pre-order, you can indulge in the meaty, saucy goodness, complete with pasta and open bar. Don’t worry you’re gluttony and getting sloshed are all for a good cause, as all proceeds go to benefit Brooklyn Grange, a rooftop agricultural haven set for North Brooklyn.
It is always mind-blowing to see one of these massive graffiti tags sprayed from the nozzle of a fire extinguisher. The latest trend in the world of going-large, several writers have picked up on this style to gain notoriety, none more so than the man KATSU. I’ve featured a few videos on KATSU’s work in pushing this tool here on the ASD DROP (example one, example two), but none more jaw-dropping than this - KATSU sprays out a fill-in of his moniker, complete with shadowing.
Waaa, waaa. The world is awful. Stop killing trees. Why don’t we have wind power? My carbon footprint is too big. I want more bike lanes. Waa, waaa. That’s right, I’ve heard you. Now stop your crying, it is your chance to put up or shut up! No more complaining, just real solutions needed - enter your environment saving/helping designs into the Metropolis Magazine 2010 One Design Fix for the Future.
Find out all the details on the Metropolis Magazine website.
For 2009, Maserati decided to honor the often forgotten protector of our beloved cars, the garage. The auto-makers Design Driven contest consisted of two categories, on for existing garages and the other for conceptual spaces. The winner of the existing garage category was Holger Schubert’s minimalist environment for the car, resembling more of a museum gallery than a space to park ones car. Located in western Los Angeles Schubert’s 1,200 square foot garage, yes this is just his garage, features a larage open living area, complete with couch and flat screen TV, a storage room, small kitchen a bathroom and a library. This place is seriously nicer than my apartment and it has a Maserati! To add additional lighting for those long nights alone with your car, when the wall to wall windows won’t help, there is recessed LED lighting all along the parameter of the space. In addition, there are floor mounted lights and spotlights along the center of the ceiling. To add that so chic green factor the space has 47 solar panels mounted on it’s roof, more than adequately supply enrgy for the families comsumption needs. The best part of the space answers the question of how does this guy start his car without gassing out that baby in the pics. The space has a remote controlled floor, that raises enough of an angle for the car to slide outside while in neutral, the car is than started outside. How Batman is that!
Perfect for all the designers out there is this trailer for, the not so soon to be released, Toy Story 3. The clip shows the competition between Woody and Buzz to create the perfect identity for the latest installment of the Toy Story brand. Not to spoil it, but like in real life, Buzz’s highly polished version takes the prize over the Woody and teams heart-filled design.
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