THE NEW YORK ISSUE

THE NEW YORK ISSUE

Laila Grainawi Woolish Nature Peter Sunna The Swedish Connection

HAndsome Miss Mock Necklace Graphics from Brooklyn

Elisa Mendes Brasilian Eye

Lucas Sharp Typography Youngstar

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EDITORIAL

Christine Lange

Grafik Design ist meine Passion.

Ebenso die Fotografie und die Typografie.

Graphic Design is my Passion.

As well as Photography and Typography.

Aus diesen Gründen entstand dieses Magazin.

Thats why this Magazine developed.

Diese Ausgabe ist über New York City.

This Issue is about New York City.

Lerne die Menschen kennen:

Get to know the people:

Schmuck-Designer Susan, Typograf Lucas, Wollkünstlerin Laila, Grafik Designer Peter, Fotografin Elisa.

Jewelry Designer Susan, Type Designer Lucas, Fiber Artist Laila, Graphic Designer Peter, Photographer Elisa.

Lerne die Orte kennen.

Fühle die unglaubliche Energie und Kreativität dieser vielfältigen Stadt. Bunt und voller Kreativität.

Get to know the places.

Feel the enormous energy and creativity of this diverse city.

Colourful and full of creativity.

Viel Spaß!

Enjoy!

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welcome!

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Content

02 Editorial Exlore

34–35 Lomography STore and GAllery

32–33 THE WOOLISH GANG KNIT CULTURE

36–37 SAvoury Snacks Shopping Alert!!

FEEL THE CITY

06–13 Street Views DON´T FORGET YOUR CREDIT CARD

74–75 MAP OF Interests VISIT THE CITY

Features

14–21 Handsome Miss Mock JEWELRY DESIGN SUSAN GUIARLIONI

22–31 LAIGRAI FIBER ARTIST LAILA GRAINAWI

38–45 SWEDISH CLEARNESS DESIGNER PETER SUNNA

46–55 TYPOGRAPHIC MEDITATION TYPEDESIGNER LUCAS SHARP

56–73 SPECIAL FEATURE NEW YORK LOVERS PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT

BY ELISA MENDES

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/ S treet V iews NEW YORK CITY

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By Florens Wittmann & Christine Lange

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Feel the city

/ p iece of S treet a rt a n d a ref l ecte d c a r so m ewhere with ch a in /

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Street views

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Feel the city

/ B l a ck worker in brook l yn behin d iron b a rs /

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Street views

/ p a ste d Pi p e a t night /

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Feel the city

/ S k a ter P a rty in S oho /

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Street views

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Handmade N eck l a ce G r a p hics C re a te d in the H e a rt of Pros p ect H eights B rook l yn

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About H a n d so m e m iss m ock a n d the founta in stu d ios

Handsome Miss Mock is the daydream of designer-artist Susan Gargiulo who found her route to New York by way of Chicago. Her jewelry stems from an affinity for minimalist design and has shifted into a pursuit to create beautiful intelligent objects that become part of our

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everyday lives. Simple elegant design for a handsome touch.

In non jewelry-forging moments she runs the Fountain Studios, an artist collective and gallery, in Brooklyn. There are ten artists and designer parting the Fountain Studios. On the Weekends they run a market to sell their

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art, crafts and vintage clothing.

The Fountain Studios seemed to me as a great area of creation and exchange.

The idea of sharing room and interests is a promising outlook on excitingly new creations.

Handsome miss mock

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QUESTIONs & Answers by susan

What is your Inspiration?

I find myself most drawn to structurally complex designs, diagrams and objects such as plants or architecture.

My hands often work better than my mind therefore I am inspired by the very physical translation between observing and constructing an object or idea.

Where are you Born and raised?

Born and raised in Evanston Illinois. A suburb just outside of Chicago.

Why and when did you come to New York?

I came to New York in 2005 to finish my BFA in painting at Pratt Institute. It was a sudden decision, I needed to be somewhere challenging and energetic.

Why do you live in Brooklyn?

I love Brooklyn. It took a while though, this city is demanding and from my first day it has taken every ounce of energy and wherewithal to keep ahead.

That being said, I feel I have invested myself to my existence here, it would be a huge adjustment to live anywhere else. / Susan in front of fountain studios

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Who is your favourite artist or designer?

At the moment, Donald Judd, Buckminster Fuller and Andy Siia (a friend and inspiration) Who or what do you love?

I love my Husband, my dog and my home.

What´s your favourite place in the city?

Prospect Park. You can't beat it, picnics, free music, walking alone through the woods ...

What´s your favourite place outside the city?

That depends, in reaching distance: the Taconic Parkway, the Catskills, pretty much all of the NYS parks. Otherwise, Wisconsin.

Where do you want to go?

Well, I hope that eventually with my jewelry, art and studio/ project space I will find myself independent enough to have the time and freedom to go everywhere.

What is your passion?

My passion is to collect; ideas, people, object, stories. These are the things I construct my life and work out of.

Handsome miss mock

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What do you like about the states?

What are the Fountain studios about?

There are so many of them and they are all so different.

Fountain Studios is an artist studio and project space created by my Husband Troy, his wonderful and generous brother Wade and myself.

Whats your favourite color?

Grey, it is a mysterious and complex color - made up of every color. There is no definite description for any shade, every context revels a different aspect, hue or depth.

Could you please describe your work?

Our mission is to create a working environment and community for others, like ourselves, as an alternative to the Chelsey and Manhattan art market that can feel so limited and exclusive.

My work is the culmination of my background in jewelry design and painting, a love of the minimalist aesthetic the DADA movement, Bauhaus (to pinpoint just a few) and an interest in the function of art.

We have 10 diverse and tal足ented residents ranging in disciplines from writing to painting to design. The gallery/project spaces hosts a monthly gallery exhibit, occasional performances and a weekend makers market.

A cube is one of the most basic and recognizable forms, what I love about the necklaces is that by allowing them to shift and change in an almost organic way they create the notion of something almost recognizable; an aesthetically pleasing object whose context is unclear.

I also enjoy the availability and function of a piece of jewelry.

I think there is no shame in giving a piece of art a purpose beyond the concept.

/ Thank you, susan!

Susan alias handsome Miss mock www.etsy.com/shop/handsomemissmock Fountain Studios 604 Grand Avenue Brooklyn NY 11238 www.fountainstudiosny.com fountainstudios@gmail.com

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A d e l ic a te geo m etric tre a sure

A delicate geometric treasure /

This sturdy necklace is comprised of a sterling silver shape足足-shifting perfect cube that has been geometrically handsewn and strung onto a delicate asterling silver chain.

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Handsome miss mock

Inspired by my schoolgirl crush on Buckminster Fuller and a love/hate relationship with mathematics.

A delicate geometric treasure

Sterling silver single side cubE

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This sturdy necklace is comprised of a Sterling Silver shapeshifting perfect cube that has been geometrically handsewn. Both edgy and elegant this simple asymmetrical design answers the call of duty for fancy times or standby casual days.

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WELCOME

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L AI GR AI ex tensi o n of myself, l ai l a ann gr ain awi

i enjoy the diversity the m alle able wool provides, while being able to truly dedic ate myself to a m ateri al and hone my cr aft.

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QUESTIONs & Answers asked by Christine / answerd by Laila

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What is your Inspiration?

I am inspired by interesting colors randomly paired next to one another – say clothing on people walking down the street.

I am inspired by nature – i love to sit by the many waterfronts in NY & soak in the mood of the place.

I am inspired by textures – siding on houses, grit on the street, ivy growing in big patches.

Where are you Born and raised?

I was born in Chicago, IL & raised in palatine, il (a northwest suburb of Chicago). I'm a midwestern gal living in the big city. But I don't think anyone can tell that's where my roots are. I don't say Chicago with the long as like most midwest folk.

Why and when did you come to New York?

We moved to New York because it is a city of possibilities. It is also my boyfriend's hometown. He grew up in Brooklyn and spent 18 years living here – it is very much home for him. I didn't really care where we moved. But before I came, I was scared: of getting lost – of being one in a million.

But now that I'm here, I love it. It puts everything at my fingertips. / Laila in her Apartment

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I love not having to drive anywhere. I love connectedness of the city, but also the disconnect. How you can ride a train with strangers and no one speaks. It's a funny place. It's my home now too. We moved here about one year and five months ago.

Why do you live in Williamsburg?

We just recently (five months ago) moved to Williamsburg. It is a much better fit for my personality. Previously we were living in Bay Ridge b/c it's cheap and like the suburbs – so it was a good transitional place for me in that sense. Plus I'm hugely a foodie and good food was one of the few things it had going for the hood.

However, Williamsburg is so much more our neighborhood. Everyone is around our age. I went to art school and I actually run into former classmates not infrequently.

It just vibrates with the same personality as myself. I felt at home as soon as i stepped off the L train. I said, I want to live here.

Who or what do you love?

I love the handmade scene. I love the DIY ethic. I love that people are starting to regain interest in where their possessions •

Lai Grai

/ Lailas colorful Workspace

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come from. Where their food comes from. The examination of roots and learning of histories.

I personally really love to "nest" – I am very interested in interior design and spend a lot of time tweaking the arrangements in my own home. Potentially because my house is also my office and I spend every waking minute in this box, so it is important to have it feel like my sanctuary.

What´s your favourite place in the city?

in Delaware. We go every year during the first week of August.

It is partly sentimental, enjoying quality time with family. And partly nostalgic, getting to be a kid again, and play at the arcade, take photobooth pictures and ride the "haunted mansion" and pretend to be scared. Walking on the boardwalk and eating french fries.

Eating ice cream at night. Going to the novelty stores and getting old-timey candy and garbage pail

My favorite place in the city has to be the parks. I love Prospect Park. I love Central Park. I love all the waterfront docks. I love tucked away, hidden little parks.

I bring my camera and snap snap snap all day long at the parks. It is just enjoyable to me. I always feel refreshed after that little moment of reconnecting with nature. With feeling grass on my feet and rocks under my shoes.

And smelling the air, heavy with crisp water breeze. I like to bring a book and just spend hours relaxing.

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kid trading cards. Playing rooftop mini golf. Just being silly and having fun.

Where do you want to go?

I would love love love to go to Paris. I have never been. I have always wanted to go. My BF has gone before, and so has my mom.

Why neither one took me, I don't know! Haha, but I am determined to go soon. I want to eat macarons and take cheesy photos in front of the Eiffel Tower. I remember doing a report on the tower as a child and being in love with the city ever since. I am an artist and a romantic, so I suppose it only makes sense that this would be a place I'd dream of ...

What is your passion?

Well, they'd have to be fiber art.

I live and breathe fiber. Every day I wake up around 8–9 am and immediately start my day with wool.

Every week I'm washing fleece, dyeing wool, carding it into batts, spinning it into yarn, crocheting it into wearables, talking about handspun online, spinning along with friends, updating my yarn shop. If for some reason, I'm not actively working on the process of wool, or talking about it, I'm

What´s your favourite place outside the city?

My favorite place outside of the city has to be Rehoboth Beach / West by Laigrai

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thinking about it. I'm designing in my head. I'm designing at the spinning wheel. It's extremely meditative. I go to my zen zone when I'm working with yarn.

There is nothing I would rather be doing right now in my life.

What Magazines do you read?

I actually don't read any magazines right now. I used to get Instyle, and I enjoy real simple.

But really, I love catalogs. They are free. I love the stylings. Anthropologie's in particular makes me swoon. I've recently been converted into a lover of the Toast UK catalogs also! They are printed on nice thick paper and I really enjoy the tactility that comes with flipping through their catalogs.

Whats your favourite color?

Oh, goodness. How can you ask an artist to pick one color?

Recently, I've been enjoying faded vintage-inspired colors and rich autumnal color palettes. Really deep burgundys, chocolate browns, slate grays, and the natural tan like the center of rough chopped wood logs, fields of wheat, ochers, color of clay found from digging deep in the earth, the colors of the undersides of mushrooms, and soft antique

Lai Grai

pinks like faded linens. Really any color that conjures up strong vivid imagery.

Well, I'm not either of those. I found was interested in the HOWs not the WHYs-like HOW did you make that, versus WHY did you make that.

What and where did you study?

I studied at the small private arts school in Baltimore called Maryland Institute College of Art. I was originally majoring in conceptual art focused "General Sculptural Studies" but then they merged with "Sculpture" into "Interdisciplinary Sculpture." I just tell people I majored in Interdisc.

Sculpture. That's what our sign said at graduation anyway.

I struggled a bit in college, trying to find focus. I took some of every course offered... dabbling in as many medias as possible As I did not know what the future held and wanted to be prepared to tackle it in any art form required. (really, as a conceptual artist, you never know what media would best convey your message, so I tried to learn them all). This didn't work out exactly as planned.

See, when I was in High School I was obsessed with the idea that anyone could be an artist – you simply had to declare yourself one. And since I was using art to

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discuss ideas – I thought I was a concept-based artist. Once immersed in my major, by senior year, I found that I had grown into a process-based artist.

Simply by learning as many arts processes and never really SAYING anything anymore. Perhaps the school critique environment made me shy? I knew in Palatine IL that any sort of art I created was going to be shocking and beyond the realm of many viewers. But in a class-format where others would tear your work apart and really the best storyteller (or bullshitter, depending) would thrive.

In my research senior year I discovered the craft scene, the Do-It-Yourself-ers, and realized I was probably closer to their mindset than Fine Art with a capital A. I suppose I was revolting against my institutionthrowing the gallery scene they were forcing back in their faces.

I certainly didn't make it easy on my teachers, but neither did they for me. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with my schooling.

For three years ( One of which while I was in school, two after graduation), I was simply making a supply with my business. I was making yarn for others to use.

The yarn was art in a way ( it wasn't typical yarn you could find at store, that's for sure )... but now, I'm starting to bring it back to my fine art roots – it took me two years of being OUT of school to finally feel like my artwork is heading in a direction that I am truly proud of – and can stand behind.

I've created not just a supply, but

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a collection of finished wearables.

And there are deeper issues being worked through in the pieces, but the best part about fiber art, is that it doesn't speak. It's not elevated in a gallery so I don't need to stand up and talk about WHY or submit a statement with it. I can simply write a little poem, if I feel so compelled, and let that be it.

Something almost recognizable; an aesthetically pleasing object whose context is unclear.

I also enjoy the availability and function of a piece of jewelry.

I think there is no shame in giving a piece of art a purpose beyond the concept.

Thank you, Laila!

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Laila ann Grainawi 97 s. 4th st. apt 3 brooklyn, ny 11211 LaiGRai www.etsy.com/shop/laigrai www.laigrai.com laigrai@ gmail.com

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/ handmade wool and handwritten label

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Lai Grai

/ Bag From Handmade yarn

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Explore

Ready to Knit?

Meet the G a ng !

Wool and the gang

Wool and the gang www.woolandthegang.com Store / Studio 98 Thompson Street, New York, NY

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The concept

Wool and the Gang is the story of a family, a knowhow transmitted to the next generation, re-invented, self taught, a bond between gang members, a gang of knitters, guys and girls from 7 to 77 years old, all tied together by a piece of yarn.

Hello to funky, fun knitting, or simply chic and basic. Top quality wool, produced deep in the heart of the Peru’s Andea Highlands. Each collection is a selection of basic pieces. “Extra seasonal” seasons, according to our choice of design, colours and finishes. Models made from wool for women, men, children, animals, the house, and more, following the seasons and our inspiration.

Where you can buy kits of yarn, needles, pattern and accessories, from simple to sophisticated.

They sell ready made knitwear for those of you too impatient to knit your own. A one stop shop that makes you want to be part of the gang.

A collection of unique models and kits, created by fashion lovers who are fashion and jewellery designers, actresses, models, dj’s, singers, artists, writers. Muses from all walks of life are invited to inspire Wool and the Gang. Knitting has never been more glamorous, simple and a unifier of fun and pleasure. Join them, feel at home.

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/ Knitted Wear – The Fight

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The future is analogue!

E x p l ore the wor l d of L O M O G R AP H Y

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Lomography

The Ten Golden Rules Of Lomography Photography 1 Take your camera everywhere you go 2 Use it any time – day and night 3 Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it 4 Try the shot from the hip 5 Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible 6 Don’t think 7 be fast 8 You don’t have to know before hand what you captured on film 9 Afterwards either 10 Don’t worry about any rules

/ Lomo Artwork with the Diana F+

The History It was in the early 1990s when two students in Vi­ enna, Austria, discovered a small enigmatic Rus­sian camera, the Lomo Kompakt Automat, and started a new style of artistic experimental photography o­ f unorthodox snapshots.

In the blink of an eye the Lomographic message spread around the planet and people from North to South were screaming for Lomo LC-A’s. So they hopped on a plane, flew to St. Petersburg and negotiated a contract for the worldwide distribution of this fantastic little camera.

Then everything happened quickly for Lomography.

We set up the 10 golden rules as our guiding principals, held numerous exhibitions, world congresses, parties and events. Mounted groundbreaking col­laborations and projects, installed lomography. com as our communication hub, developed new products, films and accessories all while opening

up Lomography Gallery Stores in metropolises worldwide.

What started out spontaneously as an artistic approach to photography in the Vienna underground scene developed into Lomography becoming an international socio-cultural movement using photography as a creative approach to communicating, absorb and capturing the world.

Today they are a globally active organization dedicated to experimental and creative visual expression, a playful combination of lo-tech and hi-tech and the amalgamation of a cultural institution with a commercial photographic and design company focussing entirely on the unique imagery, style and approach of analogue photography and its further development.

LOMOGRAPhY www.lomography.com Store / Studio / Gallery 41 W 8th Street NY 10011, USA /

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Photographic Variety of Lomography

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Savoury Snacks

Norbu Bijoux

Catbird NYC

Pema New York

Flight 001

is offering a range of highquality jewelry and accessories. Beautiful scarves and soft cashmere wraps from the Far East meet contemporary and diverse jewelry designs in this attractive and inviting boutique. You will discover a mix of exceptionally well chosen and hand picked creations.

is located smack dab in the center of breathtaking Williamsburg, where the asthma rates are high and the tree quotient is low. Regardless, they love their neighborhood and because of that they specialize in local designers and are always unearthing new and exciting stuff.

While the emphasis is on jewelry there is a wide variety of other fun stuff: glassware, cards, tooth fairy boxes, vibrators, shoes, art, fancy things to put in your hair and many more exciting snacks.

was born in the summer of 2004 in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Pema, meaning “lotus flower� in Tibetan and symbolizes purity.

This lovely store features a amazing collection of clothing, jewelry, bags, hats, scarves and more at very affordable prices. It is a popular choice in the neighborhood to shop with friendly atmosphere.

was conceived in 1998 aboard Air France flight 023 somewhere between New York and Paris. John Sencion and Brad John were two business travelers who had spent far too much time preparing for their trip envisioned a travel store as streamlined as flight itself.

Luckily for travelers of every kind, their mid air detour resulted in a jet setter's dream: an all inclusive, retro modern retail experience that satisfies the frequent traveler's every need.

232A Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, Williamsburg New York 11211 www.norbu.us

PEMA New York 225 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 www.pemany.com

219 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 www.catbirdnyc.com

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96 Greenwich Avenue New York, NY 10011 www.flight001.com

F resh G r a p hic d esigns F R o m the very north of swe d en

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Who now Calls Brooklyn Home, Applies His Fresh Design to A diverse range of clients – Microsoft, New Era, Burton, and Analog – to name just a few.

With a decade of experience in branding, design, art direction, packaging, and printed matter, Sunna has paid his dues in full, working in the trenches at studios like Wolff Olins in New York, JDK Design in both Burlington, VT, and New York, and Amp Associates and Form in London.

Most recently, Sunna has struck out on his own as a free agent, widening both the scope and reach of his work.

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QUESTIONs & Answers

by Peter

What inspires you?

Who or what do you love?

“You can find inspiration in everything”, to steal from a Paul Smith booktitle!

Beyond outlets like books, music, art, and so on, I get inspiration from seeing good work and ideas.

When you go “damn, I wish I’ve done that” can be inspiring.

Discovering new things that surprises me is a good source of inspiration as well.

My wife, my parents and my friends. I guess I should add my cat to that list as well.

Where are you Born and raised?

I was born in the south of Sweden but grew up in Kiruna, the northernmost city in the country.

Why and when did you come to New York?

I came to New York in 2006. I had been living in Burlington, VT for four years and was longing for living in a big city again. I wanted to get the NYC experience.

Why do you live in Williamsburg?

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Because rent is cheaper than Manhattan! No, but when I initially moved here it was because I had friends in the area in didn’t know where else to live. I stay here because I like my neighborhood and it’s more mellow (relatively speaking) than Manhattan.

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What is your favourite artist or designer?

It’s cop out answer but I can really think of one. Or rather, I can think of JUST one and justify why.

What´s your favourite place in the city?

Right now it would be my rooftop terrace overlooking the city skyline. Other than that it could be any quiet old bar on a Saturday early afternoon!

What´s your favourite place outside the city?

The dock at my wife’s family’s summer camp by Lake Champlain in Ferrisburgh, VT. Where do you want to go?

Literally, I wanna go to Tokyo.

I have never been and I keep hearing amazing things. There are obviously many other places but that’s on top of the list.

As far as life goes, I wanna go places I never been before too, metaphorically speaking. I’m hoping that’s a good strategy for not being bored and learning new things.

Peter Sunna

What is your passion?

Many things, but I’ll pick one: I’m pretty passionate about running.

If I had a shit day, I go for a run and I feel much better mentally.

It’s almost like meditation and I also feel good about doing physical training and staying fit. I also like beer a lot so that vs. running is a constant struggle!

What do you like about the states?

It’s hard to sum up … in all that makes it both good and bad, it’s a pretty spectacular country.

In no particular order, I like the east coast, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, micro breweries, Brooklyn, trashy reality shows, HBO, cheap gas, Buffalo wings… the list can go on forever.

What magazines do you read?

Time, New York, Wired, The Week, Creative Review, Interview.

What is your favourite color?

Black.

What and where did you study?

I studied graphic design at Forsbergs College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden.

What is exciting about your home country?

The older I get I appreciate universal healthcare. It’s a hot topic here in the states and it’s something I took for granted living in Sweden.

As for design, I think there’s still a good scene there. Stylewise, it seems to have shifted from understated minimalism to more playful and expressive. Sweden has a pretty high standard overall so I suppose I’m “excited” about that.

Could you please describe your work?

I’m a graphic designer and art director focused on branding and brand identity work. what have been the most interesting job so far?

Once a project is done I’m kinda over it and onto the next one. Not that I’m not proud of work I’ve done but I find that the so-called problem of solving the brief or coming up with ideas is what’s interesting. So, in short, the most interesting job is what I’m working on right now.

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Thank you, Peter!

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Hawkeye Satin Blue Emblem Blue Solex Lens anon spherical lens technology™ This proprietary injected lens construction technology provides the greatest optical clarity and enhances horizontal, upward and downward fields of vision while reducing optical distortion.

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QUESTIONs & Answers

by Lucas

HERA FONT

What inspires you?

Beautiful things.

Where are you Born and raised?

Marin County, California.

Why and when did you come to New York?

To learn graphic design at Parsons in 2007.

Why do you live in the East Village?

Because It is vibrant and alive.

In the 70's it was crack den. Arson was a big problem because there were so many abandoned buildings so you'd have these burnt out empty lots where people would through their trash – basically it was a total shithole. Then in the late seventies CHARAS, a latino community organization along with the Green Guerillas (a ridiculously cool group that is best described as eco graffiti, unsolicited planting of urban areas) – they teamed up and started cleaning out the arson lots and turning them into parks, planting trees and "seed bombing."

Buckminster Fuller was involved in the creation of the very first one; he built a geodesic dome amphitheater in La Plaza Cultural on 9th and C where community

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events and music turned into commonplace. These community gardens came into public ownership through a series of vicious legal battles between landlords and community leaders, but for once the good guys won and these community gardens with there beautiful weeping willows are now public parks. Now its all young people, which is fun, so who can complain? Well besides ... Oh ... whoops.

Who is your favourite aritist or designer?

Living – tie between Marian Bantjes and Joshua Darden Dead – Herb Lubalin Who or what do you love?

I love a girl named Chantra.

I also love everything. whats your favourite place in the city?

I love this spot above the GW Bridge on the bike path where you can sit on this boulder overlooking the Hudson and see nothing but bridge and trees and river.

What is your passion?

I like making beautiful things.

And surrounding myself with beautiful things that I find.

Lucas Sharp

/ Apartment Windows Lucas

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HERA FONT FAMILY Hera is a font family in three weights.

The family explores the motion and fluidity of the ball serif, in an evolution from its previous identity as a counterpart to the slab serif.

The best of the classic slab fonts ingeniously used the ball serif as a means to terminate a stroke with rotational velocity. In this type universe the slab behaves like physics; the stroke hits the baseline and the impact pancakes it into the slab. As such, a stroke with rotational velocity such as the arm of the lowercase "r" terminates into a vortex, as if the ball serif were the roll to which the ribbon of the stroke was spooled onto. In Hera, there is far less slab, as the slab represents a physical byproduct of right angles and geometric form.

Hera is informed by classical slab fonts like Clarendon, the wood type of Vincent Figgins and the work of Herb Lubalin.

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Lucas Sharp

What do you like about the States?

I like the internet.

Whats your favourite Font?

I honestly dont have a favorite, but I really like the Freight superfamily by Joshua Darden, on a personal level, because learning so clearly the distinct function of every style in Freight was paramount to my typographic education. I am also really in to Pistilli Roman.

What and where did you study?

Communication Design at Parsons.

Why and when did you come to New York?

To learn graphic design at Parsons in 2007.

Thank you, Lucas!

/ Apartment Windows Lucas

Lucas Benjamin Sharp www.lucassharp.com me@lucassharp.com 725 E 9th Street #1A NEW YORK CITY, 10009

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Lucas Sharp

MEDITATE Meditate is a vector based lettering style that combines typographic form and ornament seamlessly. I developed it's original incarnation in 2009 after hearing an inspiring quote from Dale Cooper, a fictional character on the show Twin Peaks. I have since been using it for the basis of a bottle and label design for a health food start-up.

Designer Sucks –Font Designer Sucks is a juicy collection of bubbles inspired by cookies and the way they flatten out when baked. Imagine some cookie dough cut perfectly into some traditional sans-serif letters--then baked.

The result is bubblicious!

Happy Stache - Font Family I have always loved the raw mix of stroked and contoured construction contained in German blackletter. Happy Stache is my exploration of some classic german blackletter forms as well as an integration of those monkey tail swashes and terminals I am so fond of. Happy Stache is a textface in two styles, but stay tuned for more styles and weights such as those prototyped in this poster

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Elisa Mendes

QUESTIONs & Answers

by Elisa

What is your project New York Lovers about and how did the idea develop?

New York is probably the most diverse capital in the world. Just taking a short walk, you can see faces from all different nationalities. This is the reason why couples are not just sweet, cute and beautiful here. The union of really different cultures emerges in such an interesting way. A Jamaican with a Chinese, a Servian with an American, an Arab with a Brazilian...

A infinity of possibilities of love is all the time surprising for whome who walks on the streets. They bring colors to the city, they share love, and teach freedom.

Where are you Born and Raised?

I was born and raised in a city called Belo Horizonte, in Brazil.

The name of the city means beautiful view and we do have one of the most beautiful sunlight I have ever seen. Mom, dad, two brothers, a dog and a cat used to be my nest.

What is your passion?

Flowers and Sea. What is your inspiration?

Mahatma Gandhi and Christ.

Salvador Dali and a brazilian writer called Jo達o Guimar達es Rosa.

Who or what do you love?

Hahahah... Mostly everything!

Thank you Elisa! / Elisa by Christine

/ Elisa mendes www.myelisa.com elisamendes@gmail.com New York Lovers Book Project http://myelisa.com/ index.php?/projects/ new-york-lovers/

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FEEl THE City / places of interest

Lai Grai & Peter sunna Williamsburg, Brooklyn / Space Craft Knit yourself a Rocket www.spacecraftbrooklyn.com 355 Bedford Avenue New York 11211 Catbird Jewels / Gifts www.catbirdnyc.com 219 Bedford Avenue New York 11211 Norbu Jewelry / arcessoires www.norbu.us 232A Bedford Avenue New York 11211 Graceful Gardens Flowerpower www.gracefulgardensnyc.com 485 Driggs Avenue New York, 11221

Christine Lange Greenwich Village, Manhattan / Lomography Gallery Store www.lomography.com 41 W 8th Street New York, 10011 CASA Regional Brazilian home cooking 72 bedford Street New York, NY, 10014 Tel (212) 366 94 10 JUJU S´amuse Fabulous French Fashion 100 Thompson Street New York, NY, 10012 Tel (212) 226 12 01 Washington square park Cultural diversity and entertainment

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Handsome Miss Mock Brooklyn, Prospect Heights / Prospect PArk www.prospectpark.org Brooklyn Heights, New York 11218 Fountain Studios Art, Design, Vintage www.fountainstudiosny.com 604 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn New York 11238 Brooklyn museum www.Brooklymuseum.org 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn New York 11238-6099 Fivemyles Gallery www.fivemyles.org 558 St. Johns Place Brooklyn, Ny 11238

Lucas Sharp / Elisa Mendes East Village, Manhattan / Thompkins square park E 7th St & Avenue A New York, NY 10009 Eye Candy vintage boutique 329 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10012 East village Books Used Books and more www.buyusedbooksnewyork.com 99 St. Mark's Place New York, NY 10009 Lucien French bistro www.luciennyc.com 14 1st Avenue New York, NY 10009

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Thank you: Jay Genevieve Nicole Richard Susan Laila Peter Lucas Elisa Stuart and Florens

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