Archive for the ‘ Happenings ’ Category
Exactly two years ago, I interviewed with Rafael at alfalfa studio. I was clearly excited…or crazy…or both. A week later I started my six month internship at the studio, which turned out to be a greatly memorable and enriching experience. [ READ MORE ]
The Vogue Italia August 2010 issue has created quite some stir amongst its viewers. What did it do? It made superficial fashion meet the dirty reality of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill…on purpose. Steve Meisel’s ‘crude’ images of model Kristen McMenamy, dressed in feathers and smeared in oil, serve as a harsh reminder of the disturbing [ READ MORE ]
Concept animation projection on building from NuFormer Projection. Have we had enough of the 3D experience yet? Going by what NuFormer is up to, probably not. The digital media company based in The Netherlands has taken the experience of 3D and applied it to building facades, creating yet another medium of outdoor advertising and experiences. Their projection [ READ MORE ]
The Design Journeys Mural was created exclusively for You Are Here, an interactive exhibition at the AIGA National Design Center in New York. Like the exhibition itself, the mural was designed to help increase diversity within the design profession: it celebrated the lives and careers of 25 outstanding designers from culturally and racially diverse backgrounds, [ READ MORE ]
Amphibian Productions was our very first client. True to their mission they were not afraid to take risks as they hired us immediately after we opened our doors. It’s been such a synergetic and terrific relationship. During the last 6 years we have created hundreds of pieces of work, including their new branding, website and over [ READ MORE ]
Recognize the poster above? It’s one of Béatrice Coron’s many paper cuts, this specific one being the backdrop of your subway ride around New York City. With every intricate paper cut Béatrice tells a story. On a visit to the Museum of Arts and Design last year, we were lucky to watch her cutting away her [ READ MORE ]
Take New York city’s mix of yellow cabs, varied cultures, its pedestrians, and park a brightly painted piano in the middle of a traffic island in the Meatpacking District. This was only one of 60 locations in New York’s 5 boroughs, that housed the “Play me, I’m yours” pianos, an art installation by British artist, [ READ MORE ]
UK psychologist Mark Millard said “Creative people… tend to see the world differently to most. It’s like looking at a shattered mirror” That is true in the case of Brooklyn born fashion designer (and alfalfa studio’s friend) Nina Valenti. To express the way she sees the world Nina founded NaturevsFuture in 2002, six years after [ READ MORE ]
Friends, alfalfa studio needs you! We just received fabulous samples of our next alfalfa-seeds.com collection, the Seven Latin Divas. Now we need YOU to make them look great. We are looking for male and female models in the NYC area, all nationalities. No previous experience required. Only requirements: You must look good in a tee shirt [ READ MORE ]
Today is the opening for the Design Journeys You Are Here exhibition. For the last few days alfalfa studio and a group of dedicated artists and friends have been busy painting the Design Journeys mural in full scale at the AIGA National Design Center. The Design Journeys mural was designed exclusively for this interactive exhibition. Working non-stop [ READ MORE ]