apartment eleven.

On Repeat

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Currently on repeat:

Paula Scher MAPS exhibit

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Paula Scher's amazing map paintings are currently on view at the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in New York. Though I've loved them for a long time, I had never seen one of the paintings in person, so I ventured to the gallery last weekend to see them firsthand. I highly recommend you do the same if you're in the NY area (and hurry, because the exhibit is only up until February 18th!) If I happen to win the lottery or miraculously come across a large sum of money, I'd like to buy one of these and hang it on my wall. Until then, I'll just stare longingly at the iPhone photos I took (which hardly begin to do them justice).

Let there be Light

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

I'm loving the landscapes of Michael Light. First two available as prints on 20x200, and the third of my hometown.

Somebody That I Used to Know

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

A good cover, here.

Happy holidays!

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:55:00 +0000

Happy Holidays! from callie on Vimeo.

Sound + image

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:10:00 +0000

This video is pretty fun to watch.

New Jackson 'The Night Mail' from Fergal Brennan on Vimeo.

This $*@% is Bananas...

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

The making of Chiquita's Banana font.

Chiquita - Making of Banana font from Erik Post on Vimeo.

Do You See What I See?

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:55:00 +0000

Synesthesia, which I wrote about here, is endlessly interesting to me. As a creative person, the idea of this additional sensory experience is incredibly intriguing. (Am I missing out on certain sensory awareness?) I was reading this post about the condition, which mentions the documentary Do You See What I See.

At my high school, all students were required to give a speech to the entire school in order to graduate. My speech centered on perception and the idea that everyone sees things—including color—differently. I concluded that people's differing perceptions are what makes self expression so important. By expressing the way you see the world, you're sharing something with the rest of the world that might not be evident or exist otherwise, due to differences in perception. It was admittedly a 17-year-old's version of this topic, and much more based on my own beliefs than rooted in science, but ever since then (and even before), this idea of differing perceptions among people is one that has amazed me.

Do You See What I See explores these differences as related to color. Apparently, even language limits (or enriches) color perception; when words for certain colors don't exist in a specific culture, its people don't see a difference between that color and another one. (As a side note, I do have to wonder about the researcher's methods in the trailer below. He shows a member of the Himba tribe a TV screen with different squares of color and asks him to identify the differing square. I can't imagine TVs are very widespread among these people, and wonder if that's really the best way of testing them?) In any case, the documentary looks like an interesting one, and I'd like to check it out. Watch the trailer below for more information.

Food Rules. (So does this book)

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Michael Pollan + Maira Kalman?

Sign me up!

Are you typical?

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Two new ways to waste time

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Two new websites to check out for all your (unrelated) humorous needs:

1. Halloween or Williamsburg - Is that a costume?

2. Trend List- Design trends seen a lot. Not really sure if this one is supposed to be humorous, but it is..to me, at least.

Mourir Auprès de Toi

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Spike Jonze: Mourir Auprès de Toi on Nowness.com.

Learn more here.

Luctor et Emergo

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Possibly the nicest graffiti ever. Seen on 14th Street.

(Luctor et Emergo = "I struggle and emerge")

Flick Chicks

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Mindy Kaling, you're so right.

New York from above

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000

New York from above.

Photos by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Conversations with Siri

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:39:00 +0000

Me: Siri, you're so smart.
Siri: Thanks for saying so!

Me: Siri, who made you?
Siri: Like it says on the box... I was designed by Apple in California.

Me: Siri, will you marry me?
Siri: My End User Licensing Agreement does not cover marriage. My apologies.

Me: Siri, you're pretty.
Siri: Oh, stop.

Me: Siri, you're fat.
Siri: You're certainly entitled to that opinion.

Me: Siri, I love you.
Siri: I hope you don't say that to those other mobile phones.

I don't, Siri. I don't.

Spreading Good Cheer

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000

I'm liking the Cheer redesign (didn't they just redesign, though?) Even the banner ads are fun to watch; I caught one on the sidebar of my Spotify. Very different for a detergent (navy blue?), so I'm sure it will stand out on the shelf.

Pentagram Papers 41: WTC

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000

I'm a little late on this post, but Judith Turner's photographs of the World Trade Center (as featured in Pentagram Papers 41: WTC, released for the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks) are beautiful. Check out more information here.

Oliver Jeffers

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Between paintings, picture books, and illustrations, Oliver Jeffers has a bunch of great work. I especially love looking at the pages of his sketch books.

You also might know him as 1/3 of You and Me The Royal We.

Facebook Flower Bouquet

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000

I love this idea.

Tattoos of Truth

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Tattoos on Truth made me laugh.

Boardwalk Empire

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000

As an awesome ad campaign, Boardwalk Empire (HBO's show that takes place in Prohibition-era Atlantic City) is running a vintage subway train on the 2/3 line in NY. Read more here.

The Wolves

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Pinteresting.

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Do you Pinterest? If so, follow me here...It's becoming my new obsession.

Kiss My Spatula

noreply@blogger.com (callie) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0000

A new food blog I'm liking: Kiss My Spatula. Especially nice because, at the end of each recipe, she lists a "music pairing" to match the recipe (and many great photos). It's no secret I love anything that combines my multiple interests. Food + photography + music? I'll take it!

Visit the site here.