See "The Informant!"

New Yorker review here. My review: great.

More Fashion Week/Litter SF

I love love the jewelry from Litter. Especially the chain garters and shoulder pieces. Amazing.

Machinist and Stylist Combined

I came upon this shop today. Cute.

"B4 It Was Cool is both a store and a collection of American industrial objects spanning from the beginning to mid 20th century.

While our primary focus is lighting, our goal is to capture the feel and the aesthetic of the age - a time when mankind's faith in Science and Industry was at its peak.

A time when the Engineer, the Machinist and the Stylist were often the same man, and the end product reflected the fact."

First Fashion Show

I attended my first fashion show yesterday, Herve Leger by Max Azria. It was très exciting! My favorite dress below:

Rick Owens Does Furniture

An exhibition of furniture by fashion designer Rick Owens opened September 9th at the Sebastian + Barquet Gallery in London. The pieces are all limited editions and are made from resin, bone, concrete, plywood, cashmere and fiberglass.

The World against Chavez

To start labor day weekend, I attended a protest in front of the U.N against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. On Friday September 4th several more were scheduled around the world against him and as a Venezuelan myself I thought it was important for me to join the one in New York. As fans of our blog and our hotel, I thought you might appreciate the effort.

Venezuela from above.

ARM Sconce

Can someone who likes this sconce please hire us? I really want to use it!

Shingle Table

The amazing and talented Billy Cotton designed a table inspired by the cedar shingles adorning the homes on our beloved Martha's Vineyard. It's really beautiful and innovative.
Copyright Billy Cotton, 2009.

Stay VIP

It's been arduous work, but the rooms at the hotel we designed in Caracas, Venezuela are finalyl complete. The restaurant and lobby are soon to follow. We'll keep you posted so you can come down and visit with us!

Modern on the Cape

"Modernist houses represent an ideal way of life, a summer community made up of free-spirited nature lovers, people who valued both solitude and community, spending very little money to create their Eden near the sea"
I can understand perfectly the idea of living simply to better enjoy your natural surroundings.

Chilmark, MA

On Cape Cod, Preserving a Modernist Way of Life
Cape Cod Modern House Trust

“Witch! You did it!”

I always forget about pageants, crazy right? But this past weekend was the Miss Universe pageant and I happen to be in Venezuela. The Miss Universe is a huge deal here being that producing beauty queens is currently one of the most successful (maybe the only left?) Venezuelan enterprise.

Well, Miss Venezuela, Stefania Fernandez, won the title and was crowned by former Miss Universe title holder, Dayana Mendoza, also from Venezuela. They are both 18 and neither could contain their excitement. It is rumored that when Dayana crowned Stefania, she told her

‘Marica! Lo hiciste’ -“Bitch! You did it!” -

When confronted by the press she explained that what she had said was

‘Witch! You did it!”

Whatever the case cograts to both, if only the country would be as successful in other endeavors…

Tent Door at Night 1916

I took the below photo about a month ago at sunrise. And I found this image in Vogue today. Georgia O'Keefe, Ariel Ashe, just sayin'.

Half Life/Lia Ices

Check out my friend Lia's new video. It's so prettttty. So is she.
Watch Here

"SEA Paintings" in Black

At the William Siegal Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


Karen Gunderson

Albuquerque Stinkbug

I just returned from a trip to New Mexico. This photo was taken by Akiva Schaffer. Look him up! He's rad!

No project too big

We are starting a triplex job in Asymptope's 166 Perry this week. Here is a photo of Reinaldo behind by the awesome model in the sales office.

No project too small

This is a small job we just completed in the East Village. We reconfigured the entry for a nursery and designed a simple yet multifunctional shelf unit with a hidden work station. Before meeting the clients (who found us through a blog!) we were a little hesitant to take on the project because of it's size. It turns out they were one of the coolest and sweetest couples we have ever met. Also, we are suckers for babies.

REALLY sleepless in New York!

4:45AM

5:30AM7AM

Excited for Bollywood Hero!

In February I posted about Chris Kattan and Bollywood Hero under "People we love."
NY Times Link
Watch it on IFC August 6, 7, and 8th!

Ashe + Leandro Watching Ashe + Leandro Work

(Photos of upper west side 3-bedroom apartment coming soon to A+L website.)