An Opportunity Quilt- The Auction Event

This years quilt auction was sew- chic in a new gallery space in Manhattan's Nolita neighborhood. Many quilts went for $1000 or more. Our quilt, The Opportunity Quilt, came in just under a thousand dollar bidding. We were still very excited to see the finish product hanging on the walls.  Above is a photo of Bryan and I snuggling up against our quilt, saying  our "goodbyes"...

The Sustainable Quilt Auction is an event by the New York chapter of IIDA. This years auction benefitting Fiver Children's Organization. This year was my third year participating in this event. The quilts get more and more beautiful every year. The photos below are of the other quilts by other design firms in the city.

An Opportunity Quilt

For more info about how you can join the fun, contact IIDANY.

Black & WTF

Lately, I have really been intrigued with discovering interesting images from the web. The series I am sharing today are some of my favorites from one of my favorite photo blogs: Black & WTF

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Holiday Card Competition

Ben and I entered the Zip Car Holiday Card Competition. We didn't win, but I think what we came up with was worthy of winning. We also rendered the card using Sketch Up and 3DMax programs.

You can view the winning video (YES VIDEO) I am guessing this is where we had a disadvantage, at the illustrator's website. It's a great idea and I would have definitely challenged his video....if I had the time....or the skillz!

The Life of a Building's Development

Countless meetings, public hearings, approvals, objections,  inspections and revisions later, we have a building....And it's all worth it in the end. 

2 Cooper was announced NYC Best Luxury Rental Building by Real Deal Magazine. 

An Opportunity Quilt!

I have been bringing you updates about our sustainable quilt all year, but in two weeks on Decemeber 15, we'll be auctioning off our quilt to benefit Fiver Children's Foundation. We are in the final stages now putting the batting in and stitching on the back and border. If you would like tickets to the auction register online at iidany.org. 

Code in Color

If anyone has ever done CODE calculations for the Building Department, you would know how boring and dull the charts can be. So I created my own charts, to indicate and identify the information as a colorful graphic as opposed to just black and white. If you'd like a copy of the charts in a DWG. file, send me an email!

2 Cooper Below Street Level

Project Profile: 2 Cooper Square

Space: Lounge & Cafe in Cellar Club area

Square Footage: 4,000 SF

Total Building Square Footage: 120,000 SF

Architects: GKV Architects, New York

Client: Atlantic Development

A Taste of New Orleans!

These pictures are from my weekend in New Orleans with friends for a bachelorette party. 

We visited: Pat O'Brien's, Redfish Grill, House of Blues, Cafe Du Monde, and several Bourbon Street bars. 

No words, Just Images

Photos above were taken at Storm King Art Center

IIDA NY- Sustainable Quilt Project- 2010

Last night, I dreamt Heidi Klum was critiquing our quilt design for this year's IIDA NY Quilt Auction..."Is this supposed to be a jewelry store?" she asked in her German accent. Thank God I woke up from that nightmare whereby my teammates were trying to hanging rhinestone studded jewelry from the face of our quilt. 

Once again, GKV and friends have teamed up with IIDA NY to produce a king-sized art-quilt for the Sustainable Quilt Exhibit and Auction sponsored by Dwell Magazine. This year's quilt is more complicated than ever. Although it seems harmonious & effortless, each individual square is carefully crafted with coordinating fabrics to make up a larger square. In the tradition of quilt making, members of our team make individual 9" squared or larger pieces  on their own time, then we collaborate and place pieces together. There are only four members on our team this year, so we have been putting lots of man-hours in for this one!

Above are pieces from my section that I sewed at home. Fabrics are recycled samples from our resource library at GKV. My favorite fabrics are the modern KNOLL samples.

This is the quilt pieced together at 85%. I can't wait to see it completed.

This year's exhibit and auction will be held at OPEN SPACE at 201 Mulberry Street, NYC. Below is a photo of my teammates, Bryan Bennett and Brett Kaplan, at our monthly Haworth workshops.