MoMA and Foursquare help discover the architectural gems of New York, scattered among thousands of less impressive, tasteless and gritty buildings across the megalopolis. The museum and location-based social networking service have developed an architectural scavenger hunt built around 21 architectural sites in NYC.
art project
Tate Britain and British Petroleum have organized another British Art exhibition in London. The display, available to the public free of charge, comprises of about 500 masterpieces created by major and less familiar British artists at different times within the past five centuries up to the modern times.
The Salvatore Ferragamo fashion brand tells the personal story of its founder in a 26-page graphic novel, Making of a Dream, illustrated and written by animator and cartoonist Frank Espinosa. The comic book stylistically aligns with the exhibition, The Amazing Shoemaker, which is now open at the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo.
TBWA\Italy, street artist Ozmo, Fondazione Humanitas and digital publishing house/event venue First Floor Under merged art and anti-smoking health advocacy effort in one project, Smok-Ink. Together they’ve created a one-of-a-kind installation, a 60 square meter diptych that is entirely hand-painted with ink extracted from the cigarette smoke.
SoBe, a Pepsico-owned brand, matches the multi-level tastes of its drinks with the impressive technique of creating three-dimensional paintings in its new campaign “SoBe 3D Worlds of Flavor” in the U.S. cities. The soft drinks brand collaborates with celebrated 3D street artist, Tracy Lee Stum, tapped to paint interactive 3D landscapes of the exotic destinations where SoBe drink ingredients come from. Each of the installations will be dedicated to one of the flavor, Yumberry Pomegranate, Blood Orange Mango, Strawberry Kiwi and Pacific Coconut, and various parts of the world.
The Italian fashion house Versace is unveiling a new collection of luxury furniture pieces in its new promotion, rolling across multiple channels. Acclaimed LA-based artists and designers Nikolas and Simon Haas have created a range of lavish Versace Home pieces for those who adore the opulent merge of gold and leather. The brand’s creative partnership has been described on Facebook page and Versace’s website that feature photos from the capsule collection’s launch and hi-res images of the pieces.