shapeshifters tag feed: newyork

NYC visit: rooms in artistic, tranquil loft

egonzippel — sun, 20 jan 2008 21:10:14 +0000

... if you plan a trip to New York City and look for an alternative to an accommodation in a hotel, take a look at: http://ezhelp.us/grandstreet.pdf [1.5 mb].

We offer a personal, tranquil, artistic environment for your stays in NYC, located in the Lower East Side [LES] in Manhattan.

Besides rooms you can book [upon availability/extra charges apply] shiatsu massage, yoga/meditation classes, and organic/macrobiotic meals.

Egon and Johanna

Tom Dixon on Sustainability.

Alexandra — thu, 17 jan 2008 22:59:36 +0000

I asked designer Tom Dixon what he thought of environmental issues and here is his response:
http://www.scribemedia.org/2008/01/15/dixon-miami/
What strikes me the most is that as a designer he is asking the question of whether we should make new things at all... He is suggesting that it might be better to find new ways of using old objects or distribute them in new ways.
As the creative director of Artek he urged the manufacturer to start buying back old furniture, so people don't throw it away.
Before going back into circulation every piece will get an RFID microchip, so the new owner could trace the history of the piece.

Isn't this amazing?!

Videos on sustainable design & architecture

Alexandra — fri, 04 jan 2008 23:33:48 +0000

After my trip to Miami for Art Basel & Design Miami 2007, ScribeMedia is producing a number of videos on sustainable design and architecture with Yves Behar (designer of $100 laptop), Tom Dixon, and Chad Oppenheim (COR).

Please take a look and let me know what you think:

http://www.scribemedia.org/2007/12/20/olpc

http://www.scribemedia.org/2008/01/11/chad-oppenheim/

If you are a digger, help us spread the word about this with your vote here: http://digg.com/environment/VIDEO_Green_Architecture_w_Chad_...

Cheers,

Alexandra Lerman

hi everyone

clareultimo — sun, 11 nov 2007 21:57:18 +0000

What I want to say to you all is thank you for being out there and keeping this flame burning. I don't know if I"ll really be able to come through here a lot over the next 6 months, but have been waiting long enough to sign on and say hello to you all. I love what shapeshifters represents and I feel it is a message for our future. I'm happy to participate, even if it's not much until the spring of '08. I'll have so much new work coming out by then that I don't even know where to begin, but I'll try and keep you posted.

Much love to you all.
Clare

Wanted: programmer for great project

andyw — wed, 03 oct 2007 23:49:10 +0000

I'm looking for a sh*t-hot programmer to help me bring an idea to life. It's a very exciting project and one of those "i wish i thought of that" ideas. only this time, I did.

Preferably, you are in New York or London as I'd like to work face-to-face.

Please contact me if you're interested and I will explain the project in more detail.

Thanks

Andy

International Artists / Musicians in New York

bmunch — sun, 08 jul 2007 19:34:10 +0000

Greetings,

ScribeMedia.Org is starting a video series on international artists and musicians and their cultural contributions to New York City, and are gathering a roster of people to interview and/or profile.

These can be anyone from established players/artists to a cab driver who also happens to be an exceptional kora player.

People who fit the bill include visual and performance artists as well as musicians. Filmmakers and documentarians fit the bill too. The point though is that they've come from abroad for whatever reason (political, economic, or just because they though NYC would be better than wherever it is they're coming from) and are trying to make it here.

If you know of individuals, groups or organizations you think we'd benefit from getting in touch with, please let us know.

You can find out more about us at http://www.scribemedia.org, and view our profile of Shapeshifters at http://www.scribemedia.org/2007/06/21/weather-report-01/

You can contact us at pubs [at] scribemedia [dot] org.

Shapeshifters and Weathermakers

storytracker — thu, 28 jun 2007 07:40:17 +0000

ScribeMedia.Org travels the US to capture and deliver speeches, lectures, roundtables and interviews of thoughtleaders across a broad range of subject areas that includes current events, technology, media, business and the arts. ScribeMedia provides a neutral forum for intelligent dialog and debate, uncluttered by soundbytes, instant punditry and shoutfests. The latest headline story is about Shapeshifters - and how social media goes niche.

The interview was recorded in Manhattan early April 2007 while the Shapeshifters World Seeding Tour had a stoppover in New York City. The video gives you a comprehensive 10 minute insight into previous world tour destinations and provides the big picture on what is going on behind the scenes of the website. For the first time ever.

Thank you Damon Berry in Johannesburg for providing and editing the video footage. Thank you Sasha and Michael from ScribeMedia for putting so much efforts into this feature and telling the story in such an amazing way: http://www.scribemedia.org/2007/06/21/weather-report-01/

Pecha kucha -- an inspiring experience!

Nicola — fri, 20 apr 2007 01:46:55 +0000

Looking for a little architectural/design/photographic/artistic inspiration or interaction?

I recommend a visit to a pecha kucha night -- I had my first taste when one was held in Auckland recently and found a packed room of various creative worlds happily colliding, sharing and mixing.

The pre-arranged participants in pecha kucha were given the chance to tell the crowd about their design, new building, piece of furniture, photographs or thoughts they wished to share.

They did this with twenty images, and each image was shown for 20 seconds. People talked along with their slides, one guy played some music.

Presenters (and much of the audience) were from the design, architecture, photography, art and creative fields.

It was a fantastic way to see what was happening Auckland, and meet other creative people.

These events, orginally started in Tokyo by a British architect, are run around the world, and participation is encouraged by anyone who has something to show or say.

I'm sure there would be plenty of shapeshifters who would enjoy an outing to one of these!

Check out their international homepage : http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

Tiger Translate 2007 Global Tour

bernard — mon, 02 apr 2007 00:30:53 +0000

these guys might be of interest:

http://www.tigertranslate.com/

"Tiger Translate is a platform which enables emerging Asian artists within the fields of art, design, film, photography and music to venture onto the world stage. Tiger Translate has worked with the likes of Phunk Studio, Faile, Rostarr and many more rising Asian stars. Creating events in Dublin, Shanghai and Auckland last year proved to be a solid foundation to move into another year of creative enlightenment and entertainment."

Upcoming Events:
NewYork:
31st March 2007
Berlin:
11th - 12th May 2007
Beijing:
July 2007 TBC

Partners:
Hewlett-Packard (HP)
http://www.hp.com.sg/

IdN (International Designers' Network)
http://www.idnworld.com/

Seeding Shapeshifters: send your favourites

ericpoe — sun, 11 feb 2007 19:19:45 +0000

Shapeshifters will soon be going on a seeding tour again which allows us to meet creatives face-to-face and introduce them to the world of shapeshifters. As always we plan to hold briefings in a number of places:

Boston
New York City
New Orleans
Boulder
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Portland
Vancouver
Toronto
The Carribean (no specific destination specified yet)

Any suggestions whom we should invite to a shapeshifter briefing in these places?
Your hints are highly appreciated (and will help to shape the community based on your expectations).

restaurant funding

buscape — thu, 11 jan 2007 00:36:09 +0000

for a new york styled seating and take away restaurant in central vienna we are looking for specific funding possibilites. we try to find new and different ways of raising money for opening up a restaurant. something besides banks and investment firms.

anyone any ideas of how this could be made possible without outrageous loans?

"a place to write" in vienna?

muesli — mon, 17 apr 2006 19:38:14 +0000

blogger peter forret requests for his hometown brussels what seems to be established in new york: a place to write and work, like a café but less busy.

an initiative targeted at geeks called metalab might be preparing something similar, has anyone checked that out?

People in New York?

smeidu — fri, 31 mar 2006 12:10:48 +0000

hi everyone,

I'll be in New York from 06/01 to 07/15 and looking for people there to meet and interact. In special austrian citizens who work in the big Apple and interesting people who maybe want to share their view of the city with me.....

a creative software architect

bernard — sun, 19 feb 2006 02:59:21 +0000

Stan Wiechers is a berlin/nyc based technology writer, software architect and recognized mobile technology expert. Stan works for the biggest web-agency in manhattan. what outlines him for this community is his dedication for creative (open source) software projects that are inviting for participation. his latest venture "Semapedia" connects Wikipedia information with real world physical objects (as well as flickr photo-streams !!)...

http://www.semapedia.org/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/semapedia/
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/67897
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semapedia
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semapedia

http://konnexion.sourceforge.net/
http://www.merkwelt.com/people/stan/

a "crosspoint" of creatives in NYC

bernard — sun, 19 feb 2006 01:02:54 +0000

"simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" (Leonardo da Vinci) ... this is what someone reads when looking at the website of LONEPANTHER - but these guys are more than just a branding agency ... if you are looking for "creative contacts" in the big apple... Steven and Michael can probably point you in the right direction...
http://www.lonepanther.com/