shoe tag

a couple of years ago, i was lucky enough to meet niels "shoe" meulman in nyc for a sunny brunch at the bowery hotel.

in addition to being a generally really nice guy, he's also the mastermind behind calligraffiti.

since we met, i've been following his exploding career with glee, and i wanted to share his most recent project:

shoe will be at selfridges, in london, showing off his collaboration with united nude!

united nude is known for their avant garde, architectural styles, and i love what shoe's painterly tagging style adds to them....

i'm particularly fond of the ink-splotchiness affect, as well....

if you're in london tomorrow evening.... don't miss this!!

house proud

i can't believe that i've never thought to write a little blog about my good friend, olga.

(photo courtesy of aparat)

olga is an event designer and interior stylist extraordinaire, and i've always been so impressed by her professional work, as well as her own living spaces (one of which you can see, here.)

i wish i had some photos of her current apartment, which i love, and has been the site of many a fun party....

she has designed for a number of publications, including the very much missed domino magazine, and does amazing events....

olga works regularly with cb2, and has just been featured on their website, with some cute ideas for celebrating....

check out her website to see more photos of some of her incredible work.

i can't wait to see what she gets up to next!

(photo by raymond adams, courtesy of aparat)