Snow

New York City is a snowglobe today. At lunch, I traveled down to Friend of a Farmer Cafe. It is such a cozy little fresh atmosphere. Floral wallpaper, branches, little nooks and candles, a tiny bar with hanging iron baskets of muffins and bread. Totally my kind of place. It was delicious too! Now I'm headed off to see UD in the National Championship!

illustrators everywhere!

Yesterday was definitely the most exciting day in NYC so far! Dagr was pretty crazy because we were prepping for a presentation at 5pm so we were working like crazy from 10am-5pm making image collages, writing copy, and pulling together all of the ideas Rajan needed to pitch. No one got up to eat and we hardly moved from where we were working. Finally at 4:55pm we got a call from Vegas saying the meeting has been moved til Saturday morning! At that point we went to Republic for lunch/dinner. It was y first time out with my studio and a really good chance to get to know them better. Rajan told me about his years in Paris and Tokyo doing apparel design, how he planted a lot of companies, but what he's really passionate is music, film making, and hard work. I have a lot of respect for him.

I went with Rich, You, and Clay down to the Sacred Heart gallery to see a show of Marshall Arisman's work. He was a really nice guy and we talked about how he wants to go to the hot springs in Hokkaido and meet the snow monkeys! You introduced me to her friend Jon from England. We talked about my study abroad there and he was familiar with all the places I had gone to. He gave me some stickers of his artwork, which were VERY familiar. I realized I had been speaking to Jon Burgerman! It was so cool just to have a casual conversation, he is a great guy. As You and he are personal friends I wonder if I will be more of him sometime. You also introduced me to Yuko Shimizu, another amazing illustrator. It was such an awesome night being surrounded by so many heros and having a chance to chat with them!

DAY 2

My tasks Tuesday were to make the "What's your Tribe" tanks then deliver them in Queens. I also had to search companies that can print stickers and letterpress business cards. I found a great online resource called briar press it's an online comunity dedicated to keeping the art of letterpress alive. There are tons of discussion topics along with a catalog of presses around the country. I'm not doing creative work yet which is a bummer but I guess I'm still in the "proving myself" stage.

IN THE STUDIO

The first day at Dagr Nott & Associates was quite eventful. Everyone was back from break and jumping right into action. Dagr is a small, young design and ad agency consisting of 2 creative directors, Rich the art director and 3 other creatives. That makes 6 and I'm the 7th member this month. We are working on an ad campaign for a cell phone. There will be a conference in Vegas on Thursday and my task was to figure out what the "show girls" will wear. I changed sizes and colours of the "What's your Tribe" logo and spent a long time on American Apparel's website trying different short and tank combos. We are in a jam to screen print the logos because the screens are locked in someone's apartment who is away so we are at the last resort stage. I set out into the city for a couple hours of running around in the afternoon- buying tee transfers, finding the shorts and tanks at AA and H&M, returning the transfers for other ones, getting a silkscreen and finally returning at 6:30pm. Tomorrow morning we will be doing some DIY screen printing and iron transfers.... my task is to bring an iron.

Everybody is so fun and nice, I think I'm going to love them.... Rajan and David are in charge, a little reserved but very cool. Rich is very ambitious and goofy, Clay is really smart and kind, Jared is quieter so far but nice, and You is so sweet and was working on some really cool Valentines illustrations for the cell ads.

a funny portrait of my dear friend AJ, I miss him!

day 1

This is the view out my window for the next 5 weeks. I have an apartment with Salina Gatto and Jenn Contois in the Garment District in Manhattan. Today I start my internship at Dagr Nott & Associates working with illustrator and ADC Young Gun Rich Tu. I have no idea what to expect!

cheer

The holidays here have come and gone. I always enjoy cards and packaging. This year I did a lot of felt and evergreen garnishes and hand drawn cards.

a card for Sandy at Clothes In The Past Lane.

christmas cards for my boyfriend's brothers

letterpress lately,

UD students are very lucky to have the Raven Press, a working letterpress with tons of type to work with. I am a monitor on Wednesdays and realize I want to put in some good time here before I graduate. Here are my endeavors as of late:

"Hello!" postcards. A collaboration with Justin Weber. We gave them to friends and Young Gun artists we loved in NYC a few weekends ago.

The beginnings of a new logo for StuArt - UD's student art organization.

Vintage Now - a new project celebrating the rebirth of the 1900's rich eras of fashion, design, and culture.