NY Art Beat iPhone App

Art Beat launches two apps to keep track of art & design events around NYC and Tokyo

Having already launched a successful version for Tokyo, Art Beat recently created the NYAB iPhone app, an informative application that keeps New Yorkers current on all of the cultural happenings going on around the city. The simple interface organizes events by location, popularity, type of medium or schedule. Ideal for residents and visitors alike, the Art Beat app truly allows users to tailor their interests …

Nice Collective Spring 2010: The Gathering

Digital artist paints animated light graphics on models for fashion label Nice Collective's Northern California camp-themed shoot

For their Spring 2010 collection Nice Collective founders Joe Haller and Ian Hannula brought friends, artists, stylists and models on a camping trip (aka the Gathering) in Northern California “to organically capture imagery of the season’s clothing and product through real experience rather than art direction.” Among the members of the experimental venture, digital artist Andrew Jones’ and photographer Spencer Hansen‘s combined talents led to …

Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum

by Anna Carnick Opening today and capping off a year-long 50th anniversary celebration, the Guggenheim presents Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum. For this salon-style installation, the museum invited nearly 200 artists, designers and architects to submit their dream proposals for interacting with the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building’s central rotunda, or “void.” The central space, famously encompassed by the circular exhibit hallways, …