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April 5, 2009

in the city



I'm not sure who took these beautiful photos, but I'd like to know. I think they're buildings in Copenhagen, but I can't be sure.




Michael Wolf's Transparent City 

I love the patterns, line and colour of cities. I also love this quote from Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte, about why she loves New York.

I love New York city. I think Laura and I had an idea of the east coast that was shaped by E.B. White or J.D. Salinger. I would think about the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is hard for me to describe, but I felt like it was some type of contained world, almost like Charles Shultz’ Peanuts. As kids, we never went. We only visited for the first time because of work. So it was interesting that the first time I went to New York City was to go show a small collection that we had done. For me, New York was like having seen a city in a snow globe. I just had this magical view of it shaped by films and books and the amazing thing about New York City is that it really lives it up to it. The more I spend time travelling there the more it seems like one of the greatest places, so that is what I think is magical about that city.