Friday Snippets 1.22.2010
Designers without design jobs reinvent themselves. [NY Times]
Endowments have fallen, giving is scare, attendance is down and the average age of
museum goers in the U.S.continues to climb. Is a reinvention the path to sustainability? [The Art Newspaper]
Whilst in Europe, funding for the arts is slowly creeping out of the state subsidized
funding model and into the more "American" version of private/corporate funding. [NY Times]
Nefertiti's makeup may have actually been good for her health. [ArtInfo]
Christie's (the auction house) is offering free appraisals of your favorite, vintage Gucci's
(the fashion house) both owned (ironically?) by Pinault, the high-end conglomerate house. [lindsay pollock]
When you leave the firm, the firm forgets you. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill seems to
have dropped former chief designer Adrian Smith from the Burj Khalifa credit roster. [Chicago Sun-Times]
Confession: I love maps. Two of the oldest maps of the world, from 1507 and 1602, are
on display at the Library of Congress through April 10th. [NY Times]
The venerable baseball park known as Wrigley Field, will be undergoing a massive
restructuring scheduled to be completed by 2014, the landmark's 100th birthday. [Chicago Tribune]
Designer Tom Ford interviews designer Nicolas Ghesquiere and Mr. Ford asks Nicolas
lots of questions, then spends lots of time talking about himself, including his love of nakedness. [interviewmagazine]
On that note, we'll say so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye, and see you Monday.
Posted by designslinger at 1/22/2010 2:18 AM 
Categories: Slinger SLinks
Tags: Tom Ford fashion art Wrigley Field Nefertiti Burj Khalifa maps architecture
Categories: Slinger SLinks
Tags: Tom Ford fashion art Wrigley Field Nefertiti Burj Khalifa maps architecture
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