Nesting Works 

Thursday, July 23, 2009  7-10pm 

Design Within Reach: Tools for Living is proud to host Nesting Works a charity event to benefit Housing Works. DWR: Tools for Living has invited 

Claw Money, West One, Aaron Meshon, Mike Perry, Alison Riley, Travis Cain, David Zachary and Heidi Kenney eight artists from different backgrounds including graffiti, illustration and industrial design to embellish sets of blank Matryoshka nesting dolls. Join us at the opening celebration on July 23 to see the varied and inspiring results of this artistic challenge. 

The eight nesting doll sets will be auctioned off by Housing Works (www.housingworks.org) to support their work as the largest community-based AIDS 

service organization in the US. Founded in 1990, Housing Works has provided lifesaving services such as medical and mental health support, meals, job training, drug treatment, HIV prevention, education and social support to more than 20,000 homeless and low income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.  

Belvedere vodka cocktails and crudités will be served inside the store, and the Treats Truck (www.treatstruck.com) will be parked outside with amazing baked goods for sale. 

RSVP by July 21 to tflsoho@dwr.com 

Other Featured exhibitions will include:  

Dossier Magazine, the bi-annual arts and culture journal incorporating fashion, photography, creative writing curates a retail space. 

Daniel Jackson, creative director of BBlessing, will create a large scale sculpture on site. 

Bowery Lane Bicycles will feature new bike styles, and photography. 

Palladium Boots presents recent photos by Peter Sutherland.  

Live t-shirt screenprinting featuring graphics from an array of indie designers including BBlessing, THECAST, Kid Robot, Public School and Ryder Robison. 

Indie band showcases curated by Wierd Records, Modular Records and Evident Records.  Featured bands include Xeno & Oaklander and Blacklist. 

Large scale live painting by Ryder Robison and David Senna 

Many more participants TBA. 

NEW YORK, NY July 2009: (capsule), the men’s trade show where 75 designers will debut their SS2010 collections in NYC, will present a temporary concept space open to the public called “Means of Production” on July 19-21. The event will showcase the idea 

of community and commerce, as creative minds set up shop in a raw space on the ground floor of The Ludlow, one of the Lower East Side’s newest and most innovative apartment buildings. Means of Production will be an experiential gallery where visitors can 

participate in creating culture and memories. The three day event, designed to examine the methods of making art, will showcase illustrators, craftsmen, musicians and designers in the act of producing.  

Means of Production is curated by BBlessing, the L.E.S.-based boutique and clothing label, along with BPMW- the producers of (capsule) and Evident Records, a Chinatown based boutique record label. Sponsors of the event are Palladium Boots, Canon, AMP energy and The Ludlow NYC.  

I will set up a ‘zine production center complete with piles of scrap paper, copy machines and old fashioned publishing tools like glue sticks and tape. 

DETAILS 

Dates: Sunday-Tuesday, July 19-21, 2009  

Time: 1-6pm Gallery  

6-9pm Band showcase  

Address: The Ludlow NYC  www.theludlownyc.com 

188 Ludlow Street

(Corner of Houston and Ludlow)  

I am working with my architect friend / master crafts man Jay Bell on a set of wooden 3-d letters for the show at DWR: Tools for Living. Show opens July 23rd. More details soon.

While in Portland for the Grass Hut show. I went to Wieden + Kennedy to do a zine work shop with the creative department. But It didn't stop there. I did my best to get everyone involved. The cover drawing was done by the receptionist! Thanks everyone for hustling to complete this 212 page zine!