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Dorado Tacos and Cemitas
(12 October 2009) - The joint effort of a former Californian and a Boston chef, the new taco spot Dorado brings authentically fine-tuned Mexican to Boston's Brookline area. When myself and two other former Californians (credit one of them, photographer-savant James Ryang, for these pics) were invited to visit recently, we left longing for a similarly well-priced and delicious restaurant in NYC—no small compliment coming from a group...
(12 October 2009) - The joint effort of a former Californian and a Boston chef, the new taco spot Dorado brings authentically fine-tuned Mexican to Boston's Brookline area. When myself and two other former Californians (credit one of them, photographer-savant James Ryang, for these pics) were invited to visit recently, we left longing for a similarly well-priced and delicious restaurant in NYC—no small compliment coming from a group...
Biblioteca Vasconcelos
(09 March 2009) - by Laura Neilson Mexico City's recently reopened Biblioteca Vasconcelos is an outstanding example of a contemporary digital-age library, not to mention a significant display of Mexico's modern architectural movement. The $100 million undertaking was designed by Mexican architect Alberto Kalach, who beat out more than 500 other proposals from worldwide firms with his concept of the library as the "great ark" of knowledge. Dedicated to...
(09 March 2009) - by Laura Neilson Mexico City's recently reopened Biblioteca Vasconcelos is an outstanding example of a contemporary digital-age library, not to mention a significant display of Mexico's modern architectural movement. The $100 million undertaking was designed by Mexican architect Alberto Kalach, who beat out more than 500 other proposals from worldwide firms with his concept of the library as the "great ark" of knowledge. Dedicated to...
DFC Mexico City: Treasures from the Mushi Mushi Collection
(05 February 2009) - Tony Moxham and Mauricio Paniagua, the duo behind DFC Mexico City, recently returned from an exotic trip to the People's Republic of Mushi Mushi. At last week's New York International Gift Fair, they exhibited a most quirky series of objects, inspired by their travels to this fantastical land. Here's what Tony had to say about the Treasures from the Mushi Mushi Collection: "The idea of...
(05 February 2009) - Tony Moxham and Mauricio Paniagua, the duo behind DFC Mexico City, recently returned from an exotic trip to the People's Republic of Mushi Mushi. At last week's New York International Gift Fair, they exhibited a most quirky series of objects, inspired by their travels to this fantastical land. Here's what Tony had to say about the Treasures from the Mushi Mushi Collection: "The idea of...
Chamucos Tequila
(02 February 2009) - Although considered by many to be the drink of rowdy university students, tequila remains my alcoholic beverage of choice. So I was especially excited to try as many tequilas as possible during a recent visit to the state of Jaslisco in Mexico. One of my favorite discoveries was a reposado tequila called Chamucos. Chamucos is made with 100% blue agave and is aged in...
(02 February 2009) - Although considered by many to be the drink of rowdy university students, tequila remains my alcoholic beverage of choice. So I was especially excited to try as many tequilas as possible during a recent visit to the state of Jaslisco in Mexico. One of my favorite discoveries was a reposado tequila called Chamucos. Chamucos is made with 100% blue agave and is aged in...
Architectural Clothes: Interview with designer Nahum Villasana
(12 December 2008) - by Ezra NataliaA normal work day for Nahum Villasana, the man behind Architectural Clothes, lately includes waking up before six in the morning to make it to his day job teaching English at an elementary school in Mexicali, Mexico. After the school day ends at three, he goes back to his house to start working on clothing designs. He often knocks off at around...
(12 December 2008) - by Ezra NataliaA normal work day for Nahum Villasana, the man behind Architectural Clothes, lately includes waking up before six in the morning to make it to his day job teaching English at an elementary school in Mexicali, Mexico. After the school day ends at three, he goes back to his house to start working on clothing designs. He often knocks off at around...
Photographer Alejandra Laviada
(01 December 2008) - Mexico City most often conjures visuals involving a profusion of bright colors and bustling energy, possibly even tacky souvenirs or dice hanging from rear view mirrors. While her hometown's influence is mildly apparent in her work, Alejandra Laviada's photosculpture series of abandoned industrial objects stacked and set against the slate backdrop of Mexico City's abandoned factories is a sharp contrast to any preconception we may...
(01 December 2008) - Mexico City most often conjures visuals involving a profusion of bright colors and bustling energy, possibly even tacky souvenirs or dice hanging from rear view mirrors. While her hometown's influence is mildly apparent in her work, Alejandra Laviada's photosculpture series of abandoned industrial objects stacked and set against the slate backdrop of Mexico City's abandoned factories is a sharp contrast to any preconception we may...
DFC Design: Sexy Robot Super-Universe
(21 May 2008) - DFC is a Mexico City based product design studio comprised of Tony Moxham and Mauricio Paniagua. The pair relocated to Mexico after an extensive tenure in New York (Tony working in art direction and journalism, Maurice in painting) with the intention of opening a boutique hotel or bar. Traveling the countryside, they quickly discovered a wealth of regional artisans and soon shifted their focus...
(21 May 2008) - DFC is a Mexico City based product design studio comprised of Tony Moxham and Mauricio Paniagua. The pair relocated to Mexico after an extensive tenure in New York (Tony working in art direction and journalism, Maurice in painting) with the intention of opening a boutique hotel or bar. Traveling the countryside, they quickly discovered a wealth of regional artisans and soon shifted their focus...
La Botica Mezcal
(29 November 2007) - Our friends from m ss ng p eces recently returned from making a video in Mexico City with bottles of a smoky, complex mezcal labeled "La Botica." Turns out La Botica is a small mezcaleria in the trendy Condesa section of the city that's rebranding the humble liquor for a new audience with beautifully-designed packaging and an artisinal approach. Since opening a couple years...
(29 November 2007) - Our friends from m ss ng p eces recently returned from making a video in Mexico City with bottles of a smoky, complex mezcal labeled "La Botica." Turns out La Botica is a small mezcaleria in the trendy Condesa section of the city that's rebranding the humble liquor for a new audience with beautifully-designed packaging and an artisinal approach. Since opening a couple years...
Santa Muerte Summer 2007: Renegados
(13 April 2007) - While often accredited to '80s punk nostalgia, the lingering obsession with skulls in fashion also owes a debt to Mexico's Dia de los Muertos traditions. It's that Mexican heritage that fuels Santa Muerte's latest line of tees and jackets. Their summer 2007 collection is called Renegados, and features motifs like snakes, Frida Kahlo, religious icons, Aztec headdresses and Zapatistas. The designs stay coherent with...
(13 April 2007) - While often accredited to '80s punk nostalgia, the lingering obsession with skulls in fashion also owes a debt to Mexico's Dia de los Muertos traditions. It's that Mexican heritage that fuels Santa Muerte's latest line of tees and jackets. Their summer 2007 collection is called Renegados, and features motifs like snakes, Frida Kahlo, religious icons, Aztec headdresses and Zapatistas. The designs stay coherent with...
Salvor Kiosk: Mexico
(20 September 2006) - Salvor Kiosk, a New York-based concept store, always keeps things interesting with their rotating selection of goods sourced from foreign lands. Their past collections of objects from Sweden and Japan are delightful, straightforward objects, functioning as antidotes to over-design. The latest crop from Mexico includes a variety of inexpensive functional objects, like this notebook, set of erasers and box of rubber-bands, which all bear...
(20 September 2006) - Salvor Kiosk, a New York-based concept store, always keeps things interesting with their rotating selection of goods sourced from foreign lands. Their past collections of objects from Sweden and Japan are delightful, straightforward objects, functioning as antidotes to over-design. The latest crop from Mexico includes a variety of inexpensive functional objects, like this notebook, set of erasers and box of rubber-bands, which all bear...
LO-TEK's Airplane Fuselage Library
(21 April 2006) - LO-TEK, the New York architecture firm that pioneered the shipping container revolution, recently proposed a new library in Mexico made of stacked discarded Boeing 727 and 737 fuselages. Usually, fuselages aren't recycled and are left to rust in deserts throughout the U.S. due to high demolition costs, which makes them cheaply available to builders. LO-TEK's design uses each tube to organize book collections, meeting...
(21 April 2006) - LO-TEK, the New York architecture firm that pioneered the shipping container revolution, recently proposed a new library in Mexico made of stacked discarded Boeing 727 and 737 fuselages. Usually, fuselages aren't recycled and are left to rust in deserts throughout the U.S. due to high demolition costs, which makes them cheaply available to builders. LO-TEK's design uses each tube to organize book collections, meeting...
American Apparel Mexico City
(05 August 2005) - American Apparel threw a flea market-themed pre-party for its first Mexican shop last month on Mexico City's Masaryk Street (their take on the Champs-Elysees). The event launched a campaign by the Mexican photographer Napoleón Habeica who produced a series of images with the distinct American Apparel "everyday sexy" vernacular that make even me blush. (The one pictured here is the least naughty of the...
(05 August 2005) - American Apparel threw a flea market-themed pre-party for its first Mexican shop last month on Mexico City's Masaryk Street (their take on the Champs-Elysees). The event launched a campaign by the Mexican photographer Napoleón Habeica who produced a series of images with the distinct American Apparel "everyday sexy" vernacular that make even me blush. (The one pictured here is the least naughty of the...
Fernando Romero at Ras
(29 July 2005) - Mexican architect Fernando Romero, the 35-year old founder of the Laboratorio de La Ciudad De México, well-known for designing the Casa Da Música in Portugal while working for Rem Koolhaas' OMA, and who this year founded the firm, LAR, is the subject of an exhibit opening today at Ras, the gallery/bookstore in Barcelona's El Raval. A forthcoming book, titled Translations, is due out this...
(29 July 2005) - Mexican architect Fernando Romero, the 35-year old founder of the Laboratorio de La Ciudad De México, well-known for designing the Casa Da Música in Portugal while working for Rem Koolhaas' OMA, and who this year founded the firm, LAR, is the subject of an exhibit opening today at Ras, the gallery/bookstore in Barcelona's El Raval. A forthcoming book, titled Translations, is due out this...
WOW Magazine
(20 July 2005) - On a 2003 visit, a Mexican designer friend tipped me to WOW magazine. I scoured Mexico City stores to find it and bought out inventories when I did. As far as I know it's the only Mexican publication to cover topics like design, art, film, music, politics, culture, and ecology in a glossy magazine format with bold, chaotic graphic layouts. According to Ana Mallett,...
(20 July 2005) - On a 2003 visit, a Mexican designer friend tipped me to WOW magazine. I scoured Mexico City stores to find it and bought out inventories when I did. As far as I know it's the only Mexican publication to cover topics like design, art, film, music, politics, culture, and ecology in a glossy magazine format with bold, chaotic graphic layouts. According to Ana Mallett,...
Centro
(12 July 2005) - Since the global success of such breakout hits as Amores Perros and Y Tu Mamá También, Mexican art and design has been getting more attention from its neighbors to the North. Centro, a recently opened school that teaches design, cinema, television, new media, and visual communication, and features syllabi designed by Pasadena's renowned ArtCenter College of Design, is institutional proof positive of the trend....
(12 July 2005) - Since the global success of such breakout hits as Amores Perros and Y Tu Mamá También, Mexican art and design has been getting more attention from its neighbors to the North. Centro, a recently opened school that teaches design, cinema, television, new media, and visual communication, and features syllabi designed by Pasadena's renowned ArtCenter College of Design, is institutional proof positive of the trend....
Naco
(21 June 2005) - Naco is a fashion gawker's story come true. An Argentine friend pointed out their "boludo" (slang for fool) t-shirt to me while we were in Barcelona. Six months later in Mexico City's Lagunillas market I bought her one and picked up "I heart DF" for myself. (DF stands for Distrito Federal, local terminology for the capital city.) The Mexican company's witty pop designs are...
(21 June 2005) - Naco is a fashion gawker's story come true. An Argentine friend pointed out their "boludo" (slang for fool) t-shirt to me while we were in Barcelona. Six months later in Mexico City's Lagunillas market I bought her one and picked up "I heart DF" for myself. (DF stands for Distrito Federal, local terminology for the capital city.) The Mexican company's witty pop designs are...
Meet the Cinema at CONDESAdf
(09 June 2005) - CONDESAdf, the design hotel that opened January in Mexico City's trendy la Condesa neighborhood, introduces a free Summer movie series in their sub-level theater. "Hotel Stories" inaugurates the program with features like "Lost in Translation," and in July the "Sea and Water" theme will include screenings of "The Life Aquatic" and "Breaking the Waves." Early evening showtimes -- at 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays...
(09 June 2005) - CONDESAdf, the design hotel that opened January in Mexico City's trendy la Condesa neighborhood, introduces a free Summer movie series in their sub-level theater. "Hotel Stories" inaugurates the program with features like "Lost in Translation," and in July the "Sea and Water" theme will include screenings of "The Life Aquatic" and "Breaking the Waves." Early evening showtimes -- at 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays...
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