Off to New York ? Head to the Dada exhibition at the Momawww.moma.org/exhibitions/2006/Dada.html
Read about the Sydney Pollack documentary about Frank Gehry ‘Sketches’ here www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?t=480601
Off to Aspen ? head to the Jazz festival jazzaspen.org/
Mr. Chow is opening a sixth restaurant in New York in Tribeca.
Michael Graves’ small kitchen appliances for Target brought refined design to the masses, and Philippe Starck created luggage for Samsonite and panties for Wolford. Now Pritzker Prize winner Zaha Hadid is weighing in with everything from a Louis Vuitton handbag to a three-wheeled car. “We’re looking at a conceptual handbag for Louis Vuitton,” said Patrik Schumacher, a partner in Zaha Hadid Architects. “It’s a take on one of the classical handbags, stretched out like a hose.” wwd
Here are some cool but no frills hotels in the London UK…base2stay.com/ or try the very cheap but chic www.yotel.com/theconcept.php
Jaimie Oliver has opened a new Fifteen restaurant in Cornwall
fifteencornwall.co.uk/
Hearst’s newly completed headquarters building In New York, designed by Sir Norman Foster, generated endless column inches last week, including three separate stories in The New York Times.
Heading to Paris..please check out the new groovy Jean Nouvel designed Musee Branly www.quaibranly.fr/sommaire.php3?id_rubrique=20 and of course the Musee de L’Orangerie is reopening after a 6 year renovation.
Director Peter Weir has quit new film Shantaram after failing to see eye-to-eye with Johnny Depp, who is also producing the film.
Miuccia Prada will launch her project “Improbable Classics n.1” at the 37th edition of Art Basel, June 14 to 18. For the first time, Prada will set up a temporary store, designed with architects Herzog & De Meuron “There will be some classic Prada pieces that are not necessarily commercial, hence the name of the project, and some items designed for this store expressly,” said a Prada spokesman. ‘ WWD.
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