ONE AND ONLY

Argentinian designer Juan Pablo Cambariere assigns a lofty rating to NYC.

LOVE LETTERS

On Manhattan’s lower east side, a Banksy pretender.

BAG AND BORROW

This is a decidedly upscale version of the cheap and ubiquitous New York plastic shopping bag from the Brooklyn studio, Cast of Vices. Hand sewn and hand embossed, it’s also rather unfortunately crafted from “the finest lambskin leather.”

WINNING SMILE

 

Guaranteed to induce a smile, paper napkins from the Brooklyn grocery store, Brooklyn Fare.

THE EQUALIZER

This isn’t the first time the great illustrator Bob Staake has used architecture to symbolize a watershed moment in American politics. His 2008 image for The New Yorker’s post-election issue (below) was one of the most memorable covers of any year.

Fittingly, this week’s cover trades the gravitas of that year’s transcendent moment, for a touch of pitch-perfect whimsy. “I don’t especially like those rainbow colors, but…I had to use them,” he says. Of course–and to such pleasing effect.

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RED DELICIOUS

I can’t vouch for the contents (yet), but the cover of this new publication from New York Magazine has a scrumptious inaugural cover.

LOOKING UP

Recent snapshots of eye-catching architecture.  Eye-chitecture.

DEPARTURE

 

New York City wouldn’t be quite so beguiling were it this orderly, but this stylishly patterned 2010 cover of its folded subway map was a refreshing departure from all those familiar curves.

TIME WARP

 

 

Arthur Getz’ 1955 cover of The New Yorker.

STAR MAKER

In time for the holidays, whimsical Brooklyn street art by STEIN.