I’ve noticed the design work for Jazz at Lincoln Center for a while, always being impressed how its been handled.

This evening I saw a subway add that prompted me to take a look at jalc.org when I got home. What I found wasn’t nearly the same as what I’d seen, but was equally nicely done. Below are a few of my finds.

Had a great evening with Bex seeing both Venus Williams and Roger Federer on the opening night of the US Open.

Thanks much, Antonia! Sorry you couldn’t make it.

And for a better glimpse of the panoramic photo above, view it on the Occipital site.

Kevin Vellanoweth sent me one of the Stephen Wilkes images making the rounds the last few days. After being enticed by the first image, I set out and found a series on Flavorwire.

via @avantgame

Last weekend I took a bit of time to visit the Sugimoto show at Pace Gallery.

“Created in the darkroom with the help of a Van de Graaff generator, sheets of unexposed film are subjected to electrical discharges, creating sparks of light that scar the film with patterns reminiscent of organic life forms and tree-filled landscapes.”

One cool thing about seeing it last weekend is that I got there later, in the early evening. It was dark outside before I got to the gallery which made for a beautiful viewing environment inside. The skylights aren’t covered, so the experience during the day would be completely different. These works warrant this after-hours viewing.

The work is masterful, leaving me put off by the fact that I didn’t have time to revisit the show. It runs until the 24th so if you’re at all interested, I suggest you get over there.

This looks compelling for tomorrow evening. I’m just outright copying and pasting the details into this post, but want to add that you wouldn’t go wrong by quickly watching the video associated with the iQ Font project.

Join us for a special New York edition of the Hand-Eye Curiosity Club speaker series featuring Zach Lieberman tomorrow night, 7pm at the Dunderdon + Nau store in Soho.

Zach Lieberman is a Brooklyn-based interactive artist, hacker and researcher. His extensive body of work includes the EyeWriter project, a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system originally made for legendary LA graffiti writer Tony Quan, aka TEMPTONE who was diagnosed with ALS in 2003, and the hugely successful iQ Font campaign for Toyota. Zach collaborated with typographers Pierre & Damiena and pro racer Stef van Campenhoudt to generate a typeface from tracking the movements of a car. For those of you unable to make it, we will be streaming a live webcast of the presentation here on Core77.

Thursday, December 9th, 7-10pm
Presentation: 7:30pm
Dunderdon + Nau
25 Howard St
New York NY 10013

RSVP: curiosityclub.eventbrite.com

This kind of flight isn’t illegal, and according to the Ars Technica article where I found this, “The reaction [of the police] was very professional. They asked me what I was doing and I told them I’d land and explain it to them. After that we got talking and I showed them how it all works, what I’m doing and so on.”

When they came out last year, BERG’s horizonless maps of Manhattan got a ton of attention. I’d all but forgotten them until I saw a tweet from @magitisa sharing the fact that there are limited runs of each map being sold.

BERG’s site reveals that the maps are being sold in editions of 1000 and that they’ve fallen off the market, but are slated to return for one month sometime in 2010. If and when I know, I’ll let you know.

via maxmaria

via th.omas

Bethesda Terrace is one of my favorite places in Central Park. The way I like to approach it is from The Mall just to the South. Coming up from The Mall, you walk through the space detailed in the second picture above. The Terrace then opens up to you providing a view of The Lake and The Ramble across.

This is a great place for people watching. I love to sit up on either of the staircases giving me an elevated view of the Terrace below.