NEW YORK TRIP - misc

i think i may have come to the end of my new york photo reports at last. just a few more posts today and then we're done. this post is a miscellaneous selection of bits and pieces that caught my eye. above is cool typography as seen on the building housing the 'new museum of contemporary art' on the bowery, and below a few things seen in paperchase (within borders books) at madison square garden.
central park mugs from starbucks

above and below various peace and environmental slogans on t-shirts and totes spotted around the city.

above notebooks in the new york library shop, and below cards from duane reade.

below, wrapping papers snapped at 'blick' on bond street.

NEW YORK TRIP - hallmark

here are some snaps taken when i popped into a hallmark cards store, i think it was on 7th avenue, but they have several branches in manhattan.

NEW YORK TRIP - fishs eddy

fishs eddy, famous for their tableware, is a great place to pick up stylish gifts to take home as souvenirs. located at 889 broadway just over the road from ABC carpet and home, who incidentally had a fantastic card an stationery dept - unfortunately the shop assistant in ABC watched me like a hawk and it was impossible to get any pictures. do check it out though if you are shopping new york at 888 broadway.

NEW YORK TRIP - jonathan adler

ive nearly finished sorting out and uploading my new york pictures, perhaps just enough for a couple more days. but today its jonathan adler who has 3 stores in manhattan and i visited the branches at 37 greenwich avenue, and 47 greene street. i also noticed that jonathan features on bus shelters promoting new york! . for fans and local new yorkers there is a warehouse sale taking place at the end of may on long island that should have huge discounts.

NEW YORK TRIP - room & board

two cushions as seen in room & board at 105 wooster street.

NEW YORK TRIP - CB2

i took these pics in CB2 the younger hipper version of crate & barrel at 451 broadway.

NEW YORK TRIP - crate & barrel

and finally a few snaps from crate & barrel at 611 broadway or 650 madison ave.

NEW YORK TRIP - kate's paperie

todays pictures are from top card store kate's paperie. the two stores i visited were at 140 west 57th street and 72 spring street. kate's sell many of the designer names ive featured here over the past couple of years on print & pattern, and besides a wide range of greetings cards there is a staggering selection of invites, flats, and correspondence cards. its also great for craft goods, paper, notebooks, journals and more. here are some of things i managed to snap instore.

NEW YORK TRIP - k mart

i visited the k-mart store on 34th street ( just along from macy's) to see what i could find in the way of martha stewart designs. i came across some ovenware below and lots a melamine picnicware. above were just a couple of bright folders that i thought were interesting.

NEW YORK TRIP - macy's

there was more martha stewart picnicware on display at macy's. i also snapped some designer t-shirts with green messages, and patterns on bags from lesportsac.

NEW YORK TRIP - the container store

im still focusing on new york today with my photo reports - i had no idea i took so many pictures !. these are from 'the container store' located at 629 sixth aveune, and very handily placed right opposite 'bed, bath, and beyond' meaning you can visit both stores with little effort. besides the huge range of storage the container store has a nice line in gift wrap and office stationery.

NEW YORK TRIP - moma store

new york's museum of modern art (moma) has 3 stores in manhattan, one is in the foyer of the museum itself at west 53rd street, this has mainly books, stationery and posters, the second is just over on the other side of the road and has mainly homewares and designer gadgets. the third is in soho and offers something of everything down at 81 spring street (again close to kate's paperie and papyrus).

NEW YORK TRIP - papyrus

next up its papyrus, card shops which appear all over the city. they have 14 branches in manhattan, so you are bound to stumble across one at some point. try 73 spring street, soho as this is just over the road from kate's paperie and will again save you legwork.

NEW YORK TRIP - crane & co

finally todays posts end with these lovely files and notecards, as snapped at crane & co somewhere in the rockerfeller building.

NEW YORK TRIP - pear river mart

todays new york photo reports have a flavour of the far east. these pictures are from 'pearl river mart' at 477 broadway. i visited lots of stores in china town, although not all obviously, but from what i saw i found pearl river to be the best. they had lots of cute items, especially by cram cream. i bought the tray at the top of this post for just $5.50 ! (£2.97). this is the place to pick up some cute pieces and ideas, they stock bags, kitchenware, sweets, and spread over its three floors everything chinese you could think of.

NEW YORK TRIP - kinokuniya

next up its the wonderful japanese bookshop kinokuniya. since i last visited new york in november 06 they have moved to huge new store overlooking new york's beautiful bryant park (behind the library). three floors are filled with books, magazines, accessories, cds, dvds, and stationery. i bought a pile of japanese books in here, and a cute t-shirt. this is a must see store for any designers trip to nyc. kinokuniya is at 1073 sixth avenue. they have 9 stores throughout america, 56 in japan, and a store in sydney.

NEW YORK TRIP - anthropologie

my new york photo reports continue today with a trip to anthropologie. there are three stores in manhattan and i found the one at the rockerfeller plaza on 5oth street to be the calmest and best one to visit, the 85 fifth avenue store was a lot busier. anthropologie is part of the same company as urban outfitters and was founded to take urbans customers to 'the next stage of their life'. i.e aimed at 30-40 year old women with lots of money to spend. because they dont advertise they plow a lot of money into the looks of their stores, hence the merchandising and window displays are spectatcular. good news for those of us in the UK, i was reliably informed that they are planning a london store soon. i took loads of pics, in fact i had to edit these down, but be warned this post is still pretty long.