9 story snowboarding ramp in NYC

Refrig on 9th at

Carnegie hall Tibet house concert

The National at Carnegie hall

The National at Carnegie hall

Kidjo at Carnegie Hall

Grandmother in New York State Bowling League Championship in 1963

Grandma is second from the right side.

When I was 7 yrs old

Great Grandfather's bar in Salamanca, New York in the early 20th century

New York City Acronym T-shirt by Solarek Studio / Wordsworth

View and buy New York City t-shirts here http://wordsworth.spreadshirt.com/

Obama's a Leo

me, too
; )

Barbie's Glass Ceiling

I couldn't help but think of the term "glass ceiling' when I was at the Barbie center at F.A.O Schwartz...boys are building robots in one corner of the store, and girls are admiring high-heels in another.

Wordsworth Dubai t-shirt by Solarek Studio

View and buy Dubai t-shirts here http://wordsworth.spreadshirt.com/

NYC 1609 vs. 2009

This composite image splits Manhattan into two visions; how it looked in 1609, left; its more vertical profile today, right.

I'd love to see this blown up huge, and placed in Times Square. This is from an article in today's Times about the exploration of NYC. A quick excerpt before you get to whatever else you were doing:

Mr. Sanderson writes Mannahatta had more ecological diversity than Yellowstone, more native plant species than Yosemite, more species of birds than the Great Smoky Mountains.

“If Mannahatta existed today as it did then, it would be a national park,” Mr. Sanderson writes. “It would be the crowning glory of American national parks.”


Full article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/nyregion/25manhattan.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=henry%20hudson&st=cse

Quote that i liked...

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then wiil you realize that money cannot be eaten.

This appeared in 'Here' magazine.

South Carolina Santas

Ad agencies selling their own products? We're one of them

The following letter was sent to New York Times writer Claire Cain Miller in response to her article in today's Times. In the article (click here to read it), she describes agencies that are developing their own products.

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Dear Claire,

I enjoyed your article today about advertising agencies launching their own products. I agree that agencies stand to gain a lot by developing their own products and services. In this tough economy, this will put their feet to the fire in terms of seeing how much it costs to launch and maintain a product and/or service. Often, agencies want to spend, spend, spend on building a brand, while the client has to explain market forces and the economy to the agency. With the agency's money directly on the line, they stand to learn what it's like to be a client. Due to this, even if an agency doesn't want to offer its own product or service, it should do so. By becoming the 'client,' the agency can ironically become a better agency.

I have an advertising firm. We have worked with Newsweek, Tony n' Tina's Wedding, and home goods retailers, and I recently launched a travel product company named Air Wear. We've seen from our Air Wear dealings issues that mirror our advertising clients' issues. We can better relate to our clients because we are our own client. And then their are the perks of being the 'client.' When National Geographic Traveler magazine featured our products this past summer, our name wasn't buried like it is when our work is published for clients. Our name was right out front in the article. Overall, we are benefiting in many ways when we become agency and client.

Thank you.

Jason Solarek
Creative Director and Founder
Solarek Studio / Air Wear
http://www.solarek.com
http://www.solarek.com/airwear/

339 East 9th Street
New York, NY 10003
Office: 212-254-9654
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Every Product Has a Story to Sell

An appearance in the Friends of the High Line video

Friends of the High Line is a group dedicated to preserving an elevated railway for conversion into a promenade. I've loved this project since I heard about it first on NPR in 1999, when I moved to NYC from Buenos Aires. The park's first section will open in the spring of 2009. Wow. 10 years has gone by fast....or slow...or maybe fast. Either way, a success. Congrats FHL!

Watch the video:
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy4LcvWoIEg&feature=related

(I'm at time stamp 3:05)

Xmas day on the beach

Cool story about two blokes and a lion

I love this true story about two guys that raised a lion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U

Protestors at Waverly Inn in NYC