Tag: martin

  • An Urban Arts Project I Hope You’ll Consider

    The Textile Arts Center’s Artists In Residence Program is a project my wife, Jordana Munk Martin, started a few years ago at Oak Knit Studio, her Brooklyn-based art space.  It’s a one-of-a-kind program that incubates emerging textile artists from around the world, showcases their work, and activates local and national communities around DIY creative projects. There are so many ways…

  • The “Jordana Tank” By Designer Lindsay Degen

        My wife, Jordana Munk Martin, has inspired some new summer 2013 couture: The “Jordana Tank” by designer Lindsay Degen.  (FYI It’s not Jordana in these photos.) Degen’s beautiful knitted summer sweaters are featured on Of A Kind, which describes them like this: This is the definition of summer sweater. Hand-knit from super-soft merino wool, it’s substantial enough…

  • Playing With “Face Stealer”

    If you are on a conference call right now, put it on speaker, put it on mute, click here and download the “Face Stealer” app from Yahoo! Japan.  Here’s an example… This is Patty from Scratch: This is me: And this is Patty and me, together:

  • Kvell, Mom, Kvell

    Last month, I tried to impress the shit out of my parents by hooking our family up with a sweet bungalo (thank you, Pam Kaufman!) at the Nickelodeon Hotel in Orlando.  I stacked the room with fresh fruit and other treats, and even had my mom’s favorite cocktail, a (virgin) pina colada, waiting for her when she…

  • Reading Demetri Martin’s New Book

  • iPhone vs Droid: Second Graders Debate

    From complexity of the interface to the availability of games, my son, Dashiell, and his friend, Max, break it down for us in the battle of iPhone vs Droid…