Interior Design Portfolio Show!

It's that time once again..... Portfolio Review
Come to the Art Institute of NYC Gallery
This Wednesday @ 5:00
Great People, Great Food, Amazing Portfolio's

The Architectural Digest Home Show

This weekend I was given the opportunity to attend the architectural Digest home show. my favorite part was the student exhibits of dining areas. here they are for you to see!And yes that man is real haha

From the desk of Erin Cantor:

March 2010
Save the Date:
March 18, 2010 @ 10 a.m.
the Battery Park City Library Opening
Mark your calendar.
Battery Park City, our first green Library in Manhattan

Join in and then tell us all about this grand opening!!!

-AI Movie NIght !

Come join in on the festivities...
Movie "Fountainhead"
Monday February 22nd 5:30-7:30
Individualistic and idealistic architect Howard Roark is expelled from college because his designs fail to fit with existing architectural thinking. He seems unemployable but finally lands a job with like-minded Henry Cameron, however within a few years Cameron drinks himself to death, warning Roark that the same fate awaits unless he compromises his ideals. Roark is determined to retain his artistic integrity at all costs.

The Highlight This Month!!!

Fashion Meets Interior Design.
Throughout history architecture has been an inspiration for all types of artists. The attention to detail, the beautiful facade, and the overwhelming size to say the least, can certainly inspire someone in the creation process. Featured in our very own gallery,(11-17 Beach st. Manhattan, NY) Fashion Designe students, Vikki Nulman and Heather Slingerland, found their inspiration through architecture, such as Toyo Ito's building "The Tod's" in Omotesando.

The interior design students were intrigued by this concept and edger to see their designs. Loving the concept of "inspiration through architecture", Rich Munson dreamed up a gallery installation that completely transformed the gallery into a siren Japanese oasis. After hard work from both ID and FD the gallery is finished and ready for the show! Thursday February,4th @5:00......Be there for the show...be there for the Food...just be there!
ID students Zach Vitelli, Jonathan Cheng, Richard Huffman




FD Students Heather slingerland and Vikki Nulman

ID/FD Sneak peak !!

Make sure to stop by and see the finished product! Our ID students along with the FD students worked on this instillation, to transform the gallery into a Japanese oasis, filled with architecture inspired garments created by the fashion students. closing party will be on February 12th! hope to see you there.

Straight from Erin Cantor's Desk!

Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

On display at the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY)
through Sunday, January 31, 2010
1220 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10029

Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future is the first retrospective of this architect's career, which was one of the most prolific, unorthodox, and controversial in the history of 20th-century architecture. From the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport (picture above) and the St. Louis Gateway Arch to the Pedestal Chair for Knoll Associates, Saarinen (1910-1961) created some of the most potent expressions of American identity after World War II. Featuring sketches, working drawings, models, photographs, furnishings, films, and other ephemera, the exhibition examines the architect's career from the 1930s through the early 1960s.

ASSA ABLOY is the global sponsor of Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future.

“scholarly and thoroughly researched... long overdue...”

—The New Criterion

“the curves and glossy surfaces are as seductive as ever... ”

—The New York Times

“profoundly moving... ”

—The Wall Street Journal

The Future at Home: American Furniture, 1940-1955

On display at MCNY through Monday, February 8, 2010

The Future at Home: American Furniture


Presented in conjunction with Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future, this selection of furniture, textiles, and print materials demonstrates the height of the modern movement in American home design. Characterized by simple forms using industrial materials, it was championed by well-known figures such as Eero Saarinen and Charles Eames along with many lesser-known designers.
The aesthetic they created in the 1940s and 1950s drew on prewar European modernism and rose to become a defining element of American design at mid- 20th century.