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Virginia Sin, good friend and clever designer, recently...

Apr 1st

Simko: How's work?
Rosenberg: the CEO is obsessed with Barnum and Bailey Circus so we have a taxidermic baby elephant in the lobby
Simko: AMAZING
Rosenberg: its kinda sad. and awesome.

Mar 31st

Trying to translate the remainder into Illustrator…...

Mar 31st

“I love that man so much, it’s ridiculous. Like, I want...”
— Kate Hudson

Mar 31st

IZZE (sparkling juice) was one of the sponsors, so there...

Mar 29th

“Collectors are buying a lifestyle. It gives them a...”
— Penny Duncklee

Mar 29th

The way the light spills into the (tiny) VIP lounge at Pulse...

Mar 29th

Volkswagen Routan: Choose A Family

Mar 29th

I took this photo at The Armory Show simply because I wanted...

Mar 29th

Anonymous: You treat married men like they're impotent.
Simko: Aren't they?

Mar 29th

I loved the typography on the walls in the VIP lounge at The...

Mar 29th

Scandi·candy noun, plural - dies The term one of my male friends just (casually) used to describe...

Mar 29th

Christmas came early again. Heading to The Armory Show and...

Mar 29th

“…And lots of drunk very rich people. Oh rich people,...”
— Ryan Adams

Mar 29th

An issue of Modart Magazine landed on my desk. Given the...

Mar 29th

“Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the...”
— Oscar Wilde

Mar 29th

My little sister has an adorable pair of Burberry rain...

Mar 29th

More from Scope…

Mar 29th

I received a call from 541.969.9876 a few days ago. They didn’t leave a voicemail. I called...

Mar 29th

Philippe Starck's plans for future (or lack...

Mar 28th

Pixel couch. Print design by Cristian Zuzunaga, distributed...

Mar 28th

Munson: my nipples are sore
Simko: Wow. Who have you been fooling around with?
Munson: a wool jacket on a cold day

Mar 28th

FACT: His friends were (practically) donning painted-on shirts and Michael Flatley Lord of the Dance...

Mar 28th

More from our trip to Scope on Wednesday. I’m just...

Mar 28th

Thompson: member last week when you hung out with Lauren "LC" Conrad at Les Deux?
Simko: Yes. I mean no... Wait. WTF?!
Thompson: BUSTED. can't believe you didn't tell me first.
Simko: I can't believe you just made me cyber-stutter or THAT YOU CARE. We didn't really hang out. She's friends with Matty and I happened to stop by with him.
Thompson: QUESTION. does she smell like rainbows?
Simko: Anddddd this conversation officially just pioneered new levels of ridiculous.

Mar 28th

I feel so much better today. I can actually breathe and my voice no longer cracks like a 14-yr old...

Mar 28th

Quick run to Apple with someone who (hilariously) attempted...

Mar 28th

“A crash is when your competitor’s program dies. When...”
— Guy Kawasaki

Mar 28th

I briefly attended GenArt’s Film Festival launch at...

Mar 28th

There’s nothing I hate more than being sick… Well, except being sick when it is raining...

Mar 27th

One the best parts about the Scope preview was that we were...

Mar 27th

As a grand finale, I headed to watch Arthur Boujenah cover...

Mar 27th

“Women, don’t get a tattoo. That butterfly looks great...”
— Billy Elmer

Mar 27th

After Scope and Moby, we stopped by the Soho House. I took...

Mar 27th

Listen

Plushgun - Just Impolite. Tyler Shields introduced me to this track a while ago and felt obligated...

Mar 27th

After Scope we swung by Moby’s listening party for his...

Mar 27th

Alexa: Thousand not million! Now do you like the idea?!
Simko: Great example of why I hate real estate in this city - I thought it was a for sale not rent. I feel insane(ly better) about the idea.
Alexa: Good. So you're in?

Mar 27th

Yesterday, hopped up on enough DayQuil to force my body to...

Mar 27th

Wakozi

Mar 26th

Daddy I want a Hobra… This Zorse (or Hobra) is the...

Mar 26th

“The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold...”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Mar 26th

I’ll admit to having an odd obsession with the little...

Mar 26th

Christmas came early this year… Scope New York.

Mar 26th

Heading to bed (relatively) early again tonight in an attempt to kick this cold and wake up...

Mar 26th

The Sense Light Swing by Lervik Design. Created by...

Mar 26th

Daddy: Did you fix your phone or buy a new one?
Simko: I fixed it!
Daddy: That's great. How?
Simko: I took a fork and...
Daddy: I don't know why I even expected a conventional answer from you

Mar 26th

Watch

Trailer for Chapter 27 movie…

Mar 26th

“I love Africa in general, South Africa and West Africa. They...”
— Paris Hilton

Mar 25th

Things I may or may not have already eaten this morning (for breakfast) that will probably not help...

Mar 25th

Watch

I’ve decided the best way to shift my brain from Los Angeles back into Manhattan is some...

Mar 25th

“I shine like Morrissey on Hennessy on Christmas Eve. No -...”
— Dirt Nasty

Mar 25th

Sadly, this is probably an accurate prediction of what my...

Mar 24th

Taking turns thinking excuses (not to attend certain social...

Mar 24th

Holy ostentatious… My friends are officially...

Mar 22nd

“Los Angeles, I don’t like that town. Too decadent, and...”
— Layne Staley

Mar 22nd

Buddha, graffiti and wine… We’ve got almost all...

Mar 22nd

Feder: quit nation-trotting
Simko: Is that your version of "come home"?
Feder: yes and if we were playing on the playground right now, i'd run up and kick you in the shin because that would translate to "i missed you"

Mar 22nd

Jordan Eubanks teaching us the important life-lesson of how...

Mar 22nd

“If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I...”
— Dr. Seuss

Mar 22nd

Friday night I ate at Geisha House with Matty Osborn, Ted...

Mar 22nd

“Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In...”
— Erica Jong

Mar 22nd

The view of Los Angeles from Matt Osborn and Ted...

Mar 22nd

I’ve been trying to really wrap my mind around Los Angeles this trip in an attempt to shake my...

Mar 21st

Thursday night we went to Armen Gharabegian’s NeoMeze...

Mar 21st

“I’m not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean...”
— Jeffrey Wright

Mar 21st

Piece by Samuel Kerr. This reminds me of how much I miss the...

Mar 20th

Let’s add “incredible chef that cooks for...

Mar 20th

“I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They’re...”
— Andy Warhol

Mar 20th

Good evening Glendale…

Mar 19th

“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.”
— Steven Wright

Mar 19th

The first person (in LA) to bring me here wins a prize… Seriously. Let’s do this people....

Mar 19th

I went to Ethos directly from the airport. It’s nice...

Mar 19th

I am taking a 6.30am flight from New York to Los Angeles. The only thing more fun than a 6.30am...

Mar 19th

If you Google (image search) “Los Angeles” this...

Mar 19th

Facebook advertising…

Mar 19th

Simko: Things change. People grow up and become other people.
Kaditz: Well, kids grow up and become people...

Mar 19th

“Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will...”
— Frank Lloyd Wright

Mar 19th

Mar 19th

Justine Javier-Borja took me on a romantic date to the...

Mar 19th

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
— Coco Chanel

Mar 18th

The Safretti Gaya wall-mounted fireplace. High-style with a...

Mar 18th

Listen

Version of J. Geils Band’s “Centerfold” by Shwayze, Cisco Adler. I think DJ Skeet...

Mar 18th

My gorgeous friend Christine Nebiar sent me an Edible...

Mar 18th

“When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for...”
— Larry Ellison

Mar 18th

Limited Edition Suspension Piano by Seiler…

Mar 18th

“I think about my work every minute of the day.”
— Jeff Koons

Mar 18th

Simko: You need a girl with a hobby of her own, not an entire world.
ExBoyfriend: I know you better than you think I do.
Simko: We dated for a year and you've never even seen a real design project of mine. Not one. The projects you've seen were essentially the equivalent of artistic masturbation.
ExBoyfriend: what does that have to do with knowing you?

Mar 18th

I live in James Perse. Realizing that I could purchase...

Mar 17th

“I spent my days recording pithy, snarky insights for the New...”
— Joshua David Stein

Mar 17th

I’ve decided not to go to karaoke (upstairs at Cipriani Downtown) tonight for two reasons -...

Mar 17th

Presenting the 2009 Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe. The...

Mar 16th

“Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.”
— Malcolm Muggeridge

Mar 16th

I haven’t had time to blog much today so here’s...

Mar 16th

“It’s not easy doing things while you’re going...”
— Best Week Ever

Mar 15th

At Matt Lefkowitz’s apartment drinking red wine with...

Mar 15th

Fox Reality Show: Solitary

Mar 14th

The (random) things I find on my G5’s HD never cease...

Mar 14th

“Michael James, 3 Pink Vodka and Sodas in to my conversation...”
— Steve Lewis

Mar 14th

Today is my little sister’s Birthday… Happy...

Mar 14th

“I’d asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions....”
— Andy Warhol

Mar 14th

I’m thinking of joining Twitter for several reasons… However, part of me is becoming...

Mar 13th

Judging by some of the reviews that I’ve read,...

Mar 13th

Watch

The Hipster Olympics. I know this is old but I dug it up to show a friend who recently visited...

Mar 13th

Apparently being a model stinks...

Mar 12th

via Cobra Snake…

Mar 12th

“There are these incidental kinds of loopholes in my brain,...”
— John Mayer

Mar 12th

I just closed an email with “sending my condolences and/or congratulations” -...

Mar 12th

I really prefer photos that are created by accident - the...

Mar 12th

“Combing reason with emotion, that’s the most difficult...”
— Joris Laarman

Mar 12th

In The Financial Times there is an article discussing what...

Mar 12th

Troika’s All the time in the World encourages the...

Mar 12th

“It’s all a big game of construction, some with a brush, some...”
— Jackson Pollock

Mar 12th

I still think that www.jacksonpollock.org is one of the most successful (and accurate) examples of...

Mar 12th

Yesterday, Valleywag posted an amusing bit about the...

Mar 12th

People from the West Coast are really terrible at adapting...

Mar 12th

When I heard about the prostitution ring scandal an image of Eliot Spitzer and Hugh Grant...

Mar 10th

Forecast: Partly cloudy skies giving way to light...

Mar 10th

“La sexualité, c’est l’objet principal de...”
— Jeff Koons

Mar 10th

Mobile advertisement from Hitachi… Photo from Guest of...

Mar 9th

“There was so much in that conversation that either should...”
— Samantha Feder

Mar 9th

Watch

Tim Schneider and I were just discussing high-budget fashion shows. I think that the Fendi show...

Mar 9th

Ohhhh it’s Daylight Savings… Losing an extra hour (when I have 114 unread emails and a...

Mar 9th

New album cover for new band… 1969.

Mar 9th

yourmonkeycalled: Just spent 2 hours at the park with my ChapStick Application Level inadvertently...

Mar 7th

I ordered a new boyfriend. He should be here in roughly 3-5...

Mar 7th

“Nobody wants to get chased down the street by a mad...”
— Alex Castellanos (Phil...

Mar 7th

Location of future Goyard store in France…

Mar 6th

Technical Oymoron(s)...

Mar 6th

Ahhh yes, another unauthorized book about Banksy. I’m...

Mar 6th

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as...”
— Douglas Adams

Mar 6th

Guess I’ll just file this invite under “places I...

Mar 6th

I really wish I didn’t do stupid things like write “Mintoneista” across a piece of...

Mar 6th

Annie Leibovitz shot the most recent Louis Vuitton...

Mar 6th

As it turns out, Alexa loves starting trouble… Above...

Mar 6th

“Successful design feeds off random knowledge.”
— Gwen Haberman

Mar 6th

I’ve been thinking about ping pong a lot lately -...

Mar 6th

Bad day? We've all been there...

Mar 5th

Yet another image that I adore but do not have any...

Mar 5th

“I thought of you yesterday because the eye hospital across...”
— Kate Cecil

Mar 5th

I could write a great deal about how enjoyable my Birthday...

Mar 5th

“So Botox or blackout? Your choice, my treat. Happy Birthday!”
— Justine Javier-Borja

Mar 4th

I really need to learn not to save (or drag-and-drop) every...

Mar 4th

Simko: Predictably, I realized my mistake during the closing remarks and started to backpedal (furiously)... Fail.
Anonymous: I've done a whole lot of backpedaling lately. Last night I pretty much did the entire Tour de France. Just a healthy dose of absurdity for a Monday night. No big deal.

Mar 4th

I was recently introduced to Alexander Gelman. To make a...

Mar 4th

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then...”
— W.C. Fields

Mar 4th

Coyote Fur Hammock by Bless. If I had $8,280.00 to burn (and...

Mar 4th

Oliver: you're no fun lately
Simko: I know - I've just been really busy with work stuff.
Oliver: it's like if people had a vocational school training people to be no fun, you would graduate at the head of the class and then they would hire you back to teach there... oh, and you would have gone on a scholarship!

Mar 4th

Jeremy Kipnis’ $6 Million Home Theater. It comfortably seats...

Mar 4th

“Please excuse me - but I believe I have a date with a...”
— My Sister

Mar 4th

It feels really good to be settled back in Manhattan - I just wish I didn’t have quite so many...

Mar 3rd

Console book shelves by Stanislav Katz… Yes.

Mar 3rd

“Double you tea ef are you doin tanite?”
— Mark Gerber

Mar 3rd

Alexa: Maybe we should name the dog Simko?!
Simko: If you name it Simko it will definitely grow up retarded
Alexa: No - it will be creative!
Simko: Creativity doesn't translate with dogs - it just means it will poop on your pillow instead of your rug...
Alexa: Ok. Good point.

Mar 3rd

Matthew Lefkowitz and Alexa Rad are the proud owners of yet...

Mar 3rd

“Imagine a widely used and expensive prescription drug that...”
— Edward Tufte, PowerPoint Is...

Mar 3rd

Watch

I’m just going to come out and say it - I hate PowerPoint. I recently tried to design a...

Mar 3rd

I’d like to have something equally unexpected extreme...

Mar 3rd

“Flat tax would be so simple, you could fill it out on a post...”
— Steve Forbes

Mar 3rd

People often ask me how/why I have remained friends with...

Mar 2nd

“It is not best when we use our morals on weekdays; it gets...”
— Mark Twain

Mar 2nd

LC2 Petit Modele Armchair is now available in concrete....

Mar 2nd

Sister: so last night, this drunk kid wearing snowboarding goggles come up to me and says "i know you. you're afton - you're an engineer and we're facebook friends."
Simko: Seth Green?

Mar 2nd

Every so often, Page Six provides some really delicious imagery in their little...

Mar 2nd