Watch This: Tory Burch's Love Letter to New York

Such a cute video. Tory Burch shares her connection and love for New York City in this video short. And we share two favorite things about The Big Apple: The Frick Collection, where I would walk to on the weekends and read by the indoor fountain, and JG Melon, the famous burger joint that my friend Marisa and I would frequent and meet the true Upper East Side locals. Watch below!

Watch This: National Geographic Augmented Reality

I LOVE THIS! This is such fantastic marketing by National Geographic for people to interact with their brand. They hooked up with a company called Appshaker, and using the principles of augmented reality, people in Hungary were able to immerse themselves in surreal situations. Such a cool idea. Watch it below, or here.

Watch This: Eames, The Architect & The Painter

Today I took a field trip with my company to the Eames House in the Pacific Palisades, California. Nestled in the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean was the famous design couple's home and studio they built and designed in the 1940's. Not usually open to the public, we were given a private tour of the interior of the home!

It was pretty special to be able to see it, and perfect timing for the new Eames film that's coming out November 18. I can't wait to see this! Watch the trailer below, or here, and read more about the Eames House here.

Watch This: Murmuration

Wow! I've never seen anything quite like this. Two canoers were able to capture one of natures greatest and most fleeting phenomena. Kudos to the girl behind the camera, Liberty Smith, for such controlled camera work. Take a look below, or for my RSS feed viewers, watch it here.

Watch This: Quoddy Workshop

Some of the most amazing (and my favorite) men's shoes are handmade in a small workshop in Lewiston, Maine. Watch the video below on how Quoddy's are carefully built by these skilled craftsman. Watching how these shoes are made make them that much more special. Shop Quoddy here.

Watch This: Hermes Holiday Windows

Okay, so this is back from the 2009 holiday season, but it's SO genius. Everyone knows Hermes for their beautiful scarves, so what better way to show them off than to have them blowing in the windows? Holiday windows are one of my favorite things about the Christmas season- Berdorf, Barneys, and Bloomies- just a walk down Madison Avenue could put any girl in the Christmas spirit (or in my case, a drive through Wilshire in Beverly Hills). Watch it and be inspired! 

You Should Watch This

I recently found a gold mine of inspiration: Vimeo's 'Featured Videos' and 'Editor's Picks' on my Apple TV. Just sit back, relax and watch them all in HD right on your TV at home. It's amazing (can you tell I work for Apple?). But onto this video- it's truly a 'must watch'. It's a story of love and dating told only through macro shots. So simple and and so beautiful. Directed and edited by Gustav Johansson.

Mast Brothers Chocolate

In a New Year's Eve excursion last year, I found myself in Dean & Deluca in Soho, New York looking for goodies. I'm a complete sucker for good package design, so this place is somewhat of a gold mine for me. After finding a 'bottle' of water in a milk container and an amazing Otomi runner, I came across these Mast Brothers chocolates while in line. Watch the video below by The Scout to learn more.

Everything is a Remix

This is a really interesting video on the elements of creativity and how we create something new through transformation. Highly recommended viewing, especially for the blog world.

Kate Spade Color of the Month: Orange

A little bit late on this one, but here's the latest edition to Kate Spade's 'Color of the Month' video from May on the color orange. By New York-based design firm, Language Department.

Andy Spade Porn

I can't get enough of Andy Spade. The creative director, gallerist and raconteur invited NOWNESS into his Southampton home to explore his collection of high-low art.

The 19th-century house was originally the site of the Shinnecock Hills Summer School, a painting academy run by William Merritt Chase, founder of Parsons. His range of art is a testament to his emotion-driven collecting philosophy, which extends to his gallery/design studio with Anthony Sperduti, Partners & Spade.

Check out my post on his home in Manhattan here.


Andy Spade's Hamptons Manor from Alison Chernick on Nowness.com.

Jello

One more video from Modernist Cuisine. The jello cube! Read more about it here.

Café Belle

I'm giving in to my coffee addiction and researching espresso makers (I'm looking at you Intelligentsia, Farm Shop and Caffe Luxxe). This video by Modernist Cuisine makes it look even more delicious by slowing down the pouring of cream into black coffee at 1000 frames per second. If you haven't seen their cookbooks, the "cutaway" photography shots are fantastic.

La Vie Grand Marnier

My favorite ad of the moment is this one by Grand Marnier. Makes me feel like I'm at a French cocktail party!

Tying your Hermes Scarf

Here's the cutest video ever on how to tie a turband scarf.

Repetto

Loving this fantastic video by the Parisian shoe brand, Repetto. A behind the scenes look into the depth and detail that went into this window installation. I love when retailers enrich consumer experiences, and this effort sets the bar quite high. Shop their lust-worthy styles here.

Kate Spade's 'Year of Color' : March

Each month in this fine year of 2011 is an exciting one with kate spade's 'year of color' videos. kate spade collaborates with a different creative house every month to create a video based on a specific color.

Mother is a modern creative company based in Manhattan. Their world includes advertising, brand identity and design, packaging, interactive experience and events and general content development. Hello mellow yellow!

Amongst Type

In Baile Átha Cliath, typography influences and informs every day lives. This typography led mini-film was shot in and around central Dublin last week. Love the Warpaint music track!

My Favourite Things

It's been a whirlwind of a week since I've been back- I have lots to catch up on. In the meantime, this video made my heart smile on this blustery Saturday morning.

Bill Cunningham New York

William J. Cunningham, fashion photographer for The New York Times, is known for his candid street photography. Bill dropped out of Harvard University in 1948 and moved to New York, where he initially worked in advertising. Not long after, he quit his job and struck out on his own, making hats under the name 'William J.'

After being drafted and serving a tour in the U.S. Army, he returned to New York and got a job writing for the Chicago Tribune. During his years as a writer, he contributed significantly to fashion journalism, introducing American audiences to Azzedine Alaia and Jean-Paul Gaultier.

While working at the Tribune and at Women’s Wear Daily, he began taking photographs of fashion on the streets of New York. As the result of a chance photograph of Greta Garbo, he published a group of his impromptu pictures in the Times in December 1978, which soon became a regular series. His editor, Arthur Gelb, has called these photographs 'a turning point for the Times, because it was the first time the paper had run pictures of well-known people without getting their permission.'

Bill photographs people and the passing scene in the streets of Manhattan every day. Most of his pictures, he has said, are never published. Designer Oscar de la Renta has said, 'More than anyone else in the city, he has the whole visual history of the last 40 or 50 years of New York. It’s the total scope of fashion in the life of New York.' Though he has made a career out of unexpected photographs of celebrities, socialites, and fashion personalities, many in those categories value his company. According to David Rockefeller, Brooke Astor asked he be invited to her 100th birthday party, the only member of the media so honored.

Bill Cunningham New York, the new documentary film, is set to open next month in L.A. at the Nuart Theatre for only one week. Watch the trailer here.

'Fashion is the armor to survive everyday life.' - Bill Cunningham