The amazing hotel I blogged about when I was in LA is set to open its doors in New York City this week! The Andaz boutique hotel will be opening this week on 5th avenue in the former Tommy Hilfiger headquaters.

“The hotel is the third opening this year for rapidly-expanding Andaz, which says that it wants to make guests feel like they’ve been welcomed into a friend’s home, rather than a hotel.”

“Like other Andaz properties, the 184-room Andaz Fifth Avenue doesn’t feature a reception desk, instead preferring to check people in over a drink in the lounge or whilst walking to their room.”

The interior, designed by Tony Chi, is also designed to add a home-like feeling to the space, with the designer opting for exposed pipe ceilings, open kitchens and residential furniture, as well as sash windows that “pay homage to New York City’s pre-war apartments and factories”.

Many rooms have floor to ceiling windows and all offer marble bathrooms with dual sinks, rainfall shower heads and a porcelain footbath in the shower – perfect for refreshing the feet after a hard day pounding the New York streets.

Guests can choose between the locally sourced shop, a 38-seat restaurant and a cellar bar for food and refreshment options, whilst events can be held in “Apartment 2E”, a catered space designed to resemble an apartment where guests can mingle with the chefs or access the hotel’s open-air courtyard.

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Make Something Workshops brings a new generation of talented artists and designers to the forefront, and gives kids a chance to interact and learn from some of the world’s best, while taking part in fun workshops. This July, Nike has teamed up with Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Make Something!! a DIY art program founded by Aaron Rose.

Based around the upcoming World Basketball Festival, the Workshops are split into Design and Art curriculums. The design week offers teenagers aged between 14 and 18 the chance to learn and work with designers, from Jordan Brand, Nike, Nike Sportswear and Converse to design apparel, footwear and more.

The experience continues with 10 other creative Make Something!! art-based workshops, led by world-renowned artists, handing over skill and experience on how to produce and promote your own creative talents. To end with a blast, the World Basketball Festival Celebration Event will be held at famous Rucker Park in August.

You must be aged between 14 and 18 years old, and located in the New York Tri-State area(The workshops will take place in Soho, New York City).

There are a number of workshops to choose from, simply fill in the details and select your 1st, 2nd and 3rd options of which workshop you would prefer to attend, and we’ll be in touch!

Remember, you must be aged between 14 and 18 years old! and you must be located in the New York area.

Click here to select a workshop and pass on your details for enrollment.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Monday, July 12
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Converse: Graphic Design
[1 Workshop – 25 Students]
Students will work with product graphic designers. The focus will be designing graphics for the individual countries represented in the World Basketball Festival. Hear from professional athletes and how they collaborate with Converse designers. Tour the customization studio.

Tuesday, July 13
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Nike Sportswear: Destroyer
[1 Workshop – 25 Students]
Students will work with apparel and graphic designers to pick materials and appliqués for the Destroyer jacket. Hear from professional athletes and how they collaborate with Nike Sportswear designers. Tour the customization studio.

Wednesday, July 14
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Jordan: Jersey Top + Jersey Short
[1 Workshop – 25 Students]
Students will work with apparel and color designers to create patterns for Jordan jersey top and shorts to represent the countries in the World Basketball Festival. Hear from professional athletes and how they collaborate with Jordan designers. Tour the customization studio.

Thursday, July 15
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Nike Basketball: Shoe + Ball
[1 Workshop – 25 Students]
Students will work with footwear designers to create various Hyperdunk products to represent the countries in the World Basketball Festival. Hear from professional athletes and how they collaborate with Nike Basketball designers. Tour the customization studio.

Friday, July 16
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / SAVE THE DATE
[1 Workshop – 4 Students]
Details to come!

Monday, July 19
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Mural Project
[1 Workshop – 20 Students]
Students will work with established artists to create an interior mural at Stadium. Mural will encompass the general themes of World Basketball Festival alongside specific designs and concepts developed within the class. This workshop may become an ongoing project which is executed over the course of the workshop schedule…

Wednesday, July 21
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Sign Painting
[1 Workshop – 20 Students]
Class will learn the basics of lettering and sign construction and then use these skills to create original signage for the front of the Make Something!! Project space at Stadium. This could manifest in the form of a window display or actual signage that is hung on the outside of the building.

Monday, July 26
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Poster Design (Part One)
[1 Workshop – 30 Students]
Class will be broken into small groups and given the assignment of making a series of promotional posters announcing the World Basketball Festival. Using a standard template of WBF text and graphics, students will execute a variety of designs over the course of the day. Students will utilize lettering, photo collage, and basic layout skills to create the designs. Final designs will then be made into silkscreens for use in Part 2.

Tuesday, July 27
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Poster Design (Part Two)
[1 Workshop – 10 Students]
Class will be taught the basics of silkscreen printing process. A mobile silkscreen station will be set up in the space and students will print a limited-edition print announcing WBF. The final posters will then be distributed to VIPs and hung in the windows and on the walls of local businesses around Bowery.

Thursday, July 29 & Friday, July 30
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Portraits of World Basketball Festival Communities
[1 Workshop (2 Days) – 30 Students]
Working with an established documentary photographer and videographer, students will be given the assignment of shooting still and video portraits of NYC residents. Students will be broken into groups and assigned a particular NYC neighborhood that related to the WBF teams. These portraits will then be used as a feature on the WBF website announcing the festival.

Monday, August 2
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Costume Design
[1 Workshop – 15 Students]
120 DIY basketball jerseys will be produced in different color ways before the event. From these each student will “customize” two jerseys with both basketball influences and imagery from their assigned countries. These jerseys will be worn by dancers and will lead the parade, while the remaining will be given to drummers, puppeteers, flag holders to wear.

Tuesday, August 3
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Flags and Banners
[1 Workshop – 30 Students]
Class will be broken into five teams of six students. Each group will produce either a series of flag/banners. Banners will use imagery from chosen countries.

Wednesday, August 4
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Puppets
[1 Workshop – 12 Students]
Class will be broken into six teams of two students. Each team will then create one large-scale puppet to be used in conjunction with flags and banners as part of the overall celebration parade.

Friday, August 6 & Saturday, August 7
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Music Workshop
[1 Workshop (2 Days) – 30 Students]
Each day will be led by a celebrity musician. The focus will be on “drums & beats” which will be easy to execute in a parade/celebration context. Students will learn about native rhythms to WBF countries and then create their own compositions based on those influences. Beats and rhythms will be composed, rehearsed and recorded over the course of the workshop.

Thursday, August 12
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Photo and Video Workshop
Class will be broken into five teams of two students. Each group will represent a different side of the documentation process. Students will be taught as a group by professionals in the basics of photo/video documentation and how to execute in a public setting.

Monday, August 16 & Tuesday, August 17
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Post Production, Photo and Video Workshop
[1 Workshop (2 Days) – 5 students per day]
Students will work with a professional photo editor / video editor to learn the basics of assembling a visual presentation. The final selections including films and photography will be posted to the website as a final presentation of the celebration event

Gucci and Fendi are launching their first full children’s collections.

Gucci presented its Gucci Kids line at its historical Firenze boutique during the Pitti Bimbo international childrenswear fair last week.

The line, aimed at children from newborn to age eight includes shoes, dresses, accessories and sunglasses created by Gucci star designer Frida Giannini.

Historical family fashion house Fendi, owned by French luxury group LVMH, had already presented an incomplete line for babies and is now fielding a collection designed by Fendi heiress Silvia Venturina Fendi at Pitti.

The collection is a partnership with Italian company Simonetta, which has already worked in the past with designer Roberto Cavalli on children lines.

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Rolls-Royce just unveiled their new phone app for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Exclusive to Rolls-Royce’s latest model – the Ghost – this application allows consumers to design and configure it to their exact specifications.

“The Ghost app allows you to choose from the thousands of design combinations available at Rolls-Royce dealerships.

There are 12 paint finishes, three wheel styles, visible exhaust tips, and a Silver Satin hood. The interior features a choice of eight different leather colors and five wood designs.

Once the car is designed, it can be saved in Rolls-Royce’s virtual garage. Along with full specifications, the app also provides a complete gallery as well as video.”

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It’s going down!

The entrance

The room

The restaurant

The business center

Italian designer Giorgio Armani on Tuesday opened his first signature hotel in the world’s tallest tower in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.

$11 000 a night for suites.

Designed in plain shades of black and brown, it occupies space on the ground floor of Burj Khalifa and on floors one to eight, with the luxury suites on floors 38 and 39.

On levels nine to 16 is the Armani Residence, apartments designed by Giorgio Armani and sold to private buyers.

The hotel has no paintings on the walls in an attempt to “keep it simple and elegant,” employees said on Tuesday.

Hotel staff said a night at the best suite — the Armani Dubai suite, and it was already occupied on Tuesday — costs 40,000 dirhams (10,900 dollars).

In addition to fine restaurants, the hotel also has a spa, but this is restricted to 300 “Armani-style” members only.

In the Armani Prive lounge, the lighting gleams from marble tables and the largest LCD television in the world — showing Armani fashion shows. The lowest rate for a table in the lounge is 3,000 dirhams (816 dollars).

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Today’s contest is brought to you by TIMEX. I am giving away 4 Timex IRONMAN Watches seen above! In order to win, it is very simple. 1. Follow me on twitter and answer the following question in the comment section: WHAT DOES TIME MEAN TO YOU?  ( you can describe what time means to you or a moment in time you would like to relive or take back)

The Rules:

IF YOU  WANT A CHANCE TO WIN 1 0f 4 Timex Ironman Watches FOLLOW THESE STEPS OR YOU WILL NOT QUALIFY

1. FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER (If you are already following me on twitter, you can still win by doing step 2) #marcustroytimexcontest

2. LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST (marcutroy.com) ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: WHAT DOES TIME MEAN TO YOU

#marcustroytimexcontest

The contest ends Thursday the 22nd of April and the winners will be contacted via twitter on Friday the 23rd.

Good Luck & Thanks for always participating.

I am giving away 1 Timex watch to 4 different people (you can’t pick the color) the people with the best answers win!

Details about the prize:

Timex Ironman Shock 30-Lap Full

A throwback to the original 1986 Ironman* watch with improved functionality and shock resistant durability.
* Manufactured by: Timex
* Two Time Zones
* Built-In Setting Reminders
* Forward or Backward Setting
* Month
* Day and Date Display
* Durable and Lightweight Resin Case
* Top Pusher for Easy Operation
* Durable Resin Strap
* Shock-Resistant to ISO Standards
* All-Day White Reflector Display
* 1 Year Limited Warranty (U.S. Only)

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* Fully-insured, expedited, free shipping
* We regret that this item cannot be shipped to PO Boxes.

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Product Details

* INDIGLO Night-Light with NIGHT-MODE
* 100-Hour Chronograph with Lap and Split Times
* 30-Lap Memory Recall
* 99-Lap Counter
* 24-Hour Countdown Timer
* Three Daily
* Weekly
* Weekday or Weekend Alarms with 5-Minute Backup

Some answers from last nights Twitter conversations:

“Leica recently launched a new initiative titled CITIES.PEOPLE.PERSPECTIVES which brings together a variety of photographic authors from around the globe. The goal of the project is to offer a look into the respective city and travels of the people involved. The concept is to provide a visual experience beyond the trite postcard imagery we are so often encounter. The site is integrated with Google Maps so you can get a better understanding of exactly where each shot took place. The list of photographers include William Yan, Sevada A. & Philipp S., Anh Phan, Nii Obodai, TK and Tomohiro Fujii. The site will be updated on a regular basis and can be seen here.“

Via Hypebeast

I’m really proud of my homie William Yan being part of this project.

Bruxe Design and Marcustroy.com are giving you the opportunity to win the entire Spring 2010 Bruxe Collection pictured above.

The Johnston Waxed Canvas Backpack
The Billy waxed canvas waist pack
The Barnes waxed Canvas Laptop bag

Yes! We are are giving away all 3 pieces to a lucky winner!!

How to win?

Very simple, follow these rules:

1. Follow @marcustroy & @bruxedesign (You need to follow both of us, If you are already, You’re Good!)

2. Take a picture of what’s inside your bag & upload it to twitpic.com with the hashtag #whatsinmybag

3.Tweet this message: I want to win the #whatsinmybag contest by @marcustroy & @bruxedesign (twitpic of what’s inside your bag) Follow them for a chance to win! RT

The winner will be chosen  April 1st 2010 by The Bruxe Team and Marcus Troy. The person with the best contents inside their bag wins! Don’t be afraid to be creative.

Have fun and Good luck!

Japanese anime-inspired brand, GOMMI ARCADE invites you to celebrate the release of the highly anticipated Nooka x GOMMI ARCADE ‘Future-Shock’ Zub Zot Watch at AC GEARS*

All guests must be at least 21 years of age

*I will be NYC on Friday to celebrate the Launch of the Nooka x Gommi Arcade Watch. Come trough and have some drinks with me! Its on the house.

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