People like the terrariums in the lobby at Ace Hotel Portland. Martie Kilmer makes them. She has a store right around the corner from Ace, filled with skulls, cacti, and supplies for the curious. Visit her website to see more of her work, including a cow skull with air plants growing out of it. Pretty awesome.
Terrariums are really fun to make — you should try it. Get a cup of coffee and take notes in the lobby sometime.
Photos by Jeremy Pelley of OMFGCo
DKS LIST FOR ACE HOTEL NEW YORK : MARCH 10
We’re recovering from the fabulous overwhelm of Armory Week. To celebrate, here is Douglas Kelley’s DKS Shortlist for Ace Hotel New York for this week. As always, you can see the full DKS List here. And let us know what you think of the shows.
Wednesday March 10th
Thursday March 11th
Friday March 12th
Saturday March 13
Photo of Stefan Bruggemann at Yvon Lambert, via DKS List
“We were just two people that wanted to leave their jobs and be lazy and not work and just create this party house for us.”
Spike Jonze sat down with Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, the makers and shakers of Opening Ceremony, for Vice Magazine online. They spoke in perfect unison about the history of OC, their wildest dreams, and their new store at Ace Hotel New York.
If you haven’t met Linda Fabulous yet, you haven’t really lived. She fills Ace Hotel & Swim club with her energy, her enormous sunglasses, and her flamboyant style. And she has a way with Judy Garland tunes.
Every Monday night, Linda hosts Rose Tattoo Bingo, a hit with locals and visitors, in The Commune.
Ace co-sponsored the TEDActive 2010 conference in Palm Springs, and this music video — sparked when The John Lennon Bus drove up to the conference and invited attendees to share their ideas about what the world needs. A host of musicians worked together to create the song, and the TEDActive community turned their ideas into illustrations, with help from artist Jansen Yee.
We’re looking forward to spending a weekend in April with artist Karen Kimmel and her friends making art and eating fireside s’mores at Ace Palm Springs. The Art of Exchange is a two day, two night artist retreat for kids and families with interactive workshops, activities, projects, Saturday movie night with popcorn, and the aforementioned s’mores (which we’re obviously feeling pretty casual about). Karen and friends — including Clare Crespo, who made the diorama in the lobby — will guide art projects like potato prints, miniature gardens, macramé, dioramas, and knitting, with a focus on the reuse and repurposing of natural materials. You can also just do your own thing, hang out by the pool, and explore. Community activities will include a poolside barbecue, Sunday brunch, and some communal dining with a special menu for families.
There’s a special package for the event that includes all workshops, projects, and group activities, and a Kimmel Kids tote filled with goodies.
Karen’s handmade trivets and Kimmel Kids totes and coloring books are also sold exclusively through the Community Shop at Ace Hotel & Swim Club.
Photos courtesy of Karen Kimmel
REVOLUTION PIPE BOMB is resting on a bed of gunpowder in a glass vitrine in the lobby at Ace Hotel New York during Armory Week.
We posted a few days ago about this unusual perfume by Lisa Kirk, in a handcrafted pipe bomb by Jelena Behrend. The fragrance is available in a more affordable vessel at No. 8a, a store full of the interesting and unorthodox.
Photo by Jou-Yie Chou at Ace Hotel New York
Remember your bed at Ace Hotel Portland? It was really soft and looked good. You can get an exclusive Pendleton x Ace Hotel Portland pure virgin wool and cotton blanket, and then your bed will be like that, too. Seriously, they’re really nice.
Woven in Pendleton, Oregon and finished in Washougal, Washington by Pendleton Woolen Mills, a 140 year old company based in the Pacific Northwest, just like Ace. Email Ace Hotel Portland. They’ll send you an order form and then put one in the mail for you.
Pendleton also makes blankets for Ace Hotel New York. Email the front desk if you’d like one.
Photos by Noah Kalina, this is a recording, leedav, kate/for me, for you, msutter, ldanderson, Matt 1986, NessieNoodle, Jeremy Pelley of OMFGCo, and sweetmelissa813. Thanks, Flickr friends.
Today marks the unveiling of a new film on our video on demand system in New York City and Palm Springs. Here Come The Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized is a new animated collaboration between The Decemberists and four acclaimed filmmakers: Guilherme Marcondes, Julia Pott, Peter Sluszka, and Santa Maria.
The film is a “richly imagined liquid lightshow” built around the epic song cycle by The Decemberists, lauded as “a remarkable experience” yielding “spectacular sparks.”
We wanted you to have all of that when you visit us.
DKS LIST FOR ACE HOTEL NEW YORK : ART FAIRS 2010
One of the busiest weeks in New York City’s fine art scene has arrived. If you’re here, you’re definitely wondering what’s worth going to. Here are Douglas Kelley’s picks for Ace Hotel New York (we’re posting a little early since it’s such a wonderfully overwhelming week).
March 2010 Art Fairs
Tuesday March 2nd
Wednesday March 3rd
Thursday March 4th
Friday March 5th
Saturday March 6th
Sunday March 7th
Let us know what you think of the shows. And we’ll post Douglas’ new list next Wednesday.
