ISSUE 79/FACADE/DECEMBER 21, 2009
SO-IL
IMAGES: WALLING & MCGARITY ,
WORDS: DAVID SOKOL
"Here I'm fascinated by the possibilities—that architects can experiment and not necessarily report their essence to society." So says the Netherlands-born Florian Idenburg, about designing architecture in the United States. Idenburg does so with his wife and partner Jing Liu from a Brooklyn studio named Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu (SO-IL).
ISSUE 79/MODEM/DECEMBER 16, 2009
JULIAN LOUIE
IMAGES: WALLING & MCGARITY ,
WORDS: TRANG CHUONG
This Santa Cruz native and graduate of Cooper Union is a triple threat. Not only a fashion designer, Julian Louie is a photographer and artist whose work has exhibited in New York galleries Vagabond and Stay Gold. Perhaps that's why Calvin Klein's Creative Director Francisco Costa personally chose him to mentor.
ISSUE 79/AREA/NOVEMBER 25, 2009
SWITCH HITTERS
IMAGES: PATRICK BRADLEY
As the days get shorter, good lighting becomes increasingly essential, some may even say, therapeutic. Here, Avant Guardian photographer Patrick Bradley sliced and diced a few of our favorites. Trained as an architect, Bradley scoured Manhattan's showrooms for the most photogenic.
ISSUE 79/SUBTEXT/NOVEMBER 16, 2009
AFTER HOURS
STYLING: LINNEA OLSON-SCHWARTZ ,
IMAGES: JOHN MICHAEL FULTON ,
SET DESIGN: CHAD TUCKER AT JUDY CASEY ,
LOCATION: SPLASHLIGHT STUDIOS
ISSUE 79/SUBTEXT/NOVEMBER 10, 2009
THE 2009 THESIS GUIDE
WORDS: DAN RUBINSTEIN
We've scoured the country's top design universities for the best graduate thesis projects. We found so many amazing talents for our print edition of the Annual Avant Guardian Issue that we're revealing more online. From the cleverly conceptual to the deftly commercial, these projects challenge the status quo.






















