Rima Suqi

Salim Suqi, circa 1956

Greetings from the City by the Bay, where yours truly is embedded for several days of super-secret, NDA client meetings. You’ll find out soon enough. For now, allow me to share this button I spied in said client’s elevator.

It’s the one on the bottom right

here’s a closer look:

The question is – what exactly does it do? Stop the elevator if there’s an earthquake? Stop the earthquake? Hell, START an earthquake? Inquiring minds want to know. Please weigh in if you have the answer.

From the release:

Playfully decorated to be faithful to Eloise’s indomitable spirit and distinctive color palette of “Eloise pink” and black, the 2,100-square-foot Eloise shop resembles a ‘playhouse,’ an homage to one of the most lovably precocious fictional characters ever. Here Eloise fans young and old may re-enact their favorite vignettes from the “Eloise” books and movies, or, if they’d rawther, shop for a full assortment of adorable Madame Alexander dolls, Eloise books, Eloise-inspired bathrobes and bath towels, and exclusive product lines including the Eloise in Paris doll. The holiday debut will provide shoppers with an assortment of special holiday gift items including an exclusive Eloise ornament, Eloise at Christmas book and holiday-themed dolls.

The “Semi-Automatic,” as it is called, is already in-situ at the Mondrian Miami, where it occupies an entire wall in the lobby. Users can scroll through items displayed on a digital screen, purchase them with the swipe of a credit card, whereupon they are dispensed in sealed bags.

The Semi Automatic

Items you can buy:

Vena Cava canvas shoes

David Shrigley for Pringle tee

Prada Marfa sign (altho note, the prada installation isn't actually in Marfa, its in Valentine, TX, a neighboring town). Just sayin.

Toms shoes by Tyler Ramsay

Scott Campbell temporary knuckle tattoo set

Kid Robot Lucky Zip Pulls

Jil Sander limited edition "Foujita" tee

Lady Gaga Tee

ARKITIP and INCASE Macbook and iPhone case by Andre

Fenton-Fallon Bracelet

Subversive Jewelry for Doc Martens

This is only a small collection, as there are 36 items total. View them all here.

This is David’s Shrigley’s newest piece, called Brass Tooth, for Cereal Art. Available in an edition of 80 for $1,200. Each will be packaged in a wooden box with a hand drawn lid by David and will have a signed certificate.

About the artist:
David Shrigley lives and works in Glasgow and has exhibited widely in the UK and around the world. He is represented in New York by the Anton Kern Gallery. He also exhibits with Yvon Lambert in Paris and Galleri Nicola Wallner in Copenhagen. He has also been included in exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Kansas City Art Institute, The MCA Chicago,  and The Tate Modern in London.

For pre-publication pricing and ordering information please visit cerealart.com,  email info@cerealart.com or call 215-627-5060.

Beatuiful black (even tho it looks silver in the photo) nail clipper by Kiya, made of the same steel used to make katana swords. Comes with a case.

I bought mine at Tortoise General Store in Venice, CA.

Cost: $12. New gift for the design mafia in my life.

For over 15 years, Vanity Fair’s version of the Proust questionnaire has been one of the most popular pages in the magazine. Now they’ve compiled 100 of those interviews in a book. It’s  arranged alphabetically, beginning with Robert Altman and ending with Brian Wilson, and is a great read and an even better gift ( Amazon has it for $17).

Some choice answers:

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

Lauren Bacall: “a 24 inch waist”

Annette Benning: “Virginity”

Ray Charles: “Talent”

Ted Kennedy: “Silence”

What is your idea of perfect happiness”

Lou Reed: “A rent controlled apartment”

Salman Rushdie: “Life without policemen”

What do you consider the lowest depth of misery?

Maureen Dowd: “No mini-bar”

Eleanor Lambert: “Having nothing to read”

Fran Lebowitz: “French”

Arthur Miller: “Betrayal”

Gore Vidal: “A mirror”

What is your motto?

Sandra Bernhardt: “Kiss ‘em, slap ‘em, send ‘em home!”

Elaine May: “Don’t throw away designer clothes”

What do you dislike most about your appearance?

Jimmy Buffet: “Somebody stole my hair”

Karl Lagerfeld” “I spend my life working on that subject”

John Waters: “I’ve had a bad hair life”

What is your greatest extravagance?

Julia Child: “Shoes!”

Deepak Chopra: “Double hazelnut lattes”

Joan Collins: “Lawyers”

Catherine Deneuve: “Spending all my money when I was 17 years old to buy an Hermes Kelly bag”

David Mamet: “On moving house in Boston, empowering my decorator to conduct the whole proceduer while I was away on location.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger: “I am a major shoe queen”

Donald Trump: “Having to only ride an elevator to get to work”

How would you like to die:

Eric Clapton: “Fishing”

Ellen DeGeneres: “No, thank you”

Hedy Lamar: “Preferably after sex”

Olivia de Haviland: “ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered tohe answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.”

I don’t have a bike, but these panniers from cyclechic.co.uk make me wish I did:

Safari Pannier

Vintage style box bag

From today’s WWD:

Calvin Klein Collection is taking its affinity for the arts a step further next month when it partners with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to present a newly created art awards ceremony conceived by artist Rob Pruitt. The Rob Pruitt Presents: The First Annual Art Awards will take place at the museum on Oct. 29 in association with White Columns. The awards will celebrate contemporary artists in a Hollywood-style ceremony, with The Delusional Downtown Divas as the night’s masters of ceremonies; Glenn O’Brien as its official announcer and presenters such as James Franco, Nate Lowman, Mary-Kate Olsen, Cecily Brown, John Currin and Rachel Feinstein. Matthew Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces will perform that night.

Joan Jonas and Kasper König will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards, and other awards include Artist of the Year, Curator of the Year, Writer of the Year and several nods for shows of the year, as well as the Calvin Klein Collection New Artist of the Year. The event will benefit the Guggenheim, White Columns and Studio in a School organizations.