Monday night I went to an AIGA lecture where Andy Spade was the speaker. Being that it is Wednesday now and 10pm I feel a little brain dead on the subject, but it was pretty inspirational. Andy Spade was a founding partner of Kate Spade and Jake Spade (however the husband and wife team no longer own the companies). As a side note, one which I’m sure he’s sick of, Andy is also comedian David Spade’s brother. I think what i love most about Andy’s work are his spaces. His stores always feel like somewhere you would want to live, very experiential.

The above cluster of artwork, was displayed in a Kate Spade store. All of the unique artwork was for sale as well.
While I dont have very many examples of Kate/Jake spade stores. But I love this pop up store he did for Jcrew mens.
They took over an old Liquor store and retained the name. The re-brand was done when no one cared about JCrew mens line and they weren’t offering anything unique.

For a little more info on David, i recommend this article over at the The New York Observer.

And while we are kind of on topic…how cute is this sweater over at Kate Spade right now?!



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