4 hours in napier

mother's day

What better way to celebrate Mother's Day than with a huge window mosaic of post-it notes with personal messages written on them, not only wishing a Happy Mother's Day, but also reflecting just how multicultural Auckland really is.

lest we forget

ANZAC Projection: Heroes of Gallipoli at the Auckland War Memorial Museum

louis vuitton auckland

Window display for the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland

pippa blake: journey

Image: Pippa Blake, Hibernia Prow I, 2006, oil, pencil and pastel on canvas

Pippa Blake embarked on possibly the most significant journey of her life following the tragic and untimely death of her husband, Sir Peter Blake. Pippa Blake's paintings embody both physical journeys, often water borne, and the metaphorical journey she herself is on.

Given the long association of Sir Peter and Pippa Blake with Louis Vuitton, Pippa Blake's exhibition is a natural partner event for the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland (9-21 March 2010). With its spectacular waterfront, Auckland will provide an excellent platform to showcase the Louis Vuitton Trophy, inspired by the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series held in Auckland 2009. The inaugural Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta was held in Nice last November and following its success, the second regatta commences on 9 March 2010. This duel will see eight international teams battle over a fortnight and is set to be the main attraction of the Auckland Festival of Sails.

The Pippa Blake: Journey exhibition will be open from 5-28 March at Louis Vuitton Queen Street from 10am-6pm daily.

gingerbread fire station

this years' gingerbread house

louis vuitton: art, fashion and architecture

Birthday present to myself, and a group shot of some of my other Louis Vuitton books.

street art

I stood watching a street artist using spray cans to create artwork for over 2 hours before I finally asked him to do a special one for me. It took me that long to decide what I wanted painted, as every one he did was different and I liked different parts of each. With a large crowd around every time he did one and being sold basically straight away by people who saw what he was doing, I was lucky that I got one made exactly to how I wanted and it turned out perfect!

I asked him to do lots of planets which I thought looked amazing after seeing the techniques he used to make them, and I loved the way he did the shadows on the pyramids so wanted them on the bottom. He added in the UFO himself which I think is a very nice touch!

night lights with telecom

As with the light display at the Town Hall in May 2009, the Ferry Building in Downtown Auckland was lit up to celebrate the launch of Telecom's new logo and branding. It was done by Mike Mizrahi of Inside Out Productions, the man behind glamourous Louis Vuitton events.

Louis Vuitton Jazz Night

The last picture was taken right at the end of the night after they had packed up, it was alot busier than that! There was a jazz band playing, as well as displays with turntables on them displaying the mens collection including the Macassar Soft Briefcase and the Beaubourg Sac de Sport, as well as record covers and the records that came with the invitation.

The storefront was converted to look like a jazz club with posters of records on the walls, and one of the mens wall display was also changed to the Jazz Night theme, with black backing and record covers placed between the stock.

Of course there was free flowing Moët as well as an interesting ginger cocktail. Was a fun night!