Beyond Typography: The stars of New York

18 April 2008

The stars of New York

I've been in the office for the past couple of days. Back down to earth.

I went to see the live recording of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night with a colleague from work. He had managed to procure a couple of VIP passes for the show. We managed to get to the studio in time only to wait for about 50 minutes in the anteroom of the tv studio. Once in, we were entertained by a comedian named Q. Very funny. Typically, when he asked if there were any international visitors in the studio, half a dozen people put their hands up. He picked on one. He was from Buffalo. Then another, she was from Pennsylvania. Don't they know about the rest of the world?

Then they told us who the guest on the show was that evening. Uma Thurman!

She was there to promote her new film The Life Before Her Eye, but ended up talking about soft hands and cooking. She was taller than I expected and very down to earth. No pretensions, no airs and graces. Just a normal person who happens to be a major film star!

I forgot to mention, the previous evening I had seen Orlando Bloom filming in a pub I used to frequent on Bleecker Street. Two film stars in two days. Not bad.

After, we managed to sample some of the delights of an ale house down in Soho.

This morning I went to buy a copy of New York Magazine. The vendor put it in a bag for me. On the bag was the I love New York logo. I wonder if New Yorkers realise that these two iconic New York items are connected. The magazine masthead and the heart logo were designed by Milton Glaser.