Marc Tetro

New York – Guggenheim Museum Pop-Out! – October 29, 2012

marctetro — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:12:48 +0000

The Guggenheim Pop-Out! is now available at the Guggenheim Store. It’s been almost a year in the making but I’m very please with it and I think the people at the museum are too. The collaboration has been terrific. I struggled with the rotunda until I came across a coffee cup sleeve and found my solution. I have a few photos of the evolution below.

36 Hours – July 23, 2012

marctetro — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:09:14 +0000

Taschen put out this wonderful book with ideas of where to spend 150 weekends in the USA & Canada. This compilation of columns from the NY Times is well layout with great recommendations for hotels, places to eat and where to shop.

Edited by Barbara Ireland.

Keyring Notepads – July 22, 2012

marctetro — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:22:05 +0000

We just added these Keyring Notebooks to the website. There are fourteen different images, 1 inch thick, blank pages perfect for jotting down ideas. You can find them here.

Atlanta – Spring Trade Shows – January 17, 2012

marctetro — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:42:20 +0000

We just had a terrific first trade show of the year. AmericasMart reported a show record for first day attendance at The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market. It was great to see many of our clients and meet new ones. Ten days until the New York Fair!

Christmas Shops at Macy’s Herald Square – December 15, 2011

marctetro — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:29:17 +0000

Many people have been asking me to post photos of the Christmas Shops at Macy’s Herald Square. Here they are. One shop is across from Santa Claus on the 8th floor. It was pretty quiet when this photo was taken but I’m told it’s crazy busy right now. The second Shop is on the 9th floor by Christmas Lane.

If you can brave the crowds, visiting the store is a holiday tradition for many people and worth the trip.

New York – Guggenheim Museum Commission – November 27, 2011

marctetro — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:32:36 +0000

The Guggenheim Museum has asked me to create a Pop-Out! of their iconic building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. I’m thrilled about it, but this Pop-Out! is going to be a challenge. The biggest one being how to interpret those curves? My work is very flat and it’s all about simplifying lines and complex shapes while keeping the subject recognizable. It has to read correctly. Sometimes I go too far and people aren’t quite sure what they’re looking at. Other times I don’t go far enough and the graphics are heavy and unappealing.

I’ll be blogging about the process under the tag Guggenheim Museum Pop-Out!

Step 1: Take LOTS of photographs.

Visit the Guggenheim Museum

Bernar Venet at Versailles – November 18, 2011

marctetro — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:08:15 +0000

I happened to be in Paris with my parents this fall when French artist Bernar Venet took over from Takashi Murakami as guest artist of the Chateau de Versailles. I loved this exhibition. The curves of his red and brown steel arcs against the geometric lines of the gardens looked so happy together. I was introduced to his work by a friend who used to supply the steel for his sculptures. Venet is quite the perfectionist and a stickler for details but I’m told he was quite proud of this show. Bernar Venet

Paris – Room with a View – November 18, 2011

marctetro — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:07:59 +0000

I took this photo one morning from my hotel room. It’s so Paris.

Paris – Jacques Genin – November 18, 2011

marctetro — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:05:46 +0000

There are more than 300 Chocolateries and twice as many Patisseries in Paris. Please be sure to check out Jacques Genin’s shop, he’s the madman who started the made-to-order millefeuille craze.
We spent a few hours there enjoying in disbelief what we were eating. On our way out we sampled and bought some of his chocolates packaged in a beautiful metal box. But the thing that probably gets people coming back the most are his caramels. I’d recommend a bag of the mango caramels.

http://jacquesgenin.fr/

Guillaume Leclercq designed this beautiful shop.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police – November 18, 2011

marctetro — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:19:24 +0000

This month Scholastic is re-releasing my first book The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I originally self published this book after a few publishers turned it down for being a little too controversial. It was soon picked up by Scholastic who’ve done a terrific job bringing the true story of the RCMP to kids across the country. It’s received several awards and has been in print since 1994.

Published by Scholastic Canada
ISBN 978-1-4431-0779
32 Pages
Ages 5 to 8

To see my other books please visit McArthur & Co.