Catchy hotel in New York City

Gershwin Hotel in New York City is definitely an eye catcher.  I took this picture about a year ago and as far as I can remember the building of the Gershwin hotel really stands out among the greyness of the buildings around.   The building is red and has funky white things sticking out from its side, nevertheless, none of these touches seem to be overwhelming.

If you check the website, the rooms and overall aura of the hotel looks artistic and unusual.  Some of my friends stayed at this hotel and confirmed that it was one of its kind.    

I think the best feature about the hotel is its uniqueness and distinction from the design of the objects around it.

 This is the picture of the room from the Gershwin's website:

Why I named the blog this way

Creating blog for the class is really exciting and somewhat new to me.  I've unburied my digital camera and went for a hunt for design artifacts today.  I have not found much but I've noticed so many things that I haven't noticed previously even though I've being to the places I went today many times before.

This experience reminded me of the time when I used to study archeology and participate in the archeological excavations, i.e., digs.  The common things such as rocks or bones just below the ground or sometimes even above the ground can actually be an arrowhead, a piece of jewelry, or simply a story telling piece. 

I am back again to being an archeologist looking for the artifacts.  This time around, the artifacts are pieces of design and I need to start paying more attention and spend more time looking around.