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12-20-2008, 01:59 PM
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John Broughton's "The Picnic in Central Park"
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Manet's "The Luncheon on the Grass"
The What Would You do for a BlackBerry Storm? Contest (http://www.crackberry.com/stormcontest) is now a part of smartphone / blog history (wrap up post here (http://www.crackberry.com/blackberry-storm-contest-wrap)), but we did have one unfinished piece of business to take care of... What happened to the handmade BlackBerry Storm quilt that sold on ebay for $1000?
The money part of this story is easy. The $1,000 went to the Toys for Tots Foundation (http://toysfortots.org)! As for Heather Schilling's BlackBerry Storm quilt, once the auction ended I shipped it off to New York City to the hands (err.. bed) of its deserving new owner and CrackBerry Hero, John Broughton. I'll let John tell you how he welcomed home the new quilt...
The Storm Quilt Homecoming
by John Broughton
Here's the 'welcome' we gave to the Storm Quilt here in Manhattan. A group of us had fun brainstorming on the best way to commemorate the occasion. Our second choice idea was to display the quilt from the Brooklyn Bridge and have its picture taken from the South Street Seaport. But I wanted something more cultural, more meaningful, but still in the spirit of the Storm competition and the creativity of CrackBerry.com members.
Our winning idea was to pay homage to the Bow Wow Wow controversy (http://www.populationstatistic.com/archives/2005/08/25/bow-wow-wow-and-manet/) back in the 80s, where that band remade the classic Manet painting "The Luncheon on the Grass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet)". We thought it would be a blast to recreate the scene in Central Park, especially since it involved a couple of mostly nude girls freezing their cute butts off in the middle of December! It was quite cold.
read more (http://crackberry.com/storm-contest-blackberry-storm-quilt-nyc-homecoming)
CrackBerry.com (http://crackberry.com)'s feed sponsored by ShopCrackBerry.com (http://shopcrackberry.com). Storm Contest: BlackBerry Storm Quilt NYC Homecoming!! (http://crackberry.com/storm-contest-blackberry-storm-quilt-nyc-homecoming)
More... (http://crackberry.com/storm-contest-blackberry-storm-quilt-nyc-homecoming)
John Broughton's "The Picnic in Central Park"
http://images.crackberry.com/files/kevin/manetpicnic.jpg
Manet's "The Luncheon on the Grass"
The What Would You do for a BlackBerry Storm? Contest (http://www.crackberry.com/stormcontest) is now a part of smartphone / blog history (wrap up post here (http://www.crackberry.com/blackberry-storm-contest-wrap)), but we did have one unfinished piece of business to take care of... What happened to the handmade BlackBerry Storm quilt that sold on ebay for $1000?
The money part of this story is easy. The $1,000 went to the Toys for Tots Foundation (http://toysfortots.org)! As for Heather Schilling's BlackBerry Storm quilt, once the auction ended I shipped it off to New York City to the hands (err.. bed) of its deserving new owner and CrackBerry Hero, John Broughton. I'll let John tell you how he welcomed home the new quilt...
The Storm Quilt Homecoming
by John Broughton
Here's the 'welcome' we gave to the Storm Quilt here in Manhattan. A group of us had fun brainstorming on the best way to commemorate the occasion. Our second choice idea was to display the quilt from the Brooklyn Bridge and have its picture taken from the South Street Seaport. But I wanted something more cultural, more meaningful, but still in the spirit of the Storm competition and the creativity of CrackBerry.com members.
Our winning idea was to pay homage to the Bow Wow Wow controversy (http://www.populationstatistic.com/archives/2005/08/25/bow-wow-wow-and-manet/) back in the 80s, where that band remade the classic Manet painting "The Luncheon on the Grass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet)". We thought it would be a blast to recreate the scene in Central Park, especially since it involved a couple of mostly nude girls freezing their cute butts off in the middle of December! It was quite cold.
read more (http://crackberry.com/storm-contest-blackberry-storm-quilt-nyc-homecoming)
CrackBerry.com (http://crackberry.com)'s feed sponsored by ShopCrackBerry.com (http://shopcrackberry.com). Storm Contest: BlackBerry Storm Quilt NYC Homecoming!! (http://crackberry.com/storm-contest-blackberry-storm-quilt-nyc-homecoming)
More... (http://crackberry.com/storm-contest-blackberry-storm-quilt-nyc-homecoming)