Space of the Week: 'New Yorker' Writer Vince Aletti's Magazine-Filled Apartment

06.22.11 American Idol for Landscapers Former House & Garden editor Dominique Browning will judge LongHouse Reserve’s fourth annual garden-container exhibition in East Hampton this weekend. More  › Graffiti on Wheels On Friday, Anonymous Gallery will conduct a scenic bike tour stopping at many of graffiti artist Kenny Scharf’s storefront pieces along the Lower East Side. More  › Meet Your Makers Socrates Sculpture Park will host the third annual Makers Market this weekend, showcasing the work of more than 50 American artisans whose products include hand-turned wooden bowls, ceramics, and surfboards. More  › Empty Calories, Heavy Designs This Saturday, the Gowanus Studio Space hosts its third annual Jell-O Mold Competition, the culminating event of a workshop co-sponsored by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, and Eyebeam Art + Technology Center. More  › space of the week A Life in the Stacks “These piles are permanent, I am afraid,” says New Yorker writer—and obsessive print-media collector—Vince Aletti, whose East Village apartment is the subject of an ongoing photography project by his friend, artist Ed Baynard. Slideshow  › Vince has extensive issues of House & Garden. This is one man who will likely never own a Kindle. Here, a bust that’s a cheap copy of Michelangelo’s David. Video Architecture Hunting on the High Line New York architecture critic Justin Davidson gives a guided tour of the design marvels viewable from the city’s most popular new park. More Info › first look Extreme Makeover: Affordable Housing Edition A before-and-after slideshow of one of DesigNYC’s first and most dramatic projects, an overhaul of the public spaces at Bushwick’s 880 Willoughby building. Slideshow  › Brooklyn-based wallpaper company Flat Vernacular, which creates handmade and custom prints from its Williamsburg studio, just celebrated a year in business. To mark the occasion, they’re offering Design Hunting 15 percent off the spring-summer pattern Feather Get-Together between now and September 1 (normally $265 per roll). To order, call 347-457-6227 and mention the discount code FV101 (flatvernacular.com).