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2 Awards for MSLK’s Colorful Rebranding
MSLK Receives Indigo Design Award for Transformative Work with Ellips Haircare
TEARandGO: Winner of the Brand Concept Challenge at MakeUp in LA 2023
MSLK Honored With 2 Awards for our Project With Lemyn Organics
MSLK’s Work with Meloway Wins 4 Awards
MSLK Honored with GDUSA and Indigo Awards
Sheri Nominated as a 2024 PERSON TO WATCH by GDUSA
MSLK Wins GDUSA Award for Innovative Line Extension Design
Strategies for Enhanced Customer Conversion
Optimizing a Conversion-centric Beauty
E-commerce Experience
The Power Of Packaging’s Visual Influence
3 Keys to Increasing Conversions With First-Time Beauty Buyers
Motivating Consumers to Purchase for the First Time – Free Webinar
Beauty Branding Inspiration Pinterest Board
Hiring a Marketing Strategist
Hiring a Creative Operations Manager
3 Secrets to Building a Powerful Logo
Optimizing E-Commerce for the New Normal
How Strategic Consulting Can Save You
Time and Money
Wondering how to Navigate the New Normal?
What’s Next in the New Normal? – A Combined View from Five Industry Thought Leaders
How to Make Your Packaging Sustainable
7 Results-Driven Secrets to Build a Conversion Centric Product Page
MSLK’s Rebrand for Amazing Lash Studios Receives Communicator Award
How to Reinvent Beauty & Wellness Brands for this New Marketing Environment
30 Minutes of Digital Marketing Inspiration
MSLK Honored With Two Indigo Awards
How to Stay Connected to Consumers During and After the Pandemic
GCI Article: 9 COVID-19 Marketing Efforts for Your Brand
New GIFs on Gif-Giving – for free!
MSLK Receives Award for 2020 REBRAND 100® Global Awards
GCI Article: Strategies for Accessible Beauty
MSLK Honored With Two Graphic Design USA Awards
Top 5 Trends in Beauty Marketing for 2020
The Future of Beauty Packaging
Your beauty brand strategy should include accessible packaging, and here’s why
MSLK Named as Winner in CV Magazine’s Media Innovator Awards
MSLK Named in Top Global Cosmetic Package Design Companies
MSLK Named in Top Branding Agencies
Indie Beauty Innovators
Hiring a Junior Designer
Hiring a Senior Designer
Hiring a Project Manager / Producer
QR Code use on Beauty Packaging
MSLK Beauty Branding Scholarship
The Rise of Minimalism in Beauty Packaging
How to Optimize Your Beauty Brand for Every Channel
Our Vision for Sustainability
The Perfect Brand Name
The Importance of Social Media for Beauty Brands
The Importance of “Design Thinking” for Package Design
Tradition and Opportunity in Luxury Packaging Design
Essential Practices of Luxury Design
Digital Marketing Optimization
Packaging for Digital Media
GCI Article: Design Thinking
Embrace Design Early and Often For Success
GCI Article: Target Practice
Three Branding talks in 2016
GCI ARTICLE: Natural Isn’t Enough
Does Your Beauty Brand Have a Purpose?
MSLK’s Packaging Design for Avivi Featured in March/April Issue of Communication Arts
4 Ways to Organize Your Brand around the User Experience
MSLK Wins 2016 Packaging Design Award for Avivi Beauty
When it Comes to Positioning, Natural Isn’t Enough
Sheri Koetting Interviewed for Packaging Digest
Wishing You A Beautiful New Year!
Our GIF To You!
MSLK-Designed Holiday Cards
Holiday Card Inspiration Round-up
Things to Love: MSLK Curates LIC Hotspots
Sparkle Collagen 360° Branding Case Study
Sheri L Koetting Featured in Drake University Alumni Magazine
MSLK Partner Sheri L Koetting Launches Her Own Speaker Site
Six Ways to Position a Haircare Brand to Connect With Salons
Simple and Clear: The Art of Refining Your Brand’s Message
Sheri L Koetting Interviewed by Silverback’s Chris Dessi Social at Westchester Digital Summit
GCI Article: Competitive Retail Packaging: 3 Strategies to Guide an Effective Design Process
Join MSLK for Four Upcoming Branding Talks!
The Usefulness of Extractable Branding Units in Branding
GCI Article: Branding and Rebranding: Order of Implementation
GCI Article: A Well-Targeted Market
Evolve Symposium—My Commitment to the Business of Graphic Design
Marc Levitt Interviewed on HuffingTon Post Live About the Power of “Invisible” Work
Beauty Online: Content First, Technology Second
MSLK Honored in the 18th Annual Webby Awards
Coming Soon: David Zweig’s Latest Book,
Invisibles
GCI Article: Targeted Design Directions to Help Guide the Graphic Design Process
Rethinking Responsive Web Design
Content First, Technology Second Online
Easton Architects: 360° Branding
Things to Love 2014
Four Content Strategies for Your Website
Annual Reports Take New Forms as Brands Tout Their Accomplishments With Innovative Online Experiences
Six Strategies for Evolving your Brand
Triclosan Now Under Investigation by the FDA
GCI Article: The Strength of Brand Architecture
MSLK’s 2663 Urban tumbleweeds Featured in New Phaidon Book: Wild Art
GCI Article: Recharging Existing Brands
Jumpstart Your Fan-Base with Disruptive Marketing
Figment 360° Branding Video
Visual Brand Audits Help Organizations Gain Perspective
MSLK Launches New Site for Spark Design Professionals
New MSLK Urban Intervention- Choose Better Products
Upcoming MSLK Talks You Won’t Want to Miss
MSLK Helps Cheeky Greeting Card Brand Discover its Inner Soul
GCI Article: The Beauty of Strategy
Our New Website for F+J Connects Creatives Creatively
New Webinar— Talking Tech: Proven Marketing Strategies for Apparel & Beauty Brands
AIGA: Justified
Wigwam: 2012 Packaging Redesign
A Short Video Reel Showcasing MSLK’s Branding for Creative Services
New MSLK Webinar – Talking Tech: Proven Marketing Strategies for Apparel & Beauty Brands
MSLK Still “Making It Work” Along with Tim Gunn at 2012 Teen Design Fair
Class Reunion Promotions Connect With Alums On A Molecular Level
MSLK Turns 14!
Our New Branding for Illuminode Turns up the Dark
Made by MSLK: Salon Series by Ouidad Hits the Sephora Shelves
MSLK Featured in The Design Activist’s Handbook
Ouidad: Salon Series Packaging
Things to Love Summer 2012
MSLK’s New Design for Wigwam’s Casual Packaging
The Beauty of Strategy – A 360° Look at Building a Viable Brand
Curated Social Media: The Future of Social Shopping
Beginning Projects the Right Way with a Creative Brief
Benefits of Blogging in Addition to Emailers
MSLK’s Design for Wigwam Mills Featured on “Packaging of the World!”
Illuminode: Brand Identity
MSLK: Great Creative That Doesn’t Skip a Beat
Wigwam 2012 Rebranding Case Study
A New Installation of Watershed, Created by School Children
Justification for the AIGA’s Justified Competition
MSLK Brands the Streets of LIC
Wigwam: Casual Packaging
Google’s Panda Update: 3 Things You Need to Know
MSLK Partner Marc Levitt Quoted in Atlantic Article
Adapting to All Devices with Responsive Web Design
Thoughts on Internships and the Designers of Our Future
MSLK Designs Identity for AIGA’s 2012 Competition: Justified
Have an Appy Valentine’s Day with OTO!
Aiga: Justified Identity
Should Individuals with a Brand Maintain a Company Facebook Page?
Things to Love Valentine’s Day 2012
Warby Parker: A Winning E-commerce Strategy Online and Off
How Pinterest Can Help Image Driven Brands
MSLK’s New Wigwam Performance Sock Packaging Wins Studio’s 2nd American Graphic Design Award
Using Social Media to Enhance Events
Seven Lessons Learned From Steve Jobs
MSLK Wins Two AIGA Making the Case Awards
MSLK’s New Wigwam Packaging: A Focus on Performance
2011 Holiday Window Highlights
Where did the time go?
MSLK Customizable Holiday Cards Now on Sale
The True Value of a Marketing Plan
The Anatomy of a Brand Audit
Best Practices for Online Marketing
Read the Label!
Marketing and Design form a Strategic Partnership
Cause Marketing Garners Prime Real Estate at Retail
New 360° Branding Case Study Video: M. Erbs
Enhancing the E-Commerce Shopping Experience with Rich Interactivity
Calling All Creatives: The “Out to Lunch” Napkin Sketch Sweepstakes
Retailers Can and Should Leverage Mobile Apps
MSLK Wins Two Prestigious AIGA Awards in the “Making the Case” Design Competition
MSLK’s Most Creative Collaboration To Date…
Friend and Johnson: Blog
Things to Love 2011 Summer Edition
Our Social Media Strategies are MSLK-Tested, Client-Approved
New Webinar: Customer-Centric Social Media for Fashion + Beauty
Einstein College of Medicine: Class Reunion Promotions
5 Tips for Creating a Social Media Content Calendar
How Fan Gates can Help Build your Facebook Fanbase
Customer-Centric Social Media for Fashion + Beauty
What to Look for When Hiring a Designer
Use the 20-10-5-1 Analysis to Evaluate Your Packaging
Wigwam Mills “Your Personal Best” Annual Marketing Campaign by MSLK
MSLK Creates Blog for Artist’s Rep, Friend and Johnson
MSLK Launches Blog for Photographer, James Porto
Facebook’s New Status Update Policy
5 Key Social Media Features Worth Adding to Your E-Commerce Sites
Lampe Berger: Communications Plan
Sheri Koetting to Speak On Social Media Strategies at the Fashion News Workshop
Blog and Social Media Integration
Choosing a Blogging Platform For Effective Blogs
Balancing Search Engine Optimization and Blog Content
Tips for Creating a Blog Content Strategy
Friend and Johnson: Out to Lunch Campaign
M. Erbs: Identity
Why Should Businesses Blog?
The Essentials of 360° Branding
MSLK’s “Take Less” Selected for IUEOA Magazine
MSLK’s Things to Love 2011
How to Effectively Present Your Rebrand to the Public
Portfolio Websites: Catering to 3 Different Users
Update Your Own Website with a Content Management System (CMS)
Designing Logos: Wordmark or Symbol?
4 Ways You Can Use an App to Build Your Fashion or Beauty Brand
MSLK Featured in New Design Compilation: Magic Branding
Holiday Windows Recap 2010
MSLK: OTO App
Getty Images Features MSLK Website Designs on Facebook
Sheri L Koetting Interviewed about Social Media
Wholearth Beauty: Social Media Plan
Using Sweepstakes and Contests to Build and Engage your Facebook Fan Base
MSLK’s App, OTO, is Available for Free on iTunes!
4 Ways Facebook Social Plugins Can Improve Your Website
MSLK’s “Social Media: Marketing for the 21st Century” featured in Happi Magazine
Print Promotions that Make a Lasting Impression
MSLK Creates Plays on Words while Playing with Words
Using Gaming for Customer Engagement
A Gift from MSLK to You!
The MSLK Shop is Open For Business at Felt & Wire!
Five Ways a Site Map Can Save You Time and Money in Web Development
Websites Under Construction: Seeing “Coming Soon” = “Never Coming”
A Serious Communition Gap in the New GAP Logo
Innovative Promotion Uses Video, Google Earth, HTML5 To Create
Photos of Take-Less at the Dumbo Arts Festival This Past Weekend
MSLK.com Featured in How Magazine Self Promotion Issue
Juxtapoz Reacts to Take-Less Installation
HOW Do Designers Arrive at Pricing? MSLK and Spark at The HOW MYOB Conference
Take Less: Eco Installation
William Geddes: Website
William Geddes: Portfolio Books
How Pattern Recognition Can Help Your Unique Brand Positioning
“Take-Less” in Art Under the DUMBO Arts Festival September 24th – 26th
MSLK and Nolcha Help Launch the Next Top Designer
Social Media Content Strategies, What to Post Where, and Why?
MSLK’s Commentary on the 2010 ID Annual Design Review
Burt’s Bees Skincare Installations Stop Consumers Dead in Their Tracks
Why Proctor & Gamble’s New Sugarcane Packaging Really Matters
There’s Nothing Quite Like a Piece of Paper
William Geddes: A 360° Look at Photographer Constantly Redefining Life + Style
Ad Trends: Advertisers Become Increasingly More Clever With QR Codes.
MSLK to Judge Beyond the Runway Competition
Brooklyn Ecopolis: MSLK Partners with Sustainable Resource Center in New York City
Interbrand’s Favorable Review of Wigwam.com’s Web Experience
Maleku: Website
How to Get Flash Sites to Mobile Platforms Without Giving Up On Design
Take Less Debuts on Governors Island!
Inspiration from Girona’s Temps du Flors
NY1 Runs Feature on MSLK’s Take-Less Installation
MSLK’s Take-Less Project Featured on NY1’s “Your Weekend Starts Now”
Mondrian Compostion With JavaScript
MSLK Featured in Design Glut Video of Uncomfortable Conversations Event
MSLK’s Top 12 Thank You Cards on Felt&Wire
William Geddes: Brand Identity
Snapshots From Barcelona: Street Art
Impressive Bamboo Installation at The Met
Graphic Design USA Newsletter Features MSLK’s Take Less Installation
Uncomfortable Conversations Opening Night
The General Store: Website
MSLK Exhibits “Unintended Communication” at the ICFF
MSLK’s Newest Eco-art Installation, “Take-Less” Starts to Take Shape
The Definitive Nine Step Guide to Website Success
Surrealist Photography at ICP
Nike’s World Cup Uniforms Greenest Yet
MSLK Does Not Shift Towards Trends, We Set Them!
Make Your Website Green
Mushrooms to Replace Plastic! (I hope)
New Hundred Dollar Bill Design Looks Cheap To Me
MSLK Designer Christel Fearon gets Recognized in Swedish Media
MSLK’s New Shop on Felt & Wire
Sun Chips New Commercial Featuring Their Leave No Trace Compostable Packaging
Take-Less: MSLK’s New Eco-Art Installation
Puma Redesigns Shoebox into “Clever Little Bag”
Is Digital Media Really Greener Than Print?
Cameron Socks: Website
7 Tips for Leading Clients Towards Greener Design Solutions
Amazing Type Design by Jessica Hische
Marc Levitt to Speak About Website Design: April 14th
Marshall Watson: Website
Judging the 2010 I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review
Paper Promotions Look to Paper For Inspiration
Hot Trend: 3D Printing Jumps Out at Consumers
MSLK’s 360˚ Case Studies – Velo Classic
Tim Burton’s Point-of-View
Great Information About Recycling Old Electronics in New York City
MSLK’s 360° Case Studies – Maly’s
How is Johnson & Johnson Going Green?
Sheri Koetting to Judge 56th Annual Design Review
Readymade, A Book of Sustainable DIY Projects
MSLK Helps to Organize a Spark/AIGA NY Green Event
MSLK Hosts Trend Spotters Discussion on Social Media
Rolling Over Wastes Less than Rolling Under
How Do You Roll? Over or Under? Ad Campaign
MSLK Successfully Leads a Lively Panel Discussion on Social Media for FGI
MSLK’s Business Cards Featured in New Book About Designer’s Business Cards
The Guardian Angel is in the Details
Review of NYC’s New Free Condom Designs
Swedish Eco-Friendly Shopping Bag
2009 Social Media Demographics and Statistics
Anthropologie Windows Combine: Recycled Plastic, Social Media, and Customers
MSLK’s Things to Love 2010
MSLK Featured in New Book: Urban Interventions
The Who Stage a Halftime Show to Rival the Stage Itself
Creating a Social Media Strategy with Measurable ROI
How Google Influences What You Do. A Reflection on Google’s 2010 Superbowl Commerical
Is Green Normal or Abnormal? Thoughts on the 2010 Superbowl
Proposed Eco-Art Installations For Socrates Sculpture Park’s Spring Exhibit
2010 Resolution: No More Plastic Takeout Containers
Initial Reactions to the Apple iPad: No Flash in the iPan
Lost Horizon Night Market: Party in a Box Truck
IKEA Launches a Line of Solar Powered Outdoor Lights
A Brief Road Tour Through Missouri’s Signage
Recap of the Best 2009 Holiday Windows
Young Designers Help MSLK Brand an Ice Cream Shop
Another Year, Another Spark Holiday Party
MSLK: Wine Bottle
Help Remedies’ Creative Ways to Solve Simple Problems
MSLK Interviewed in GD USA’s “The Hows and Whys of Going Green”
Independent Coffee Shop Edges Out Starbucks
Hopenhagen, Climate Conference in Copenhagen
The Secret to Abandoning Bottled Water is Convenience
Holiday Cards by MSLK Now on Sale at Robin Hood Foundation!
MSLK’s Annual Holiday Gift Guide
Smart Copy = Smart Brand
MSLK.com Launches with New Movies About Our Company
Starbucks Creates “The Cup Summit” to Make Paper Cups 100% Recyclable
Turning Plastic Back into Oil
MSLK’s 2009 (Re)Design Flatpack Stool Award
MSLK Wins Prestigious AIGA (Re)Brand Award For Sustainable Design
Graphic Design Dresses Up For Halloween as Dead Brands
MSLK.com Re-Launches with Greatly Enhanced Work Section – Part I
Those That CAN, Teach. Celebrating the 40 Year Legacy of Richard Wilde
BoHo Bodega Helps You Get Your Green On!
German Design Magazine Discusses New York Garbage Art
Webinar- Marketing Inspiration: Top Trends in Social Media
Pantone: Colorstrology Birthday Booklets
Cupcake Mobiles for Sale
United States of Tara Opening Theme
MSLK’s “Watershed” Acknowledged by the Green Community
The Cute Factor
MSLK’s next project, a Plastic Water Bottle Island Retreat
MSLK’s Eco-Art Help Raise Public Awareness of Overconsumption
Marketing Inspiration: Top Trends in Social Media
Ingestible Beauty Trends Discovered at the HBA Expo
Time Lapse of Watershed Installation
Affordable Luxuries in the News Again
“Watershed” at the 13th Annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Festival
Video Highlight: MSLK’s Environmental Commitment
Highlights From The DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival
10 Tips for a User-Friendly Website
MSLK’s Watershed Featured Art at Worldwide Green Movie Premiere!
Watershed on Inhabitat Again
Join Us: Watershed Tours NYC
Water, water, everywhere?
Gracious Home: Brand Identity
Ikea Fontroversy: Brand Identity Threatened by Seemingly Poor Decision for Change
Design and Bake Your Own Cookie at Sweet Flour
2010, The Year “Made in America” Returned to Marketing Headlines
Five Principles for Innovative Marketing in a Downturn
Beauty that Matches Your Lifestyle at the NYIGF
Behind the Scenes: Designing the MSLK Holiday Card
Strategic Brand Development Tailored to You
It’s Beginning to Taste a Lot Like Christmas
Do You Still Think Social Media is a Fad?
Fabulous Reusable Shopping Bag Discovered at the New York International Gift Fair
Figment: Promotional Materials
How to Use Twitter for Your Business
MSLK Has a High Time Touring the High Line
Vanity Plate Series: A Forum for Public Display of Affection
Wigwam: Sock Packaging
It’s Tru, A Fantasy Brand Comes to Life
Two, Four, Six, Eight, Who Do We Infuriate!
Crowd Sourcing Brings Fans, and the World, Together
MSLK Hosts Annual Spark BBQ Networking Event
Bronx Zoo – Wild Animals Meet Wild City
Join MSLK at New York’s Premier Fashion Trend Show
Great Customizable Gift Cards
MSLK’s Sheri On Why Designers Feel Compelled To Raise Environmental Awareness
“Watershed” Accepted to 13th Annual “Art Under the Bridge Festival”
Watershed: Eco Installation
East Deck / Fast Deck
What Makes Great Design for Hair Care and Beauty Brands?
More Public Art in “Our” Tree
Equal Rights For Furniture: Socks For All
The Beer Necessities: Go Plates
Innovative Catalogs From Anthropologie
Prius Harmony: Man, Nature, Machine
High-Resolution Inspires Make Up Revolution
Disingenuous Marketing Campaigns Bother Me
Watershed, Figment A Huge Success!
Trend Spotting Websites Pick Up on “Watershed” Installation
Calling All Creative Types
“Watershed” Installation Raises Public Awareness About Mass Consumption
Pass Me a Tissue/Slice of Summer, Please
Watershed Installs on Governors Island!
Behind the Scenes: Figment Branding
Design Community Reviews “Watershed” Installation
Summer Sandals that are Beautiful and Eco-Friendly
Join Us: Watershed Art Picnic, June 13
Water Bottles on the Big Screen
Watershed Coverage on Inhabitat, and other Eco Blogs
MSLK’s “Watershed” Installation Gets Blog Coverage
Design Community Highlight’s MSLK’s “Watershed”
Sierra Club Blogs about MSLK’s Awareness Efforts
Yoga at the MoMA
Affordable Luxury in the News
James Porto: Direct Mail
Watershed Project Assembly Video
Teich Opening Brings Hope
MSLK’s Sheri on the Marketing Benefits of Blogging
No More Plastic Silverware for Takeout
Daniel Harper: Still Crazy After all These Gears
I (EYE) Love LC Posters on the EL
Figment: Brand Identity
Fischer Landeau’s Urban Oasis
What’s Your Affordable Luxury?
Free Webinar: Positioning Your Brand as an Affordable Luxury
EHS Alumni Art Show, May 8th
Stop Drinking Bottled Water and Take Back the Tap
Apple App Ads Awash Online
Sheri Speaks About Spark to Canadian Audience
Organization for Indie Designers “Sparks” Interest from GD USA’s Gordon Kaye
Six Thoughts for Earth Day
Metallic Inks: Eco-Seal of Approval?
MSLK’s New Eco-Installation, Watershed
Watershed, a New MSLK Eco-Installation
Sun Chips Compostable Packaging, Step 1 Towards A Better Tomorrow
SVA Showcases Student’s Sensationational Six Stringed Solutions
Rethinking Product Design
A New Tradition: The Pre Papa Party
Des10ation: Vitamin Water
Bee Kind. Anthropologie Reminds us that Honey Bees Are Our Friends.
Nine Steps to A Successful Site Redesign
DIY Bows from Plastic Bags
MSLK Joins in to Help Give Insight to LIC Business
Long Island City Starts an Overground Art Movement
Apple Keyboard: Cleanliness Does Not Compute
Sheri Koetting: A Tale of Two Lectures
Sheri of MSLK is Interviewed About the Importance of Networking
Public Service Advertising
Support Earth Hour and Turn the Lights Out This Saturday at 8:30 pm
Breakfast Epiphanies
Innovative Sheep Herding
Snacklish Might Be My New Favorite Word
Final Verdict: New Tropicana Branding is a Lemon
There’s Something About Louis.
Work It with This Daft Website
Overthinking It: When Design Misses the Mark
Ecofont: Color You Like, As Long As It’s Green
Aaron Meshon + Kid Robot = Awesome
Make Your Own Bike Lane
Felt Forum: Ben Mickus’s Innovative Felt Chair at the Cooper Hewitt
Facebook is Reformatting All Business Pages
Wishes Come True, MSLK lends a hand to J&J
Time Out For Design
Are You Too Cool?
Master of Linen: Trade Booth
NatureMill – The Poster Child Of All Composters
Great Package Design, Down to the Bar Code
Marc of MSLK Outlines 9 Steps Towards a More Effective Website
My True Calling… the iPhone
Green Merchandising
Cool Optical Illusions
James Porto: Website
MSLK’s Things to Love
Genius Concepts Found in Japan
Beauty IOD: Report
Websites Are Better With Bacon
You are Cordially Invited to…
“Afterparty” Wins PS1 Competition
Wacky Tactics to Consider when Rebranding
A Tour of Food in Japan
How to Bake a Rainbow Cake
Graphic Design’s 15 Minutes of Fame
nycgo.com: An Amazing Advertising Campaign Brings Warmth, Joy
Japan, the Official Photo Journal
MSLK Featured Among Top Leaders
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. And The Useless.
Japan: The Graphics That Made It Worth the Trip
20 x 200: The Economy of Art
Marc and Sheri of MSLK Share Their Expertise on Strategic Rebranding
Counting My Water Bottle Consumption One at a Time
Japanese Typos, Curiosities, and Other Oddities
DNA Fusion’s Shock Value Marketing
MSLK Business Cards Published as Exemplary Design Solutions
New Year’s Resolutions
James Porto: Brand Identity
Wigwam Mills Sock Website Design by MSLK
2009 Design Prediction: Generic-Modern
Here Are Some Incredible Web Links!
Greener Thoughts for a Happy New Year
Spark Toasts the Holidays with Our Fifth Annual Networking Party
Blog as Storefront: Gizmodo Gallery Showcasing Technology as Art
Fashion Designers Reimagine the Christmas Tree
2008 MSLK Holiday Party
Envirowise Guide to Eco-Design
Five Tips to Improve Your Marketing
Plastic Bag Feeder
Retail Windows Draw Holiday Shoppers
Behind the Scenes: MSLK’s ’08 Holiday Card
LICBDC: Events Materials
James Porto: A Brand Makeover
Mustaches: The Gift That Keeps on Growing
Clarifying Copyrights
Urban Tumbleweeds at Burning Man 2008
Obama’s Amazingly Designed Campaign
Online Shopping Cheer
Giving Thanks for Pigeons
NYC Soon to Pay for Plastic Bags?
tkts: vry amzng!
Clarifying Trademarks
Chanel in Central Park
Japanese Design = Happy Customers
WasMu
The Great Wall of Monk
United States of Branding
An American-Italian Wedding
Smart Promotion
A Better Reusable Bag
Chasing Rainbows
The Quick Breakdown on 100% Degradable Plastic
Making it Work
MSLK Wins an American Graphic Design Award!
Brainstorming for Digital Goods
San Francisco Street Art
Mum’s the Word When it Comes to Biodegradable
An Identity Redesign?
Don’t Blame the Package Designer Just Yet
MSLK’s Wigwam Mils Rebranding is Recognized by EON, Reuters, Forbes and WSJ
Urban Tumbleweeds: Eco Installation
Behind the Scenes: Long Island City Invitation Design
Breakfast Club
Fashion News Workshop: Brand Identity
Speaking on Photographer Websites
Calling All Chocoholics
Honk If You See a Similarity
Country Store Lore
More Recyclighting
MSLK’s Sheri on “Urban Tumbleweeds” at Burning Man 2008
Gray’s Economy
MAD Cool
GD USA Documents the Process Behind MSLK’s “Urban Tumbleweeds”
Swooning over Deitch
Chanel Mobile Art Arrives in NYC
Debunking Composting
Retro Style, Cubed
Burning Man Art & Adventures
MSLK Bids Katie Mangano a Fond Farewell
2663 Urban Tumbleweeds, a Temporary Art Installation
Jazzin’ up the Ritz
Berkshire Hosiery: Marble Packaging
Stamp Out Menu Pushers
Smarter Online Ads
Urban Tumbleweeds: Brand Identity
Think Timeless
We’re in Taschen
Typographic Love
The Concept Behind “Urban Tumbleweeds”
Metro Turf
Sheri and Spark to Host a Talk at the MYOB Conference
Coney Island Art
Patterns Abound
Too Far Too Close
While You Were Out: We Founded a Design Organization
MSLK on NY1!
NY1 Documents MSLK’S “Tumbleweeds”
Classic + Modern
I’m Dreaming of Dreamland
Talk n’ Nosh
Sustainable Beauty Companies and Wooden Caps
Create Your Own Niche
Blo©k Island™ D®eams
Fashion News Workshop: Website
Terrain
Good For You, Good for the Earth
Exquisite Corpse (aka the drawing game)
2663 Urban Tumbleweeds Progress
M&S – We Melt In Your Heart
Plastic Bag Graffiti
Mini-er
2007 NYC Drinking Water Supply and Quality Report
Hypercolor is the New (Old) Fashion Trend
MSLK’s New Business Cards
City Scraps
Waist-Deep in the Hula-Hoopla
Nastrovje! Thoughts After a Little Odessa Night Out
Dear MTA,
Watch Out for the X6
The Swedish MSLK Chair
Plastic Bag Happenings at Kiosk
“Urban Tumbleweeds” is Highlighted by Trend Websites
The First Windpowered Vehicle, Sailboats
“Urban Tumbleweeds” Catches the Attention of Bloggers
Bullish on Barcelona’s Reds
Louis Vuitton Takes it to the Next Level
2663 Urban Tumbleweeds at Burning Man
Get a Grip
New Rule: Boycott Menu Pushers
Pop Art on the Roof
Redeeming Qualities
ChikaLicious
P(last)icasso
London is Calling
Art instead of Ads
Neither Paper Nor Plastic
I Love You Green Bike Lanes
Smart Salad Dressing Jar
Taaz Me Over
Happy Birthday Brooklyn Bridge!
The Arm Sock
Get Out The Vote!
With Apologies to Dean Martin…
A Functional Judd (aka my favorite thing at ICFF)
Spring Fun
I See ICFF
Method Madness
Swiss-US Furniture Design Highlight
Hot Shop
Dumpster Diving, Part II
Red Velvet Birthday Surprise
Street Art for the Haring Impaired
A Powder Room (for cats)
Why Google When You Can Blackle?
Make Room for Progress
New York’s First Solar Powered Ecoeatery
CEW Beauty Awards
La Dolce Auto
Perfect For Egg Creams
Waste Not, Want Not
Dumpling Men
MSLK’s Use of Creative Briefs Highlighted in AIGA’s Guide to Professional Business Practices
Tryvertising
Savage Grace – Beautifully Disturbing
Wigwam Mills 360° Strategic Brand Development
MSLK and the Lehman Scholars Program
Riding In Style
Queens is Doing it, Why Aren’t you?
MINI Vacation
Say No to Not Doing Drugs
Hello from Pinky
Times of the Signs
Green Fashion Glossary
T-Mobile is Making the Magenta a Little More Green
I Hate Bottled Water
Calling All Target Plastic Bags
French Baby Spoons
Beach Art
A New Way to Read
Queen of Arts
MSLK Recognized for Outstanding Typography
Secret Designer Handshakes
Good Sentiment Turned Sour
Burt’s Bees – an Accidental Brand
Watch Out Mini
Bumping Ugly
The “Times Square” of Websites
LEDs Light Up the Future
So Long, Farewell, auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye
Philadelpia Freed ‘Em
MSLK Tips on Building Innovative User Interfaces
Behind the Scenes at Lincoln Center
Pay Attention
Philly, the City of Cyst-erly Love
ADC Paper Expo — A Paper Waste
Area 2 is Here!
Great Fake E-commerce Website
The Empire Pays Back
Ohhh, Now I get it, fx = Effects…
Neighborhood Love
Eiertütsche – A Swiss Easter Tradition
Curling ‘Rocks’
The Great Durian Challenge
Go Drake!
Oy, Robot
Freitag… Every Day
Adding Green to the Color Card of Fashion Design
The New Party Accessory
Enquiring Minds are a Terrible Thing to Waste
Power Wash Your Message
Rabbit…
“Drawings for New York Periodicals” — Chris Ware
Stop Junkmail for Good with GreenDimes
Toys in Oil
Cheeky “Bitch” Provokes Snobby Wine Business
An Exercise in Coolness
The Bean
All Hail Seizure!
A Futuristic Spa Experience at Spa Castle (formerly Inspaworld)
M is Not for Martha
Found In A Grocery Store in Queens
Oliver turns 9 on Feb 29th
Design Directions at MSLK
Heart So Good
The “Wall of Socks”
Wisconsin Winter Wonderland
Bonding at Mass MoCA
MSLK Takes it to The Gutter
There’s No Such Thing as Small Business…
Make It Greener
Paper Jewelry?
The Guggenheim Museum Is On Fire
iHole
Barack Obama Helped You Move a Sofa
Good Packaging for Small Things
Eames Stamps, Yipee!
Preaching What I Practice
Lush Innovates Beauty Packaging (Most Of The Time)
Pana-Mime
We’ve Been Hit!
Fabulously Absolut
Gondry and Sagmeister Deliver at Deitch
Design Observer Likes MSLK’s Interactive Valentine’s Day Card
Spread the Valentine’s Day Love
I Am Not a Paper Cup
Essential Motoring Nonessentials
The Party Just Got a Whole Lot Greener
Sweet Little Psycho Bunny
Stick It To Them!
Brilliant Idiots
Your Banking Dollars Can Make a Green Statement
Mini Cooper Zig Zags With Its Target Market
MSLK’s Places to Love
New Wigwam Packaging Hitting The Stores
Fashion Victim
A Different Kind of Island
Super Choose Day
It Will Really Be a Fancy Feast
SuperBowl Ads
Queens English
Patrick, Say It’s Not So
Chocolate = Best Medicine
Thursday Night is Gallery Night
MSLK’s Studio on Swissmiss and This Ain’t No Disco
2663 Urban Tumbleweeds — An MSLK Art Installation
Go Aaron
Just For Me!
The Lettuce Isn’t The Only Thing That’s Green
Provoking Magic: Lighting of Ingo Maurer
MSLK Honored in GD USA for Wigwam Packaging
Low Calorie “Cakes”
Sustainable Social Swiss Design
Calling All Idiots!
One Cold Hand
Bad Trip
I LOVE lovelines
Great Signage
Hats Off… to Marc
“MySpace” in Chinese?
Carbon Copier
Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi
Macabre Beauty
Better Than a Brown Bag
The New Celebrity Pet, A Rabbit?
Repurposing Styrofoam
One Man’s Trash
Laptop Circa 1940
Hey Rockefellers, Make an Eco-friendly, Fake Tree
Populating Our Problems Elsewhere
The Poconos Made My Holiday
Skiing in the Swiss Alps
One Badd Peformance
Pass It On
Post Modern
Best Designer Burger
Happy Birthday to Marc!
Lucky Beer
Designer Gum
Dress to Impress
A Classy Can
Powers of Details
Not Sure How I Feel About the New, New Museum
Brooklyn Lights
How Do You Deck The Halls?
I Spotted a 2rd
“Pacs” from Ice Breakers
The Alvin Ailey Ballet
Melts My Heart
More Eco-friendly Than a Tree?
Hiring a Designer is Like Finding a Good Hairdresser
Some things you CAN take with you…
MINI ME
Does Anyone Else Love These Ads?
“Aunt Susie” Keeps MSLK Warm
Samsung L730
J’Mini Cricket Has Arrived
MSLK: Holiday Card ’07
Where in the World?
“Ready For The Floor” – Hot Chip
Hangin’ Out
A Tragedy Worth Experiencing
Debunking Recycling
“i-Box”
Yoggi!
Lazy is Not in my Vocabulary
It’s That Time of Year Again…
Let Sleeping Cats Lie
Name Our Mini
Turkey, I love you.
Surprisingly Spectacular
Future Snap Bands
Crossing the Pond
Just When You Think You’re Mad at Apple…
Run, Don’t Walk to See Fuerzabruta
Black & Blue Friday
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Thermo-reactive Ink
Am I Giving Someone Too Much Credit?
Pimp My Mac
Light up the Life of Someone You Love
Store-Brand Packaging
Maly’s: HairCares Stickers
Building a Better Tampon Package
Separating Fat from Fiction
Maly’s: HairCares Poster
No Two Pieces Are Alike
Design Nerd Vinyl
Wedding in Alpine Perfection
SEI The NEW Water
Pinhole, a Retrospective
Mean-Spirited
Made in Long Island City
A Masterpiece in Streamers
Who Let the Dog Out?
Floored
“T” Magazine
Happy HallowQueens
Journey to Center of the World
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Green Band(wagon)
Pumpkin Carving Salon
Redken Blast in Singapore
Living in Color
MSLK speaks at National Design Week
The Pigeons
A Little About Singapore
Looks Great, Tastes Awful
Burning Fans
Fall Bike Commuting
Wes Anderson’s Futura
Maly’s: Store Experience
If You Can Tell Time on This Watch…
Maximum Use of Minimum Space
Wall of Action
Offset CO2 with a TerraPass
Radioheadstrong
Su Casa, Mi Casa
Let’s Not Be Stupid
Showpaper
Less is Sometimes More…
This is Fly
MSLK Converts to Windpower
Time After…
I Can’t Help but Love Martha Stewart
Face Value
Obsessive Design, Obsessive Consumption
iHeart
S(t)ink Hole
The Gutter
A Little Something Great in LIC
Life Savor
A Must Go
When the Name Does Not Speak for Itself
The ‘Not-So’ Green Man
My Type of Movie…
Fresh Packaging
A Lot Better, Actually.
Imagination In The Kitchen
Mecca
Putting the “Arrrggh” in “Store”
Our Pinhole Photography Project
Bright White With a Hint of Green
Step Away From Your Computer
Queens Roundup
It Works!
Thanks for the Postcards
Silver Room
Woman Falling in Cardboard Box
Little Country, Big City
Stripe-tastic
Monday Coolness
Little Houses
Person of the Day: Michael Lindsay
A Visit to the Good Doctor
I heart Throwies
Meow…
The Big F U
Beastie Boros
Not Burning Books but THE “Burning Book”
Point of Purchasing
Musical Refreshment
Berkshire Hosiery: Sock Packaging
Dr. Robert A Koetting, Inspires MSLK
H20hh my god!
it’s hot
Guerrilla Consumering
Lucky number 23-23
A Pre-requisite for Tony Soporano
MSLK: Sheri Writes About Five Things Every Designer Should Know
Martha Stewart: Cookware Packaging
Christian: Press Kit
Maly’s: Website
NVU: Brand Identity
Maly’s: HairCares Brand Identity
Christian: Brand Identity
Judith Miller: JM JR website
Judith Miller: Website
MSLK’s M Studio Website is FWA’s Site of the Day and Wins Webby Award
Maybelline: LookBook
MSLK Packaging for Tumi Flow and United Media Vintage Peanuts Published
Wall Street Journal: Website
Maybelline: Point of Purchase
Maybelline: Ads
Judith Miller: Invitation
MSLK Recognized in Local Long Island City Community
Anne Edgar: Website
Maly’s: Brand Identity
Anne Edgar: Brand Identity
Judith Miller: Direct Mail
Maplex: Catalog
M Studio: Website
Maybelline: Flipbook
Marc and Sheri of MSLK are People to Watch in 2006
Marc and Sheri of MSLK: “People to Watch in 2006”
MSLK’s Receives Honor for Mamaroneck High School Invitation
MSLK Spotlight as a Forerunner in Building Promotional Marketing Websites
MSLK is a Forerunner in Developing Promotional Websites
MSLK Wins American Graphic Design Award for Redken Elite Color Invitation
The General Store: Brand Identity
LMCCE
MSLK featured by HGTV for Innovative Interior Design
Robert Tardio: Website
The General Store: Posters
MSLK’s Thirst/Thirty Logo Receives Award
Kristine Foley: Direct Mail
MSLK’s Direct Mail Promotion for Kristine Foley is Recognized for Excellence in Design
Berkshire Hosiery: Pastel Packaging
Redken: Elite Color Invitation
aGaiN: Brand Identity
Local Newspaper Reports on Award Winning LMCCE Catalog by MSLK
MSLK co-founder Marc’s Story as a Designer
Redken: New on 5th Brand Identity
Peanuts: Hangtag
aGaiN: Hangtag
SuperFabulous: Postcard
MSLK’s Course Catalog Wins American Graphic Design Award
SuperFabulous: Brand Identity
Velo Classic Tours: Website
MHS: Invitation
Redken: Deal Sheet
Redken: Elite Color Brand Identity
MSLK: Thirsty Thirty
Faucher Artist: Website
Tumi: Flow Hangtags
Caban Lilien: Wedding Invitation
Tumi: T3 Signage
Elseware: American Cheese Poster
Tumi: Cubic Display
Elseware: Ashhole Packaging
MSLK’s Invitation Design Selected for Mohawk Show
MSLK’s Elsewhere Poster Design Wins and Award
Velo Classic Tours: Brand Identity
EyeSave: Brand Identity
UrbanSpecs: POP Display
UrbanSpecs: Brand Identity
Search: Best Agility Writer Review by Reyman Cruz
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