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MAD Cool

MAD Cool

The Museum of Arts and Design reopens this weekend at their new location in Columbus Circle. Despite the controversy of the "lollipop building" redesign, the museum looks interesting. The opening...
Chanel Mobile Art Arrives in NYC

Chanel Mobile Art Arrives in NYC

If you have a passion for quilted leather hold onto your handbags, next month Chanel will be rolling into town their roving art mobile with an exhibit dedicated to artists'...
Burning Man Art & Adventures

Burning Man Art & Adventures

In case you've been dying to know what else was going on at Burning Man, besides heartbreaking stories of Urban Tumbleweeds, I've created a photo journal with photos and stories...
Stamp Out Menu Pushers

Stamp Out Menu Pushers

Thankfully I am not alone in my hatred of menus and flyers dumped on doorsteps and building lobbys everywhere. As of Saturday, August 2nd New York City is enforcing a...
Smarter Online Ads

Smarter Online Ads

Online ads annoy me. The passive ones are never very effective. They're all formatted the same, packed with as much information as possible. The "guerrilla" ones are even worse, bombarding...
Think Timeless

Think Timeless

My beloved old Saab finally kicked the dust a couple weeks ago. After some debate, I've decided to look into some options for replacing it. My search led me to...
Typographic Love

Typographic Love

I love great editorial design. One of things I am especially drawn to is when publications hire a typographer/designer to enhance their headings and do something definitively different  for an...
Sheri and Spark to Host a Talk at the MYOB Conference

Sheri and Spark to Host a Talk at the MYOB Conference

This September 25-28th I'll be attending the HOW magazine's Mind Your Own Business Conference in Austin, Texas. While I am there I, along with my colleague and Spark VP, Christina...
Patterns Abound

Patterns Abound

This past week I attended the Directions textile show at the suggestion of one of my friends from Fashion News Workshop. This particular friend thought I would enjoy Directions because...
Too Far Too Close

Too Far Too Close

This past weekend a few friends and I (including our new intern Kirsty from England) went to check out the Os Gemeos (pronounced "ose zhe'-mee-ose") show entitled "Too Far Too...