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Award Winning Art + Design

Bad Trip

Bad Trip

The other day at the store I stumbled upon packaging for a styling product. In the left hand corner was a message informing consumers that only the packaging had changed,...
I LOVE lovelines

I LOVE lovelines

While reading about the upcoming speakers for the AIGA Small Talks, I came across this project by Jonathan Harris who will be speaking in February. Lovelines is a website that...
Great Signage

Great Signage

Great window displays don't need to be expensive. A simple concept with a clever dialog with the product is always compelling. Check out this simple lucite silhouette in a window...
Carbon Copier

Carbon Copier

New logo alert: Xerox. But is it really anything new? Apparently this is an attempt to appear more youthful. For that, I think they've succeeded. Unfortunately, the logo seems to...
Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi

Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi

At the end of our street, along the East River, sits a small museum dedicated to the industrial designer and artist, Isamu Noguchi. It actually sits in the building that...
Macabre Beauty

Macabre Beauty

While doing some research on sustainability, I came across Chris Jordan’s amazing photographic art. His work is both appealing and alarming. Unsparingly depicting American’s mass consumption, his imagery portrays the...
Better Than a Brown Bag

Better Than a Brown Bag

If I were six years-old, you can bet that I would be rocking this lunch bag at school. And though I don't personally know anyone between the ages of four...
Repurposing Styrofoam

Repurposing Styrofoam

A while back Apple sent me new laptop. I hung onto the Styrofoam sheets in the box because I loved the circle pattern. Today I was cleaning and about to...
One Man’s Trash

One Man’s Trash

On may way home from work yesterday, I found this beauty sitting in the trash! And since dumpster diving is a hot industry in Brooklyn, there was no time to...
Laptop Circa 1940

Laptop Circa 1940

Sheri's father saw this old typewriter at a repair shop in St. Louis, and decided to give it to me for Christmas. He thought this Underwood Portable's sleek black appearance...