Rethinking Product Design
The other day I was at the Supermarket in St. Louis when I happened upon something rather innovative, a composite plastic bowl. It was even called the "Garbage Bowl" and...
Bee Kind. Anthropologie Reminds us that Honey Bees Are Our Friends.
In my humble opinion Anthropologie leads the way in retail design and retail display windows. I am always enamored by their mix of art, fashion, craft, and social causes. The...
DIY Bows from Plastic Bags
One of the great things about our Urban Tumbleweeds project is it has gotten many of our clients and friends talking to us about plastic bags. In fact, several of...
MSLK Joins in to Help Give Insight to LIC Business
We were invited to join a group of 30 LIC business owners to meet Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber in order to discuss the issues...
Support Earth Hour and Turn the Lights Out This Saturday at 8:30 pm
In these tough times it is easy to feel like one person can't make a difference, especially when the difference we are talking about is on a global scale. After...
Ecofont: Color You Like, As Long As It’s Green
I just found out about Ecofont, a font designed specifically to use 20% less ink, thus saving money and lessening your environmental impact as you print (the elusive "win/win"). Using...
Felt Forum: Ben Mickus’s Innovative Felt Chair at the Cooper Hewitt
MSLK's good friend (and architectural guru) Ben Mickus has an absolutely amazing chair on exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's "Fashioning Felt" exhibit on display March 6 - September...
Are You Too Cool?
I received this promo in the mail the other day from HSBC. You place it in your freezer for five minutes to determine if your freezer is set too low....