Great Package Design, Down to the Bar Code
Most designers consider the UPC bar code to one of the biggest pains in creating consumer packaging. The requirements for using it make one of the largest, horsiest, and most...
Beauty IOD: Report
Challenges Beauty IOD Report, a research report focusing on emerging retail venues and strategies relevant to the beauty industry, needed an effective design solution. The challenge was to clearly communicate...
Fashion Designers Reimagine the Christmas Tree
Every year, big name fashion designers and architects create Christmas trees to be auctioned off for charity in Paris at the "Les Sapins de Noël des Créateurs" event. The participating...
Retail Windows Draw Holiday Shoppers
Tis' the season once again, 5th Avenue's holiday windows are up and beckoning you to come inside. Drawing upon their summer windows, an evolution of Gap's 2007 holiday windows, Louis...
Chanel in Central Park
Marc, Sheri and I all attended the Chanel Mobile Art exhibit in Central Park this past weekend. To be honest, I didn't quite know what to expect. I had heard...
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'...
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...
Sustainable Beauty Companies and Wooden Caps
Last weekend at Terrain I spotted a line of beauty products by Akhassausa that are beautifully designed. Their two small lines, nature and retreat, are differentiated by accent color. The...