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Burt’s Bees Skincare Installations Stop Consumers Dead in Their Tracks

Burt’s Bees Skincare Installations Stop Consumers Dead in Their Tracks

If you're a marketer, you've probably thrown around those ubiquitous terms, push and pull marketing. The marketplace has seen a major paradigm shift from pushing products onto consumers, to pulling...
Why Proctor & Gamble’s New Sugarcane Packaging Really Matters

Why Proctor & Gamble’s New Sugarcane Packaging Really Matters

Proctor and Gamble unveiled last week a renewable sugarcane based alternative to plastic that will be implemented on their Pantene Pro-V, CoverGirl, and international Max Factor product lines over the next...
There’s Nothing Quite Like a Piece of Paper

There’s Nothing Quite Like a Piece of Paper

  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE4lqYzS2m0 In today's multi-media extravaganza, it's hard to get anyone exited about one of the world's oldest mediums, paper. However we at MSLK don't think that paper has lost...
Inspiration from Girona’s Temps du Flors

Inspiration from Girona’s Temps du Flors

Festivals are a great way to engage people in a city or neighborhood.  It's an effective way to bring people into the area and showcase the normally hidden real estate....
Tim Burton’s Point-of-View

Tim Burton’s Point-of-View

Tim Burton's show at the MoMA revealed to me that he's a man with an obsessive vision. From Tim's point-of-view, every day is just a little bit darker and wackier...
MSLK Hosts Trend Spotters Discussion on Social Media

MSLK Hosts Trend Spotters Discussion on Social Media

The multidisciplinary trend spotting group, Trendincite Xchange, will be making a visit to MSLK's studios this evening for a presentation and round table discussion on the future of social media....
2010 Resolution: No More Plastic Takeout Containers

2010 Resolution: No More Plastic Takeout Containers

If a takeout container is a temporary vessel designed to transport food from a restaurant to your home, then why is it made out of plastic, a material which is...
IKEA Launches a Line of Solar Powered Outdoor Lights

IKEA Launches a Line of Solar Powered Outdoor Lights

This is the kind of design innovation we all should all be doing. Why can't all our outdoor lighting be solar powered? It's an even input to output exchange, no...
Recap of the Best 2009 Holiday Windows

Recap of the Best 2009 Holiday Windows

Even though the season is behind us there's still time for a quick recap of the best windows of 2009. Armed with a camera, a quick stroll proved that even...
Young Designers Help MSLK Brand an Ice Cream Shop

Young Designers Help MSLK Brand an Ice Cream Shop

What exactly does a graphic designer do? Recently MSLK was joined by nine third- through fifth-graders looking to discover what it means to have a career in graphic design. Students...