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The Secret to Abandoning Bottled Water is Convenience

The Secret to Abandoning Bottled Water is Convenience

Twelve months after resolving to give up bottled water I can safely say my days of drinking bottled water are 100% behind me. With a new year's goal to reduce...
Smart Copy = Smart Brand

Smart Copy = Smart Brand

This weekend I finally got a closer look at Target's relaunched private label brand, Up & Up. Private brands have a tricky task in distinguishing themselves from the national brand...
Cupcake Mobiles for Sale

Cupcake Mobiles for Sale

  What's better than eating a cupcake? Touring around inside one of course! Turns out my favorite cupcake mobiles which I love to see touring around the playa at Burning...
The Cute Factor

The Cute Factor

Scrap the idea of getting a celebrity to endorse your next campaign. Instead, consider puppies, kittens, baby pigs and butterflies. Oh, and throw in a few rainbows and roses for...
MSLK’s next project, a Plastic Water Bottle Island Retreat

MSLK’s next project, a Plastic Water Bottle Island Retreat

Okay maybe only in my dreams. However, I found this video of a man who has made his own island on top of floating plastic water bottles incredibly inspirational. He...
Design and Bake Your Own Cookie at Sweet Flour

Design and Bake Your Own Cookie at Sweet Flour

I have just found a new reason to visit Toronto. Sweet Flour bake shop located in High Park allows you to create your own cookie and bake it on the...
2010, The Year “Made in America” Returned to Marketing Headlines

2010, The Year “Made in America” Returned to Marketing Headlines

Thanks to the economy, it seems that the new way to think green and socially conscious is to buy local. In fact, that phrase is literally our proposed theme for...
Beauty that Matches Your Lifestyle at the NYIGF

Beauty that Matches Your Lifestyle at the NYIGF

Voluspa While at the New York International Gift Fair last week, I couldn't help but notice how fabulously packaged the personal care and aroma-based products were. It seemed that almost...
It’s Beginning to Taste a Lot Like Christmas

It’s Beginning to Taste a Lot Like Christmas

It may be 85 degrees outside, but as designers know, August is prime time to get into the holiday spirit. Since designers have to plan and produce holiday promotions long...
Fabulous Reusable Shopping Bag Discovered at the New York International Gift Fair

Fabulous Reusable Shopping Bag Discovered at the New York International Gift Fair

Certainly there were tons of green and eco-friendly items at the 2009 NYIGF, but one project stands apart as perfect blend of necessity, innovation, sustainability, and simplicity. The stretch bag...