Archive

Year: 2008

Greener Thoughts for a Happy New Year

Greener Thoughts for a Happy New Year

It's that time of the year.  MSLK is winding down and closing our doors for a little winter respite and regeneration. We hope you too will be enjoying a little...
Spark Toasts the Holidays with Our Fifth Annual Networking Party

Spark Toasts the Holidays with Our Fifth Annual Networking Party

Thank you to all who joined us for our fifth Annual Spark Holiday Networking Party. The event was a huge success with record attendance from all aspects of the graphic...
Blog as Storefront: Gizmodo Gallery Showcasing Technology as Art

Blog as Storefront: Gizmodo Gallery Showcasing Technology as Art

As a true tech-geek, I have been a long-time visitor of Gizmodo, a blog dedicated to highlighting gadgets, gizmos, and cutting-edge consumer electronics. The site is updated throughout the day...
Fashion Designers Reimagine the Christmas Tree

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...
2008 MSLK Holiday Party

2008 MSLK Holiday Party

This year we bid 2008 farewell with the MSLK Holiday Party at our favorite burger joint: Pop Burger.While a massive rain thwarted our plans to check out the department store...
Envirowise Guide to Eco-Design

Envirowise Guide to Eco-Design

In a previous post I mentioned a great lecture I went to at the HBA on sustainable package design. The speaker, Jane Bickerstaffe, the director of INCPEN, directed me to...
Five Tips to Improve Your Marketing

Five Tips to Improve Your Marketing

Businesses cannot afford to simply wait for the economic picture to improve in order to increase their bottom line. It is important to be proactive in developing ways to increase...
Plastic Bag Feeder

Plastic Bag Feeder

This community plastic bag dispenser on the streets in Williamsburg made me smile. The design is kind of a cross between a bird feeder and those "Take a Penny, Leave...
Retail Windows Draw Holiday Shoppers

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...
Behind the Scenes: MSLK’s ’08 Holiday Card

Behind the Scenes: MSLK’s ’08 Holiday Card

A design firm's holiday card had better be great — "good" simply will not do. We've had a great track record over the past few years, and always seem to...