Archive

Year: 2008

Stamp Out Menu Pushers

Stamp Out Menu Pushers

Thankfully I am not alone in my hatred of menus and flyers dumped on doorsteps and building lobbys everywhere. As of Saturday, August 2nd New York City is enforcing a...
Smarter Online Ads

Smarter Online Ads

Online ads annoy me. The passive ones are never very effective. They're all formatted the same, packed with as much information as possible. The "guerrilla" ones are even worse, bombarding...
Urban Tumbleweeds: Brand Identity

Urban Tumbleweeds: Brand Identity

Challenges Urban Tumbleweeds, MSLK's eco-art installation, needed a memorable graphic that would brand the project and quickly convey the sentiment behind the installation. This graphic had to be flexible and...
Think Timeless

Think Timeless

My beloved old Saab finally kicked the dust a couple weeks ago. After some debate, I've decided to look into some options for replacing it. My search led me to...
Typographic Love

Typographic Love

I love great editorial design. One of things I am especially drawn to is when publications hire a typographer/designer to enhance their headings and do something definitively different  for an...
The Concept Behind “Urban Tumbleweeds”

The Concept Behind “Urban Tumbleweeds”

Sheri, Co-Founder of MSLK, discusses the concept behind Urban Tumbleweeds, an eco-art installation created out of 2,663 plastic bags. “Urban Tumbleweeds” Current TV, TV feature August 26, 2008
Sheri and Spark to Host a Talk at the MYOB Conference

Sheri and Spark to Host a Talk at the MYOB Conference

This September 25-28th I'll be attending the HOW magazine's Mind Your Own Business Conference in Austin, Texas. While I am there I, along with my colleague and Spark VP, Christina...
Coney Island Art

Coney Island Art

A few weeks ago, Katie and I rode our bikes out to Coney Island with some friends. As many of you know, this is the last summer Coney Island will...
Patterns Abound

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...
Too Far Too Close

Too Far Too Close

This past weekend a few friends and I (including our new intern Kirsty from England) went to check out the Os Gemeos (pronounced "ose zhe'-mee-ose") show entitled "Too Far Too...