Art instead of Ads
Reading the news online can be very annoying. There are so many ads, pop-up windows and banners on the screen that you can hardly focus on the copy. So why...
I Love You Green Bike Lanes
About eight years ago my friend Macha got a ticket on the way to work for not riding her bike in the bike lane. "What bike lane?", she asked, because...
Smart Salad Dressing Jar
I found this cool salad dressing jar in a small grocery store in Austin. This jar is simple yet smart. It has 4 different dressing recipes printed around the bottle...
Taaz Me Over
Claudia and I went to a lecture last night on beauty in the digital age. One of the speakers, Diana Hong (a Creative Director in the beauty industry), spoke at...
Happy Birthday Brooklyn Bridge!
This past Memorial Day weekend marked the 125th Birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge. The City Reliquary (an odd little museum dedicated to NYC artifacts) located in Williamsburg organized their annul...
The Arm Sock
While visiting my parents' farm just south of Syracuse, New York this weekend, I noticed my neighbor sporting a fashionable new trend: arm socks. Harry, who's lived on the farm...
Get Out The Vote!
The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) invited designers to participate in a get-out-the-vote campaign for the US national elections in fall 2008. The objective was to create a poster...
A Functional Judd (aka my favorite thing at ICFF)
I discovered Donald Judd during a Contemporary Art History Class and immediately feel in love. At the time it might of been because every piece was named "Untitled" which made...