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Obama’s Amazingly Designed Campaign

Obama’s Amazingly Designed Campaign

Regardless of where you sit politically, one cannot help but marvel at the amazing strength and cohesiveness of the recent political campaign of Barack Obama. At least from a visual...
Online Shopping Cheer

Online Shopping Cheer

As practically everyone is predicting, this holiday season is shaping up to be a doozie for retailers. Now more then ever, companies need to set themselves apart from the competition....
Giving Thanks for Pigeons

Giving Thanks for Pigeons

As the end of our season and that time of the year draws near, I just wanted to say thanks to all of my fellow Pigeon softball players for helping...
NYC Soon to Pay for Plastic Bags?

NYC Soon to Pay for Plastic Bags?

It seems that MSLK's awareness campaign to reduce plastic bag consumption is working...okay maybe we had nothing to with it, but Mayor Bloomberg recently announced a plan to charge NYC...
tkts: vry amzng!

tkts: vry amzng!

Every month MSLK has a meeting with the marketing managers of Redken Haircare. We meet to review the upcoming promotions to be featured in New On 5th, the Dealsheet we've...
Clarifying Trademarks

Clarifying Trademarks

As designers we should to be aware of trademarks and the rules to follow surrounding them. However, I bet if you asked 100 designers what they knew about trademarks and...
Chanel in Central Park

Chanel in Central Park

Marc, Sheri and I all attended the Chanel Mobile Art exhibit in Central Park this past weekend. To be honest, I didn't quite know what to expect. I had heard...
Japanese Design = Happy Customers

Japanese Design = Happy Customers

I have a love of Japanese candy, stationery, office products, house hold items, baubles, etc. Why -- because they make me happy. Of course this is already a heavily discussed...
The Great Wall of Monk

The Great Wall of Monk

Last weekend I went with Sheri and my parents up to the Katonah Museum, about 40 miles north of NYC. While "Conversations in Clay," the exhibition currently on display indoors...
Chasing Rainbows

Chasing Rainbows

Last week we attended the Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards. While all the attention was justifiably on the recipients, (my former boss, Michael Bierut of Pentagram received the Design Mind award and our friend,...