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Making it Work

Making it Work

Yesterday Marc and I had the pleasure of participating in the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum's Teen Design Fair. This was our second year of joining well known graphic, fashion,...
MSLK Wins an American Graphic Design Award!

MSLK Wins an American Graphic Design Award!

MSLK has won an American Graphic Design Award from Graphic Design USA for the Wigwam Packaging Re-branding. Over 10,000+ were entered, with only 15% of entrants recognized with Certificates of...
Brainstorming for Digital Goods

Brainstorming for Digital Goods

Recently, Viximo, a cutting-edge start up company, invited MSLK to participate in a unique think-tank format which gathered what the organizers described as visual "rock stars" and "Digital DaVincis": prominent...
An Identity Redesign?

An Identity Redesign?

Heading into their 8th season, my softball team the Pigeons are still going strong. It was certainly a love of my hometown baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals that inspired...
Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club

Sheri and I gave a talk last week to a group of designers about how blogs can be used as a promotional tool. We drew from our own experience with...
More Recyclighting

More Recyclighting

Some more examples of recycled materials used to create amazing chandeliers. There's something about the transformational properties of light that exemplify the beauty in everyday objects. The plastic bag chandelier...
Swooning over Deitch

Swooning over Deitch

The other weekend, Sheri, Katie, and I all went to see "Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea" at the latest Deitch gallery... in our own neighborhood of Long Island City, no...
Debunking Composting

Debunking Composting

Here at MSLK we've been feeling a little guilty about throwing our fruit and vegetable scraps in the trash, but haven't quite felt ready to dive into the world of...
MSLK Bids Katie Mangano a Fond Farewell

MSLK Bids Katie Mangano a Fond Farewell

It is with great regret that our dear Katie will be leaving MSLK this month. Since Ms. Katie has never worked anywhere other than MSLK, I cannot blame her. She...
2663 Urban Tumbleweeds, a Temporary Art Installation

2663 Urban Tumbleweeds, a Temporary Art Installation

First of all, I'd like to formally give a huge thanks to everyone who donated, helped, supported, and promoted 2663 Urban Tumbleweeds. Really, the outpouring of support we received was...