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Times of the Signs

Times of the Signs

This past Sunday my father and I went on "Alphabet City" an interesting AIGA walking tour of New York's endangered street art: its typography. Led by one of the most...
T-Mobile is Making the Magenta a Little More Green

T-Mobile is Making the Magenta a Little More Green

Say what you will about corporations jumping on the green band wagon. Yes, it's annoying, but hey, even if the motivations are a bit transparent, I'm all for any positive...
Calling All Target Plastic Bags

Calling All Target Plastic Bags

Target used Newsweek's green issue last week to offer a solution to some of the plastic bag waste they're responsible for producing. Teaming up with Terracycle, they're asking users to...
Pay Attention

Pay Attention

City cyclists are constantly swapping stories of near death by speeding vans or surprise car doors. Ellen and I often comment that ridding through LIC, Queens in the morning is...
Great Fake E-commerce Website

Great Fake E-commerce Website

You never know where inspiration will come from, a while back Marc's mom sent us a forward of a forward to a "hilarious" Dutch site. We all agreed it wasn't...
Freitag… Every Day

Freitag… Every Day

Freitag (which means "Friday" in German) started as a phenomenon of Zürich’s urban subculture in 1993 when Markus und Daniel Freitag, both brothers and graphic designers, had a genius, sustainable...
Rabbit…

Rabbit…

I passed by the Sony store by Madison Avenue and was amazed by millions of colorful rabbits on Sony's Window displays.These bunnies are used in the campaign for their new...
Cheeky “Bitch” Provokes Snobby Wine Business

Cheeky “Bitch” Provokes Snobby Wine Business

To begin with: I am a big food and wine lover. I like simple, authentic meals. Spaghetti with a classic “Ragù alla Bolognese” and a glass (or two…) of red...
An Exercise in Coolness

An Exercise in Coolness

It's things like this that make designers want to throw in the hat... I recently stumbled across this beautiful packaging for Nestea. I was immediately excited that perhaps the corporate...
There’s No Such Thing as Small Business…

There’s No Such Thing as Small Business…

...only Small Business owners. Sheri was recently featured on the NY Times Small Business Summit web site. Here's an excerpt: What would you do if you weren't in business for...