I’ve also been dedicating a lot of brain power to mulling over career trajectories. Maybe it’s because I’m turning the big four-oh in six months. Maybe it’s because one of my closest colleagues left our company several weeks ago to try his hand at a start-up…
How would you go about finding nifty Christmas gifts for male and female friends who happen to be award-winning, fun-loving and discerning graphic designers? Would you head straight to the MoMA Store or Cooper-Hewitt Shop? Would you scour editor picks from Cool Hunting? Or would you offer a lump of coal in the name of […]
With the Thanksgiving food fest fast approaching, I’ve been thinking about how life, for better or worse, is often feast or famine. Like, take my job. My projects were in a lull for the past few months, but now, I’m crunching on two deadlines. Joy…
I was inspired to write this post after a friend on Facebook announced that she had recently lost several pounds and was able to go shopping in her own closet. She could now gleefully fit into a bunch of once-forgotten, barely-worn clothes, automatically expanding her wardrobe options–all without spending a dime. What a great concept! […]
I’m definitely not the first person who has noticed the recent trend of color-dipped furniture (i.e. painting pieces only partially). Apartment Therapy wrote about it last month…
Here’s a little pre-Halloween suggestion if you’re planning on dressing up as a witch (à la Miss Gulch, as opposed to Glinda) tomorrow night. You’ve probably already picked out a sexy black frock and pointed hat, but what are you gonna put on your feet?
This past weekend while walking along Georgetown Waterfront Park (which is quite a lovely destination in DC and reminds me just a teensy bit of NYC’s phenomenal High Line), I saw this Monarch butterfly among fluffy purple New England aster…
My mom recently visited Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. In the gift shop, she bought me this “game” by Ted Naos who is an artist and Professor Emeritus at the School of Architecture…
Patterns in print…
A trio makes a trend…