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I went to Porter Exchange in Cambridge with my friend Jeff this afternoon for lunch — some of the best, least expensive sushi around the city is served there. On the way out, Jeff noticed a sale sign in the window of Kitty Haas’s jewelry shop. Knowing that Kitty isn’t known to need to put [...]
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In last Sunday’s Boston Globe, Dushko Petrovich explored how Boston could find itself as the home of a new art revolution. In his essay, Dushko cites all that Boston has going for it: “several great museums, a superabundance of universities, many galleries, a highly educated and increasingly sophisticated audience, and a density that allows for [...]
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Talk about fashionable pillows. Carlos Santiago was born and raised in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He studied fashion design at Savannah College of Art & Design, then moved to New York to intern and work at such marquee brands as Anna Sui, Marc Jacobs, LaROK and Isaac Mizrahi Couture. Now in Boston, Carlos brings this knowledge [...]
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You have great personal style. Your fashion sense is not directed by the whims of seasons and designers, but by a knowledge and confidence about what looks — and feels — best on you. How do you take that and translate it to your home? Grange, the French furniture maker, is going to help you [...]
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What a difference a week makes! Things have really picked up from last week. Drinkwater’s Cambridge – 20%-50% off all winter merchandise through 2/13. Magpie – 25% off all jewelry and valentine’s cards on Saturday 2/13 – and free cupcakes! Good – Winter sale – up to 50% off throughout the store through 2/14. DWR [...]
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…but it’s for a good reason! When I should have been writing about the great designers I’m coming across, I’ve been working with Joyce — not just a blogger but also a freelance photographer and graphic designer — on designing and programming a new DesignBoston.org. The basic layout is all set, but there’s still much [...]
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Another interesting duo that I met at SHIFTboston are Derek Cascio and Sam Aquillano. They are creating the Design Museum Boston, where they will share all types of design – architecture, furniture, product design, graphic design and more. The approach Derak and Sam are taking for Design Museum Boston isn’t the normal route of raising [...]
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Merry Christmas!
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I was bouncing around online last night, looking for some sort of design inspiration, when I came across this video that I’m sure mod*mom would love. More a long form Cadillac commercial than Objectified, The American Look is a look at all the forms of modern design from a half-century ago. In appreciation of the [...]
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