From the category archives:
From spring cleaning sales at a local studio to semi-annual sales at a national retailer, this is a good week for deals. Know of a sale coming up that we should mention? Let us know!
JHill Design & Jill Rosenwald Spring Studio Sale – pieces as low as $5. Through 3/6.
Vessel – 40% off Roomies and Fusionware.
Mitchell [...]
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Design Museum Boston, the new non-profit I met last month “with the goal of creating and maintaining a network of virtual and physical exhibit spaces online, in Boston, and across New England”, is throwing a party to launch their museum and social network, DesigningAMuseum.org.
For one night, the digital becomes physical as both designers and non-designers alike come [...]
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Last night, Vessel hosted its second design lecture, this time featuring Michelle Yeeles of Bob’s Your Uncle. It was an entertaining and educational discussion. Michelle described how she and her husband Martin started the company after Michelle was laid off from Reebok in 2000 — including the kind of obstacles and opportunities they’ve faced (Target [...]
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Every time I go to Vessel, I take note of an interesting assortment of stationary they stock. Vessel’s Milisa told me it’s from a local company, Bob’s Your Uncle. She told me that BYU is based right in Fort Point Channel, and they run a store in front of the office called, not too ironically, [...]
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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 to be [...]
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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 millions [...]
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My friend Sam tipped me off to the fantastic short film “The Third & The Seventh”. It’s “a full-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces.”
Created by Madrid-based designer Alex Roman, the film shows an amazing attention to detail. I could go [...]
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Merry Christmas!
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