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Harvard GSD and ACTAR have recently released GSD Platform 2 (Amazon affiliate link), “a sampling of the most salient research and design explorations undertaken at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) during the 2008-2009 academic year.” Organized thematically, the publication identifies underlying congruencies among studio work, theses, research, lectures, conferences, and writings to unfold [...]
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I want to thank STUFF Magazine and Erin Gates of Elements of Style for including me in their recent article, “Designing By the Book.” For the article, Erin reached out to local design personalities to find what their favorite design books are. For good measure, she had us each send two favorites.
What was my favorite? Click through to find out.
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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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Recently, interior designer Charise Glasson shared her favorite design maganzines. All over the internet, people have been talking about what changes need to be made to save magazines. What content needs to change? Will advertisers come back to magazines? Will readers? Will they all go online? Even Elle Decor‘s Margaret Russell discussed this in last [...]
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Merry Christmas!
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Shop where the designers shop this weekend at the Boston Design Center. There will be furniture, wine, cooking demos, shopping, and decoration tips all for free! And if you missed the ‘Domino: The Book of Decorating’ book signing back in October, you’ll have your chance to get it signed here. Or if you haven’t got [...]
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Celebrate the launch of domino magazine’s new book, ‘Domino: The Book of Decorating; a room by room guide to creating a home that makes you happy’ (Simon & Schuster) at Louis Boston this Saturday from 2:00-4:00pm. domino Style Director & author Dara Caponigro, along with Rita Konig, domino contributing editor & daily dose blogger will [...]
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As I mentioned previously, I’m organizing a fund raiser, called Social Media for Social Change. Here’s the basic idea of it: The social media world has proven that, though still a young and small community within a multitude of industries, we have the power to exact great change. Social media has broken down walls and [...]
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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60 years ago, eastern Massachusetts primarily consisted of an industrial city surrounded by sleepy farming towns. Fast forward to today: eastern Massachusetts is one of the nation’s epicenters for technology and defense. That change is largely due to the growth of the suburbs. I grew up in those suburbs. Burlington, MA is two towns away [...]
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