One of my goals for the year is to challenge myself with something new. That opportunity came along right away in January when my walking partner proposed a brilliant collaboration. Since then we’ve been busy planning, scheduling, designing, and doing whatever in preparation for a big opening this Friday, April 1. No April Fool jokes happening here! In the […]
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The Cobbler’s Children Go Unshod
You know how it goes…the landscaper’s yard is the messiest, the doctor’s kids are the sickest, and the designer’s logo is the most outdated. Well, hopefully mine isn’t the most outdated. For the last year I’ve been working on giving things a new look—my logo, my website and my blog. Oh, but it’s going slow. […]
Art Nouveau for Earth Day
Abstract Design, Public Domain, New York Public Library With today being Earth Day, what better day to feature one of my favorite design styles—Art Nouveau. Art Nouveau (French for “new art”) was a very organic and naturalistic period celebrated in the late 1800s-early 1900s. It’s considered a “total art,” meaning the style was adopted in architecture, interior […]