Tag: design

  • Making A Business Bloom: Twig & Twine

    Making A Business Bloom: Twig & Twine

    Heather Williams toggles back and forth between her decorative retail shop and floral design workspace at Twig & Twine. She greets customers as they enter while snipping arranging, and pruning upcoming orders for clients. Ending  a strip of shops, her store perfectly punctuates the, Silver Lake adjacent, Virgil Village (East Hollywood). On the other side of the…

  • Cara McConnell: Structural Integrity

    Cara McConnell: Structural Integrity

    At the core of  everything we do is a propelling idea, emotion, or inspiration that we can not always explain. It drives us in towards our goals and shapes the trajectory we take for our lives. Along this path we most assuredly find distractions and obligations that can deter our course and break from our…

  • Intent: Art, Design, Creativity, and Motive

    Intent: Art, Design, Creativity, and Motive

    Many have pondered the eternal question, What is art? There have been some definitive answers but still, there is not a widely accepted definition. So much of what is created is made with so different medium that it becomes much more than paint or music. So too, have things been reflected, copied, collected, curated, and remixed…

  • Allison Kunath: Fit For A Goddess

    Allison Kunath: Fit For A Goddess

    You may be familiar with Allison Kunath  from our Art Blossom feature some time last year. She has since grown as an artist and as a person and now has ventured into the world of fashion.  She is currently amidst the launch of her first garment, a dress. Allison has never gone to fashion school and…

  • Kelly Van Patter: Green Consumption

    Kelly Van Patter: Green Consumption

    “Your attitude towards money is something you learn growing up.” Kelly utters, as she shuffles through her back pack to lend me a pen made out of recycled water bottles. Kelly Van Patter is a radical consumer, she goes out of her way to purchase and support economically conscious and green businesses. She comments on…

  • Diane Lindquist: Relationship Designer

    When you think of a the tools of the a designer what comes to mind? Maybe a sketch pad and a drafting table? If we are talking about the  more contemporary version, perhaps a laptop like a portátil ofertas, and a Wacom tablet? There are some who have come to understand the world of design…

  • The American Slinky:

    The American Slinky:

    Start with the video, it will put you in the proper frame of mind.   Facts: Slinky is a swedish word for traespiral- sleek or sinous The American Slinky was created by engineer Robert James in 1943 during tests for tension coil. Over a quarter billion Slinky’s have been sold, all made in the US…

  • Prism Eyewear: See better, be seen better.

    Prism Eyewear: See better, be seen better.

    Prism is an eye wear designer out of London that make glassess for people that believe in the potential of eyewear as a compelling accessory. I am one of those people. Aside from the lovely frames they make, their branding effort is nothing short of amazing, as displayed by their packaging. Designed by Sabotage PKG out…

  • Pols Potten: Door Hand

    Something innovative from the Netherlands based interiors company Pols Potten. They are hope to “arouse curiosity” and have certainly done so with this interesting piece. At the helm, Erik Pol amongst a team of designers that create and deveate from the norm in design and form. Expand your horizons.