Over the weekend, Jack started working to theme the blog to match the rest of the site; though everything is up and running, we’re still tweaking the design. Please pardon our appearance for the next day or so as we work to restore the blog to its usual, handsome self!
Author Archives: Kate
Home for Jack and me is a constant work in progress, an ongoing lesson in curation. Home is where we entertain, work and (on occasion) relax. Our space serves several functions, and many of those overlap, so we’re constantly on the lookout for creative solutions to make the most of the space that we have. We […]
Why yes, that is a stack of Shakespeare! Over lunch today, I needed a bit of an escape – so I headed to the Brattle Book Shop’s outdoor lot, on West Street in Downtown Crossing, to search their shelves for vintage design books. These four unplanned purchases were stacked together, just waiting for me to find […]
Welcome to the community of Santa Marta, in the heart of the densley populated hills of Rio de Janeiro. Artistic duo Haas&Hahn set out on a mission to paint the houses of this community, and they set out to do it with the involvement of community members who received training and pay for their assistance. […]
It’s advice that comes up again and again, and which most recently came to my attention as I read a Fast Company piece about Pentagram designer Michael Bierut and his tips for productive creatives: 1. Keep a notebook. Bierut started this practice in 1992, and now has 86 of the things. But they’re not some fancy […]
Much like the Mother’s Day mum cards, we decided to make some punny pops cards in the knick of time for Father’s Day. The classic soda bottle silhouette was a much simpler concept than the pinpricked mum from the very beginning, and the process ended up being much quicker – which was good, since we […]
I keep this post-it on my computer, to remind me not to slouch into a ball in my chair. Ergonomics only help so much when you sit cross-legged at your desk… Happy Monday!
Here’s to the special men in our lives.
We’ve got a bit of catching up to do in the blogosphere – it’s dangerous when Google reader hits the “1000+ unread” mark, after all. The volume of new material is a bit overwhelming for the moment, so I took a peek through my favorites and bookmarks to rediscover a few oldies-but-goodies that struck my […]
We’re back stateside, refreshed and ready to tackle some new projects. First, here’s a peek at what we were up to in the Riviera Maya.