Pattern above by Julia Rothman Morning guys! Those of you who follow my ramblings on Twitter know that we’ve been slowly getting rid of things in our home to prepare for the move in a few weeks. We have a crazy-fast turn-around time for the move, so I’m trying to lighten the load in preparation…
This morning I wanted to take a moment to share some news that means more to me than I can truly put into words. After a year of planning and preparing, Amy Azzarito is joining Aaron and me at Design*Sponge as our first full-time team member. Before I move on to the next sentence I…
Hola, adorable idea! While I don’t use pencils very much, I adore the look of colorful pencils and think they’re perfect for bringing a little color to your desktop. But illustrator and craft stylist Vanessa Boer has found an even better way to display them — in color fade mobiles that use rulers as their…
Whew! As soon as I got back from the Alt Summit, I started planning some ideas and notes for the next upcoming conference, the Design Bloggers Conference in Los Angeles. At the end of February, I’ll be hopping on a plane to join some of my blogging colleagues from Coco + Kelly, HGTV, All The…
Good morning guys! It’s so nice to be back in New York after a whirlwind trip to Salt Lake for the (amazing) Alt Summit. I spent most of my weekend catching up on emails and was bummed that I missed this incredible submission from Stefano at TourDeFork. TourDeFork is a food design lab based in…
Well hello, Awesome. I couldn’t think of a better way to start today than with these seriously amazing Pantone Chip Cookies from Kim Neill. Kim is a freelance designer and illustrator and she created these fabulous Pantone cookies using her collection of Pantone chips. Inspired by this fun Pantone tin ($28), Kim worked with Royal…
Next week, I’m packing my bags and heading to beautiful Salt Lake City for the Altitude Design Summit. I had an absolute BLAST speaking on last year’s keynote panel, and I’m honored to return this year as part of a panel with two of my favorite bloggers: Joy from Oh Joy! and Emily from Once…
Morning guys! Before the holidays, AC and I decided it was finally time to move to a new apartment. We’ve called our little railroad home for the past four years, but now that we’re both in this space all day, we decided it was time to find something that would give us more “real” working…
The holidays may be over, but I couldn’t think of a better way to start the morning than with this sweet piece of eye candy from Dodoplan, a young design studio in Poland. They created these amazing holiday decorations using simple materials, and the final result is pure heaven. Each little decoration unit was inspired…
I’ve never been a New Year’s Resolution type of gal. They always seem like a reminder of things I didn’t get done in any given year. But I really want 2011 to be different. I feel like 2010 went by way too quickly so this year I want to take a moment to really set…
I was so thrilled and honored to be a part of the The Nate Berkus Show that aired today on NBC. Design*Sponge was featured as one of “Nate’s Finds” at the end of the program, and I just wanted to take a quick second to welcome anyone who is new here as a result of…
Hi guys! I’m excited to announce that we’re looking for a new member to join our Design*Sponge ad team. Our ad team is a tight-knit family that consists of AC, Felice and, until recently, AC’s sister, Leslie. Leslie got an exciting new job in her dream field so now we’re looking to find a new…
I’m so excited about all the events we have coming up this fall! In addition to the D*S DIY/book event at Terrain next month (spots are still available for the book preview and discussion), we’ll be doing a series of events with the Brooklyn Flea’s “Gifted” event, as well. But I’m especially excited about something…
Please pardon this mid-day interruption, but I wanted to get this little announcement up on Sneak Peek day: I’m looking for a Sneak Peek intern! Our trusty Sneak Peek team, Amy Azzarito and Anne Ditmeyer, spend their days scouring the web for great Sneak Peek candidates and coordinating photos and text for their weekly posts….
Hi Guys! Sorry for the random late-night post, but we’ve been getting a few emails over the past week about pop-up virus or malware alerts when viewing Design*Sponge or the RSS feed. We’ve run every test under the sun and the site is squeaky clean, but some people are still getting warnings. So to keep…
hi guys- sorry for the interruption, but i wanted to make a quick announcement: i’m looking to have a freelance copy-editor join our team! i’ve always felt strongly that running a blog shouldn’t be different, or taken less seriously, than running a magazine or any other publication, so i decided it was time to take…
when i was in college and first discovered printmaking, i decided to throw myself into the history of the artform with a somewhat obsessive dedication. i checked out every book i could find in w&m‘s library and found myself bugging my printmaking teachers for little tidbits about the history of the actual plates and technology…
right now it’s so hot in brooklyn that just the idea of a picnic makes me start to sweat. but i have hope that one day soon we’ll see the thermometer dip below 90 again and i can drag ac over to the park for a little dining al fresco. when that day comes, i…
morning! before i jump into regular content i wanted to make a quick update about an email address change. we’re working on a re-design of d*s (to launch this summer) and we finally won back designsponge.com (yay!) from squatters, so we’re migrating over to new email addresses. so, i wanted to let people know that…
tonight i am both thrilled and honored to be speaking with dominique browning about her new book, slow love: how i lost my job, put on pajamas & found happiness. dominique and house & garden magazine will always hold a special place in my heart, as they were my first real home in the design…
