This month’s theme of food and design worked out perfectly, because I’ve been talking non-stop about my new obsession: TLC’s Cake Boss. Like many of its other cake show brethren, Cake Boss goes behind the scenes of a well-known bakery to show the mayhem of the baked goods business. In this instance, its Carlo’s Bakery in […]
There’s no denying the food truck trend that’s been sweeping the city. New trucks with interesting concepts are popping up left and right. And the good thing for us designers (other than all the delicious food options) is that many of them are really considering their design.
It makes sense — it’s tough to stand out on the […]
With a heavy heart, I, and the entire media world, report that the truffle of a magazine, Gourmet, The Magazine of Good Living and food porn, has succumbed to the tragic, yet predicted, fate of most big-budget print publications. Keeping with past and current market trends (the previous losses of Portfolio, Mogue and even popularity queen Domino), […]
I recently noticed a new commercial from Absolut Vodka. I have always been a fan of their design and advertising but this commercial caught my eye with its use of typography.
The spot was created as a part of the In an Absolut World campaign by the advertising agency TBWA\CHIAT\DAY. The concept is groups of artists coming together in different […]
I have often times heard or read wonderful stories of travel to far-off Asian lands. Tragically, they were never my own. Also, tragically, those stories which concerned “Kari” in reference to “travel” also concerned “airplane fires,” “ten-thousand mosquito bites” and/or “Mary Kate Olsen.” Why could my tales never center around “massive food consumption at Ben […]
Through my travels on the internet, I came across the adorable Jessica Rust Designs personalized dinnerware and fell completely in love. All of her designs are modern and fresh. My personal favorite is the Birch Tree Collection. Carve your own initials!
There are many, many reasons I love this city. Mostly its accessiblity to anything and everything you could want. Everyday it surprises me, even though every day I tell myself I’ve seen it all. Last Friday morning, yet again, a pleasant surprise awaited me as I stepped out of the subway. NYC’s first mobile cupcake truck, the Cupcake Stop, […]
My 21st bday drink (Irish car bomb)
I was reading this article in the NY Times about why some people’s faces get red or the “Asian Glow” when drinking alcohol. It is caused by an inherited deficiency of an enzyme called ALDH2 which more than a third of East Asian people have. This deficiency causes problems […]
Buying wine is much like buying a book, and you know what they say about that — you can’t judge a book by its cover. Well, you can’t judge a bottle of wine by its label — although I often do. On more than one occasion I’ve left the wine store with two or more bottles than I planned on buying — just because the labels […]
Johnny Cupcakes
Cupcake Boutiques have popped up everywhere in the last few years, from false cupcake shops like Johnny Cupcakes to real Cupcake shops like Kara’s Cupcakes. The design behind each shop is unique, fun and elegant. A lot of the logos use a script font with a brown and pink color scheme. I guess when you think about cupcakes they […]
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