Friendboy started a software development company earlier this year, and after only a few months of coaxing, he agreed to take five minutes to talk to me about a logo for his company. I don't know what his deal is. Half the fun of starting a business is branding. He named the company Toliman, after one of the three stars that make up Alpha Centauri. Yeah, he's a geek. He's also fairly traditional, having worked
Last week, I headed over to LPK (which is housed in a gorgeous historical building, by the way) for a talk called Memo from 2015: What the Future Wants from Designers. The event was sponsored by the Cincinnati AIGA and led by adorably baby-faced-but-apparently-brilliant LPK trend analyst Brian Meyers. Call me shallow (you'd be right), but I'm much more likely to listen to an analysis of future trends from someone who looks straight out of a
After wasting spending time watching reruns of My Name is Earl on Hulu, I was inspired to dress like Jamie Pressly's character who, let's be honest, is a l'il trashy. Trashy can be fun when it's done right, though! Let's take a look at some of the key elements: 1 & 2 "A-line" Tank top Shown: American Apparel 2. Hanes To keep it simple, go for the ol' standby classic: a ribbed cotton wifebeater. If you
I've been obsessed with fashion magazines since I was 10, now online mags have taken over my already depleted sense of reason. Initially, I thought about condensing the posts on this blog into a monthly "digital digest," but now I'm thinking I'd like to spread the love a bit and include other bloggers. Everything can't always be just about me (I know-- I'm just as shocked as you are). Since there are soooo many lovely/thoughtful/stylish fashion bloggers,
Are you a good witch or a bad witch? I was coerced into watching Disney's Enchanted, which wasn't the witty satire I expected it to be, but was fairly entertaining nonetheless. Though I'm not really a pastels-and-flowers type of girl, I watched the end credits roll with an odd feeling of feminine power mixed with girlish vulnerability. One part of me wanted to sing and dance while cartoon birds circled my head and bunnies hopped around my