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- A Gift from Google
We received a simple box in the mail the other day. It had my name on it so I had the honor of opening while others gathered ’round. The contents were stacked so it was a bit like peeling the layers from an onion. (notice the culinary reference) Here’s what we found:
A letter from David [...]
- Penny
We have a new addition to our design team, an intern. Penelope, Penny Lane, we call her Penny. Her job is to sleep in our laps, play with stuffed pink hippo, and tinkle outside.
She came to us in the form of a 22nd birthday present. Penny is in training to do more useful things, like [...]
- A Twitter for Tolstoy
I am struck by the contrast of the present and past.
Representing the past we have Tolstoy’s War and Peace , or more specifically, the Tolstoy characters. They communicated in lengthy longhand letters and bountiful ballroom banter. The letters go on for pages and tell of events covering months and perhaps years. They are the stuff [...]
- Toms Shoes - helping kids?
Perhaps you’ve heard of Toms Shoes. When you buy a pair of these simple canvas slippers, Toms gives a pair of shoes to a child in need. Toms says they have given 60,000 pairs of shoes to children in Argentina and South Africa.
Not too long ago, I went to tomsshoes.com and got my pair of [...]
- the announcement chair
There is a rather tall stool in our studio. Tim welded the base from steel and attached a wood seat to the top. I brought it in a while back as a potential prop for one of our photoshoots. I thought it would be quite fashion forward. That didn’t work out so well. Never-the-less, the [...]
- Tiny Chair
This is the chair I made today. A chaise, really. Suitable for our friend, Pedro, who you may get to know in the future. Or more likely, this is a chair of potential. A chair of what could be. (Mom, this is what your new outdoor cushions will look like!)
- may i introduce April
She never leaves the studio, quite dedicated I’d say. You might of seen her at the Civies Christmas Party, she was there. May I introduce April, the Civies mannequin.
April likes to stand in front of the far right window. She usually wears a Civies tee, sometimes nothing, which always makes Christian feel a bit uncomfortable. [...]