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Thrift Studio Opening Event
April 12, 2012
Thrift Studio is Dwell with Dignity’s not-like-any-other-thrift-store THRIFT STORE. This bi-annual 30 day pop up shop provides financial viability and fundraising for Dwell with Dignity through selling the overstock of donated, gently used furniture, housewares, accessories and high end designer finds to the public.
Some of Dallas’ leading interior designers and retailers have transformed a variety of those items into fashionable new finds and use them in the most amazing room vignettes you’ve ever seen. See vignettes by: Horchow, The Container Store, Peacock Alley, Wisteria, The Lamp Shoppe, David Cadwallader Design, Michelle Nussbaumer, and TLC Contract Group.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Leave a commentScrabble Typography Edition
March 18, 2012
The popularity of Words with Friends has created a resurgence in the original game of Scrabble. If you’re into design or a fan of typography, then it’s only reasonable to think that you’ll be a fan of Scrabble Typography Edition. The highlight of this luxurious set is the solid walnut tiles featuring a wide variety of different, interesting fonts. They’re joined in the set by a solid walnut storage case with drawer, a six-panel solid walnut magnetized gameboard with non-slip cork backing, and metal tile racks. Oh, and each set will include a numbered certificate of authenticity signed by the creator, Drew Capener.
Posted in Design | Leave a commentSmoking Haute – Collection 2012
March 14, 2012
The DIFFA/Dallas is excited to announce Smoking Haute Collection 2012.
This year’s event takes place on Saturday March 31 at the Hilton Anatole and celebrates a reinvention of classic fashion. In 1966 Yves Saint Laurent introduced Le Smoking, a tailored tuxedo jacket for women. A revolutionary idea that brought traditional male tailoring to the feminine form.
DIFFA reinvents this fashion classic in 2012 with top name designers from around the county interpreting the Smoking Jacket with one-of-a kind couture designs.
Posted in Design | Leave a commentDesign on Dragon Event
September 27, 2011
DESIGN ON DRAGON | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 5-9PM
The city’s finest art galleries and design showrooms are opening their doors welcoming you to see, stroll, and shop. Taking place on Dragon Street in the Design District, the annual street wide event includes music, local fare and spirits. Get out and stroll the “intersection of art and design” while enjoying a cool fall evening in Dallas.
For more information on this event and future Dragon Street events, click here.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Leave a commentThrift Studio Event: Design for a Good Cause
September 23, 2011
Join us for a Sneak Preview of the Thrift Studio!
Friday, September 30th from 6-9pm
1616 Hi Line – Dallas Design District
$25 Entry Fee – All proceeds benefit Dwell with Diginity
Thrift Studio is a thrift store unlike any you have ever seen before. This pop-up shop will be open for 30 days, bi-annually. Inventory includes furniture and home decor items donated by designers and designer showrooms, refurbished inventory, and also gently used items from the public. Some great pieces in the first studio store will include donations from Jan Showers, David Cadwallader, David Sutherland and Peacock Alley. Five interior designers will also display custom-designed vignettes. All proceeds from the Thrift Studio will benefit the future work of Dwell with Dignity.
Posted in Social Conciousness | Leave a commentMedea Vodka Packaging Design
September 19, 2011
Medea Vodka claims to be the “Best Engineered Vodka in the World.” It’s packaging design also has pretty extensive engineering in itself. In a saturated market of adult beverages and high-end competition like Grey Goose and Belvedere, Medea Vodka (made in Holland) grabs our attention in a different way by incorporating a programmable screen on the front of their bottles. The ticker can be programmed with up to six different messages and up to 255 characters each. The batteries last up to a year, but really, who takes a year to finish a bottle of vodka?
Client Spotlight: In Our Genes
September 15, 2011
In Our Genes has garnered media attention recently because of their truly unique products and work to fight disease. Founder, Darrin Grandmason, created a line of clothing featuring unique genetic art with a charitable tie. This genetic art is actually artistically-rendered DNA prints of some of the planet’s most challenging diseases. In Our Genes Mission: To eradicate disease one piece of clothing at a time.
To find out more or order a shirt to help fight one of the top 20 diseases in the world, visit their website today.
Posted in Design, Fashion Design, Social Conciousness | Leave a commentGraphic Designers, Not Only Designing Print and Web
September 10, 2011
Graphic designers have long dabbled in additional mediums other than print and web. Check out Linus Dean’s new line of rugs. Designed to be bold, minimal and typography-driven, the rug designs are all unique compositions designed by Linus himself. These rugs are also made from some of the finest wool on the planet and come in a wide range of sizes. You can even custom order a particular rug and specify the color and size to fit any space in your home or office.
His website says, “Each of our rugs is playful yet poised, sophisticated without being stuffy, avant-garde minus the arrogance.”
Posted in Design | Leave a commentEton of Sweden Hosts Fashion Night Out
August 29, 2011
Eton Fashion Night Out
Eton of Sweden hosts 2011 Fashion Night Out! If you are in the New York area and love fashion, drinks and great house music, our client Eton is throwing a fantastic party at 625 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. Eton’s men’s clothing line is the definition of style with a refined, modern edge, and we are very excited to help promote their 2011 fall event. To find out more about Eton of Sweden, visit them online.
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