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Brand New World
Like just about everything else today, retail design is in a state of flux. We’re now living in a world where most items for sale in a store are also available online. Which raises a couple of important questions: What’s the role of traditional r...
Letter From Greenwich: What We Talk About When We Talk A...
Forget it,” a Greenwich friend predicted, when I told him I was seeking local points of view for an article I was writing about a Connecticut statute known as 8-30g. “No one will talk to you.” His remark made me laugh. The statute in questio...
Punch It Up
Need a new workout, or just looking for an awesome way to tire out the kids? Greg Loomis, the Wellness Manager at the YMCA, is building on the success of his popular cardio boxing classes with offerings for kids, teens and adults.
Troubled Times: The Role of Design in Fascist Italy
Bertrand Russell famously argued that propaganda is better at fostering hate than love, but a group of three interrelated exhibitions on Italian art and design between the world wars, currently on view at the Wolfsonian-Florida International Universi...
For The Wine Industry, Climate Change Could Be The Ultim...
People love wine. We don’t just drink it; we share it, pair it with food, and toast occasions with it. We study it, taste it, and write books and articles about it. A nice bottle of wine is a foolproof hostess gift; a slightly nicer one, a go-to re...
Bob Pepper - The Cover Our Tracks Interview
Viewed from our age of text boxes, snap-to-grid anchor points, and digital thumbnails, the hand-drawn, lushly colored, shape-shifting forms of Bob Pepper's illustrations seem to epitomize a lost epoch.
