Focus on the Arts.

Focus on the Arts. Always a little surreal to go back to my high school to talk about design and branding. Honored to be asked back even during one of the craziest weeks of my life. Mentoring young designers and creatives is so important

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Why are you still using a still?

It’s my seven year anniversary at work and I’ve been reflecting on some of the changes over the years. There’s a mug that I love that says, this meeting could have been an email. It always reminds me to prioritize time and to consider

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All that work and what was it done for?

All that work and what was it done for? It’s a little line from a song I keep hearing on social and exactly what I was thinking all the people involved in elevating brands at Bloomingdales and Jo Malone would have thought if they

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Random not random thoughts at 4 am.

As a designer, it’s our job to make connections. Not just the personal kind, (while that’s important) but the ones were seemingly unrelated things can be woven together. It’s usually not obvious at first and sometimes not at all, but we need to make

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Surprise and delight.

Surprise and delight. Two words that run through my brain often. A little mantra if you will that comes from my CEO, Cheryl S. Durst. She might have said it once or a hundred times, I can’t remember because it plays in my head

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that was nice

It’s Sunday, New Year’s Eve, and of course, I’m looking back at the past year. It’s usually at this time I share my top nine projects of the year, but instead, I’m going to share this. My absolute favorite and unsolicited comment from social

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