Stories, Resources, and Musings from a Brooklyn Designer

Check Out Our ‘Design Advice That Also Applies to Entrepreneurship’ on Forbes.com

Adelaide Lancaster and Amy Abrams of In Good Company and authors of ‘The Big Enough Company’ are regular contributors on Forbes.com. Recently they asked me for some design advice that can also apply to entrepreneurship for a series exploring transferable business lessons. I provided them with the following nuggets: You can’t go wrong with a Read on →

Gotham Organizers Website Launch

The ’90s might be backing a comeback in fashion, but certainly not in web design! I recently had the pleasure of redesigning a website stuck in the ’90s and bringing it—and the business it represents—into the 20th century. When Gotham Organizers’ founder Lisa Zaslow first contacted us to redesign her company’s website, she knew she Read on →

Loki Loki Link Love, January 2012

Some of my favorite design/photography/art/technology/branding/just-for-fun things on the interwebs this month: click on a thumbnail below, follow the links in the captions, and enjoy! Like these links? Want more? “Like” Loki Loki on Facebook and/or follow @lokitimestwo on Twitter. Read on →

Custom-Designed Facebook Landing Pages

Custom-designed Facebook landing tabs (and complimentary profile pictures) are a fantastic way to “brand” your business’s Facebook page, bringing the look and feel of your website through to your page. When doing a full marketing design package for a client (see our menu for the Full Enchilada), I generally recommend that in addition to the logo, website, Read on →

Seeing Spots! Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings at the Gagosian Galleries

Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 is currently on exhibit at the several Gagosian Galleries throughout the world through February 18th: New York, London, Athens, Beverly Hills, Hong Kong, Geneva, Rome, and Paris. Luckily NYC is home to three Gagosian Galleries, which made for a very fun day of gallery-hopping and spot seeing this Read on →

Your WordPress Website, Part 2: Keeping It Current (And Secure)

My clients want a website that looks beautiful, engages their audience, and highlights their product/service… But they also want one that they can manage on their own without having to learn a whole new skill set or pay someone each and every time they need to post to their blog or update their hours. This Read on →

Duane Reade Has Rebranded Before My Very Eyes

Duane Reade started their massive rebranding in 2009. Until two months ago, my Duane Reade, at the corner of Flatbush and 7th Avenues in Park Slope, Brooklyn, avoided the changes happening to its siblings all over the city, and wore its worn and faded red, white, and blue sign and dated interior proudly all of Read on →

Rosky Legal Education Web Launch

Check out our most recent website launch: Rosky Legal Education, a professional writing and editing firm providing editing services, individual writing instruction, and group workshops for professionals and institutions. Their former site was very law firm-esque in white, maroon, and dark grey. With their new, modern, purple-and-black-on-birch logo, I was given the opportunity to upgrade the Read on →

Small Business Saturday 2011: Don’t Forget to Shop Small for Big Impact

While the irony that Small Business Saturday is presented by American Express (not exactly a mom-an-pop operation) isn’t lost on me, it’s a great idea and a much-needed alternative to the aptly named “Black Friday.” Of course, we should all be shopping small, local businesses as much as possible, not just one day a year, Read on →

Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Windows: They’re Beastly This Year… But the Service Inside Sure Isn’t

The Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows are arguably the most ambitious and grand in all of New York and I am always eager to check them out. Imagine my delight when I was able to get a sneak peek a few days before they opened to the public when happening to pass by just as they Read on →

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