Happy 2011! Wishing everyone all the best for the coming year Here’s to the first post of 2011 and an update of my own! Design Museum Boston is proud to present Tiffany Wan, the newest addition to our correspondents team. A graduate of Syracuse University and currently located in Beijing, Tiffany will be bringing an international [...]
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Happy New Year! (and A Brandnü Way of Thinking)
Posted by Tiffany Wan on January 2, 2011
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2011/01/happy-new-year-and-a-brandnu-way-of-thinking/
Art Friday’s market
Original and handmade artistry has been showing and for sale every Friday in Downtown Crossing. The Art Friday’s market is open Fridays from 11am-6pm until October 1 on Summer Street. There’s some great, local works there from photography to pottery, jewelry, and bags. There’s music playing, tourists, and street performers; a great initiative by the [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on August 6, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/08/art-fridays-market/
etching glass: how to
I started a project attempting to etch glass… When starting it, I didn’t realize it would be so simple! The vinyl sticker material used to make the stencil was the hardest part to master. If you’re trying this, a few trials should do the trick to familiarize yourself with how the material cuts with an [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on July 28, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/07/etching-glass-how-to/
Design Museum Boston
Last night DesignMuseumBoston hosted an event in collaboration with Office Environments of New England to not only eat, drink, and meet some wonderful people, but to also give some background and insight into what the Design Museum is trying to accomplish. In addition to opening nomadic and ever-changing ‘pop-up museums’ in empty store fronts, DesignMuseumBoston [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on July 22, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/07/design-museum-boston/
food by colors
I’m loving the fresh fruits and veggies of summer time. And coming across this collection at Toxel made me smile wide The natural food colors and not so natural colors from packaging are so vibrant. I wonder how Linda Lundgren decided and picked which colors go where, like grapefruit as red and fish as blue, [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on July 12, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/07/food-by-colors/
i want a scratch map!
What’s a scratch map you ask? My Scratch Map is like scratching a lottery ticket after you’ve traveled somewhere (perhaps you’ll want to win some lottery tickets to fund your exotic trip…haha) A subtle way to showcase (or show off) the many places in the world you’ve visited. Reveal the colors under the gold foil by [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on July 10, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/07/i-want-a-scratch-map/
“a matter of taste”
Italian photographer Fulvio Bonavia has some amazing photographs compiled for his book “A Matter of Taste” combining fashion and food. Words won’t do it justice. Take a look at the photos, using food to create fashion accessories and products: via Toxel
Posted by Tiffany Wan on June 29, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/06/a-matter-of-taste/
trailer park hotel
Grand Daddy Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa rents out it’s penthouse as a trailer park. Teaming with Cape Town design studio Whatiftheworld, the hotel worked with local artists to decorate the 7 American Airstream trailers as two-person accommodations. The trailer park is situated around the hotel’s rooftop bar. In addition to the concepts from “The [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on June 21, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/06/trailer-park-hotel/