For Soung Wiser, the founder and creative director of The General Design Company in Washington, DC, collaborating with local restaurants and culinary talent on branding and design is a no-brainer.
Category: Art, Design, and Culture
Malcolm Gladwell on Learning to Cook and the Only 4 Things He’ll Drink | Food & Wine
Last week, we caught up with Gladwell at The White Hart Inn in Salisbury, Connecticut. He’s one of ten investors – they’re comprised of local residents and friends including Redbook Editor-in-Chief Meredith Rollins and Chef Annie Wayte – in the historic 16-room inn, a beloved local institution that reopened last year after undergoing an extensive and elegant renovation.
How Does HUSH Turn Data into Beautiful Design? A Diverse Team + No Brainstorming Allowed | AIGA
Unlike design firms that employ people with similar degrees and backgrounds, the 22-member team at HUSH is a curiously quirky, diverse one.
Santa Fe Chef Channels Georgia O’Keeffe | Food Republic
While training under chef Jean Bertranou at Los Angeles’s legendary French hot spot L’Ermitage in the 1980s, chef John Sedlar learned an important lesson. A full, deeply memorable dining experience — the kind people would hum about for days — involves far more than finely tuned cuisine.
Evoking The Aloha Spirit At San Francisco’s Liholiho Yacht Club | Food Republic
Acclaimed designer Massimo Vignelli once said, “An architect should be able to design everything from the spoon to the city.” These words have become a sort of guiding philosophy for architect Brett Terpeluk of the San Francisco–based firm Studio Terpeluk.
Progressive Yet Timeless and Very, Very Modern, GrandArmy Makes Its Design Heroes Proud | AIGA
For most, a job translates to security, stability, and comfort. But for Eric Collins, Larry Pipitone, and Joey Ellis, the intrepid young founders of New York creative agency GrandArmy, ditching their corporate jobs at the peak of financial flux just felt right.
See Food In A Whole New Light At Modernist Cuisine’s Photo Exhibit In New Orleans | Food Republic
But if poring over 2,400 pages isn’t in the cards, we understand. And thankfully, the team behind Modernist Cuisine collaborated on a more digestible format with their photo project, The Photography of Modernist Cuisine: The Exhibition.
Meet the Man Behind Neil Patrick Harris’ Nightly Transformation for Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Details
“I mean, who else can lick the stage and grind people in the face with the audience cheering and having a great time?”
Night at the Museum: Book Your Stay at This 24-Hour Art Hotel | Details
Can a free modern art museum and profit-turning hotel coexist? 21C Museum Hotels is proving that this new business model is a perfect match.
Village Hotel Katong in Singapore | Wallpaper*
The Village Hotel in Katong has recently emerged from a $30 million makeover that embraces the strong Peranakan culture within the surrounding neighbourhood.