Entries from July 2009

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

New York Design Center’s 5th Annual “First Look”

Last night Designer Pages partner crime Winston and I headed over to the New York Design Center’s 5th Annual “First Look”, a small but energetic showcase of new product that Winston now calls “Mini-Con” (extremely hilarious given the extreme difference in size between the Merchandise Mart, host of the NeoCon World’s Trade Fair, and the […]

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

The Life and Times of Sandy Chilewich at Apartment Therapy’s Design NYC Meetup

This month’s packed social calendar brought me down from midtown last night to Knoll’s vast and gorgeous showroom in the Meatpacking District for Apartment Therapy’s monthly design Meetup. Yesterday’s event featured a candid conversation between the site’s publisher Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan and featured speaker Sandy Chilewich, the founder and creative mind behind her eponymous design […]

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Things I Learned About Advertising at Startup Alpha’s Tech Venture Showcase

Last night Designer Pages colleague Maximo and I headed up to midtown for Startup Alpha’s Tech Venture Showcase, a stellar event featuring some emerging and established names in the NY tech scene. Among the keynote panelists who spoke were Donna Bogatin, founder and CEO of Startup Alpha, Gus Venditto, Greg Stuart, former CEO of […]