Signature Mix 2014: Trade Show Friends

We’re back in the swing of things after having a booth at Signature Mix at the Javits Center last month. Today, I’d like to introduce you to some of the amazing, talented makers we met at the show.

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Mayor Cranley Freezes Central Parkway Bikeway Project: let’s do the Time Warp again!

$1,000 Grant Up for Grabs in OTR: for neighborhood businesses pursuing innovative products or services.

Let Them Eat Hot Dogs: on the privatization of public spaces in NYC.

Maps Reveal a Starkly Segregated NYC: unsurprising news.

NYC 78-83: crazy old photos of the city.

Austin Is the New Brooklyn: ha, maybe you can mess with Texas.

Our Cubicles, Ourselves: How the Modern Office Shapes American Life: I’m so grateful to have escaped cubicle life for the moment.

Elsewhere

New Workshops Hope to Assist Homebuyers Looking to Rehab in Over-the-Rhine: register here; offered by the OTR Foundation.

Insight OTR: “aims to highlight the people, stories, and community in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio, through audio and written recordings.”

Exploring Austin’s Street Art, Murals & Mosaics: tons of free eye candy; makes me really want to visit Austin again.

The Little Garden Studio: Children’s Community Garden and Art Center: a really cool effort to revitalize a vacant bus depot in Vancouver, WA.

League of Creative Interventionists: turning the city into an adult playground?

Are Malls Over?: to quote from Portlandia, “It’s so over.”

Tom Waits Map: “a map of places from Tom Waits songs;” OMFG, amazing.

Seed Bomb Kits at Williams-Sonoma

We’ve been busy branching out! Williams-Sonoma has just launched its brand-new Agrarian line, which includes two exclusive seed bomb kits made right here in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati by your favorite little team of worker bees: Cocktail Garnishes and Culinary Herbs.

Magnetic Geography Puzzles by Steven Mattern

Austin-based Steven Mattern Design+Build creates really awesome magnetic geography puzzles out of different kinds of wood. The stars on this US puzzle denote the locations of state capitals.

City Prints by Andy Pratt

Andy Pratt is a NYC-based illustrator who has worked on projects for clients such as Cartoon Network, Noggin, School of Visual Arts, Lego and Comedy Central. Shown here are his city-specific letterpress cards, screenprinted notebooks, and digital prints.