The Ladies of Design

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Sweet Million

Wow, I jumped on the train last night only to be overtaken by the sensation that I had stepped into the website cuteoverload . The campaign for New York's Sweet Million is C>U>T>E and really silly. Perfect timing for the glum economic conditions, let's keep it light.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Tropics Bar & Grill Project

We loved working with Hatch Design Group in California to modernized the interior and exterior of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Bar and Grill which is located on prime Waikiki beachfront . The project included using one of our favorite themes - pin -up girls, popped into the ground of sleek retro styled design elements. We created exterior and interior sign treatments as well as full walls of art and custom sized images. We used the excellent services available at Duggal to print the art panels (thank you Jose for the excellent customer service!) Illustrator Michael Chad Barrett developed the main logo character working work the traditional medium of watercolor and Gillian of phrizbie-design.com developed the signature logo.

see more about this project here:
http://www.honolulubuilders.com/hilton-tropicsbarandgrill.html
http://www.phrizbie-design.com/hilton.html
http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2009/7/7/Hilton_Hawaiian_Village_Tropics_Bar_Grill%20_open_menu_beachfront

Friday, October 2, 2009

Sneak peek ~ Siwy Spring 2010

I love this brand, the Siwy jeans I own fit me exactly the way they should. What a great twist on the jean, I would wear these with a long kurta or tunic but if I was in a different demographic, maybe as photographed ..... with a pair of roller skates?!!! Fun. As soon as I know where these are selling I will add to this post.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

9/5/09

“My Favorite Legume”

Ever since first hearing the Black Eyed Peas I’ve been completely sucked into their musical stylings and entrancing beats. The BEPs never cease to amaze me and their latest musical gift to all of humanity, The E.N.D., is nothing short of spectacular. The E.N.D., meaning “The Energy Never Dies,” reflects the BEPs openly embracing what seems to be an almost quantum mechanistic view of the world based on the principle in physics that energy never ceases to exist. Aside from the extreme talent that the members of the BEPs possess, they seem to also be readily embracing what is sure to be the future of music distribution as we know it. Because of the digital age we are in, we may be seeing some of the last hard copies of albums on the shelves in the marketplace. Chances are most of the music purchased in the near future will be downloaded electronically; the BEPs have not only embraced this, they’ve reportedly been planning for it. This would also make it possible for the albums, once downloaded, to be added to from whatever artist the consumer had purchased the music from. In essence, the album would be a living, breathing artistic collection of music and multimedia that could continue to grow as long as the artist continued adding to it. In an age when getting more for your money and “added-value” is on everyone’s minds, who wouldn’t love that?! Unlike some who see change coming and get pulled in kicking and screaming, the Black Eyed Peas realize that the new digital age we are living in holds vast opportunities which they intend on taking full advantage of. That’s what makes them my favorite legume!

~Tanya

www.tanyamcgill.com

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Trend analysis~

www.trendstop.com Very cool site for fashion industry professionals. Trendstop offers trend predictions from the streets and the runway, store display ideas and even helpful production tools. The site charges a fee for the services but if you just want to understand how trend forcasting works, this site offers a great overview.