video inspiration Monday: stop-motion, Vimeo, and the unexpected

There’s only a week left to enter the Crafting an MBA video challenge – but that’s still time to make some great videos!  Here are a few more videos from around the web to get you excited: Katie from Katie Blair Designs has been rockin’ the video challenge!  I love this stop-motion video she did …

ICFF, innovation, and the future of trade shows

On Sunday, I walked ICFF, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair with a small group of faculty and students from where I teach.  While there, I bumped into Grace Bonney from Design*Sponge.  Grace mentioned that she was pretty disappointed with the lack of innovation at this years show.  I felt the show was pretty lackluster, considering …

turn your liability into an asset (or, how to wholesale limited edition products)

What do you do if you want to wholesale your products but they are limited edition or one-of-a-kind because you use a material that you can’t source consistently? This is a question I’ve been hearing a lot lately. Whether it’s vintage books or salvaged fabrics, if you don’t have a consistent source for your materials, …