Monthly Archives: December 2011
Thrift On | Culture on a Budget
It used to be embarrassing to shop at the thrift store when I was a kid but now I love it. Thrift stores offer much more than any department store can offer. You shop the look for less and recreate old styles.
Travel | Ice Hotels
Just on time for the onset of winter, one of the season’s most breathtaking features is about to be unveiled-the famous Ice Hotels, located in northern climates where the environment can sustain such works of art…
Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to Present“ Design with the Other 90%: Cities” at the United Nations, through Jan 9, 2012
“Design with the Other 90%: Cities,” the second in a series of themed exhibitions by
Cooper-Hewitt that demonstrate how design can address the world’s most critical issues, opens
Oct. 15 at the United Nations and runs through Jan. 9, 2012. Organized by Cynthia E. Smith, the
museum’s curator of socially responsible design, the exhibition will feature more than 60 projects from 23 countries around the globe. Admission to the exhibition will be free of charge.