L&G Showings around Milan for Salone del Mobile 2017

April 3, 2017

It seems like only yesterday since we went to Milan for Salone Del Mobile 2015 when we launched our SHAPE UP lights and was invited to be part of Wallpaper*Handmade.

We're thrilled to share the news that we're heading back again to Milan this year for Salone del Mobile and will be showing at various locations featuring L&G works selected by a mix of brands we admire. See below for more info on the L&G showings in 3 locations this year.

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Via Tortona 31, Milan
Hours: 9-18 (4/4-4/7), 9-15 (4/8)

Roll & Hill 4/4 - 4/9
Salone del Milano - Rho Fiera
EUROLUCE section / Hall 13, F11
Hours: 10-18

Poliform 4/4 - 4/9
Salone del Milano - Rho Fiera /
PAVILION 5, STAND: A09.B02 A11.B10
Hours: 10-18

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New Happenings, New exhibits, and New York Times,

April 6, 2015

We're thrilled to share all these exciting news & happenings in addition to our BIG MOVE! It's only been the first quarter this year, and already we've had so many exciting things happen as if there were some sort of cosmic forces that made all the stars align and everything have fallen into place beautifully. The first couple months we did a little west coast tour with great companies like Urban Outfitters (Seattle), Heath Ceramics(San Francisco), and Poketo (Los Angeles). We launched a new edition of our Ovis Chair with Avo at AD Home show. Now this coming month, we'll be making our big move to NY as well as showing and attending Salone de Mobile expo in Milan!

Here's what we're up to this month and in May!

Roll & Hill Lighting / Milan

APRIL 14th - APRIL 19th

It's official! L&G will be debuting a fresh revamp of our Shape Up lighting series, through Brooklyn-based Roll & Hill. We are incredibly honored and thrilled to be in such great company not to mention to be in Milan for the launch at Euroluce during Salone De Mobile.

MORE ABOUT EUROLUCE

LOCATION: Fiera Milano / Strada Statale 33 del Sempione, 28, 20145 Rho Milan, Italy ( HALL 13 - STAND H 12)

Wallpaper* Handmade / Milan

APRIL 14th - APRIL 24th

Each year, Wallpaper* hand picks select designers, makers and manufacturers to create one-off pieces to be exhibited in Milan during Salone de Mobile. L&G Studio is excited to be one of the chosen designers to collaborate with UK-based manufactures to create an exciting new piece under the theme of entertainment, which will be revealed on April 14th.

M ORE INFO HERE

LOCATION: Arcade Casati 32, Via San Gregorio 43 / Via Casati 32, 20124 Milan, Italy

BDDW showroom / Milano

APRIL 15th - APRIL 24th

L&G Studio's newly released Shape Up lights for Roll & Hill will be shown alongside a handful of talented American designers including Apparatus Studio, Lindsey Adelman, Karl Zahn, Bec Brittain, Egg Collective, Natalie page, David Weeks, Roman & Williams for Matter, and more!

MORE INFO

LOCATION: Via Santa Marta 19A, Milano, 20123, Italy

Bellevue Art Museum / Seattle

APRIL 17th - AUGUST 16th

We're thrilled to be part of a design exhibit featuring 28+ Pacific Northwest designers/makers in one of our favorite buildings in Seattle designed by Steven Holl. A show curated by the amazing Charlie Schuck.

MORE INFO HERE

LOCATION: 510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004

New York Design Week / OFFSITE

May 15 - May 18

Last year's Sight Unseen Offsite was amazing and this year only promises to be even better. We are proud to be joining an amazing cast of design talent on display at a state-of-the-art photo & event studio just a block away from ICFF.
We'll be exhibiting new lighting and sculptural work collaboratively with west coast & east coast friends including Seattle-based glass artist/designer, John Hogan and Brooklyn's Calico Wallpaper.

MORE INFO HERE

LOCATION: Hudson Mercantile / 500 West 36th Street, NYC, NY, 10018

L&G Studio in T Magazine

L&G studio was featured as one of the 6 new design talents of America in the recent style issue of T Magazine. Read about how we made up words like "Shapeism" in describing our design process of simplify objects to their basic forms and playing them like building blocks. We're incredibily honored to be featured alongside with other new American talents like Moving Mountain, Calico Wallpaper, Matthew Sullivan, Steven Halenbeek, and AQQ.

READ THE FULL STORY

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New Year, New Excitement, New Events & Happenings!

January 14, 2015

With new work in tow, L&G Studio is hitting the road with a host of exciting events and happenings to share. Catch us as we travel to 4 cities for 7 shows/events in 3 months exhibiting our latest and greatest along with Q&A's, DIY workshops and mingling over wine and cheese plates!

Read on for details about each event/show and mark your calendars!

See you there!

January 24 / Saturday / 1pm-4pm
Urban Outfitter's Dreamers + Doers Popup/Workshop
Learn to make your own special one of a kind L&G-style chime! Pop in to a one day mini chime workshop and popup shop at the Capitol Hill Urban Outfitters branch. Come say hello and enjoy complimentary refreshments & snacks! Sign up for the workshop at the Capitol Hill Store! Hurry, there's only 30 spots available!
Capitol Hill Store / 401 Broadway East, #101 Seattle WA 98102

February 7 / Saturday / 2pm-4pm
Heath Finds Designer Showcase in San Francisco
As long time Heath ceramics fans, we're excited to be one of the first non-SF based designers to be part of the 'Heath Finds' event at the company's flagship showroom. L&G will be at the store for a weekend meet & greet event and can't wait to share some new works! Come say hello and enjoy some complimentary snacks & refreshments. More event details HERE
SF HEATH Ceramics Showroom / 2900 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

February 12 / Thursday / 6pm-8pm
'SHAPE PLAY' SHOW OPENING PARTY
'Shape Play' is L&G's first curated solo show exhibiting their diverse works including new kinetic mobiles, tabletop sculptures, and a limited edition collection of Ovis Chairs featuring painted leather in collaboration with Brooklyn based studio, AVO. RSVP for the opening party HERE.
POKETO Flagship Store / 820 E 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013

February 17 / Tuesday / 6pm-8pm
HERE/ Q&A With L&G Studio
Come join us for HERE, an evening of cocktails and conversation with creatives hosted by Poketo in one of the beautiful suites at the Line Hotel. We'll be doing a Q&A and discussing our work and process. Find out event details & RSVP info on the Poketo blog.
POKETO @ The Line Hotel / 3515 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010

February 21 / Saturday / 2pm-4pm
Heath Finds Designer Showcase in Los Angeles
L&G will be at the L.A. store for a weekend meet & greet event and can't wait to share some new works with everyone! Come say hello and enjoy some complimentary snacks & refreshments. More event details HERE
LA HEATH Ceramics Showroom / 7525 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036

February 22 / Sunday / 2pm-5pm
Mobile Chime Workshop @ Poketo

Come play with L&G Studio to create a one-of-a-kind modern mobile chime using a mixture of our favorite materials while exploring the idea composition, balance, movement and sound. Sign up for the workshop HERE.
POKETO Flagship Store / 820 E 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013

March 19-22 / Thur-Sat. 11am-7pm / Sun. 10am-6pm
Architectural Digest Home Show
L&G Studio will be debuting new lighting, home decor accessories, and special limited edition Ovis chairs in collaboration with AVO. We'll also be exhibiting alongside our friends and talented design duo Grain in BOOTH# M168
PIERS 92 & 94 / 55th Street at 12th Ave, NYC, NY 10019

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Wind Chime Collaboration Pre-Sale!

May 15, 2013

We're just a day away from tomorrow's Reclaim NYC x 2 opening party! But check out the online pre-sale first and to get first dibs!

We couldn't be happier with the result of these wind chimes in collaboration with Nicholas Nyland! Nicholas made some really special ceramic chime pieces with various shapes, textures, and glazes. So every chime is one-of-a-kind!

Below are some of process late night shots and the finished chimes!

We'll also have a whole array of chimes for sale at Noho Next in these 3 styles amongst our Aura lights! The chime ranges from $95-$175

We will eventually put them on our website for sale, but for now, you'll have to come see/shop them in person...and come say hello!

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(L&G) + (NYC x Design) = NEW EXCITEMENT!

May 13, 2013

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L&G is proud to introduce two entirely new collections debuting at the upcoming NYC x Design week starting May 17-20th.

MIRAGE- A collection of optic-bending furniture from shelves to tables.

MARU- A collection of lighting and accessories that explores the functional and aesthetic versatility of mix materials in all types of circular forms.

Check out the collection HERE.

For the past month, we've been practically running on non-stop adrenaline straddling between excitement, caffeine, and sleep deprivation while gearing up to launch 2 collections, 7 new products, at 5 venues during NYC x Design 2013!

Here are the list of events that we'll be part of!

1. NOHO NEXT 2013 (we will be there, so come say hello!) @ Subculture, 45 Bleecker Street; May 17–20, 12pm to 7pm. Dylan & I will be there in person while exhibiting our brand new collections Mirage & Maru- a series of work from furniture, lighting, to small home accessories.

2. AmDC’s TROPHY @ Underground at The Standard, East Village Hotel, 25 Cooper Square; May 17–20 / 12pm to 7pm. We'll be exhibiting our special mirage shelves.

3. RECLAIM x 2 @ 446 Broadway, 3rd Floor; Thursday, May 16, 2013 / 7pm- 11pm. We've donated special one-off editions of L&G wind chimes made in collaboration with artist Nicholas Nyland for Reclaim's second charity sale.

4. STDARD SOCKET @ Wanted Design- 269 11th Avenue; May 18th-20th / 10am-7pm. Our ‘Full Turn’ lighting will be displayed as part of Standard Socket’s inaugural lighting collection.

5. STORY @ 144 10th Ave; May 1st-May 30th / 11-7pm. We're part of STORY's ever changing retail concept store offering some small gift & home goods at their current [DESIGN] theme popup shop.

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Ovis Lounge in LEATH-AH....

April 15, 2013

Finally! We made a special leather version of the Ovis Lounge Chair in untanned leather version for Tenoversix's new Dallas shop about a month ago and is really loving the look!

The best thing about the untanned leather is that it will get darker & shinier with use and I can only imagine the whole chair will age beautifully over time. We also made a new pillow with industrial wool felt with some added little details.

Here are some photos below.

We shall soon add this to our Ovis line soon as well as a macramé sling version, oh my!

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Photos of AmDC at MOST Salone x FAB in Milan

April 14, 2013

Check out these great photos from AmDC's exhibit in a beautiful old Italian courtyard. Talk about a dramatic setting!

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L&G going to Milan (in spirit)!

April 4, 2013

This is happening... AmDC's will be showing in Milan at Most Salone from April 9th-14th. Although we can't physically be there to join all the fun, we're still excited to have some of our works be shown under AmDC during that time!

Every small step is still a step closer to our dream, right?!

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Dupe Home Tour on Apartment Therapy

March 29, 2013

You may or may not know that Dylan & I live and share a duplex with our good friends, Jared & Chika, and baby Lisle! We were lucky enough to be chosen by Andie Powers ( co-owns Assemble ) to have both of our place featured on Aparment Therapy recently.

We share a 1960's duplex in Ballard, Seattle. Under this one roof, there are two units, two couples (Chika & Jared on the left, Jean & Dylan on the right) , two studios (

Ladies & Gentlemen Studio and R&L goods), and two babies ( C&J's precious baby name Lisle and J&D's whiny cat, Pudding).

Here's Jared, Chika & Lisle's colorful inviting home. We admire their brave use of bright fun colors throughout their space. They also have the best collection of coveted artworks, heirloom items and furniture.

Check out the rest of their lovely abode on AT, HERE!

Our side on the other hand is all about floating open shelves...It's not entirely untrue to say that we just don't know how to edit down. For us, the shelves really functions as our 3 dimensional inspiration board where we can be reminded of all the things that inspires us whether it be things that our friends make, vintage treasures we found or material swatches.

You can see the rest of the home tour with some of our trade secrets on AT, HERE!

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New Cake Servers on BHLDN & Terrain!

January 7, 2013

We've been hoping to get our products in Anthropologie for awhile now...but so far we've only had some loose email correspondence that've yet mound to anything....

But this last winter out of the blue, one of the the buyers from Terrain (with great home & garden goods) contacted us about making custom servers for them!

Then a month later, another buyer from BHLDN (with beautiful wedding things of all sorts) contacted us about making more custom cake servers, too!

Not only are both of these shops great, they're also under the same umbrella of Anthro & Urban Outfitters!

We feel like we're just one step away from getting something in Anthropologie! Let's hope that next step will happen in the near future!

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Holiday Shop Frenzy

December 21, 2012

Every year, we tell ourselves that we need to prepare early since this is always our busiest time of the year. But of course, no matter how much we think we prepared ourselves....we still end up working late hours and feeling sleep deprived for the majority of the time.

....And this holiday especially seemed extra actioned packed.

We're totally stoked to get orders from some of our favorite shops from all over!

The Cool Hunter's pop-up in Australia / Douglas + Bec in New Zealand / Makers & Brothers in Ireland / April & May in The Netherlands / Le Kiosk in Sweden / Die Sellerie in Austria / The Drake General Store in Toronto / Nineteenten in Vancouver / The Future Perfect , Sight Unseen, and American Design Club in New York / Unison Home in Chicago / Terrain in Philadelphia / Propeller in San Francisco / Woonwinkel in Portland / Frye Art Museum Shop in Seattle!

Besides cranking out orders for all those awesome stores, we also couldn't help ourselves from other fun happenings/events in Seattle! Here are some photo documentation below taken from our Instagram.

We made a fun lookbook along with our Seattle friends from Grain and Iacoli & McAllister.

We did a Himmeli ornament workshop at the Meet The Makers event at the Frye.

We designed and made our own special L&G letterhead that folds into an envelope!

And finally, we organized and put together The BLAK design popup the last weekend before Christmas at Caffe Vita!

There's still so much I need to blog about, but needless to say, we're just happy that we made it through the holidays!

Now it's time to unwindulax!

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Copycats, REALLY?!?!

December 12, 2012

It was brought to our sad sad attention that an Etsy (of course!) seller has been blatantly copying our Superior Servers......down to the T....copying our product, process, verbiage, AND even the way the products are styled in the photos!!

I know they exist everywhere and anywhere...but this is beyond just "oh it's inspired by or it just looks similar" type of scenario. These people have consciously copied EVERY part of our products and details. As Tiny Fay, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers would be happy to back me up and say...."Really? REALLY!?!"

And this is what we imagined they'd say.....

Tina: REALLY?...Did you actually make a check list of all the things that were in L&G's photos and went down the grocery store aisles going...."ok...let's see here....I need... 7 cherry tomatoes cut in half while leaving on on the table, check. Couple sprig of rosemary, check. Round plate to place on the upper right corner, check. Some fresh parsley leaves on table, check. Whole Roasted chicken with the part of it sliced, check"....and then did you print L&G's image in real size to lay everything out on top so its almost identical even in how the things were arranged? COME ON! This is like when kids use tracing paper to copy cartoon characters before they learned that not all mice HAVE to look like Mickey Mouse!! REALLY.

Seth: And COME ON!....did you EVEN TRY to spend some time to AT LEAST think of doing something different or did you think about it for less than a second and then went"....oh, never mind, that's too much work...I should simply do EXACTLY what they did, because why would I want to spend/waste more time to do something different OR unique OR have to use any of my creativity when I can be MAKING MONEY from another person's idea!"....REALLY!?!

Amy: and REALLY...were you absent to class everyday in school when they taught that PLAGIARISM is inexcusable AND unacceptable and that you automatically get a big FATF on your grades?! Well....guess what? That rule STILL applies even if you're an adult... you'll still get a big FAT F...U know what.

Just read the comparison of the text below....

L&G's PRODUCT TEXT: A versatile set of serving utensils with colorful dipped handles. The trio consisting of a stainless steel spoon, carving fork, and perforated spoon is ideal for serving baked dishes, salads, roasts and more. The festive colors make them perfect accessories for weddings, holiday parties, dinner parties, and more. Mix and match your favorite colors separately or pick the versatile 4 piece gift set.

Each is piece is constructed of solid stainless steel with a durable food safe dipped handle.

CAVALCADE ETSY COPYCAT'S TEXT: This set is ideal for serving baked dishes, salads, roasts and more. The festive colors make them perfect for weddings, holiday parties, dinner parties, and more. Pick your favorite colors to make a one of kind gift.

Each is piece is constructed of solid stainless steel with a durable food and dishwasher safe colored handle.

COME ON PEOPLE!!! REALLY?!?!?!

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NEXT WEEKEND: THE BLAK\Designmart

December 6, 2012

In celebrating the early winter dark hours, Brite collective presents THE BLAK\designmart!!

THE BLAK\DESIGNMART

A 2-day only holiday sale featuring 30+ emerging designer/makers presenting limited edition BLAK products under the theme of black to celebrate the early winter nights! In addition, a separate open designmart where more designers will be there to represent and sell their own work outside the theme.

ALSO We're excited to share that this event will help support the new non-profit design organization, Seattle Design Foundation. SDF's mission is to create a platform for local creatives, in both social and financial capacities.

DATE/TIME

DEC 15-16 SATURDAY-SUNDAY 11am-5pm

LOCATION

1011 E. PIKE STREET, SEATTLE 98122 @CAFFE VITA BEAN ROOM

EVENING SOCIAL: SAT 5-8pm

Come meet the designers and enjoys special BLAK drinks, snacks, & treats!

**Come dressed in black or something relating to the theme!!**

FEATURED DESIGNERS:

&c. / Aaron Murray / Aleks Pollner / Ampersand As Apostrophe / Ample / Blk Pine workshop / Brakish / Bultman Ceramics / Cassie Hibbert Design / Christianna Shaw / Erin Kendig / Fleet Objects / Free Time Industries / fruitsuper / Glasswing / Grain / HighLow Jewelry /Irene Wood / Jessalin Beautler / Kaleidoscope Vision / Kate Greiner / Kimberly Baker / Ladies & Gentlemen Studio / Maiden Noir / Maudern /Metrode / Mimot / Neon Noble / Nicholas Nyland / Noal Nyland / OBJECT / OUI / Ozen Company / Piano Nobile / Ria Leigh / R&L Goods / Sarah Loertscher / Studio Arno / Ta+ma / Tanya Aguiniga / Urbancase / VonTundra /Zero Sept...and MORE!!!

GET THE LATEST UPDATES & RSVP on our FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS with anyone & everyone! THANKS!!

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L&G Interview on Sight Unseen

December 6, 2012

We're so thrilled to be on Sight Unseen's UP & COMING column!! SU is hands down one of our fav design blogs! Bith Jill & Monica has such a keen eye in spotting the current & upcoing trends whether it be art, craft or design.

For the column, Monica asked us quite a few hard hitting questions about L&G over the phone and patiently listened to us as Dylan & I struggled to sound like we know what we're doing. This is probably one of the most in-depth interviews we've done thus far and we learned more about oursevels more than ever!

We shared all sorts of things about ourselves such as how we met & started, where we find our inspirations, who our design hero is, things we created as a kid, things we have around our house, and how somtimes people think we're an escort service....which in all honesty, we probably would be financially better off if we had taken that route. :P

We're so happy that we've came this far to be on Sight Unseen!

Also here are some photo outtake:

Our design hero, Enzo Mari.

Inspirational findings whenever we go on nature walks.

Our collection of vintage houseware on our kitchen shelves.

Our collection of thrifted glass jars we've collected over the years.

Jean's collection of random office supplies in the office.

Some of our best thrifted finds in our living room: Knoll couch, Hans Wagner rocking chairs, unknown vintage woven rugs, and the jade plant.

Thanks Jill & Monica! XOXO

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Meet L&G Maker's at the FRYE

December 3, 2012

This THURSDAY ( if you're in Seattle) come visit Dylan & I at the FRYE's Meet the Makers happy hour this from 4pm-7pm!

Come hang out with us, enjoy some champagne & treats, and come see or make some special ornaments with us!

If you haven't visited the Frye already, here's the perfect excuse to also come check out Frye's current exhibhit (FREE!) and their newly revamped museum OBJECT store cruated by our talented friend Charlie Scuck!

See you there!

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L&G and Anthology getting festive!

November 22, 2012

Anthology just launched their lovely online Holiday issue and we're excited to be one of the contributers for them for the first time!!

For this issue, Meg (the editor) asked us to make a special holiday wreath for the "Holiday Hang Ups!" (pg 43) section featuring various handmade wreaths! I never make one before and thought "OK, why not!"

My vision was to make something that's simple, not too holiday-ey but still warm & cozy all at the same time. I was a bit worried that it would look too boring....but thanks to Anthology team who styled & shot everything so well that they made it feel extra nice & festive!

Check out the rest of the Holiday issue and get in on the festivities!

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L&G Makin' Some Rounds this Holiday

November 21, 2012

It's that time of the year to celebrate the holiday and shop for gifts!!! (....and we still can't believe it almost the end of year!)

But boy, are we excited for this joyful season and for getting into some holiday gift guides!

Check em' out!

Here's our Ovis Hanging Chair front & center on Seattle Metropolitan Magazine!

Our Aura lights was also featured in the latest issue of Gray Magazine (also Seattle based magazine)

Here's our lil' chalk piggy bank made it in to Cool Hunting's Gift guide!

Here's our Superior Servers in RealSimple's roundup of serving utensils.

AND our servers is also featured in November issue of ALASKA AIRLINE magazine (pg76)!!....oh how I love flying on Alaska Air especially on their small jets (i.e. Seattle to Portland) where I get to down a glass of complimentary wine in 15min. It's awesome....

And through FAB, our chalk piggy bank also made it into NY Post's holiday gift guide...along with the insanely famous FURBY and NIKKI MANAJ..... perfume. No joke. Here's the printed version...and be prepared to be blown away by this collection!!!

I think the only way we can ever beat Furby or Nicki is to make a new version of chalk piggy bank that talks like a creep and wears bright pink wigs...then we're gonna pitch this to Shark Tank and make BANK!

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Collective Collage

November 18, 2012

This season, L&G teamed up with some of our JOIN friends, Grain and Iacoli & McAllister to test this concept of putting together a a micro catalog of gift ideas.

We were lucky to have our friend, Charlie Schuck photograph our products while I styled everything....which I'm starting to realize the whole process of styling products can really satisfy my natural OCD tendencies of arranging/rearranging things!

Check out the full catalog below. Clicking on the actual products on the image in the catalog to get directly to the product page.

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We're Bringing Cake Servers Back!

October 30, 2012

Just added a whole new batch of perfect holiday vintage Superior Cake Servers in the shop! Get em' while they last! They're selling like hotcakes....cuz you know...to serve hotcakes and such! :D

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New Excitement at Frye Art Museum

October 23, 2012

Something awesome is brewing at the Frye Art Museum. Charlie Schuck at Object totally transformed the museum shop with works from 50+ local designers and artists, and we're excited to be part of it all!

We're also working with Charlie & The Frye on some winter events which will coincide with Frye's current exhibit, Moment Magnitude-A cross-platform project of visual art, performances, readings, concerts, dance, rehearsals, and specially designed arts engagement programs.

The Frye is hands down one of our favorite 'secret' Seattle spots. It's beautifully understated and tucked away on First Hill with a great mix of traditional & contemporary artwork...and on top of it all, its free! Every time we go, we're always amazed by the place.

The shop & exhibit will be up through Mid-January, so go check it out!

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