It tauts itself as “New Art for a New Medium” and part of the pursuit of “Art for Everyone, Art for Everywhere.” It’s Start Mobile, John Doffing of Start Soma’s new product. Doffing set up Start Soma in 2003 to bring art to everyone by focusing on exhibiting the work of emerging and underground artists, and by keeping prices reasonable, claiming on his website that 95% of the pieces are under $1000. His next idea, a quite fabulous one, was the Painted Rooms Project Continue ...

Matching buttons are as boring as buttoned-up, business men. Punch up your winter coats, and spring sweaters and jackets with large, colorful, plastic buttons. An assortment of colors will have the visual impact of scattered polka dots as seen on the Heatherette Fall 2006 runway. Continue ...

Pique in the Project Runway finalists fall collections for Fashion Week? No, of course not. There was however, lace, leather and silk. I know this because while tonight’s television episode showed home viewers the final studio challenge, the Fashion Week collections were seen in NYC on February 10th. Continue ...

Tomorrow is one of those confusing consumer holidays. Is it good clean fun or a dirty big business trick? My heartfelt gift to you: a visual sampler of the naughty and the nice of it all. Hope it puts you in the mood…to discuss your sentiments on V-Day. Continue ...

Right now I’m betting on Chloe running away with the whole dang thang. While Daniel has won a bunch of challenges lately, Chloe’s work has been the most consistent from the start. From time to time, the show focuses on her possible stumbling blocks to keep the viewer guessing, but she always overcomes them. This week in the makeover challenge… Continue ...

You’d think if a corporation decides to pay 2.5 million for 30 seconds of Super Bowl ad time, they’d make damn sure to use it well. I wasn’t bowled over this year, but then again, smart designer types aren’t necessarily the target audience. Bowl watchers, though, are much more diverse set than the usual crew that religiously watches games throughout the football season. So one would assume the ads this past Sunday night would have had mass market appeal, but bulk of them were, as tradition dictates, geared toward men. Continue ...

While Daniel’s dress was undeniably beautiful, Kara’s should have won. It was her time to shine; the bodice on her piece was particularly well constructed.  Continue ...