Happenings at the Brooklyn Museum Shop

Since the completion of our design of the Brooklyn Museum Shop in Brooklyn, NY back in 2012, the shop has won awards, has had increased sales and grand exposure with articles in such publications as the New York Times,  Time-Out and New York Magazine, as well as an exciting line of featured exhibits and artists.  Check out what's happening these days at the shop...Our Museum Shop Welcomes Richard Aste and Hermes MalleaAn Old World empire and its caste-like social hierarchy underscores the social inequity endured by Spanish Americans in the New World. Colonial elites of all...

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54 Jeff Competition

Our firm recently participated in 54Jeff, an ideas competition for public use of the former Grand Rapids Public Museum building at 54 Jefferson.  BACKGROUNDIn 1940, after years of storing and exhibiting its collection of borrowed or repurposed spaces, the Grand Rapids Public Museum moved into 54 Jefferson, a 30,000 square foot facility, one of the last projects to be funded under the W.P.A. during the Great Depression.  Over the next fifty years, 54 Jefferson, with a whale skeleton suspended in its great hall, and mammal dioramas and displays of rocks and minerals, taxidermied birds...

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Outdoor Canopies

The first thing we might think of when we hear the word 'canopy' is the leaves of tall trees which make a heavy cover overhead, not allowing the sun to touch the heavy undergrowth in dense forests. In modern times, 'canopy' has a different meaning. Canopies, or outdoor canopies, are temporary coverings used in open outside space.However, there are a number of varieties of canopies, and one has the opportunity to choose from hundreds of canopies that are easily available at retail shops and online as well.A few types of canopies are outdoor shade canopies, outdoor canopy tents, garden canopies,...

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Heading Home Celebration at Cornerstone University

This past Saturday, September 21, Cornerstone University held a day-long festival and dedication ceremony to celebrate the official opening of DeWitt Baseball Stadium and Central Hall Dormitory.  The day was filled with family, fun and games with Cornerstone students, alumni and the Grand Rapids community.  To help bring in this monumental occasion, three former big-leaguers joined in the celebration - Brian Doyle, Sid Bream and Lee Guetterman.  Check out MLive's coverage of this event (below) for some great photos and details on the day.We are proud to have been a part of such...

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Take Me Home

It's an interesting concept to make an '80s teen sex comedy in 2011 (or a few years earlier since the film's release was delayed) and Take Me Home Tonight manages to touch upon some of the magic of those films while also retaining modernistic comedy elements. The creators have stated that they wanted to make a movie that feels like it was made in the '80s rather than just parodying the decade, but the result shifts back and forth between accomplishing that goal and venturing towards the outlandish antics of present day gross-out teen comedies. The R rating allows for more colorful dialogue, a...

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