Art Star on Jun 28 2010 | Filed under: Blue Q The Office, The Process
It’s the end of an era. Trevor walked upstairs last week holding the only 3 remaining Flat Cats and handed them over to Mitch. There they were. The last three. In case you didn’t know, Blue Q began it’s life with this “two-dimensional cardboard kitty that was marketed as the”Perfect Pet”. Let’s take a quick [...]
Art Star on Jun 14 2010 | Filed under: Designer Workspaces, Designers, The Process
This is Roy Fox. Ok, actually, that’s not Roy. That’s a collage he did. It’s of R. Hovey, poet. Not that Roy Fox isn’t a poet. In fact, when you scroll through the Blue Q website, you’ll see it’s full to the brim with Roy’s poetry. The Flower Shopper. Vintage inspired Air Mail Zipper Pouch. [...]
Art Star on May 27 2010 | Filed under: The Process, Videos
Michael Kuvent is longest employeed person at Blue Q since Blue Q moved from Boston to the Berkshires. That was over 20 years ago. Last Friday it was his time to retire….so, we bid adieu to Michael. Seth gave him to key to Blue Q. Here’s a sweet article about the event written by the Berkshire Eagle. It was [...]
Art Star on Feb 22 2010 | Filed under: Out and About, The Process
Deborah (Manager of New Product Development) and I went to the Society of Illustrators on East 63rd Street in Manhattan on Friday night to see Nate Williams talk. And we’re now officially in love. With the Society of Illustrators. Why? Who did you think I was talking about? Oh, we love Nate too. He’s prolific [...]
Art Star on Jan 27 2010 | Filed under: Designers, The Process
Who doesn’t love their Mother? Well, I just wanted to tell you that OUR mother just won Agency of the Year by Creativity Magazine. And what has your mom done lately? No. That’s not fair. She’s awesome. So, who is our mother? Or more importantly, why do we work with Mother New York? An Advertising [...]
Art Star on Jan 12 2010 | Filed under: Everyday Raves, The Process
It’s official. We have announced our legitimacy. No more screwing around. I’m talking, P.R. baby. All the way. Check out this shiz: Let the games begin. Check it out here because we’re all about spreading the word my friend, influencing the influencers, alerting the masses, making you turn your head in our direction. We got the [...]
Art Star on Jan 08 2010 | Filed under: Designers, Everyday Raves, The Process
I hope you know about this guy. Nate Duval. This is not a 100% accurate portrait, but pretty close. He used to work here – how many years ago, Nate? 4? Holy macaroni, 4? 3? He sat right over there…..right across from me…at the Mac. As the in-house graphic designer….we used to talk about music [...]
Art Star on Jan 06 2010 | Filed under: Designers, Everyday Raves, The Process
I am delighted to announce that a long awaited sickingly sweet Blue Q Shopper has finally entered the building. Oh, and you can have it whenever you want right here. Oh! And there’s it’s little brother too. So, who are 64 Colors? Eric and Laura. And they live in Michigan. And they are the nicest [...]
Art Star on Dec 28 2009 | Filed under: Designers, Everyday Raves, The Process
Every so often, an item will grab us in New Product Development by the lapel, tug us closer, and make us love it. A couple of years ago, we fell in love with zines. It began with The Monster Who Ate Stars by Souther Salazar. I mean. Come on. How friggin cute? Art Director, Mitch Nash, saw [...]
Art Star on Dec 09 2009 | Filed under: Designers, The Process
We are proud to present a little tete-a-tete with one of our designers, Nate Williams. In New Product Development we had been looking at one of Nate’s pieces for a while. We do 2 product releases a year. There is process of deciding who we work with….we look at a lot of artists, a lot of designers, figure in [...]
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