Making it Work

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Every fan of Runway is by now all too familiar with the well-worn phrase, “Make it work.” Tim Gunn’s ubiquitous application of the phrase has made it a tagline of sorts for the show. When push comes to shove, the designer’s have to “make it work” each week as their design challenges progress in difficulty. [...]

Word Up

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

About a year ago, when I started this job, I decided to institute “Word of the Day” in the office. As an avid reader with tastes that range from Austen to Hemmingway to the Red Eye and US Weekly, there’s always an eclectic mix of vocabulary to be mined. Words like…bumbershoottelluridevitriolgankprurientcharlatanjukepell melljourneymancacophony The word of [...]