Keri King 05 IL As a writer and illustrator, Keri pays homage to vaudeville, burlesque and other arts and entertainment history through work like Doctor Buzz’s Equine Jubilee (graphite, pen & ink, Wite-Out, Xerox, collage, 22 x 34"). The Providence artist has a solo show at the New Bedford [MA] Art Museum through December 6.
The Shape of Control, a group exhibition of paintings, photography and sculpture that depict how reality has been distorted through documentation, features the work of Brooklyn studio-mates Robby Rose PT, Virginia Inés Vergara 05 IL and Nathalie Shepherd 05 PT. The show is on view through December 9 at Java Studios in Brooklyn, where they live. It’s a boy! And a girl! Congratulations to Jason and Lauren (DeCesaris) Sugarman AD on the May 14, 2013 birth of their twins Ari and Jacqueline. The Sugarmans are managing their juggling act in Cranston, RI. Ryan Trecartin FAV
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2005 In June Madelena Mak BArch (madelenamak.com) took second place in the NYC Big
Apps 2013 competition for Helping Hands, a mobile web app that helps New Yorkers in need navigate and apply for a variety of social benefits. “It’s easy to lose hope when faced with the daunting task of applying for benefits,” said Mak, “and Helping Hands humanizes the experience” for those with access to a mobile device. Graphic designer Jared Zimmerman GD has two things to celebrate: his marriage to Shannon Badiee 03 PR on July 6, 2013 and his new position as director of user experience at Wikipedia’s Wikimedia Foundation. The couple lives in San Francisco.
2006 The best way to “celebrify your pet” is by using Klooff (klooff. com), a new app designed by New Yorker Jane Chung GD that allows users to share their best pet shots with the world. Time to take (more) pictures of your pooch!
Jessica Carnevale 04 ID Jessica’s work (carnevalestudio.com) was featured recently in American Craft’s 2013 Bonus Issue, Living Etc. and Case da Abitare. The London-based designer is also pleased to announce that her popular Stretch Stool is now available in black, yellow, green and pink.
Foodies will be glad to know that Brooklyn-based publisher Mira Evnine BArch and editor Hannah Kirshner PT released the second volume of Sweets & Bitters Quarterly last spring. The series of mini-cookbooks was nominated for an award in Martha Stewart’s American Made competition. As Sally LaPointe AP (NYC) scrambled to finalize her Spring 2014 collection, The New York Times ran a great story and video on her in its Countdown to Fashion Week series. Titled Thank the Deli for That Dress, the story focused on the
inspiration Sally found from decaying bouquets of flowers bought at her corner deli. Earlier this fall Alice O’Neill PR showed drawings in the Hall Space Gallery at Rhode Island College’s Bannister Gallery in Providence, where she lives. In May interior designer Kevin O’Shea IA (kevinosheadesigns. com) and his husband David Bowd opened the impeccably designed Salt House Inn (salthouseinn.com) in Provincetown, MA. Their vision for the place is “a modern interpretation of traditional colonial aesthetics, mixed with the feeling of a breezy Cape Cod beach cottage,” Kevin says. “The design is stylish and charming yet inviting and comfortable.” In May Rich Brilliant Willing (Theo Richardson FD, Charles Brill FD and Alexander Williams FD) introduced several new designs (all made in the US) at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in NYC, including the Gala Chandelier; an LED lighting
Julia Sherman 06 PH After meeting when they were both in school in Providence, Julia and her beau of many years, Brown graduate Adam Katz, got married on September 21, 2013. They now live in NYC.
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fixture called the Monocle; and the Rectangle Radient Wall Sconce. RBW’s Quart Table Lamp is now available at the MoMA Design Store and their stacking Fawn tables recently graced the cover of Hospitality Design Magazine. Last spring Leah Wolff PR collaborated with artists, city planners and school kids from Queens, NY to design and build City Kitty, a feline metropolis in Long Island City’s Flux Factory as part of a cat adoption drive. Last summer she also showed work at Peninsula Art Space in Brooklyn and at Mirus Gallery in San Francisco.
2007 Last summer multimedia artist Andrew J. Collins IL showed
his work in a solo exhibition at Déjà Vu Gallery on Block Island, RI, where he lives. NYC-based designer Megha Khandelwal GD discovered a passion for jewelry at RISD that inspired her to go on to study at the Gemological Institute of America. She now designs and sells one-of-a-kind jewelry inspired by gemstones through Megha Jewelry. Business Insider has ranked Shaun Modi ID (San Francisco) #33 in its most recent list of the 75 Best Designers in Technology. Last year Shaun left Google for Airbnb (the popular lodging company run by Joe Gebbia 05 ID/GD and Brian Chesky 04 ID), where he works as an interactive designer and recently led the web and mobile design for Wish Lists. David Lee 00 GD and Willem van Lancker 10 GD also made Business Insider’s top 75 list. FALL/WINTER 2013/14
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