CED Blog
Carl and Melynda: Commitment to Each Other and Family
We committed to each other and to being a family.Our lives at this point involved quite a few changes: finishing college, starting careers, building a living environment. Many of these big questions were starting to settle and we began looking out over a vast sea of possibility. I don’t think we knew exactly where we were going, but we knew who we absolutely couldn’t go there without. I think commitment is a continuum more than an event.
Claudia: A Creative Path
I committed to following my dream of having my own creative business, to continued personal growth and connecting to others.
Happy Mother’s Day – Commitment to Caring
I was speaking with my mother the other day and asked her what commitment meant to her. She said, “Being good to others and treating them with kindness.” And I also wondered what she would say if she had to sum it up in one word. She said, “Caring. Caring for others, animals and my children.”
Committed to Transformative Fashion Design
“What is art? What is fashion?” The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier at the Brooklyn Museum. From Madonna’s cone bra, to sponsoring the 03-04 exhibit in the Costume Institute of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled “Braveheart: Men in Skirts,”
The Evolution of a Little Black Dress
I always say the biggest luxury is having something custom made specifically for you. While that is what I do for others this time I was able to experience that for myself. My friend Rory Cunningham, gifted me with this amazing little black dress which I describe as out of this world!
Viramontes’ Passion for Fashion
“Draw for yourself, paint for yourself, take photographs for yourself, you will love them much more.” — Tony Viramontes I recently saw the work of fashion illustrator, Tony Viramontes on display at L.A.’s Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Museum Gallery space.
Black Sophisticate
Sometimes I am inspired by the stone. This hand carved black onyx diagonally cut square, from award winning gem carver Steve Walters, inspired this piece, Black Sophisticate.
The Father of Industrial Design
Raymond Loewy, the French-born American who revolutionized product design and became known as, The Father of Industrial Design. Loewy had modern ideas in a stagnant age. Nothing popped, nothing wowed nothing stood out. Loewy changed all that. Credited with slenderizing the Coca-Cola bottle
The Clean Lines of Hiromu Kira
Hiromu Kira, (1898-1991) well known for his photo (above), “Man on Steps, Bowl (The Thinker).” As a Japanese-American photographer belonging to the pictorialist movement of the 1920s and ‘30s, Kira’s key design elements were geometric backgrounds and clean lines. When asked why he was a photographer, Kira responded,
