Friday, January 2nd
Wishing everyone a very happy start to 2009. We have some fun new projects planned and will be continuing our retail exhibit series, more information to come shortly.
A New Year means starting fresh with a new Floppy Disc for Abby. If you are in the neighborhood today, it is going to be beautiful and she would love to hit the sidewalk for a few tosses.
Wednesday, December 31st
Modern in Denver is a new magazine whose aim is to celebrate modern living in the mile-high city - from architecture and interiors to highlighting artists and entrepreneurs who contribute to the unique and growing creative spirit of Denver.
The current issue includes a shopping segment with some great gift ideas under $100. It was great to see a selection of goods that were not available in Denver a few short years ago. Things have changed, and I appreciate all of the independent boutiques that are adding their perspective to the shopping scene. Some of our friends that were included: Matter Studio, The Shoppe, Red Door Swingin and Mod Livin.
Tuesday, December 16th
Anat Safran is a designer, artist and designer who doesn't believe in definitions. After studying art for five years in Strasbourg France, she returned to her home, Tel Aviv Isreal. She is inspired by the potential to view things differently that occurs by transforming everyday items. The Pitapocket purse is a small cloth bag that you can fill with loose coins, instead of falafel....an mp3 player, instead of fried eggplant. A pleasing mixture of culture and imagination.
Monday, December 15th
For the 2009 edition of the Classic Typographic Calendar, Kit Hinrichs asked Pentagram’s twelve graphic design partners to each nominate a favorite typeface, one for each month. Every year the calendar is produced in limited edition. Printed on 80lb McCoy Matte ultra-bright white paper. Contains 10% post-consumer waste and is produced using renewable enery sources.
Wall calendar measures 12” x 18”.
Sunday, December 14th
Demano is based on the re-use of materials used to promote exhibitions, festivals and cultural events. Demano started in 1999 in Barcelona and continues to find new ways to re-fashion otherwise discarded materials into functional and stylish consumer goods. The interior of this recycled banner bag has one pocket and their are two additional external pockets. It has a comfortable shoulder strap, is durable, lightweight and built for the diverse activities of urban life.
Available under the Gift Guide in two sizes - medium ($86) and large ($96)
Composition started as my way to express and share a passion for design. It started a little over 5 years ago with a 450 square foot space in lower downtown Denver. It was a terrible retail location but I guess I was so optimistic and naive that I didn't know any better. I think my sheer exuberance for the products, vendors and the people I was meeting carried me through that first 15 months. Since then, I have learned a great deal about the retail business and its many challenges; grown the store to 2600 square feet in its current Belmar location and continued to feed and share my passion for design and the creative community that this store reaches. I have a lot more to say and share, but right now there is a website to launch.
We would be happy to hear from you. Drop us a line, send us a photo or better yet, come out and visit! Be prepared to toss the frisbee for Abby; it's not required but she's cute and very persistent.
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We're gathing images for our online customers as well! Send your image to: photos {at} shopcomposition.com
Every job, every business has its ups and downs. Retail is certainly no exception. Composition is lucky, in that its ups come in the form of great people who walk through the door each day. A Picture A Day is our way of documenting the community behind Composition.
