It’s no secret that I love Instagram. It’s a gorgeous, dreamy place that provides a much-needed break from our text-heavy world, and an artsy mom’s best tool for sharing snaps of her little one. Everything is beautiful on Instagram- and a little filtering goes a loooong way. As PR people, we’re always trying to leverage the latest and greatest in social media for our clients, and sometimes the best advice comes right from our favorite publications. Always on the cutting edge, our friends at Metropolis (rabid Instagram users and dedicated social media mavens in their own right) participated in KI’s…

Ok, I’m a TV junkie. There, I admit it. And, while I’m confessing my pop culture vices, I’m addicted to my People magazine – can’t complete/start the week without it. Yes, my TV tastes are hard to reconcile—an adoring fan of intellectual fodder such as “Downton Abbey” and “Homeland” yet succumbing to imbecilic nonsense like (ok, this is troubling, I know) “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.” But, my current high is from “Dancing With The Stars.” I’ve yet to cast a vote but I’m fully engrossed watching those sexy bodies put to the performance test. The entertainment value is all…

This is for everyone who’s dropped a lot of money on a gift to impress a child (or more likely the child’s parents) and suspected that the kid enjoyed playing with the box it came in so much more than the actual gift. It was this insight that inspired this classic 2008 MasterCard commercial Now the Chicago Children’s Museum has opened an ingenious pop-up store in tandem with their “Unboxed” exhibit. It’s a retail studio space filled with plain cardboard boxes where children get to create their own toys based on a number of examples on display.

A guest blog post by Andrew Rosenbloom, Marketing Manager Davis & Warshow… For as long as I’ve lived in Brooklyn (not that long really) – I have dwelled among scaffolding, sidewalk bridges, pedestrian detours and general eyesore that was the Atlantic Stadium Project.   But, last week that site has finally given way to the modern, free-form, freshly paved transit hub that is The Barclays Center… and I wasn’t about to miss its first big party.  Jay-Z opened up the arena with 8 sold-out shows and I was lucky enough to score a pair of tickets. The neighborhood seems polarized about…

Next week marks an exciting moment for a small village in South Africa and the nonprofit organization Sharing to Learn.  Sharing to Learn is providing The Museum of Modern Art with toys from Makuleke, South Africa – created by hand with found materials in a tradition passed down for decades –for inclusion in its ambitious Century of the Child exhibit. The toys, designed and handcrafted by children and educators from the village, were loaned to Sharing to Learn founder Denise Ortiz on one of her regular visits to the village where Sharing To Learn maintains libraries and sponsors an orphan…

When you think yoga, you probably think of serenity, relaxation and quiet, right? Most of us who practice yoga  think of it as a time to step away from the rest of the busy, loud world and find peace. So, when I first heard of rock vinyasa, I was puzzled. Rock vinyasa is essentially doing yoga to upbeat, fun, modern music. I’ve stretched limbs and done sun salutations to everything from Mike Snow to Pat Benatar. At Rock Yoga, instructors encourage participants to have fun and not to take it so seriously. Sometimes, they even encourage them to sing along. …

I recently returned from a trip to Germany, where VP+C escorted a group of journalists to test Dornbracht’s incredible ATT technology. You’ve probably heard, by now, of the Horizontal Shower, which is powered by ATT. In addition to getting to test out this supremely relaxing, invigorating and exciting marvel of technological mastery, we had a wonderful tour of the country. Though i’ve had the privilege of visiting Dornbracht many times before, this was my first summertime visit and i have to say, it was spectacular. Check out my photos from the Black Forest and beyond. Horizontal Shower, above a supremely…

Air pollutants – equivalent to the emissions of 260 cars – are now gone with the wind thanks to the latest rising star in town. Her name is Wendy, and she’s garbed in PURETi titania nano mineral-treated fabric skin capable of cleaning NYC’s air. This lovely lady was conceived by our friends at design firm HWKN as part of MoMA PS1‘s Young Architects Program – a competition to design a structure that inhabits  MoMA PS1’s courtyard for the duration of each summer. At a soft opening on Thursday, June 28th, guests were given to opportunity to experience Wendy’s many talents…

June 1, 2012 marks the 75th Anniversary of National Donut Day. Held the first Friday in June, this delicious event was started by The Salvation Army in 1938 in Chicago to honor the “Donut Lassies,” a.k.a. the women who helped to serve donut treats to soldiers during World War 1 and raise funds during the Great Depression. During WWI, The Salvation Army sent volunteers to France to establish “huts”  in order to meet with soldiers and provide some comforts of home, including writing supplies and a baked good. Due to the challenge of keeping baked goods fresh near the front…

  Confession – I have a thing about animal heads. And they are having a moment! I think it started with the pink paper-mache moose head I did in grade school (late 80’s of course). I had a momentary foray into real taxidermy, until I realized that ordering such online might actually result in the killing of an animal for me to have such décor. We wanted a rhino head over the bed…but not under THOSE circumstances… HELL NO! Contrary to the recent New York Times story on the over-styled house – http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/05/17/garden/20120517TOTEMS.html – if you have an animal head…