Picture a world filled with wild characters from all walks of life and every corner of the imagination — from robots and beasts to scenesters and celebrities. Welcome to the Custom Toy Show, currently on exhibit at The Plastic Chapel, Fabric Lab and The Shoppe on the 3100 block of East Colfax. The show, which […]

Aaron Ray spent as much time titling his work for the show Pretender — showing this month at The 400 — as he did making the work itself. With Morrissey-length titles like “The president of Team Awkward has a crush” and “Manly woman in need of a man” that doesn’t mean the work was made […]

As Andy Cruz puts it, designers are jaded and easily bored — of course he includes himself and his cohorts at House Industries in that category. Fortunately they use that as an excuse to make more, and better, things everyday. House Industries is known for paying homage to lettering styles from the past and turning […]

Political conventions may have their superdelegates, but Denver has the Super Block: A trifecta of creativity and fun made up of The Shoppe, The Fabric Lab and Plastic Chapel. To kick off the convergence of this East Colfax alliance, the three will be hosting the Custom Toy Show in March. There is an open call […]

If you’re a modern design enthusiast, you know Denver is not exactly considered the center of cutting-edge design. But thanks in part to a handful of hard-working modern design stores, locals can have their own glimpse into the world of international design.
One of the leaders on this front is […]

Okay, so I’ll admit it, I don’t really know what design is. My best friend is a designer, I work for designers, I even enjoy looking at design websites while I am procrastinating writing blogs for TWID, but I can’t tell you at this point in time what design is. Is design, like art, something […]

Next Tuesday marks the beginning of an exciting and important event series, Green Salon: Local Heroes for Sustainability. Although the term “Green Salon” may conjure up images of a new-age hair palace with herbal dyes and patchouli hairspray, it, in this case however, refers to a grassroots meeting of design professionals eager to create a […]