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Palm Springs – The City of Adventure, Modernism and Design

Palm Springs – The City of Adventure, Modernism and Design

Welcome to one of the World’s Greatest Wonders!
Last week, I had the great opportunity to spend a wonderful weekend in Palm Springs, a beautiful city about two hours by car from San Diego, with so many interesting things to see that I would love to go back very soon! Read more →

Experiencing life, design and business in the U.S – Part II

Experiencing life, design and business in the U.S – Part II

Welcome to UC San Diego’s Geisel Library – The UCSD spaceship!

One thing that really delighted me when I first went to UCSD is the state-of-the art Geisel Library building, Read more →

Experiencing life, design and business in the U.S – Part I

Experiencing life, design and business in the U.S – Part I

By Elisa Haetinger

Hi everyone,
I would like to introduce myself as the newest member of MLD. My name is Elisa, I am from Brazil and I just arrived in San Diego Read more →

A beautiful documentary on ink + paper

A beautiful documentary on ink + paper

Ahhh…A bittersweet video on the love for ink + paper intertwined with the struggles of business reality. A must watch for paper lovers, designers and business owners. Read more →

A new sense of purpose – BIF7 recap

A new sense of purpose – BIF7 recap

I have just returned from my very first business conference since the arrival of our first son Evan. Every night upon returning from an entire day of mingling with innovators, educators, and storytellers, I would skype with him making funny faces just to get him to smile at me. And of course, before I went to bed, I would cry and I would tell myself, “This conference better be fucking good!” Read more →

Do startups need VC funding?

Do startups need VC funding?

A couple weeks ago, Joe and I attended the local SD TechCrunch Meetup at Karl Straus in the Sorrento Valley Tech Center, organized by Vipul Bahety of Qualcomm. Read more →

To design or not to design?

I was recently approached by a friend to help design a product line for her
new company. I felt honored and excited until she told me what her idea was.
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Being frugal & eco-conscious

We’ve stopped producing printed/paper catalogs for over 3 years now. We’ve been using PDF catalogs ever since we realized that if we were to produce new designs every 3 months, there were no way we could afford to reprint.
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Are trade shows a dying breed?

With Apple pulling out of Macworld and the increasing decline of attendance from both visitors and exhibitors, is this the beginning of an end to trade shows?
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