Design and style

I’m all about the bling. Jewelry, that is. I also love jewelers, especially local ones. The Walker Art Center (something else I love) is having their Jewelry Artist Mart this Saturday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Skyline Room. This is one of my very favorite events in the entire world. I have met my favorite jewelers (it’s not just their work, they’re also awesome people!) at this event in the past couple years. Amy Torello, from Taxco, Mexico, is one of the artists I met two years ago at the mart. She came over to my house last night for a jewelry party. We had a lovely time sipping wine, snacking, and looking at her awesome jewelry.  Not only did I already buy a bunch of lovely pieces but I also got to introduce her to some friends. The party inspired me to tell you all about a few of my particular favorite jewelers. All of the lovely ladies in this list are local except for Amy—who I wish was local so I could see her more often!

The steps that some major touring acts—including the Foo Fighters, Ke$ha, and Janet Jackson—have taken to control and own photojournalists' work at their concerts have become so controversial that over the past several weeks I've felt compelled to blog about the subject not just once, but twice. In that debate, the speculation has been that the next step would be for musicians to demand approval (and ownership?) of written reviews—but it seems that the next battleground is graphic design, just as a major new exhibit of work in the field opens at the Walker Art Center.