Dempsey & Carroll’s event curator Austin Ackles sat down with Julianne Austin of Cait & Jules to learn about their work as event planners. AA: How did you and Cait meet and what is yourfavorite thing about your partnership? JA: We met as project managers producing high end private events at David Monn. Our favorite thing about …
Month: April 2015
Wish You Were Here
We can’t get enough of the “Love from London” postcards featured in this month’s Travel + Leisure from Eddie Borgo.
Another Great from 1878
On a recent visit to the Cooper Hewitt’s “About Tools: Extending Our Reach” exhibition we became familiar with the Malling-Hansen Writing Ball. We learned that the Danish instrument actually received a gold medal for its invention at the 1878 World Exhibition in Paris. The machine featured a circular keyboard and typed silently. Interestingly, the …
So you’re engaged!
An entirely new vocabulary and course of etiquette awaits you as you plan your upcoming celebration. Does the Mother of the Bride sit on the left or the right? What are the responsibilities of an usher? Who is the MOH? Never fear – Speak Wedding, by Annie Lee of Daughter of Design, is the perfect …
Celebrating a Note from a Major Champion
A thank you note from this year’s Master’s Champion, Jordan Spieth:
April is National Letter Writing Month!
In honor of National Card & Letter Writing Month, the Dempsey & Carroll team has accepted the challenge of writing one letter a day to family and friends in celebration of the tradition of the handwritten note. Letters are unique glances into the many episodes of our lives; they preserve life’s moments and invite others …
The Lost Art of the Handwritten Note
Repost from our friend Yanik Silver: Let’s face it, in today’s digitally wired society there seems to be a slippery slope of what passes for meaningful communication. Look, I’m as guilty as anyone. Actually, I used text to give condolences on a friend’s loss of her father recently. I can do better. Going beyond a …