We can’t get enough of the “Love from London” postcards featured in this month’s Travel + Leisure from Eddie Borgo.
Category: Letters
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 …
Celebrating a Note from a Major Champion
A thank you note from this year’s Master’s Champion, Jordan Spieth:
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 …
Writing Notes
Repost from our friends at The Bouker: I spend a good portion of my day sitting down to write notes to people. I believe the time taken to handwrite a personal note to someone means a whole lot more then firing off an email. Also, I hold those who take the time to write me …
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60 Years From Now
Will a friend, lover, colleague be able to look back upon your words with fondness and appreciation – feeling the worn texture of the paper, drinking in old sentiments now faded, catching a scent of years gone by? Today is a great day to write a letter. We had to call out the recent clip …
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A Spotlight on Colin Cowie
Dempsey & Carroll event curator, Remo Nuzzolese, sat down with Colin to discuss his South African background and his inspirations. RN: You have an amazing backstory. How does that experience affect your work? CC: I was born in central Africa Zambia and we had one bad hotel, a couple of restaurants and a country club …
Writing Away from Far Away
When you sit in a café, not a chain, rather a proper authentic café anywhere in the world you immediately feel immersed in the culture – the vibe of the city permeates all of your senses. The smell of the streets, the architecture, the temperature, the preferred culinary anchors – if you are receptive it …
Write Away Right Now
The annual rite of passage for college freshman is well underway. I would argue 99.9% of freshman are happily immersed in their new surroundings, and for many, they are enjoying the first taste of a (somewhat) sovereign life. I would also argue with equal confidence that the parents of these happy and newly-freed baby birds …