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The Pencil, Always in Style – PPC

Pencils and Pop-Culture: The Pencil, Always in Style I’ve written before about the inherent seductive qualities of pencils. However, for all my admiration of pencil skirts and, in limited instances, pencils mustaches, I had never seen just…
Mad Men

Mad Men Water Cooler – “Signal 30”

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Welcome to your Weekly "Mad Men " Water Cooler! “Mad Men” represents some of the best in music, design, art and writing, and each week we use it as a lens to examine broader themes of creativity and the arts. Read on for more about this…

Horseshoes, four-leaf clovers, pencils? Good luck comes in all shapes – PPC

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Pencils and Pop-Culture - Horeshoes, Four-leaf Clovers, pencils? Good Luck Comes in All Shapes Last week, Scott Stallings went to the 2012 Masters Tournament with a very particular good luck charm. While completing the PGA Tour earlier in…

Mad Men Water Cooler – “Mystery Date”

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Mad Men Water Cooler - "Mystery Date" Mad Men took a darker turn on Sunday night, with a feverish, hallucinating Don Draper finding himself in a metaphorical struggle with his philandering past, Sally getting scared out of her wits by the…
Mad Men

Mad Men Water Cooler: “Tea Leaves”

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Welcome to our weekly "Mad Men" Water Cooler, where we use AMC's hit television show as an lens for exploring creativity in the arts. There will be spoilers from here on out, so read ahead for our take on this week's shenanigans from Don Draper,…

The Blackwing Pencil: Muse to the Masses

The Blackwing Pencil: Muse to the Masses If you've followed along, you'll know that those of us here at Studio 602 believe that a Blackwing pencil can be something sexy , something political , and something sporty . But it turns out we're not…
Dr. Seuss

One Fish, Studio 602 Fish – Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Is there a children's book author more universally beloved than Dr. Seuss? Some would posit J.K. Rowling surpasses the Seuss in terms of universal adoration, but I would argue that Rowling does not write children's…
Year of the Pencil

Pencils and Pop Culture: The Year of the Pencil

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Pencils and Pop Culture: The Year of the Pencil Earlier this year, Kat Brown of Night and Day, The Spectator's Arts and Culture magazine, called 2012 "The Year of the Pencil"  (Be warned, the sketch at the top of the page is probably NSFW).…

Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Man Who Made an Icon

Breakfast at Tiffany's and the Man Who Made an Icon By far the most iconic image in the film adaptation of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, strolling down 5th Avenue in the early, empty hours of the morning…

From “The Great Bambino” to “MegaTron:” Creative Nicknames in Sports

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From "The Great Bambino" to "MegaTron:" Creative Nicknames in Sports “The Sultan of Swat.” “The Colossus of Clout.” “The Great Bambino.” No, I’m not talking about that wimpy deer, I’m talking about “The Babe.” There…