I was driving to a meeting today, when I spotted what is perhaps one of America’s greatest POP icons — the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. I can remember how excited I would get as a child whenever it would show up at our local supermarket. Can’t say I was quite that excited to see it now. But you have to admit, it’s pretty cool!

Congratulations to our client, UCLA Health. Their Physicians Update publication received a Bronze Award recently from the Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Association, the leading organization for healthcare marketing, communications, PR and business-development professionals in Southern California. D&A designs and art directs this publication.

In 1979, two of my oldest and dearest friends asked me to help them come up with an idea for a baking business they wanted to start and Mrs. Beasley’s was born. I created a fictitious character who was loosely modeled after my friends’ grandmother. The name came from a popular show at the time, “Family Affair.” Mrs. Beasley was the name of the favorite doll of the little girl character on the show….

This cool building in New York houses one of the country’s top design schools. Ironically, it was designed by a Los Angeles architect – Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architecture. The structure features unconventional architectural details, including a full-height Grand Atrium, prevalent interior windows, a four-story linear central staircase, and upper-level skyways, which reflect the design intention of inspiring, socially interactive space for students and faculty. In addition, the building’s design allows for up to…