I know you love Kartell. And you love sales. How 'bout Kartell's Annual Sale?

Starting Saturday, get 10% off new orders (2007 arrivals excluded), and up to 50% off select overstock, discontinued items and floor samples. But hurry, because the Kartell Annual Sale only lasts until the 14th.

Kartell Boston
10 Saint James Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
617-728-4442

Earlier this year, I wrote about Lisa and James Clunie and their clothing company, Rhombus. Rhombus recently had its one-year anniversary, so Lisa & James are celebrating by giving us 50% off!

For a limited time, browse through their online store, pick out what you like, and type in FF02 in the "coupon" section of the checkout screen. How cool is that!

Also, a big thank you goes out to Lisa & James for sending me a Binary T-shirt. The shirt is super comfortable, and the binary code matches my just-geeky-enough nature perfectly. (The photo above is of me in the shirt, my attention clearly not on the camera.)

This Thursday, stop by the Urban Living Studio for a wine & cheese reception for the painter Hector Ledesma.

Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, Hector Ledesma is an accomplished painter with international recognition. He lives and works now in Boston and still travels frequently between his international shows and shows in the United States.

Hector Ledesma:
"My work is rooted in my never-ending curiosity of the world – the earth itself and everything that influences it. Visually exploring the current psychological state of the human being, human images and references to technology juxtapose to address contemporary cultural issues. The work creates a balance of beauty and awareness, even when observing the ecological disruption or political despair. I acknowledge the power of the formal structure of the world while exploring the beauty inherent
in the human experience."

Urban Living Studio
58 Clarendon St
Boston, MA 02116

DWR is teaming up with Knoll in the fight against breast cancer.

Throughout October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month), DWR will be auctioning off 10 Florence Knoll Benches upholstered in pink Spinneyback Riva leather. Nine of the pieces will be auctioned at individual DWR studios (sorry, not at either of the Boston-area studios), and the tenth will be auctioned online. All of the proceeds benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. For all the information on the dates and locations, click here.

Go, enter the auction (be generous!), and hopefully you will end up the proud owner of a design icon in a truly limited edition finish.

Lee Phenner, VP of Corporate Identity/Design for Hill|Holliday, a national marketing agency, emailed me to let me know about ReBrand 100. Since the woman's a marketing pro, I'll let her words speak for her:

ReBrand is a unique international branding award competition, and I say unique, that painfully overused word, because in this case, it is.

First, it's genuinely international in scope. Look at the jury and past winners.

It's only three years old, but has prestigious backing (RISD and the Center for Design & Business) and offers exposure through high profile sponsors and solid connections with international media. Feature articles have appeared in Fast Company, Yahoo Finance, CNN Money, etc.

Exposure focuses on the business press, because we can talk to ourselves all we want, but it'd be nice for prospective clients to see what we can do for them.

It spans every (eek, I hate this word) touchpoint, from architecture, interior design, and consumer environments to product design and development to brand communications — identity through advertising and everything in between.

It showcases the "Before" and "After" to reveal the power of the makeover.

It seeks entries from design firms, agencies, corporations, colleges, and nonprofits.

Past awards have gone to major global players like P&G and Virgin, large social services organizations like DAI, small nonprofits like the Alzheimer's Association, and colleges and universities like Vanderbilt.

Big or small, doesn't matter, as long as the work is great.

And it's all run by a phenomenal branding expert, Anaezi Modu.

Here's the kicker: The deadline for the competition is October 10th - one week from today. Go over to ReBrand and get going today.

Good luck!