It’s the cocktail of Bond, James Bond, and swell sophisticates everywhere. The signature glass, with its slender stem and geometrically simple bowl, make it as fun to look at as it is to drink. [...]

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 in [...]

This week’s featured pencil artist is Rebecca Stahr, a pencil artist and designer from Chicago, Illinois. Rebecca began studying art at a young age and went on to study advertising, graphic design and illustration [...]

I’ve got a bone to pick with Valentine’s Day. And, no, it’s not because I was left eating a box of chocolates alone on Tuesday night. It’s because of the plastic coating the whole [...]

I have a love-hate relationship with the Academy Awards. On the one hand, my family and I throw an Oscar party every year, as we will do at end of this month when the [...]

Two months ago, Studio 602 introduced the inaugural episode of The Blackwing Sessions, featuring our first Blackwing featured musician, Christian Tamburr. Blackwing Sessions chronicled the recording and creative process of one of the album’s [...]

There is just something sexy about a pencil. Just hear me out on this one. When it comes to sex appeal, the pencil beats every other office supply, hands down. Think about it for [...]

This week’s featured pencil artist is a full-time color pencil artist and teacher from Warrenville, Illinois. Her name is Cindy Hellyer Heinz, and her surrealist drawings combine elements of life and decay to create [...]

“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 are a number of stories behind Babe Ruth’s nickname, [...]