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Apr 14, 20202 min read
Connecting by Design: The Key Ingredients
The best chefs in the world search for the finest ingredients, using their collective senses to gather the best the season has to offer. ...
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Apr 10, 20202 min read
Imperfection is a Virtue
I have one hand – not only one hand or just one hand – the one hand that I was dealt when I arrived on this earthly scene just a few to...
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Apr 7, 20201 min read
Shelter in Place – Your Next Move
When we are told to stay home, “socially distance” and remove ourselves from the very activity that connects us (by design), we go...
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Apr 3, 20201 min read
I Feel Bad About My Neck – Facing Ourselves in an Era of Zoom
Long before that fateful morning when I looked in the mirror and stared in shock at the transformation of my neck from gazelle to gullet,...
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Jan 16, 20203 min read
Celebrating Alexander Girard: The Marvin Conversation Series
By Shelley Tatum Kieran Modernism Week 2020 will be making a splash in Palm Springs next month and MOCA+ is thrilled to announce our...
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Jan 4, 20201 min read
2020: Where Hindsight Meets Foresight
By Michela O'Connor Abrams Every year we have a chance to look back on our lives and decide what we learned, what we want to do more and...
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Dec 19, 20191 min read
It's Always Personal
By Michela O'Connor Abrams As more and more of us gravitate toward meaningful experiences over “things” for the holidays, we are ever...
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Dec 10, 20191 min read
When a Modern Gem is the Canvas
By Michela O'Connor Abrams Working with Monogram over the years has meant evolving the brand for the most design minded consumers and...
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Dec 3, 20192 min read
The Marvin/Girard Alliance: Connecting by Design
By Shelley Tatum Kieran “Modern decoration, if it is sincere, doesn’t call for the sweeping away of familiar things or condemn to death...
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Nov 27, 20191 min read
Collective Conscience — The MOCA+ Salon Series
By Michela O'Connor Abrams Thanksgiving gives us a multitude of opportunities for gratitude, kindness and peace. In keeping with that...
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Nov 17, 20192 min read
A Decade of Influence: Changing the World by Design
By Michela O'Connor Abrams Almost 20 years ago, in a book titled Cultural Creatives, sociologist Paul H. Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth...
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Sep 24, 20192 min read
Wherever you go, there you are!
By Michela O'Connor Abrams When we change our environment for any reason, we leave behind aspects of our lives but we never leave...
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Sep 11, 20191 min read
EYE CONTACT
By Shelley Tatum Kieran “Mum, do you have to talk to everyone?", my son asks as we pull away from the market on a recent Saturday...
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