Posted by: Purple Nickel Studio | June 29th, 2010
Yay…another installment of ‘finders keepers’ here on the Purple Nickel Blog!!! It’s been awhile and I do miss sharing all the goodies we like, love and lust over. Or should I say ‘drool’ over. Well this little find comes all the way from Scottsdale, Arizona! Ok so that’s only like 2 hours away from us here in Tucson but who’s counting. We picked up this cutie on Sunday after hearing about Design Within Reach’s floor model sale!!! Woo Hoo! And all thanks to Gabe, the store manager. SWEET. He promised to hold this Eames Plastic Molded Chair for us until the next time we were up in Phoenix. WE LOVE IT! Yes we only have 1…so far. But can’t wait to start a collection. We need at least 2 right?. And it’s a perfect shade of buttery yellow lime. YUMMY! And totally perfect for our production office or a studio space.
Speaking of studio spaces, we have been exploring that concept for quite sometime now. Probably for the last 3 years… but again who’s counting?. Oh me, that’s right. Yes… it’s always fun to look and we keep our eye’s peeled wide open for something that would suit our funky creative juices. But what we’ve seen is that they’re either too dark (meaning NO flippin’ windows), boring drop down popcorn ceilings, musty smelling like a basement, corporate stuffy office-like, no parking that’s near by or for clients, not located near downtown Tucson or is just plain out of our price range. I’m sure other photographers and biz owners share similar experiences?. It’s crazy how many ‘duds’ you view. Honestly I would say it’s just as tough as finding your ‘dream home’. You know it exists, you just have to be patient. Or build it! Ha. Well until that time comes (building) we are enjoying our options or at least laughing about them!
Tags: Design Within Reach, finders keepers, Purple Nickel Studio, Tucson Photographers
Posted by: Purple Nickel Studio | June 8th, 2010
In April we had the AH-MAZING opportunity to collaborate with DWR (design within reach) in the 6th Annual Modern Phoenix Expo!!! Thanks to Alison King, founder of MoPho, we were introduced to the witty Gabe from DWR. We paired an eclectic mix of mid-century modern furniture from their Scottsdale location along with our 21st century modern HIP photography. IT WAS PERFECT!!! Here are some details we grabbed of the killer booth living room space. The idea behind the collaboration was to create a look that reflected a cozy living space along with some personal artwork. As if it was an actual living room. Cause you know purple nickel ain’t gonna do a boring ’stand behind your table and hand out brochures’ booth concept. It was really different for the attendees because they could actually walk into our space, sit on the furniture and roam through the pages of our books. Check em’ out…
Funny enough while we were editing through the images we found this shot where we randomly captured our recent client’s ‘David + Elfi‘ who booked us after seeing the space. WOOHOO!!! And Gabe also happend to be in the shot. He’s the one in the light blue button down shirt with a clip board! Ha. Yeah we put him to work collecting info/volunteers to receive a complimentary MOD headshot by yours truly. Actually we didn’t put Gabe to work…he totally offered which was way cool. Thanks dude! We’re gonna post the MOD headshots in a later post so stay tuned.
If you didn’t notice by now the last image are our brand spankin’ new biz cards that we had designed by a good friend of ours Leticia. She helped our vision come to life and you have to see them in person to experience the texture, size and embossing. WE LOVE THEM!!!
We’ll also be posting our 2 sample book designs in a slideshow…coming soon!
Below is our ‘take away’ we created for the MoPho attendees. Specs: 6×9 on glossy finish
Tags: 6th Annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour and Expo, Arizona Photographer, Casia and Eric Fletcher, Design Within Reach, extra extra, Lifestyle Photography, Modern Phoenix Neighborhood Network, portrait photographer, Purple Nickel Studio, Tucson Photographer
Posted by: Purple Nickel Studio | April 6th, 2010
It’s our favorite time of year the 6th Annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour + Expo is this weekend April 10th & 11th. Eric and I always attend the home tour as we have never been disappointed in all it’s yummy mid-century modern architecture scrump-dilliicious-ness. But….drum roll please……this year we are hosting our very first booth at the expo!!! Purple Nickel style all the way….Ekkkkk….so EXCITED. And get this…we’re teaming up with the clever-nisity of DWR (design within reach) for superb stylin’ within our booth lounge. Think mid-century retro mod furniture + clean sleek fixtures mixed in with our hip fresh mod photography!!! Oh…and us too! So if you’re attending the expo or are in the Scottsdale area on Saturday from 11-5 please oh pretty please come by to see us and say ‘Hola Amigos’! It’s free (the expo part) so no excuses people. We will also be documenting our booth setup and hope to capture some video too so all our outta town peeps can drool. Just kiddin’…well sort of. And we’re gonna be rollin’ out complimentary modern headshots also known as ‘get faced‘ throughout the day. So come sign up!
Tags: 6th Annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour and Expo, Casia and Eric Fletcher, Design Within Reach, DWR, extra extra, Lifestyle Photography, Modern Phoenix Neighborhood Network, Modern Photography, Portrait Photographers, Purple Nickel Studio, Tucson Photographers
