STEPHANIE ORMA :: travel, arts, & design writer

For the latest issue of SPA MAGAZINE, I uncover what makes Kimpton’s Hotel Monaco Chicago the ultimate urban unplug.

Check out my article below:

Image Courtesy Spa Magazine

For the latest issue of Communication Arts, I had the awesome opportunity to review two stellar design books dripping with creative inspiration: Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design and Paula Scher MAPS.

Check out the reviews below (click image to enlarge):

Strike a pose – specifically, a comfy reading position.

As we ring in the New Year, iconic magazine Vogue invites us to look back on 120-years of style with their luxe coffee table archive, “Vogue: The Covers.” And just as crazy-excited “Sex and the City” Carrie Bradshaw was to tour the legendary Vogue accessories closet – for a design-lover, ogling over more then 300 relic Vogue covers (from as far back as 1892!) is equally squeal-worthy.

Read my full article on Print Magazine’s awesome design blog, IMPRINT.

Cover from April 1910 - image courtesy Vogue

In the September/October 2011 issue of Design Bureau Magazine, I continue my 5 Designers/ 5 Questions column tapping the creative minds of the judging panel for Chicago’s Archive11 student typography event. Interviewing the industry’s coolest designers–Stefan Bucher, James Goggin, Robert Petrick, Paul Sych, and Nancy Skolos–I asked them 5 hard-hitting journalistic questions like “Which designer is most in need of a wedgie?”

Check out their awesome answers below (click pic to enlarge):

Orma Design & Communications couldn’t be more thrilled to announce the exciting news that the San Francisco Symphony is our newest freelance copywriting client. What an amazing score!

These folks are mind-blowingly talented – both on stage and behind the scenes. Heading into their 100th year of performances, they’ve built an unwavering reputation of excellence. If you haven’t heard them play, get thee to the symphony ASAP.

We can’t give away too many details about the project yet, but come Winter 2011 be on the look out for our wordsmithy advertising campaign which includes radio spots, print advertising, direct mail, and online advertising. And check out this job perk: we scored a backstage tour and tickets to a breathtaking SF Symphony performance. All in the name of “research” of course.

The February 2010 issue of HOW magazine is currently on newstands and in bookstores all across the country. The article I wrote, “Turn Downtime into Playtime” features the awesome work by design firms Flywheel Design, Brand Engine, and graphic designer France Liddell.

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