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• Thu, Mar 3 2011

  Welcoming Our Newest Design Interns

  By ruthea at 10:47 am

  Hey there Quirks. We want to take a little time to introduce you to Quirky’s newest design interns. I’m sure the QDS can’t wait to pick these creative brains to help develop Quirky’s future products. So, we invite you to help the rest of us here at Quirky warmly welcome Joyce, Adam, and Jake to the team!

  

  Meet Joyce Tu:

  Hometown: Taiwan / Chicago, Illinois

  School: Rhode Island School of Design

  Inspiration: Music

  Favorite product: Lego

  What makes you quirky: I drink more tea than water.

  

  Meet Adam Moller:

  Hometown: Hutchinson, MN

  School: Academy of Art, San Francisco

  Inspiration: Lifelong friendships between man and object.

  Favorite product: My vintage black MacBook — at least until I get my Eames Lounge.

  What makes you quirky: I asked for a La-Z-Boy recliner for my twelfth birthday, I drove a Winnebago to prom, and I prefer Spaghettios to actual spaghetti.

  

  Meet Jake Shapiro:

  Hometown: Commack, New York

  School: Parsons

  Inspiration: Music, Film, Books.

  Favorite product: iPod (lame, but true). Every time I use it I just can’t believe it exists.

  What makes you quirky: I watch The Empire Strikes Back about once a month.

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• Sat, Oct 9 2010

  Explore Design & Architecture At OpenHouseNewYork

  By ruthea at 8:00 am

  

  If you’re in New York this weekend, enjoy a rare opportunity to experience the design and architecture of all five boroughs. The 8th Annual OpenHouseNewYork is opening multiple doors across the city to the public free of charge. Yes, we said FREE! Discover neighborhoods through special talks, tours, performances, and family-friendly workshops. Check it out for something fun, outdoors, and design-y to do this weekend (and don’t forget to visit REFORMSchool too).

  You can also participate even if you’re not in New York. Learn more about the city’s fascinating design and architecture through OHNY’s collection of podcasts, or direct your children to the kids site. It’s never too early to develop an appreciation for design.

  Have a great weekend!

  Photo credit: New York Daily Photo

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• Fri, Oct 8 2010

  Rock With Ruthea

  By ruthea at 4:47 pm

  Hey Quirksters! I am Quirky’s new Community Intern. I am so psyched to be here and I’m really excited to learn all about Quirky’s inner workings from customer service to media to, well, the whole product development process.

  I’m interested in languages, marketing, business, technology, and physics. I enjoy skiing, long distance running and cycling, anything adventurous, good coffee, and large jewelry. Indie rock, electronic, hip-hop, and remixes and mashes of all of them take up the majority of the space on my little red iPod (I consider it my best friend, seeing as it is always with me)! I almost never have days when I don’t smile… I really dislike those rare, rare occasions.

  
  

  Name: Ruthea Noteware

  School: NYU in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Class of 2014

  Hometown: Tricky question, I was born in center city Philadelphia, grew up in Houston, TX, and went to high school in Bozeman, MT.

  What makes me quirky? I love peanuts and/or cashews with honey atop vanilla ice cream. I have a slight obsession with owls (mostly because I think they’re wise and they make very cool jewelry pendants). Thrift store exploration is a seasonal affair for me, and I write in cursive.

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