design*sponge editor Grace Bonney has a unique angle on the industry, working as a freelancer with top publications like House and Garden, New York Home, Food and Wine, Better Homes and Gardens, CITY Magazine, Time Out New York Kids, Archinect, The New York Post, Everyday with Rachael Ray and others. In addition, she writes a weekly design column for the Philadelphia Inquirer and has worked as Style Editor of HGTV's Ideas Magazine.

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idesigners, stores, and products that are just waiting to be "discovered" by mainstream media. I visit the blog several times a week, just to see what's new and I always find at least one perfect something for my next story (and usually three or four). Design Sponge is a sure thing for any decorating addict who has to get their daily good design fix."

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"design*sponge uncovers objects of desire--from the quirky to the sublime--and, in the process, introduces its readers to the next generation of stellar product designers."

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"Most of the magazine editors I know get their leads about stories and products from blogs. Magazines can't match their quickness in finding and responding to what's new. And designers and artists don't want to be beaten into print by other people exploring similar paths. So its increasingly true that the fastest way for designers to stake their claim on an intriguing new way of making meaningful things is to get it on the blogs as fast as possible. Many of the editors and writers I know a?
ilso don't have a lot of time, and only read a very few things regularly. For us at I.D., design*sponge is one of those things--a resource that many publishing types I know rely on whether they credit the site or not, and which is a crucial point of contact today in the process of helping make new things into great things. It is one of the three blogs I read each daily--and often many more times than once."

"I just wanted to thank you again for posting info about my company and products on your blog. Gilles and I were on NBC nightly news a couple of weeks ago, and we got more hits and more interest from your posting than from being on the National news! Thanks again so much for including us"

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