http://michaelondesign.com Blog of News and Events for The Michael McCloskey Design Group Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:02:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Here's a project we're working on in Boxford. We've included some of the pictures of the existing home.   http://michaelondesign.com/2008/04/01/work-in-progress/ Jim Kapelson, one of the 3 brothers who along with their dad runs the family clothing business, Kaps Menswear, called me one day and asked if I would take a look at all 4 of their stores and come up with something more progressive and reflective of the line of ... http://michaelondesign.com/2008/02/28/kaps-menswear-atrium-mall-chestnut-hill/   TripKing was a start up company specializing in planning trips for American drivers. Basically the idea was to help drivers sight seeing along the way, book hotels, find restaurants and other places of interest that would make their journey more interesting, rewarding and entertaining. TripKing leased a 4,000 ... http://michaelondesign.com/2008/02/28/tripking-takes-a-wild-trip/     ‘But Doug, we really don’t ‘DO’ medical office buildings.’ ‘That’s why I want you on this project.’ That’s how our involvement with Dr. Doug Halsted and the Orthopedic Trauma Group started. Doug had just optioned a couple acres of rugged hillside land across the street from his existing ... http://michaelondesign.com/2008/02/27/medical-campus-plan-cedntennial-office-park-peabody/ http://michaelondesign.com/2008/01/28/mdg-designing-the-modern-home/ Tow weeks ago Kerry Zurn asked me if Marblehead 2020 was interested in submitting a gingerbread house for the Gingerbread Festival at the Lee Mansion. The creations would be auctioned off and the money given to charity. Sounds easy enough, I thought. How hard could it be? After all, I’m an ... http://michaelondesign.com/2007/12/06/check-out-the-warwick-theatre-gingerbread/ Finally after 6 years we’ve built and launched a brand new website featuring the best of Michel McCloskey Design Group. www.michaelmccloskey.com Joe Puleo and I have a lot in common; he’s a local photographer with a national reputation and I run a local residential design firm with a national reputation. So when ... http://michaelondesign.com/2007/12/05/new-website-launch-announcement/ For those of you who haven’t seen our new ad in Northshore Magazine yet, I’m posting it up so you can see our in-house graphic work done by Jonathan Schnure and myself. Nice job, Jon. I’m also including pictures of the rest of the house so you don’t have ... http://michaelondesign.com/2007/11/26/you-should-see-the-rest-of-the-house%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6/ Last  month John Filippelli, senior editor from Kitchen and Bath Design News contacted us and asked what we thought was happening in the K&B industry.  We gave him our thoughts and sent a few pictures. Apparently John liked what we had to say and printed 3 bath images. We’re very ... http://michaelondesign.com/2007/11/20/fall-2007-bath-remodeling-report-the-simple-life/ Dick Rankin walked into my office yesterday with this amazing photograph of the Warwick. Dick said he got it from Chris Butler’s photo collection. Many thanks to both Dick and Chris for loaning us this fantastic picture. I’ve been looking for pictures of the theater but have found nothing. This ... http://michaelondesign.com/2007/11/06/historic-warwick-photo-uncovered/