It all began in the middle of the Super Bowl 2007. While Peyton Manning was scoring points, three chicks across the US had a conference call about an idea. You see, they were looking for an online spot where they could find a collection of content that was interesting to them. It didn't seem to exist, so they created it.
And
kirtsy was born.
Who's behind the kirtsy?
Gabrielle Blair is a designer and mother of five, who also goes by
Design Mom and keeps a popular blog by the same name. She loves really good ideas and pretty paper products, and spends a part of each day investigating, writing about, and giving away all things well-designed. Formerly an art director at an ad agency in New York, she continues to design for a variety of clients, to create luxe stationery and wedding invitations, and to do ridiculous amounts of laundry. She currently lives in New York with her super-cool husband, Ben and their super-cute kids: Ralph, Maude, Olive, Oscar, and Betty. In fact, Gabrielle and Ben recently bought a trampoline and now consider the bulk of their parenting obligations fulfilled.
Laura Mayes spends her daylight hours working as a VP at an ad agency, where she writes for a variety of Fortune 500 companies and metaphoric rock stars. A lover of great finds, bargains, and design, she also writes for a variety of new-fangled blogs, review sites, and publications including
The Queso and
Cool Mom Picks. In her 128 hours of weekly spare time, she enjoys hanging with her brilliant husband, chasing their energetic son around the house, and destroying food for dinner parties. She also really digs enchiladas and Elvis and would be extremely happy to talk to you at any given moment about the benefits of New York, British music, design magazines, and carbs.
Laurie Smithwick was a bona fide tomboy who didn't voluntarily wear a skirt until she was in the 7th grade. Now she has lovely twin redhead daughters who wear nothing but skirts and dresses. That's called irony. Laurie blogs at
Upside Up (where there is no dress code), and in her free time she and her clever husband run
LEAP Design, a can-do graphic design studio in North Carolina. She likes collecting good things, telling good stories, being amazed, and jumping into cold water without feeling it first. She does
not like to brag. Nonetheless she is very proud of having been nominated for a Grammy award in 1998. She didn't win, but she got to wear an awesome purple velvet dress that made her feel real girly.
Who are the editors?
kirtsy has 22 amazing editors who are always on the lookout for great stuff lying around the internet (and on kirtsy). Their picks comprise the Editors' Picks column and do a great job of keeping the kirtsy content fresh, relevant, and interesting. And did we mention they're amazing? See for yourself:
click here to read all about them.
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