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Dave's Picks | NYT | There’s an Art to Making Your Bed

Dave's Picks | NYT | There’s an Art to Making Your Bed

They say … you can start by disregarding thread count. Here’s what else the pros know that you may not.

Let’s talk about glorious sleep and the art of how we do it best. While there may be as many ways to make a bed as there are doing dishes, with myriad choices from sheets and quilts to coverlets and duvets, one secret of life is that sleep is king and rules the day and your bedding shouldn’t stress you out. In this piece experts offer suggestions for dressing our bed, not unlike dressing to express ourselves and move through life as our best self.

Dave's Picks | Dr. Fauci Card Selling For $5k Proves Everything Is a Collectible

Dave's Picks | Dr. Fauci Card Selling For $5k Proves Everything Is a Collectible

Pretty crazy piece on the expansion of what is now considered collectible. Read: Just about anything and EVERYTHING. As big fans of Dr. Fauci here, we like this one. Hashtag Approved!

Dave's Picks | NYTMag | ‘I Voted’ Stickers for Everyone Who Needs One

Dave's Picks | NYTMag | ‘I Voted’ Stickers for Everyone Who Needs One

A New York Magazine collab with 48 artists.

Hey kids look: Stickers! Super cool VOTING Edition!! And please, I know you know but DON’T SIT THIS ELECTION OUT. We need all hands ON DECK.

From NY Mag:

Perhaps you’re voting by mail this year. Millions of Americans are doing so, more than ever before, and many of them for the first time. What these voters need is I VOTED stickers. And so New York, in partnership with I am a voter., asked 48 artists to design them. The cover of the October 26 issue of the magazine will be converted to a sticker sheet, featuring contributions from Shepard Fairey, KAWS, Barbara Kruger, David Hammons, Laurie Simmons, Amy Sherald, Baron Von Fancy, Marilyn Minter, Lorna Simpson, Tawny Chatmon, Rico Gatson, Zipeng Zhu, Adam Pendleton, Adam J. Kurtz, Zaria Forman, and many more. There will be four different covers, each with 12 stickers — enough that each reader can wear a different one daily, from publication through to Election Day.

Dave's Picks | ICYMI — Banksy's London Tube Artwork

Dave's Picks | ICYMI — Banksy's London Tube Artwork

In the ongoing saga of whether to mask or unmask in the age of a raging pandemic. We found this Banksy video post capturing the work in progress (and ensuing development) fascinating to say the least.

So you know, all of us in Speak to Dave Land falls squarely in the former camp. Wear your masks, people. Stay safe, be kind, be smart and remember, the name of the game is staying alive!

Dave's Picks | NYT | New Loses Iconic Graphic Designer Milton Glaser

Dave's Picks | NYT | New Loses Iconic Graphic Designer Milton Glaser

Remembering Milton Glaser, Master Designer of ‘I ♥ NY’ Logo

He was also a founder of New York magazine, created a memorable Bob Dylan poster and produced designs for everything from supermarkets to restaurants to “Mad Men.”

Dave's Picks | NYT | Take One Last Look at the (Many) Plastic Bags of New York

Dave's Picks | NYT | Take One Last Look at the (Many) Plastic Bags of New York

Alright kids, today — MARCH 1 — marks the first day of the new ban on plastic bags in NYC and all of NYS. Let’s a have a look back in this fun, rather beautiful at times, Ode to a Plastic Bag photo essay and commentary. Ohhhh BAGS. We hardly knew ya.