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10/16/2017

A successful annual pumpkin carving at thelab! Also, a very Happy Birthday to our President David! 👻🎃☠️

07/11/2017

Summertime and the is easy🎶. Happy hour on the Hudson for our annual summer outing.

05/24/2017

One of the many perks of our lab deck – watching the boats come down the Hudson for !

05/10/2017

Chilly spring weather won't keep us from enjoying happy hour on the deck!

05/04/2017

May the 4th be with you! Happy

05/01/2017

Last week, we had a successful bring your child to work day. The future of thelab is looking bright!

03/17/2017

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

03/08/2017

We're red-y to celebrate women today and everyday!

01/09/2017

Look Familiar? These lab-produced Brooklinen ads have taken over the Union Square station!

12/16/2016

thelab Holiday Party 2016!

12/15/2016

Hangover PJ's

11/28/2016

A glimpse into our latest office meeting--which turned into a talent show/ pizza party!

10/28/2016

Tis the season to get spooky, our annual pumpkin carving was a success!

10/28/2016

This month we celebrated two guys that make the thelab a great place to work. Happy Birthday David and Rob!

10/13/2016

Eating local is easy when you have two large decks and a few green thumbs.

10/10/2016

It may not be Tuesday or National Taco Day, but one of our awesome labbers is getting married in Mexico, so bring on the tacos!!

09/21/2016

The Mystery of Thomas Heatherwick’s Top-Secret Hudson Yards Project

Is it art, architecture, or a giant fancy pine cone? Whatever it is, we can't wait to see the finished product on our way to the office.

The most ambitious real estate project in Manhattan will come with a captivating centerpiece.

09/17/2016

The Colors of the Web

Today's may just answer the question: what is the most popular color on the web ?

Alexa.com maintains a list of the most visited sites on the internet. I wrote a PHP script to scrape the ten most popular sites and record all the colors used in the sites' home pages and style sheets.

09/15/2016

Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Back to Mess With Your Brain

The art, science, and politics behind a perennial marketing campaign that never seems to disappear. (And no, they still don't count as coffee.)

And we don't mean that in a good way .

09/08/2016

Celebrating 10+ years of talent and teamwork, complete with very healthy snacks, customized headphones for thelab veterans, and a mind-blowing performance by our very own opera-singing-ukelele-master, Beth. Typical day at thelab.

08/25/2016

What's your beef?

08/24/2016

Instagram photo by thelabnyc • Aug 23, 2016 at 9:20pm UTC

Today's dose of inspiration: artwork by our own Creative Director, Emily Furr. Check out her ethereal portfolio on her website: http://www.furrvisions.com/

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08/23/2016

Instagram photo by Minted • Aug 23, 2016 at 3:33am UTC

Featured for our rainy-day antics on Minted's Instagram. Celebratory barbecue currently being planned. Check out their awesome initiative -- showcasing independent artists and creatives -- here: http://bit.ly/2bICGSv

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08/22/2016

Found: vintage thelab visors. Paging the 90s, you left your stuff in our conference room. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJOb5rSBRUA/

08/22/2016

Why Instagram is a Potential Marketing Goldmine [Infographic]

We're all about design at thelab, so we're setting out to scour the Internet for the coolest and most enlightening infographics out there. Keep up with our search right here. This week's subject: the marketing powers of Instagram (of which we're big fans -- check us out .are.thelabnyc). (Via Business 2 Community)

Are you currently taking advantage of Instagram’s 500 million monthly users, and actively marketing your products or service? If not, you are missing a huge opportunity. Instagram users, which in t…

08/16/2016

Bonus fuel to celebrate our August-born labbers, courtesy of Baked by Melissa. Because it's always someone's birthday, somewhere....right?

08/15/2016

These Are New York’s Best Coffee Shops to Get Your Caffeine High

2 of our neighborhood favorites, Cafe Grumpy and La Colombe Torrefaction (our literal neighbors) are making it big. Happy Monday and thanks for keeping us fueled, local roasters! (Via Munchies)

In North Brooklyn you can't throw a hipster without hitting a recently opened coffee shop. But how do you know which cafes are the best? That's what we're here for.

08/12/2016

How NYers Endured Unbearable Summers Before A.C.

Happy weekend! *retreats back to AC* (Via Gothamist)

Fire escapes to the rescue!

08/11/2016

Instagram photo by thelabnyc • Aug 11, 2016 at 9:48pm UTC

If you thought a little rain or record-breaking heat could stop us from having a barbecue....you were right, but we had more fun playing with our new toys anyways, courtesy of our friends at Minted. https://www.instagram.com/p/BI--xzxhgb9/?taken-by=we.are.thelabnyc

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08/10/2016

Exploring the UX of Pokémon GO

The craze might be crashing, but the question remains: why did we spend an entire lunch break looking for Charmanders? (Via FluidUI.com)

A detailed looked at the UX design and game design techniques used in Pokémon GO that has rocketed them to instant success.

08/09/2016

Can you spot a freelance graphic designer in the wild? The truth behind the stereotypes.

Gotta spot 'em all? Look for big coffee cups and the-cool-teacher vibes. (Via 99designs)

It seems like everybody has some pretty funny ideas about what it means to be a graphic designer. We surveyed thousands of them to find out if the Apple-using, coffee drinking, square-glasses wearing stereotypes are true.

08/08/2016

An aging vestige of industrial New York City enters its third act

Curbed NY's feature on the Terminal Stores Building: home to thelab, a whole lot of history, and a Pokestop. But most importantly, could George P. Mallory have predicted the epicness of our barbecues? http://ny.curbed.com/2016/7/28/12299868/chelsea-terminal-warehouse-revitalization

In its former lives, the cavernous Terminal Warehouse has served as a depot for freight trains and a nightclub; now, it's preparing for yet another transformation.

08/03/2016

thelabnyc (.are.thelabnyc) • Instagram photos and videos

Do you like barbecues, creative people, and bad jokes? If so, you should probably follow us on Instagram. .are.thelabnyc https://www.instagram.com/we.are.thelabnyc/

a creative production agency. NYC / OH / LA

07/28/2016

thelab salsa, made fresh with ingredients from our deck's garden!

07/01/2016

Office plank challenge starts today! Nothing like beach weather and a long weekend to get the crew motivated.

06/09/2016

Kicking off summer the right way!

05/23/2016

At thelab, we excel at many things, including rescuing abandoned kittens stuck in rusty pipes.

05/12/2016

Our gardening club is springing into action!

05/05/2016

Piñata post margaritas

Nobody was hurt in the making of this video.