Press

2009

Ecouterre - Green Gift Guide
www.ecouterre.com

Sundance Channel - Full Frontal Fashion Interview
www.sundancechannel.com/

Inhabitat - Green Gift Guide
www.inhabitat.com

Eco Fashion World: Artisan Chic
www.ecofashionworld.com

Ecouterre - In The Closet With...
www.ecouterre.com

1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse - Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew
Kirsten's jewelry is featured in this new book by Garth Johnson.
www.quarrybooks.com

Video from the "Don’t Bag Indonesia’s Rainforest” event at the King of Greene Street for The Green Shows - Eco Fashion Week
www.youtube.com

Examiner - San Francisco
www.examiner.com

Green With Glamour Blog
www.greenwithglamour.com/blog

Limb Blog - Artist Series
www.lessismorebalanced.com

ABC7 News - The View from the Bay
Kirsten's jewelry is featured. Watch the video:
www.abclocal.go.com

Re-Design For Life Blog
www.redesignforlife.blogspot.com

Inhabitat - Green Wedding Series: Eco Wedding Rings
www.inhabitat.com

Orglamic Blog
www.orglamic.com

Today's Diet & Nutrition Magazine
www.todaysdietandnutrition.com

Aventura Magazine
www.aventuramagazine.com

Wearable Art Blog
www.wearableartblog.com

Jewelry Lovers Blog
www.jewelryloversblog.com

Style, Naturally Book Party at Jurlique in San Francisco
www.summerrayne.net

EcoSalon Blog
www.ecosalon.com

Kaight Boutique Blog
www.kaightnyc.blogspot.com

Metalsmith Magazine
Kirsten's jewelry is featured in the article, Seeing Green: Towards Sustainable Jewelry Practices
www.snagmetalsmith.com

Green Grechen Blog
www.greengrechen.com

Ecco Eco Blog
www.eccoeco.blogspot.com

Magnifeco Blog
www.magnifeco.com

Treehugger
Style, Naturally - LA Book Launch Party coverage highlights Kirsten's rings
www.treehugger.com

Summer Rayne Oakes talks about the Style Naturally book and her eco-active life. Streaming live from the Ojai Inn & Spa. She's wearing Kirsten's necklace and ring. Check out the video:
www.ustream.tv

Style, Naturally Book launch party at Stella McCartney’s downtown NY boutique. Summer is wearing two of Kirsten's recycled sterling silver rings.
www.summerrayne.net/index.php/blog/
www.treehugger.com

Style, Naturally Book
The Savvy Shopping Guide to Sustainable Fashion and Beauty
Style meets substance in this lavishly illustrated, highly informative, and beautifully designed book on sustainable fashion and beauty by Summer Rayne Oakes. Kirsten is one of the featured jewelers!
www.chroniclebooks.com

Green Lashes Blog
www.greenlashesandfashion.blogspot.com

On Jewels: An Appreciation of the Art Blog
Kirsten's betel nut ring is featured
www.onjewels.typepad.com

Emily Deschanel wore Kirsten's "Rays" ring on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Thursday, January 22nd. Watch the video:
www.ellen.warnerbros.com/videos/
www.greenwithglamour.com/blog/archives/177

PLENTY Magazine
December/January 2009 Issue
Kirsten's betel nut ring is featured in the Style section
www.plentymag.com

White Apricot Blog
Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle for the Eco & Socially Conscious
Kirsten's Cardita ring is featured in the Winter Lookbook
www.whiteapricot.com/archives/?p=452

2008

JQ Magazine - International Trends in Fine Jewelry
Kirsten is interviewed for the Trends:Fashion Section
Bright Shiny Future? Styles for '09 Reflect Cautious Optimism                 View the magazine:
www.asp6.digitalflip.com/jq/NovDec08/v2/fvxpress.html

San Francisco Magazine
Kirsten's necklace is worn by former editor-in-chief of Dwell Magazine, and current editor-at-large of Sunset Magazine, Allison Arieff in the October issue of San Francisco Magazine
www.sanfranmag.com/

Lucky Magazine
Kirsten's necklace is worn by Eco-Model/Activist Summer Rayne Oakes
www.luckymag.com

Desert Living Magazine, October Issue, Jewelry Feature www.desertlivingmag.com

Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts
Jewelry Exhibition
www.beatricewood.com

Kirsten is featured in a new book - The Eco Chick Guide to Life:
How to Be Fabulously Green by Starre Vartan, St. Martin's Griffin
www.macmillan.com

Sunset Magazine Blog
By Allison Arieff, editor-at-large
www.homebysunset.com/home_by_sunset/2008/07/green-and-gorge.html

SWELL - Future Friendly Design
An exhibition of sustainable design; a central feature of Vancouver’s third annual “30 Days of Sustainability Celebration”, Vancouver, BC Canada.
www.swellfuture.com

Green Living Magazine – Canada
Spring Issue, Natural Wonders
www.greenlivingonline.com/MagLayout/Spring08.html

Martha Stewart’s Body + Soul Magazine
March issue, Beautiful Eco-Jewelry
www.marthastewart.com

Natural Health Magazine
April Issue, Green Jewelry Feature

Whole Life Times, Common Ground Magazine & Conscious Choice Magazine - Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
wholelifetimes.com/2008/02/valentinesguide0802.html
www.lime.com/live_change/story/18356/gilt_without_guilt

California Home + Design Magazine
Kirsten's fossilized fern cuff links are featured in The Glamourous Life, a focus on Green With Glamour owners Deana Bracken and Kat Rowan. Kirsten's chrysoprase ring is also worn by Kat, on right.
www.chdmag-digital.com/chdmag/mar2008/
www.greenwithglamour.com

PGA National Resort & Spa Goes Green
Kirsten’s jewelry was on display at the media launch party celebrating their green revamp.

Composting Good and Evil: Redesign for Sanctimonious Sinners
Premiere showing at the 2008 Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA
View exhibition on line at www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org

Eco-Fabulous
An eco design blog by Zem Joaquin
ecofabulous.blogs.com/ecofabulous/2008/03/find-your-repur.html

Michelle Kaufmann Designs
An eco-design blog by the sustainable home designer Michelle Kaufmann
blog.michellekaufmann.com/?p=361

2007

Gorgeous & Green Fashion Show
Kirsten’s jewelry was on the runway, paired beautifully with a gray Linda Loudermilk suit. This event raised money for Global Green and its green schools program,green affordable housing, solar fund and the green rebuilding of New Orleans.
heartofgreen.typepad.com/heart_of_green/2007/12/gorgeous-green.html
sfbaystyle.typepad.com/blog/2008/01/gorgeous-green.html

Inhabitat – Jewelry Profile
www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/07/sustainable-jewelry-kirsten-muenster/

Eco-Chick Blog
Checking out San Francisco Greenfest
eco-chick.com/2007/11/23/why-greenfest-heres-the-answer/

Malibu Times Magazine – Jewelry With a Cause
Kirsten’s Dinosaur Bone Cuff Links are featured in the Nov/Dec 2007 issue
www.malibutimes.com/special_section/39/d05bff26b77f86529a0b0aa45e9968a1.img

Green with Glamour – Designer Profile
www.greenwithglamour.com/index.php?main_page=editorial&e=designer&c=kirsten_muenster

Kirsten was the featured “Green Jeweler” at the Emmy’s. Over 30 Pieces were on display in the Alive! Expo Green Pavilion produced by Mix Media Award Suites at The Sofitel Hotel. Celebrities browsed and borrowed jewelry for the red carpet.
www.lastheplace.com/2007/09/28/mix-media-goes-green-with-alive-expo-green-pavilion-at-the-sofitel-hotel/

7×7 Magazine – San Francisco Lifestyle Magazine
Editor’s Pick in the Green Design Issue
www.7x7sf.com/issues/6580812.html

Green with Glamour – Kirsten is featured in online eco-boutique
www.greenwithglamour.com
www.ecorazzi.com

Shift Magazine – First Person Feature
shiftmag.squarespace.com/first-person

The Greener Side – Green news and lifestyle blog
greenerside.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/01/green_jewelry.html

2006

Eco Chick – Green news and lifestyle blog
eco-chick.com/?p=529

Heart of Green – Green news and lifestyle blog
heartofgreen.typepad.com/heart_of_green/2007/01/a_gorgeous_gree.html

Lucire Magazine
www.behindthelabel.net/Feb06.html
Features model Summer Rayne Oaks wearing Chinese Writing Stone ring

Lucire Magazine
A full profile of Kirsten’s work is featured in "Behind The Label" written by Summer Rayne Oakes
www.lucire.com/2007/0113fe0.shtml

Treehugger – Web magazine dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic yet is environmentally responsible
www.treehugger.com/files/2005/12/kirsten_muenste.php
www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/summer_rayne_oa.php

18k – a contemporary jewelry blog out of Barcelona
18kt.blogspot.com/2006/10/kirsten-muenster.html

Global Green USA - a national environmental organization
www.globalgreen.org
Kirsten donated a Montana Agate ring to the silent auction at Global Green’s“Gorgeous and Green” fashion show and fundraiser party in December. Proceeds from the event will support Global Green USA and its efforts to rebuild a sustainable New Orleans and advance green affordable housing, solar and high performance schools in San Francisco, Los Angeles and cities across the country.

Kirsten also donated a Montana Agate and Chrysoprase necklace to the 10th Annual Millennium Awards – Global Green USA in April. The piece was included in a package put together by SHIFT Magazine for the silent auction. The necklace is now in the collection of Q’Orianka Kilcher, the eco-conscious actress and environmentalist who made her debut in Terrence Malick’s film, The New World.

MBSC Silent Auction
www.mbsconline.org
www.mbscsilentauction.blogspot.com/2006/10/kirsten-muenster.html
www.earthdaycoalition.org
Kirsten donated a Fordite keychain to the Mind Body Spirit Connected Fall Benefit – Make a Refashion Statement. Proceeds from the silent auction support the Earth Day Coalition.

E Magazine – Consumer News Article: WEARABLE ART
“Planet and People-Friendly Jewelry is Gaining Ground”
www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-156001723.html
www.emagazine.com/index.php?toc&issue=129

Karin’s Style Blog – Design blog out of Sweden
www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=470

Kristen Andersen – Conscious style blog
www.kristenandersen.com/weblog/2005/12/12_days_kirsten_muenster_jewel.html

NetDiver – Powagrrrls line-up
www.netdiver.net/powagirrrls/xx_11.php

Carpal Tunnel Magazine – Online art and design magazine
www.carpaltunnelmag.com/DIY3.html

Screenspire – Web design gallery
www.screenspire.com/view/www.kirstenmuenster.com