Aly Khalifa received his 11th patent today. This was for one of our favorite designs: the Teastick!

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Snow machine + soapy stuff + helium = flogos.
Sure we design a lot of logos but none of us believe that they could be good enough to float in front of celestial bodies. I mean is this branding’s final frontier?

More importantly, would this lead to our kids laying in the grass saying, “hey if you [...]

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Organized by CEOs for Cities and NOLA YURP (The New Orleans Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals Initiative). The Urban Next Summit was a gathering of emerging urban leaders along with established leaders to discuss a number of questions around cities including: “What creates a culture of opportunity? How do you draw ambitious people to a city? [...]

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The only thing better than good graffiti is good weathered graffiti like this pasted graphic in New Orleans. Question is whether this art is old or if it’s just the humidity…

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China has had to face its own environmental nightmares on the global stage. Air pollution from automobiles has changed driving restrictions, factories are being threatened to shut down, and now the lake in Qingdao being used for aquatic competitions is filled with algae. In some areas the lake may be several feet deep in algae [...]

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