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Do you remember what Facebook looked like when it first launched? Neither do we! Luckily, Business Insider decided to take a trip down memory lane, compiling several images that compare what some of the most popular websites used to look like before they became what they are now; well…the huge
Looking for inspiration? Staring at a blank notebook won’t help—but looking into ‘The Inspiration Pad’ by Brussels-based designer Marc Thomasset might help you get a few “outside-the-lines” ideas. With its 32 pages of warped blue lines—unlike Moleskines or other plain strait-laced lined notebooks—the softcover Inspiration Pad gives your brain a
Storm Thorgerson, who created classic album covers for everyone from Pink Floyd to Muse, has passed away. Here’s a look at the work he left behind. One of the greatest artists to ever design an album cover has passed away at 69. The casual music fan or art aficionado might
The Atom easily attaches to your back wheel and then uses your pedaling energy to charge a battery that you can use to power your devices. Bicyclists who want to charge their mobile devices as they ride have options: you can choose between various dynamos (“hub,” “bottle,” “bottom bracket”), decide
Belgium-based art director and photographer Alison Anselot combines our two favorite things: well displayed food and beautiful Pantone colors. In a project titled ‘Pantone Food’, Anselot matched up edible arrangements with visible chromatic shades. Placing food in the center of the frame, her compositions are laid out to compare various
In celebration of Earth Day (Monday, April 23), here at Foerstel, we decided to give you some ideas this week to reduce your carbon footprint in your regular lives. Members of our team are taking on a little extra something to remember that every small contribution can make the world
Terra Bio Furniture: simple and super-sustainable stools from the Tel Aviv-based designer Adital Ela. Looking like mud-covered beehives or chocolate bollards, the stools are made of compacted earth, construction debris and organic wastes like spent agricultural fibers and cow flop. Despite requiring little energy to fabricate (mostly elbow grease), their
Ecovative Design is transforming the typical packing, creating an eco-friendly alternative to Styrofoam made from mushrooms. Their goal: to create a viable, eco-friendly alternative to the plastics industry and particularly to polystyrene, the versatile synthetic polymer best known for Styrofoam cups and packing peanuts. Mushroom® Packaging – a compostable packaging
GIGS2GO is a small set of ‘Tear and Share’ USB drives, about the same size as a credit card, each drive can be torn off and used or handed out to others. Yanko Design notes that the four-pack of thumb drives is made from 100% post-consumer molded paper pulp with
Want to become the next Steve Jobs – or just understand his near-spiritual devotion to simplicity? This primer, outlining the main tenets of “Zen Design,” will help. One of the best-known photographs of the late Steve Jobs pictures him sitting in the middle of the living room of his Los
U.S. families are increasingly embracing organic products in a wide range of categories, with 81 percent now reporting they purchase organic at least sometimes. This finding is one of many contained in the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA’s) newly released 2013 U.S. Families’ Organic Attitudes and Beliefs Study, conducted Jan. 18
Internally as a group, we’ve always known Foerstel is a great place to work. Heck, some people have been loyal to Tom for over 25 years and now, the company as a whole is being recognized as a “Best Place to Work in Idaho” by the Idaho Business Review. I’m
