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Enjoy a collection of musings, deep thoughts and good times from our crew here at Foerstel.
Hamburg-based freelance designer Sabine Ahrens has created a nifty flowchart to help her potential clients decide if they need a designer. By asking a series of leading questions—a framework often used for pop-psychology quizzes in lifestyle magazines—the tongue-in-cheek infographic is a light-hearted way to express how a designer may add
Paris versus New York is a friendly visual match between two cities, as seen by a Parisian-based-and-lover on New York details, clichés and contradictions. Absolutely fantastic.
When conceptual art meets popular culture the result are these amazing celebrity portraits by Erika Iris Simmons. The work is a collection of faces that grow out of recycled materials, reused cassette tapes, and the negative space that results from these shapes. The artist began her careers as a face-painter
In today’s consumer world, plastic is everywhere—from plentiful stores of bottled water to disposable plasticware to the containers that hold our store-bought food. It seems like you can’t go out shopping without running into a good deal of plastic. And while this material is strong, reliable, and undoubtedly useful, we
François Chambard used storm-ravaged refuse from around Red Hook to create a collection of lamps whose proceeds will benefit Sandy relief efforts. Hurricane Sandy destroyed hundreds of homes, offices, and schools. It also hit the creative community hard, damaging dozens of artists’ studios and tons of work along the waterfront
Have you ever come home from the market with armfuls of fresh fruits and vegetables only to find them wilting and rotting in the fridge a mere week later? Or even get home from your local produce market with a box full and anxiously scarf down pounds of fruit before
Argentinian artist Pablo Lehmann has created an apartment made entirely out of recycled paper. The art installation titled ‘Scribe’s House’, is a life-sized apartment complete with a bed, bookcase, bathtub, desk and chair, and little windows – all of which have been plastered with old pages in muted tones of
This past weekend the Foerstel team got together to celebrate the holidays over fried food, great company and many strikes (okay, okay gutter balls) at Emerald Lanes in Boise. Cheers to another fantastic year!
Here at Foerstel, we’d like to extend a massive congrats to Mamma Chia’s very own founder and CEO, Janie Hoffman. Hoffman was awarded “Person of the Year” at the annual BevNET Best of 2012 ceremony. We’re honored your company has chosen to do business with us. Congratulations, Janie! Janie Hoffman,
Welcome Pixride to the block, designed to get you out of your creative slump. An inspirational tool that stacks random images from design websites on to your screen to kick start a brainstorming session and give you the inspiration you may need. “Each time you press the “Ride!” button, Pixride
Although we think and talk about food on a constant basis, do we really know how best to preserve it or do we become lazy and leave the responsibility to technology? Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jihyun Ryou thinks we no longer understand how to treat food. Her Save Food from
The CNBC-E Turkey Series campaign compares the news channel to hit sitcom and drama TV shows. Featuring notable US politicians and UK royalty and showing real life events in the world can be as entertaining as scripted television. Created by Rafineri & Istanbul, an advertising agency based in Istanbul, Turkey,
