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Enjoy a collection of musings, deep thoughts and good times from our crew here at Foerstel.

left brain I am the left brain. I am a scientist. A mathematician. I love the familiar. I categorize. I am accurate. Linear. Analytical. Strategic. I am practical. Always in control. A master of words and language. Realistic. I calculate equations and play with numbers. I am order. I am

Today’s post comes from the director of our creative team and Italian export, Claudia Button who had this to say about the art of Russ Mills: From time to time, my role here at Foerstel gets to expand to the realm of illustration. Since my other love is fashion design,

As part of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, an enormous outdoor installation of fish was constructed using discarded plastic bottles on Botafogo beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The sculptures are illuminated from the inside at night creating a pretty spectacular light show. (via this is colossal)

San Francisco’s Bay Bridge is being turned into a massive light sculpture for its 75th Anniversary. The Bay Lights is an iconic light sculpture designed by internationally renowned artist Leo Villareal. The stunning fine arts experience will live for two years on the Bay Bridge West Span, starting with a

Capturing the adventures had by the increasing number of those ditching four wheels for two, a new bike creatively tells real stories about people and their bicycles.

The following video is a journey through two years of footage collected by Stebs, a young filmmaker from Boston, Massachusetts. film: paperfortress.com music: This Will Destroy You

A few simple changes in how you grill outdoors, such as avoiding too much beef or processed meats and not charring foods, can aid in cancer prevention, according to an expert. “Two aspects of the traditional American cookout, what you grill and how you grill it, can potentially raise cancer

Care2.com is the largest online community for healthy and green living. They feature great tidbits of information about causes we all care about. A few of the topics they cover: health and environmental issues, animal and wildlife welfare, women’s rights, politics, civil and human rights ~ and so much more.

Republic Bikes is an awesome website that lets you custom design your very own fixed gear bike using a 3D virtual design studio. After deciding on the perfect color scheme to bring out your inner hipster you can have it shipped to your door for about $450.

Brit.co is a great website that can teach you how to repurpose almost anything. Upon finding this fun way to upcycle floppy disks into plant friendly pieces of nostalgia, we were compelled to share! Materials: – floppy disks (if you don’t have a treasure trove of them from the 90s,

The NEXT Forecast 2013 report illuminates the impact of today’s and tomorrow’s seven major trends in the natural, organic and functional food & beverage category. Wholegrain Revolution Growing in both number and power, the “wholegranian” consumer seeks out whole-food-based nutrition, avoids highly processed and engineered products, and makes purchasing decisions

We received a very important letter today. “Congratulations! One of your entries has been selected by the 2012 jury to appear in Design Annual 53, the September/October 2012 issue of Communication Arts.” Congratulations to Jeff Harder and his wine package design for client DC Flynt MW Selections. We couldn’t be

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Tom Foerstel : Founder & President

Tom Foerstel

Founder & President

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60’s, Tom developed a strong desire to create positive change for people and planet.

He went on to pursue his passion for art and design at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and worked for design firms in Southern California before moving to Boise, Idaho in the early 80’s. Foerstel Design opened its doors in 1985. Since its inception, the firm has cultivated a bold, happy, forward-looking team focussed on creating distinct and effective work on behalf of their clients.

An integral part of Tom’s philosophy is giving back to the community in which he lives — a company cornerstone that drives Foerstel’s long history of providing pro-bono services to local non-profit humanitarian and arts programs.

One of Tom’s proudest personal achievements is his ability to say Supercalifragilisticexpyalidocious backwards.