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Enjoy a collection of musings, deep thoughts and good times from our crew here at Foerstel.
Artist Christian Jackson boils down classic children’s tales to one simple element. Jackson’s minimalist fairy tale posters tell a story without cramming all sorts of distracting visual details around the title.
Michael Paul Smith’s photos span across decades, showing a quaint American town through the bustling ’20s and into the 1960s. But Smith, who calls himself a hobbyist, didn’t begin taking photos until just a few years ago: he collects model cars, trains, buildings, and other knickknacks, and photographs them to
Typefaces, also known as font families like Arial and Garamond, could be the most under-appreciated but powerful art form in existence. Typeface design influences nearly everything we Americans do—from the books we read, to the products we buy, to the food we eat, to the TV we watch, to the
Being creative on demand is hard. In addition to the hours spent physically bringing new ideas to light, there’s also the countless mental hours spent thinking about problems, generating ideas, and evaluating possible solutions. When we’re over-taxed, we can easily become burnt out from having found the limits of our
When designing a logo for your business, it’s important to take into account the way people interpret color. It’s the right time to ask, what kind of emotion do I want my brand to convey?
We were fortunate enough to be asked to work with Native American Natural Foods on new branding and package design for their buffalo-meat based protein bar. It’s a really great product! As far as clean, low-fat, low-calorie protein goes these bars hit the bullseye, so to speak: 7 grams of
Pantone colors are everywhere, and bright ones can especially be found in nature. The ‘Pantone: Rain Edition’ by Italian digital artists Matteo Gallinelli and Giuliano Antonio Lo Re pays tribute to the color-matching system by showing vibrantly tinted puddles against dull cobblestones. The water seeps between the cracks of the
We love our client Rex Chandler! Not only does he own one of the premier restaurants in our fair city (Chandlers) and another in our neighboring town of Meridian (Ling & Louie’s) but he is a HUGE supporter of our community and hosts many special events every year. One of
The Astronomy Picture of the Day (site currently down), a website launched by NASA and the Michigan Technological University way back in 1995, has had a nearly continuous publication run of 18 years. Unfortunately due some minor budget cuts in the U.S. government, all NASA websites are currently down due
With countless products out there, it’s hard to capture a buyer’s attention. Everyone’s taste is different, but there are certain products that are so cleverly designed or unique that we can’t help but want to take a closer look. Here we’ve listed seven of these products that don’t just capture
