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		<title>modern art tattoos</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 19:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[abstract]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Wachob]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[art form]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[body art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brooklyn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[modern]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[modern art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tattoos]]></category>

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While tattoos and body art aren’t for everyone, we&#8217;re pretty sure almost anyone can appreciate the artistic element that goes into the designs themselves, as well as the skill required to practice the art form itself.
When it comes to tattoo artists like Brooklyn-based Amanda Wachob, there’s no denying this girl is super talented at creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the designer&#8217;s alphabet</title>
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		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/the-designers-alphabet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ABCs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[alphabet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[creative]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Emma Cook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flash cards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[modern design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[typography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
South African illustrator Emma Cook created a series of flash cards that will help designers and people in creative fields teach their kids the ABCs. Modern flash cards feature each letter of the alphabet paired with helpful image of Apple computer, DSLR camera, Email, Moleskine sketchbook, Wacom tablet, and other design related tools / products. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>men&#8217;s health says our client makes one of the best energy bars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[fresh]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[before and after]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy bar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foerstel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[magazine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[men's health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[package design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pre-workout]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Skout Natural Foods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Trailbar]]></category>

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Men&#8217;s Health recently reviewed the Six Best Energy Bars on the market, and to our delight, among them was our client Skout Natural Foods. Recognizing the evolution of energy bars from processed candy to clean, nutritious food, Skout&#8217;s Blueberry+Almond Trailbar took home the Winning Choice for Best Pre-Workout Bar.
Congratulations Skout for the national attention, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>thumbs up: superhero style</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Design Taxi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Graphic Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[icon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[illustration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jaime Calderón]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[like button]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[super heros]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[super likes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[facebook’s iconic ‘like’ symbol, re-imagined in superhero style

Have you ever come across something on Facebook that is so awesome, simply “liking” it would not suffice? In such cases, you would need a “super like” option.
Bogota-based graphic designer and illustrator Jaime Calderón has re-imagined the iconic thumbs-up symbol with the hands of well-known superheroes.
Dressing up the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>celebrating bike month: portability</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/celebrating-bike-month-portability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/celebrating-bike-month-portability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bicycles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bike month]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[collapsible bike]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[foldable bike]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[folding bike]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[May 2013]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[portable bikes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Urban]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In most cities, biking is a wonderful form of commuting. However, one minute you can be riding your beautiful vintage bicycle to the market and the next minute you&#8217;re schlepping the 35 lbs. of metal and rubber down an escalator, squeezing through an entry bar while swiping your card and finally begging forgiveness from your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>photographer imagines what models of famous paintings looked like</title>
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		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/photographer-imagines-what-models-of-famous-paintings-looked-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Eugenio Recuenco]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[famous paintings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Flora Borsi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photographer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[real life models]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Saatchi]]></category>

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In her Real Life Models series 19-year-old Hungarian photographer Flora Borsi imagines what the models of contorted and skewed paintings must have looked like if they were distorted in real life. Through some pretty hilarious photo manipulation Borsi enhances the models for paintings by Kees van Dongen, Rudolf Hausner, and Picasso among others. The series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>client&#8217;s product is a hit! package design by foerstel</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/clients-product-recommended-package-design-by-foerstel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/clients-product-recommended-package-design-by-foerstel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[press]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[alternative butter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[clients]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dairy free]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foerstel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Melt Organics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[organic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[packaging design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phil Lempert]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Supermarket Guru]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vegan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Phil Lempert, the national food trend expert known as The Supermarket Guru, recently declared the new Melt Organic product &#8220;A HIT!&#8221;
Honey Melt Organic combines their signature blend of Melt with organic wildflower honey and cinnamon for a naturally sweet taste. Honey Melt is perfect for everyone who loves the sweet combination of honey and butter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>office wall art</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/office-wall-art/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/office-wall-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[people + place]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Art Installation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foerstel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[office]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Each week we update our office’s entry wall with our awesome cup designs. We’ll keep an on-going collection of the creativity our office has come up with. Check back every Monday!
Week 7: May 13, 2013
Jeremy Oliver, “Boise Cityscape”


Week 5: April 29, 2013
Marie Brochier, “Ralphie”


Week 3: April 15, 2013
Mark Curtis, “Lincoln”


Week 2: April 8, 2013
Claudia Button, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>animal blueprints</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/animal-blueprints/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/animal-blueprints/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[animal blueprints]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

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We’re not scientists, but we do believe most animals are born and not assembled by hand. Still, we have to admit, these animal blueprints are mighty sharp. The Animal Blueprint Company has thrown a mid-century twist into the animal art world by producing a blueprint rendering of your breed!  Styled like 1950′s architectural blueprints, each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>composite photography reveals a solar corona</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/composite-photography-reveals-a-solar-corona-through/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/composite-photography-reveals-a-solar-corona-through/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[composite]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corona]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[images]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Miloslav Druckmiller]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[moon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[solar eclipse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[This is Colossal]]></category>

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Composite image of the moon taken from 47 photos reveals solar corona during a total solar eclipse. Shot by Czech photographer Miloslav Druckmüller from the Brno University of Technology, these amazing composite images capture the moon during a total solar eclipse revealing a vast solar corona. To achieve the crystal clear effect the shots are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>amazing double exposure portraits by sara k byrne</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/amazing-double-exposure-portraits-by-sara-k-byrne/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/amazing-double-exposure-portraits-by-sara-k-byrne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[boise]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[double exposure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[francesco mugnai]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[idaho]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photographer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sara Byrne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Do you find yourself staring at your new camera with a ton of buttons on it, not knowing which one does what exactly? That&#8217;s pretty much what happened to local Boise photographer Sara K. Byrne who discovered her year-old Canon 5D Mark III had the ability to do in-camera double exposures. So, she started experimenting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>celebrating bike month: carry-ons</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/celebrating-bike-month-carry-ons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/celebrating-bike-month-carry-ons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 22:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[accessories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[additions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bicycling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bike month]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[carrying things on bikes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[carryons]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[industrial design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[May 2013]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[picnic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[storage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=6149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[May is the official &#8220;Bike Month&#8221; across the US and over the next few weeks we&#8217;ll be celebrating by sharing some cool, innovative, practical ideas for your bicycle. In hopes of encouraging more bike riding (less cars), we&#8217;re here to scour the interwebs to find you the most hip designs to fancy up your rig.
Today, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>why packaging design is important</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/why-packaging-design-is-important/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/why-packaging-design-is-important/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[industry trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BrandPackaging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foerstel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[package design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Packaging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=6127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the Consumer Isn&#8217;t Happy with Packaging, Nobody&#8217;s Happy.
People are generally satisfied with packaging &#8212; until they decide to buy.
BRAND PACKAGING recently hosted a Webinar, “Packaging Matters: Studying the Satisfaction Gap in Consumer Packaging,” with global packaging company MeadWestvaco Corporation (MWV). The topic garnered such interest that we decided to continue discussion on the issue. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>artist depicts what historical figures would look like today</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/artist-depicts-what-historical-figures-would-look-like-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/artist-depicts-what-historical-figures-would-look-like-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dr Suzannah Lipscomb]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth I]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Henry VIII]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[illustration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lord Nelson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marie Antoinette]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[series]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shakespeare]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Telegraph]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=6106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[British history channel Yesterday has commissioned a series of artworks that imagines what some of the world’s most famous historical figures would look like if they were alive today.
Created under the watchful eye of academic, author and historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, the series consists of five updated portraits, including that of William Shakespeare, Marie Antoinette [...]]]></description>
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		<title>blast from the past: what popular websites used to look like</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/blast-from-the-past-what-popular-websites-used-to-look-like/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/blast-from-the-past-what-popular-websites-used-to-look-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 19:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[industry trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[90s]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business insider]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eBay]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[linkedin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[now]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[online brands]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[popular website]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[website design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=6078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;the huge websites we use daily.
From Facebook and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>crazily lined notebook inspires creativity</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/crazily-lined-notebook-inspires-creativity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/crazily-lined-notebook-inspires-creativity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 17:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[daily inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[creative]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Design Taxi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foerstel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[imagination]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[inspire]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marc Thomasset]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[moleskines]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[The Inspiration Pad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
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 &#8220;outside-the-lines&#8221; 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 twist as you free your imagination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iconic album cover artist passes away</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/iconic-album-cover-artist-passes-away/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/iconic-album-cover-artist-passes-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[album covers]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[pink floyd]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[storm thorgerson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 not recognize Storm Thorgerson’s name (although, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>innovation: bike-powered charging pod</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/innovation-bike-powered-charging-pod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/innovation-bike-powered-charging-pod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[clean energy]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Siva Cycle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Atom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5996</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 if you can make peace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>pantone food</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/pantone-food/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/pantone-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Belgium-based art director and photographer Alison Anselot combines our two favorite things: well displayed food and beautiful Pantone colors.

In a project titled &#8216;Pantone Food&#8217;, 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 dishes with the appropriate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>earth week at foerstel</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/earth-week-at-foerstel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/earth-week-at-foerstel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
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 a bit greener.
Linda: For me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sustainable furniture made from agricultural waste</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/sustainable-furniture-made-from-agricultural-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/sustainable-furniture-made-from-agricultural-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
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 shape makes them strong enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>mushroom technology to replace plastic foam packaging</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/mushroom-technology-to-replace-plastic-foam-packaging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/mushroom-technology-to-replace-plastic-foam-packaging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>no-plastic, eco-friendly flash drives</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/no-plastic-eco-friendly-flash-drives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/no-plastic-eco-friendly-flash-drives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
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 no plastic.
You can tear off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>seven design principles, inspired by zen wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/seven-design-principles-inspired-by-zen-wisdom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/seven-design-principles-inspired-by-zen-wisdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Want to become the next Steve Jobs - or just understand his near-spiritual devotion to simplicity? This primer, outlining the main tenets of &#8220;Zen Design,&#8221; 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 Altos house, circa 1982. There isn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 in 10 parents buy organic</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/8-in-10-parents-buy-organic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/8-in-10-parents-buy-organic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[parents]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
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 to 24, 2013.
“More and more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>foerstel honored as a &#8220;best places to work in idaho&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/foerstel-honored-as-a-best-places-to-work-in-idaho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/foerstel-honored-as-a-best-places-to-work-in-idaho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Internally as a group, we&#8217;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 &#8220;Best Place to Work in Idaho&#8221; by the Idaho Business Review.
I&#8217;m writing this as the &#8220;new kid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>beautiful typographic book sculptures created with folded pages</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/beautiful-typographic-book-sculptures-created-with-folded-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/beautiful-typographic-book-sculptures-created-with-folded-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[times new roman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[typography]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5829</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Vermont-based artist Luciana Frigerio has created a stunning collection of paper art where she folds the pages of books to “spell” out inspiring messages.
Using the pages of books as her canvas, she meticulously folds their pages to reveal words and phrases like “Imagine” and “You &#38; Me”.
Amazingly, the artist’s messages are formed with standard  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>our client made the editor&#8217;s pick at expo west</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/cybeles-free-to-eat-featured-at-expo-west/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/cybeles-free-to-eat-featured-at-expo-west/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[food allergies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Food allergies continue to be a huge market driver for natural foods innovation. Standing out among many new products in this category, these nine companies at Expo West 2013 have created delicious &#8220;free-from&#8221; products that meet shoppers&#8217; needs to avoid common food allergens such as gluten, dairy, soy, nuts and eggs while delivering the taste [...]]]></description>
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		<title>foerstel&#8217;s package design selected for eye-catching excellence</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/foerstels-packaging-design-acknowledged-as-eye-catching/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/foerstels-packaging-design-acknowledged-as-eye-catching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Our Beanfields Bean &#38; Rice Chips package design was recently included in a select group that was recognized by newhope360 for being an eye-catching design at Expo West 2013.

&#8220;How do you stand out on shelf? These 30 companies at Natural Products Expo West 2013 have figured out a way through color and attention-grabbing typography.&#8221;
This striking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sculptures made from suspended sewing buttons</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/sculptures-made-from-suspended-sewing-buttons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/sculptures-made-from-suspended-sewing-buttons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Buenos Aires artist Augusto Esquivel creates stunning scupltures by using thousands of suspended multi-coloured sewing buttons. Currently represented by the Now Contemporary Art Gallery in Miami.


















[source: Now Contemporary Art]
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		<title>word animals typography</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/word-animals-typography/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/word-animals-typography/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5740</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
We found this really fun new project titled &#8220;Word Animals&#8221; by Australian graphic  designer Dan Fleming. He creates original and impressive typographic work  around a wide range of colors and animal names.



















Discover complete serial images on its dedicated website.

[via]
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		<title>comic book garden</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/comic-book-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/comic-book-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Japanese contemporary artists Kawchi creates works based on the theme of fiction in the everyday. This clever project &#8220;Manga Farming&#8221; recycles old comic books into a garden which grows vegetables and herbs (organic, of course).











[source: Kawachi via bb]
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		<title>athletes transform into music icons, recreate famous album covers</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/athletes-transform-into-music-icons-recreate-famous-album-covers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/athletes-transform-into-music-icons-recreate-famous-album-covers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Mattias Clamer recently shot a fun editorial for ESPN Magazine’s music issue, where 14 athletes posed as music icons on famous album covers.
The humorous series took the athletics out of their comfort  zone in sports and placed them in the glamorous limelight of pop  music—considering this, the featured athletes look surprisingly at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>urban vertical garden built from recycled soda bottles</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/urban-vertical-garden-built-from-recycled-soda-bottles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/urban-vertical-garden-built-from-recycled-soda-bottles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>

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As part of an innovative partnership called Home Sweet Home (Lar Doce Lar) between multidisciplinary design firm Rosenbaum and TV producer Luciano Huck, the teams went through dozens of Brazilian homes doing dramatic makeovers of interior and exterior spaces. On their 48th home Rosenbaum designed a pretty amazing vertical garden that was suspended in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>could “wooden” jeans reduce the denim industry’s carbon footprint?</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/could-%e2%80%9cwooden%e2%80%9d-jeans-reduce-the-denim-industry%e2%80%99s-carbon-footprint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[wood fiber]]></category>

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Denim made from sustainable wood pulp, rather than cotton, could be the  key to reducing the jeans industry’s sizable environmental footprint,  according to a fashion student at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Dawn Ellams, a Ph.D researcher at the School of Textiles  and Design, developed her “no-cotton” jeans using pulp from the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a creative gif</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/a-creative-gif/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/a-creative-gif/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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[source: ralphusss]
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		<title>oscar awards re-imagined as their best picture winner</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/oscar-awards-re-imagined-as-their-best-picture-winner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/oscar-awards-re-imagined-as-their-best-picture-winner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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And the award for the best Oscar poster we’ve ever seen goes to… Olly Moss! He’d like to thank Gallery 1988 for the commission, his friends and family and of course all the film-makers whose tremendous work provided such rich inspiration.
Moss created this terrific poster which reimagines the iconic Academy Award statuette in the style [...]]]></description>
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		<title>urban geode art</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/urban-geode-art/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/urban-geode-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[A Common Name]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[art installations]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Paige Smith]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[street art]]></category>

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Such a creative and unique street art project.  Created by LA artist Paige Smith AKA A Common Name, the geodes are small art installations made from shiny paper.

Located in different cities created inside crevices, cracks, holes and are absolutely awesome to behold. I’d be so excited if I came across one of these as I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>pantone colors you&#8217;ll never forget</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/pantone-colors-youll-never-forget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/pantone-colors-youll-never-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Panto'n'roll]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pantone]]></category>

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Who doesn&#8217;t love a little wordplay? We were blown away by the simplicity and brilliance of Chic &#38; Artistic’s latest series, Panto’N’Roll that’s about as good as a design joke gets. Taking Pantone’s indexed color chips and merging them with famous song titles Chic and Artistic may have created one of the most memorable design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>apps integrating into our actual lives</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/apps-integrating-into-our-actual-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/apps-integrating-into-our-actual-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you don&#8217;t find yourself constantly on your iPhone or iPad, now you can actually live amongst your apps and their icons.

The Google Maps icon, that we have all come to know and love for letting us know where we are or where we need to go, has become ubiquitous. Designer Shuchun Hsiao realized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>popular online brands reimagined as ‘line-based’ logos</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/popular-online-brands-reimagined-as-line-based-logos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/popular-online-brands-reimagined-as-line-based-logos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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Design consultancy Antrepo—who previously designed minimalistic packaging for international brands—has reimagined several online brands with ‘line-based’ logos.
Drawing inspiration from the design of vintage Japanese  cameras from the ‘70s and ‘80s, the consultancy applied the ‘line-based  design’ to the logos of online brands such as Facebook, Google, Apple  and Twitter—giving the logos a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>whole foods loves our new package design for beanfield&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/whole-foods-loves-our-new-package-design-for-beanfields/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/whole-foods-loves-our-new-package-design-for-beanfields/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for the Superbowl!
The Whole Foods market in Pasadena, California was so taken with our new package design for  Beanfield&#8217;s snack chips they created a big beautiful end-aisle display showcasing all of the flavors!

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		<title>art meets nature: painted leaves by gabee meyer</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/art-meets-nature-pained-leaves-by-gabee-meyer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/art-meets-nature-pained-leaves-by-gabee-meyer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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Gabee Meyer takes makes art using nature&#8217;s canvas. She finds discarded leaves and intricately paints  folk-meets-contemporary patterns on them. Gabee is also a very talented illustrator and pattern-maker.  You can see more of her illustration work on Behance.
Hailing from São Paulo, Brazil, the illustrations of Gabee Meyer are a rich, vibrant blend of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ask your company to measure the carbon footprint of your office</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/ask-your-company-to-measure-the-carbon-footprint-of-your-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/ask-your-company-to-measure-the-carbon-footprint-of-your-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[carbon footprint]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[office]]></category>

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Even if your office building wasn&#8217;t designed with sustainability in  mind, there are several steps you can take to make it more eco-friendly.  One of the first things to do is figuring out how the building&#8217;s  performing right now. Check the Environmental Protection Agency&#8217;s guide to measuring the carbon  footprint of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>upcycling coffee products</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/upcycling-coffee-products/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/upcycling-coffee-products/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[accessories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[coffee capsules]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[upcycling]]></category>

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Used coffee capsules now upcycled as watches - Nespresso has been riding the home barista trend with counter-top coffee makers. But what to do with those crushed capsules? One enterprising idea is  seeing them used as the basis for a handmade, custom timepiece as part  of the Grand Cru collection produced by high-end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>pantone swatches for perfect beer swigging selection</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/pantone-swatches-for-perfect-beer-swigging-selection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/pantone-swatches-for-perfect-beer-swigging-selection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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Finally, a gag gift for that insufferable beer snob you know: Pantone swatches for beer. Designed by Alexander Michelbach and Daniel Eugster, each &#8220;Beertone&#8221; card gives the exact color value of a beer in RGB, CMYK and HTML code. Their efforts were assisted by some 202 Swiss breweries, which offered SRM data and actual beers as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>build a vertical garden with recycled cups</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/build-a-vertical-garden-with-recycled-cups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/build-a-vertical-garden-with-recycled-cups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[organic]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[green dot build award]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[vertical garden]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foerstel.com/?p=5454</guid>
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Vertical gardens are a fun way to bring greenery indoors or to small patios and yards.
Turkish design firm Designnobis has created a living wall system with an upcycled twist: Their Naturwall allows anyone to create their own vertical garden using disposable cups. Rather than ending up in the landfill, coffee cups take on a second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a dictionary whose definitions are google image results</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/a-dictionary-whose-definitions-are-google-image-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/a-dictionary-whose-definitions-are-google-image-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[images]]></category>

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On the surface, Google Images is a remarkably comprehensive thing,  serving up visuals for just about any query a curious Internet user  could muster. But behind the scenes, it’s constantly in flux, its  database growing along with the web and resorting itself according to  new search patterns and the constantly tweaked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>invisible street art by cayetano ferrer</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/invisible-street-art-by-cayetano-ferrer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/invisible-street-art-by-cayetano-ferrer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[city of chicago]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[optical illusion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[street art]]></category>

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Los Angeles-based video, photography and sculptural/installation artist Cayetano Ferrer has  re-interpreted the discipline of graffiti through his  artistic interrogation of urban objects. Through his projects “city of  chicago” and “western imports” he camouflages street signs and  ordinary cardboard boxes to mimic the surrounding scenery – rendering  them “invisible street art”.
Ferrer creates the work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>organic sculptures made from hundreds of pencils</title>
		<link>http://www.foerstel.com/organic-sculptures-made-from-hundreds-of-pencils/</link>
		<comments>http://www.foerstel.com/organic-sculptures-made-from-hundreds-of-pencils/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megan</dc:creator>
		
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South Carolina-based artist Jessica Drenk was born and raised in Montana where she developed an understanding and  appreciation of the natural world that has since deeply influenced the  course of her artistic career. Her installations and sculptures often imitate organic shapes, patterns, and textures even when using a  medium that is often [...]]]></description>
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