Née — “Magic Love”
I caught Née at the Tap Room last night (opening for my friends in Union Tree Review), and besides being completely adorable, she also makes some super-catchy electropop.
Free downloads here
For Anyone Knocking the Loop Streetcar Cash
Most other U.S. cities that have built streetcars or other rail transit have seen increasingly valuable development. A Portland, Ore., streetcar open since 2001 lured 4 million square feet of high-density development, a 2005 study found. A Seattle analysis of land values near its new streetcar, opened in 2007, found $68.4 million in increased property value.
Now we to bring it to streets that really need it (hint: Cherokee).
The only MLB team to still wear a chain stitched jersey.
Easily my favorite MLB logo. I have a 40s-style Cards hat with the birds and the bat from the late, lamented Cooperstown Ballcap Co. and it’s one of my favorite garments. The chain stitching here is absolutely lovely.
You know it.
Copenhagen Makes Green Roofs Mandatory
This is really cool.
Are there any green roof buildings in St. Louis? This would be a great initiative for the city to get behind — maybe not mandatory, but rewarded in some way.
Yay St. Louis food!
Here’s a poster I just finished for Word & Image.
Framing a Modern Masterpiece
I’ve been reading a lot about St. Louis architecture for a project lately (in this book), so I feel that I can attest to the importance of this competition — It’s exciting stuff.
This past summer I was fortunate enough to intern at Spoke Marketing as part of their Sprockets program — in which three interns (including Amanda Yates) did free work for some non-profits and start-ups in the St. Louis area.
Not only was it a great experience — thankful clients, sweet offices, fun work environment, helping organizations worth helping, getting paid to do so — but now I have an excuse to stop by Whole Foods whenever I can to check out some of the collateral we made for Blessing Basket.
BB is a non-profit that sells baskets hand-made by women from villages in third world nations — Ghana, Uganda, Madagascar, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. However, instead of paying them the fair trade minimum (around $0.80 per basket), they pay them $4 to $7 per basket. In doing so they’re actually ending poverty on a village-to-village basis.
Read more about them and their mission, and while you’re at it, why not buy a basket? I’ve got one. The craftsmanship is remarkable, and the colors really pop.
