Our very own Joel Lueb has been visiting cities in China and Vietnam for the last two weeks meeting with and forming new partnerships with quality overseas print vendors. Above are some of the photos he took from Shanghai and Hanoi.
Southwest Airlines announced their plans for creating The Green Plane at its annual media day on October 21. The Green Plane, which is in beta-mode, will show it's greeness on the inside with 100 percent recyclable carpet by InterfaceFLOR , seats made with e-Leather and IZIT Leather. They are also testing out a new life-vest pouch and new filling for their seats. Read more here.
Now that Halloween is over, it's time to start thinking about Christmas! Yeah...right! If you've already got a case of the Jingle Bells, you might want to consider where you'll purchase your tree this year. Today, we stumbled upon a great economical and environmental alternative to the parking lot tree lot.
The Living Christmas Company and Bob Nursery in Manhattan Beach are offering rented potted living trees delivered to your doorstep. When Christmas is over, they pick up your tree and return it to the nursery. Once the trees are back at the nursery, they are cared for until the next holiday rental season. The trees that become unsuitable for the next rental season are donated to a tree planting organization or become part of an Urban Reforestation Project.
Happy Halloween!!
Channel your inner mad scientist with this Bloody Brain Shooter. Mixing acidic lime juice and Irish cream causes the cream to curdle, creating brain-like strands in the shot.
Ingredients:
3/4 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
1/8 oz. Rose’s lime juice
1 1/4 oz. strawberry vodka such as Stoli
Splash of grenadine
Preparation:
Chill vodka for better smoothness. Add vodka and lime juice to a shaker, shake and strain into a shot glass. Using a straw, dip some Bailey’s Irish Cream into the shot. Once you submerge the straw into the Bailey’s put your finger on top of the straw to hold the Bailey’s in the straw. Dip the straw tip into the vodka and slowly release your top finger. The Bailey’s will curdle a little bit due to the lime juice and you should be able to make strands of Bailey’s.
Repeat the straw/Bailey’s process to build a “brain” in the shot glass. Add a splash of grenadine to the concoction to add the ‘blood’ to the mix. Down the hatch as a shot. (via)
House Industries shot this video of spelling champ and typographist, Edward Rondthaler earlier this year. He was 104!
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