It used to be that architects were also obligated to design chairs. Now that trend has shifted to shoes, at least for Zaha Hadid. Her recent endeavor is a footwear line for Lacoste.
The design and texture is based on series of overlaid and repeated patterns to give the shoe a dynamic fluid feel. A winding [...]

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I came across cricket today in my morning internet wanderings, and was immediately drawn to because of its simply/happy/friendly feeling packaging.
Cricket is a Green Tea and Kola Nut Brew. None of those chemically ingredients such as the phosphorics or high-fructoses are included in the Cricket formula.

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The past few years, Gamil Design and Gamila Company have taken a joint trip to the NC State Fair. We are so fortunate to live in the State Capital, and have the Fair pop up 4.2 miles from our downtown office every year.
I’m not sure what the themes were for past fairs, but I’m loving [...]

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