We were honored to produce custom seed bombs for the Philadelphia Flower Show, taking place 28 Feb-8 Mar 2015 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Hosted by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, this is the longest-running and largest indoor flower show in the world!
Over the past few months, we’ve been expanding into the home with thoughtful kits for different gift-giving occasions. Our new Cocktail Party Prep Kit is a great housewarming gift or for anyone who may need to entertain guests or host a sophisticated get-together for the first time.
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We recently had the honor of producing a seed bomb promotion for 1 Hotel South Beach. We braved the chill in our Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati studio as we imagined our little giveaways landing in the hands of sun-kissed Floridians. As with our project for Nordstrom, we were given the design for the sticker, which turned out great.
I started this blog almost exactly 7 years ago! Since then, I’ve published roughly 2,000 posts — 1,000 about Cincinnati and 600 specifically on our neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine. A lot has changed since then, and this blog has changed as well. More changes are in store this year.
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It’s the end of yet another awesome year — our travels took us to National Parks, site-specific installations, and quirky museums, and through some incredible buildings. We started the year in Denver, where we peeped Colorado Crush, an annual celebration of hip hop culture.
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Happy Friday! No links today because, when we weren’t busy packing and shipping orders these last few weeks, we were running out, doing our own holiday shopping, not reading articles online. We’ll return to our regularly scheduled programming on Monday with a look back at this year’s highlights. In the mean time, check out my favorite experiences from previous years: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.
It’s the season to focus on loving those close to you, or at least that’s what this bit of graffiti in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati seems to be implying to us.
The Things We Want to Give (Our 2014 Gift Guide): The Wire Cutter likes our 10 Seed Bombs with Slinger.
Zula Owner Opening New Concept in Over-the-Rhine: your moment of LOL for today is “a nod to the iconic New York bar CBGB.”
‘Rebirth of Over-the Rhine’ Film in Works: I’m already looking forward to watching this and suspending judgment until I do.
Finding Vivian Maier: speaking of documentaries, a reminder to myself to seek out the Vivian Maier documentary one of these days.
Enter the 1966 Subway System, through Photographer Danny Lyon’s Lens: ancient NYC subway history!
The Fight to Preserve a Model Public Housing Project: just that, in Chicago.
California Screaming: “The tech industry made the Bay Area rich. Why do so many residents hate it?”
Gift Guide For: The Kids: our 10 Seed Bombs with Slinger gets some love from Ivanka Trump herself!
Gifts That Give Back: more love from The Citizenry.
Cincinnati Gift Guide // A Few Of My Favorite Things…: plus, Cincinnati love from VB.
Northside Photo Show: worth checking out in Cincinnati tomorrow at Chicken Lays an Egg in Northside.
How to Make Transit Succeed in a Sprawling City: Calgary versus Dallas.
Urbanists Need to Face the Full Implications of Peak Car: on traffic levels in Los Angeles and elsewhere.
Detroit by Air: crazy photos.
Here at VL HQ, we’ve been hard at work, developing a few new kits that are [hopefully] perfect for gift-giving, and today I’m really excited to show you the Lavender Love Kit, great for anyone who enjoys this feminine scent as much as I do.
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Department of Everyday Visualingual 