SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!
February 5, 2010 – 2:45 pm | No Comment

Unless you live under a rock, you probably know that this Sunday is Superbowl Sunday. On this day, either the Saints or the Colts will become the National Football League champions for the year. Advertisers …

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The Unhappy Hipsters………LOL
February 2, 2010 – 3:11 pm | One Comment

Unhappy_Hipster

OK, I am truly sorry if no one else thinks this blog is funny.  I broke down and added The Unhappy Hipsters to our blogs of interest (See below right on our home page).  We Tweeted about this the other day and I think it is worth going back to.  If you love modern design and happen to read DWELL Magazine, you will get a kick out of the fresh blurbs under each photo.  The photos are taken from the pages DWELL as seen by the credits, but the quotes are the author’s alone.  View……. Read……  Smile………

This is why street cars are better than cars and buses
January 27, 2010 – 1:20 pm | No Comment
This is why street cars are better than cars and buses

Jacksonville keeps trying to decide how it is going to spur development in the Urban Core. Our question would be, why are we so hesitant to look at what has been successful for other cities …

The windspire wind turbine
January 22, 2010 – 10:50 am | 2 Comments
The windspire wind turbine

Jason and I thought this was really cool and worth mentioning.  Thursday morning we were heading to a client’s house out Atlantic Blvd. and just as we were about to pass Craig Air Field, we …

an amazing video to start off the new year
January 8, 2010 – 3:51 pm | One Comment
an amazing video to start off the new year

This one needs to be watched in full screen or maybe on your new big screen LED you just got for Christmas.  You can watch it in HD if you press the link below to …

The Santa catcher lighting installation
December 21, 2009 – 2:36 pm | 2 Comments
The Santa catcher lighting installation

Our friend Chris of Moulder Inc. from Atlanta is down in Jacksonville for Christmas and brought a lighting installation for his Mom’s front yard.  7500 Christmas lights and about 400 ft. lbs. of pulley torque …

urban facelift project #13 revisted, nighttime
December 10, 2009 – 5:19 pm | No Comment
urban facelift project #13 revisted, nighttime

We recently began experimenting with using lighting in our renderings.  We’ve done it a few times in interior settings, but this is our first go at it in an exterior setting.  So we decided, as …

the urban facelift project #13 (324 broad street)
December 9, 2009 – 1:23 pm | 4 Comments
the urban facelift project #13 (324 broad street)

Wow, it’s been almost two months since our last facelift project and on the heels of the great emerging design professionals’ urban facelift competition (check out the Times Union article on the competition), we decided …

Roadtrip to Atlanta for the Telephone Factory Loft Art Show
December 8, 2009 – 10:15 am | One Comment
Roadtrip to Atlanta for the Telephone Factory Loft Art Show

I just wanted to share some pictures from the 14th annual Telephone Factory Loft Art Show.  Every year on the first weekend of December, artists open their doors and resident’s host other artists at the …

images from the urban facelift competition
December 3, 2009 – 2:22 pm | 2 Comments
images from the urban facelift competition

We just wanted to post a quick update on the outcome of last night’s Urban Facelift Competition that was hosted by the EDP (Emerging Design Professionals) and sponsored by content design group and Quality Sign …

We are heading out to enjoy our Thanksgiving vacation……..
November 24, 2009 – 4:03 pm | No Comment
We are heading out to enjoy our Thanksgiving vacation……..

While you are doing the same, here are a couple of videos for you to enjoy after you are to full to move.  These videos have nothing to do with design, but we thought they …

recent residential facelift commissions
November 17, 2009 – 12:20 pm | 3 Comments
recent residential facelift commissions

As you know, we’ve recently started offering homeowners the same virtual facelifts that we’ve been doing for commercial property owners. These virtual facelifts are cost effective visualizations of suggested ideas to help our clients picture …