by Brendan Nee on Nov 23, 2009
One of our clients, James Perry got written up in an article by Salon “The Best Campaign Ad Ever”. Hes running for mayor in New Orleans in 2010. When a narrator, describing other candidates, says, “Political insiders and career politicians,” a woman’s face appears onscreen and she says, “What? Are you shitting me?” (The word [...]
by Jed Horne on Mar 31, 2009
You know what makes me mad? Lousy design. Take the Atlantic’s latest missive on how it’s unfair to incarcerate like half of the population of the City of New Orleans. Important issue, no doubt, and maybe it’s just me, but hiring a new graphic designer might make a bit more sympathetic to the cause. Without [...]
by Jed Horne on Feb 10, 2009
There’s a whole lot that’s wrong with New Orleans, but if we had to pick one thing worth fixing, it’s the sorry state of of the city’s leadership. Thanks to some contacts we made while working in the Big Easy in 2006, we now have a chance to do something about it. We’re proud to [...]
by Jed Horne on Jan 15, 2009
Brendan and I were just cited in the latest edition of the neoAmericanist (if it’s a planning magazine, you’ve got to have the lower-case n) for our work documenting post-Katrina planning in New Orleans. If they had bothered to call us up, though, we probably would have warned them against using crappy flash rollovers that [...]
by Jed Horne on Jan 13, 2009
I recently came across an interesting article in New Orleans’ Times-Picayune newspaper about the possibility of an urban rennaissance on the now-derelict Tulane Avenue corridor. Well, maybe it’s not so interesting to most people, but it just so happens that Brendan and I spent a good chunk of our time working in the surrounding neighborhood [...]