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Presentation: Architecture Non-Profits & Social Media

November 13th, 2009 · No Comments

When our friends at the Chicago Architecture Foundation asked us to present at the Inaugural Association of Architecture Organizations (AAO) & Architecture + Design Education Network (A+DEN) Conference we were super stoked. Then, when they asked us to give it on emerging social media, we were like “Heck Yeah!”
We started with the basics like “What [...]

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Tags: Fun · Idea! · Ongoing education · Stalelife Friends · chicago · presentations

“Fall” Is the New “Spring”

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments

It upsets us that the final week of summer has now come and gone. Fall is upon us and we’re not ready to break out the sweaters. Things will be different this year! We know that Spring is usually when things change as the world comes out of hibernation.  For us, Fall is the new [...]

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Tags: Company info · Idea! · chicago

2009 Killjoy Cycling team kits unveiled

April 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

We’re pretty fortunate to partner with four great cycling organizations:
The Killjoy Team
World Bicycle Relief
The Dirt Derby
The Bonebell (new site design coming soon)
So when Kevin Heppner asked if we could help design new logos for our favorite team (Joe’s a member), we jumped. Kevin made the new logo a center piece and pulled a 180º from [...]

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Tags: Giving Back · New creative · Stalelife Friends · chicago

SXSW is EASY

March 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

We’ll show you how.
For the second year in a row I will be attending the SXSW conference in Austin Texas. I collected a lot of information last year to help me make the most of what is a massive, sprawling, 10 day conference. I also met some great people last year, some of which I [...]

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Tags: Austin · Fun · TX · chicago

Stalelife Showcase: The Chicago Tribune “green” mailing

December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Words can’t describe how much we dig The Chicago Tribune. The first-rate journalism and sports coverage, our clients in marketing, @ColonelTribune and @dan360man on Twitter – everything about the Tribune is appealing to us. Most of all is their pledge to keep our planet green.
Did you know that The Chicago Tribune averages 40% recycled stock? [...]

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Tags: Direct Mail · Green beings · IL · New creative · chicago