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Hello all. Jhoana Mora sent me an e-mail regarding the 8th International Design Conference, Esquina Norte, to be held in Tijuana, Mexico this September 15, 26, and 27. Check it out at the link below. It's looking to be a great line-up of speakers. If you are so inclined as to be be in Tijuana in September, you might want to swing by.

Here's the link. There are English and Spanish sites—Flash and HTML options for both.

http://www.esquinanorte.com

Check it out. This is a great site for cool, thoughtful and functional idea that companies should integrate into their products. Many of the ideas are right on the money.

http://www.theyshoulddothat.com

Alright…I'm obviously not impartial. But, we had nothing to do with this. Converse just launched a really cool project with Julian Casablancas (from The Strokes), Pharell (N.E.R.D.) and Santagold. Free download song off their web site http://www.converse.com as well as a video which has just started leaking through YouTube. The video was produced by Psyop in New York. It's a pretty amazing piece of work. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPZ5fnYFI4Q

Pentagram launched a new logo for MillerCoors over the past few days. Share your thoughts. To see the animation follow the link below.

http://blog.pentagram.com/2008/07/new-work-millercoors.php

Check it out.

http://chicago.everyblock.com

If you are into a broad range of music—and don't want to always buy everything—you want to check this site out.

By the way, the guys behind this are from Chicago—a little hometown love.

http://songza.com

Hey guys. Check it out. A great new South Loop gourmet burger spot that we MAY have been involved with. There's a great little article about it on Thrillist.com as well. Here's the link.

http://thrillist.com/archives/2008/05/epic_burger_chi_chicago_drinks_food_south_loop.html 

Another one on yelp.com below

http://www.yelp.com/biz/epic-burger-chicago#hrid:peQ8fWbMjJ7RNcxnWdmBqg 

Hey guys, check out the flurry of conversation on the new First Data logo—that we may or may not have done ;)

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/a_new_angle_on_data....

It's nice to see the input—both supporting and criticizing. 

So, just back from a much needed—but far too brief—respite in Miami. Actually, I was up in Sunny Isles which is approximately 14 miles North of South Beach. If one is looking to hide somewhere in the world, Sunny Isles is as good a place as any—especially the Aqualina Hotel.

Check out Nigel Dennis's site http://www.electricheat.org. He updated his site late in '07. Some nice new work since he spoke at Fresh Talent last year.