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Square Feet.

In the future, people will simply work in the subway cars they’ve crammed into. It will be like work and commute all at once!… CONTINUE READING /

The Great Upload.

A little Friday afternoon diversion: Here’s an unsettling little film about a corporate sponsored virtual afterlife.

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Stark Enterprise.

You may have heard by now that this year’s first bona fide blockbuster, The Avengers, broke all sorts of box office records and did so with no small amount of critical accolade. (Some of us in the office saw the film, and we agree with all of this.)

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The Silver Lining.

Not only would Jeremy later be commended for his innovative, economically minded problem-solving, his company would make a name for itself in the industry as That One Company Where Everybody Carries An Umbrella.… CONTINUE READING /

The Chicagoland Conversation with Sandy Marshall.

Below is a recent article from the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce’s Chicagoland Conversation series, featuring an in-depth session with our intrepid leader and namesake. Enjoy!

The Chicagoland Conversation with Sandy Marshall, CEO of Marshall Creative

  by Dan Gershenson

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If you think you’ve seen Sandy Marshall somewhere before, you’re probably right.

Well-Dunn.

This is not a roast. If it were a roast it would be significantly meaner and would include an appearance by Don Rickles, who magically appears wherever a roast is taking place.

Below are ten things about Brad Dunn that you might not have previously realized because none of these things … CONTINUE READING /

Cool Thing We Found: The Illusions of Kokichi Sugihara.

We appreciate all sorts of design innovation, including designs that make you question the very fabric of reality and perspective as we know it. Japanese math professor Kokichi Sugihara uses your mind’s own perceptions of depth against it in this video of practical illusions set to oddly calming music. It’s like … CONTINUE READING /

Business Casual.

We’re not sure what kind of work Jenkins does but he seems to be very, very satisfied with how it’s going. We’re willing to bet that when he applies for his next job, he’s going to include this photo with his resume.

And we’ll bet that it helps land him that … CONTINUE READING /

A Second Coat of Energy Efficiency.

Because we like to let people know when Science is Doing That Thing where it is Amazing, there’s a story this morning about scientists at the University of Southern California using nanocrystal technology to craft solar cells so small that they can be placed in a liquid solution and then painted CONTINUE READING /

Verily, thy stock photo art most cleverly caption’d.

Today is the 448th birthday of William Shakespeare, (or Shekesper, or Shaxberd, or any other academic permutation of his name), the Bard of Avon, considered the greatest dramatist of at least his own era if not every era before or since. As has become a modern tradition, Chicago declared today to … CONTINUE READING /