Category Archives: katrina

Faub.org Meets the Public.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 6, 2007. Filed under design, fauborg, guerrilla, katrina, orleans, pranks, projects, trend, work. No comments.
Faub.org Meets the Public.
We had a launch party last weekend for the creative group we formed about a year ago here in New Orleans. Lots of fun, see some of the pix going up here. Thanks to all who came out and signed in to keep the independent creative community talking. Special thanks to Andy at Barrister’s Gallery [...]

Faub.org Party Time.

Written by Peter. Posted on October 19, 2007. Filed under fauborg, graffiti, guerrilla, interactive, internet, katrina, orleans, projects, technology. No comments.
Faub.org creative Aid and Pleasure Club PARTY!! Saturday, November 3rd 7pm – til Barrister’s Gallery2331 St. Claude Ave at corner of Spain St. DJ Joey Buttons and DJ Brice Nice spinningPsssst..Pass It On plus other multimedia For more info, pls visit www.faub.org top

The Kingfish

Written by Peter. Posted on October 19, 2007. Filed under business, graffiti, guerrilla, katrina, orleans, politics. No comments.
Who took on the Standard Oil menAnd whipped their assJust like he promised he’d do?Ain’t no Standard Oil men gonna run this stateGonna be run by little folks like me and you Here’s the Kingfish, the KingfishFriend of the working manThe Kingfish, the KingfishThe Kingfish gonna save this land… top

Faub.org Wants You.

Written by Peter. Posted on October 6, 2007. Filed under design, fauborg, flash, graffiti, guerrilla, interactive, katrina, orleans, politics, technology. No comments.
Faub.org is celebrating its official formation and public launch with a bash at Barrister’s Gallery Saturday, November 3rd. Food and drinks at 7pm, and DJs Brice Nice and Joey Buttons will fire it up into the night. Multimedia piece Pssst. Pass It On by Grow Design Work’s Brian Dougherty-Johnson will be shown, along with Faub.org [...]

NOLA Brand Mayhem

Written by Peter. Posted on October 5, 2007. Filed under brand, katrina, orleans, politics, pranks. No comments.
Malcolm passed along this cartoon from SF Gate. Sad but true. Or hilarious. I can’t decide. After losing a few friends here, probably just sad. top

Faub.org is Alive.

Written by Peter. Posted on September 24, 2007. Filed under advertising, brand, design, fauborg, guerrilla, interactive, internet, katrina, orleans, politics, pranks, projects, technology. No comments.
Kudos to Ness & Erik, who went deep and gave us faub.org. We’ve graduated from temp splash page to this wonderful and fun interim site, which will someday give birth to the full site, which has been an ongoing labor of love since the early days. What’s Faub.org? A growing handful of New Orleans-based creatives [...]

Please Don’t Shoot.

Written by Peter. Posted on August 29, 2007. Filed under katrina, orleans, politics, trend. No comments.
Please Don’t Shoot.
There’s something very strange and unsettling seeing your hood get militarized. After Katrina, NOLA was flooded by machine gun-toting Army, National Guard, and Blackwater personnel. Despite the media saturation in the weeks and months surrounding the storm, I just can’t get used to seeing gangs of these nuts strolling around. If you zoom to the [...]

Habitat.

Written by Peter. Posted on July 13, 2007. Filed under design, katrina, orleans, politics. No comments.
Habitat.
My mother came in from San Francisco today to work with Habitat for Humanity, building new homes for hurricane evacuees in the 9th Ward of New Orleans.  I saw this poster at Cafe Reconcile, and it really hit me.  Thanks, mom!

Katrina

Written by Peter. Posted on August 29, 2005. Filed under katrina, politics. No comments.
Katrina