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Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Young, Sustainable, Recreational, Hub

Population: 2,506,626
Founded: 1858
Nicknames: The Mile-High City, Queen City of the Plains

Tourism / Place branding / Historic Landmarks

• Rockmount Ranchwear
• Denver Art Museum
• Clyfford Still Museum
• Civic Center Park
• Justice Center Courthouse
• Arapaohoe Acres
• Bluebird Theater
• Lion’s Lair Lounge

Design businesses

• Double Butter, Furniture (Denver)
• Toolbox Creative
• Vermilion (branding for IZZE)
• TDA Advertising and Design (branding for Newton Running, Celestial Seasoning)
• EBD Denver

Creative initiatives

• AIGA 2007 Conference
• Navajo Weaving

Local businesses

• CP+B
• Newton Running
• Crocs
• Izze (organic soda)
• The Kitchen Cafe
• Frasca Food and Wine
• New Belgium Brewery
• Coors
• The 400 (Ltd edition sneakers)
• Rockmount Shirts

Institutions / Organizations

• Navajo Weaving
• AIGA Colorado
• Denver Art Museum (AIGA Archives)
• Architecture, Design and Graphics dept.
• American Indian Art dept.
• The Lab at Belmar

Art and Design Schools

• Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
• Colorado State University

Articles / Blogs / Other

• High Design in Denver*
• Newton Running – Monocle Sep 2007
• Boulder and Wiser * – Monocle July/Aug 2007
• Let the sun shine in (Boulder)

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Keywords: Mountains, Quirky, History, Crafty, Basque

Population: 587,689
Founded: 1863
Nicknames: City of Trees

Tourism / Place branding / Historic Landmarks

• City of Boise
• The Modern
• Hotel 43
• Basque festival – Jaialdi

Creative initiatives

• Idaho International Film Festival
• Modern Art Fair

Institutions / Organizations

• Boise Art Museum
• The Basque Museum and Cultural Center
• AIGA Boise Student Chapter
• AIGA Idaho

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Keywords: Music, Heritage, Eclectic, Progressive, ‘Weird’

Population: 1,652,602
Settled: 1835
Nicknames: Live Music Capital of the World, The ATX, City of the Violet Crown

Tourism / Place branding / Historic Landmarks

• Keep Austin Weird
• Hotel San Jose / Experience hotel – typewriter and polaroid camera rentals

Design businesses

• Pulp PDF
• Frog Design Austin
• Pentagram Austin – DJ Stout
• Decoder Ring – Graphic design firm / Music packaging

Creative initiatives

• Creative Research Lab – UT Austin
• SXSW / South by Southwest – Music + Film + Interactive
• Design Ranch Conference
• Helping the homeless “Giving City”
• Pentagram Austin and DJ Stout
• Create Austin

Local businesses

• Stubbs BBQ – Graphic Identity and Menu by The Decoder Ring
• Uncommon Objects
• Mercury Design Studio
• Fanny’s Fabrics For The Home  – Upholstery fabric

Institutions / Organizations

• AIGA Austin

Art and Design Schools

• UT Austin

Articles / Blogs / Other

• Austin – Places to see
• Pulp by AIGA Austin (see PDF)
• 1904 Train Depot – Dwell
• Open Air Chapel