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Keywords: Music, Festivals, Heritage, Multicultural, Architecture,Regeneration
Population: 1,030,363
Founded: 1718
Nicknames: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, Nawlins and NOLA.
Tourism / Place branding / Historic Landmarks
- French Quarter
- Signs of New Orleans by Tom Varisco
- Historic Hotels
- Preservation Nation / National Heritage
New Arch / Urban developments
- New Orleans National Jazz Center / Morphosis
- Make It Right
- Helping rebuild the lower 9th Ward
Design businesses
- Call for proposal
- Loft 523 / Boutique hotel and design promotion
- Tom Varisco
Creative initiatives
- History of Graphic Design in South Louisiana
- Working with the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History, part of the Special Collections Department of the Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University.
- Affiliated with The American Printing History Association Oral History Project.
- The Green Project – this store is dedicated to helping the environment by reducing the amount of usable materials placed in landfills or disposed of improperly.
- Neighborhoods NOLA [2007] – Multimedia art in the gutted homes of folks rebuilding in New Orleans
Local businesses
- Music labels
- Cafe du Monde
- Shadyside Pottery (Ceramic)
- Pied Nu (Jewelry / Clothing / Interior)
- Scriptura (Graphics / Products)
- H Rault (Products / Interior)
Institutions / Organizations
Art and Design Schools
Louisiana State University (LSU)
Lynn J. Baggett (faculty advisor)
Louisiana State University
University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL)
Jeff Lush (faculty advisor)
Department of Visual Arts
Loyola University
Daniela Marx (faculty advisor)
Delgado Community College
Martin Straka (faculty advisor)
Nicholls State University
Trisha Zeringue Dubina (faculty advisor)
Southeastern Louisiana University
Gary Keown (faculty advisor)
Articles / Blogs / Other
- Desire Magazine by Tom Varisco
- Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Project in New Orleans – Metropolis
- Site Specific Sustainability in New Orleans – Metropolis
- Green Salon AIGA (PDF)
- New Orleans, LA – Dwell
- Recycling Katrina – GOOD
- Designers Aid Gulf Area with New Retail Initiative – Metropolis
- UN Studio
- Loving the Big Easy
















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