A Film that Defines Influence
The Influencers film is an incredible tour of contagious ideas & people. Legit, N.Y.-based creatives like Jeff Staple of Reed Space probe into what defines influence and the kind of icons who change our music, fashion, and entertainment, but the highlights are their personal inspirations and advice to future influencers. All this is accompanied by...
Explorations in letterpress
During my freshman year at UC Berkeley, I would subconsciously spend tons of time in a local card shop called Avant Card. It made me happy to walk around the small store housing rows of quirky, sentimental greeting cards. Then I noticed that I would often touch the designs on some. The letters were subtle...
Making beats from a car radio
While searching for how-to videos to help the haphazard beat-making process on a friend’s equipment, I stumbled across this gem of a video. The ingenuity of good DJs never ceases to amaze me.
45 Art Museums in 5 Months: What I learned about museum-ing
From quasi warehouses of great art like the Louvre to boutique museums with exhibits of experimental work like David Hockney’s pop images on iPad, all museums tell a different story. The best ones, I think, share a vision that is cohesive, have a direct point of view, and propose an impression of a particular period,...
Before I Die…
Candy Chang created this seriously cool public art piece out of an abandoned house in her New Orleans neighborhood. Simple, engaging, interactive–I just love the power of a Fill In The Blank! Read more about it here.
Visual Stories of Craft
In a world where the Walmarts, Targets, and Other Huge Superbrands seem to manufacture everything, this is a breath of fresh air (and inspiration). The Makers Project is a photo project by Brooklyn-based Jennifer Causey. It brings to life the craftsmanship and handmade quality of independent designers in their respective cities. Shooting various makers ranging from jewelers...
Not Your Average Tattoo….
Just when I thought I’d permanently ruled out tattoos as a form of self expression (and survived four years of college nights without a midnight trip to the tattoo parlor), I came across this site: Tattly I’m not exactly sure why I want to get one of these temporary tattoos so much…maybe it’s a subconscious desire to seem...
Breathing Life into the Common Camera
There I was, sitting on my living room floor in a circle of highly capable soon-to-be Berkeley grads applying sticker label after sticker label to disposable cameras. We were only half way done, but already on hour five. My lovely roommate and longtime childhood friend, Sean, stood up amidst the carnage of paper bits and...
