ARE YOU THE NEXT ACE? from Imprint Lab on Vimeo. Imprint Venture Lab is looking for The Next Ace. Send us a 2 minute video explaining the who/what/why of your business and why/how IVL can help. Send videos to thenextace@imprintventurelab.com by September 1, 2011 ...
It's a cartoon from the July 4 New Yorker. I guess I waited to make sure The New Yorker had a fair shot at showing the cartoon through their own magazine. My thinking was that The (physical) New Yorker becomes obsolete in cycles of 2 issues. No one's picking up the magazine two issues under...
The George Holliday video, played on television so often that an executive at CNN called it "wallpaper," showed three Los Angeles police officers--as their supervisor watched-- kicking, stomping on, and beating with metal batons a seemingly defenseless African-American named Rodney King. Polls taken shortly after the incident showed that over 90% of Los Angeles...
In 2007 when Imprint Culture Lab was a 2-day extravaganza of 200+ guests and a dozen speakers, we made and distributed T-shirts that said "Cult(ure) Member." It was with a heavy heart that I finally gave up my XL-size shirt to a thrift store this year but its time had come, and I never gained...
Clutter Magazine saw our interview with jeffstaple and performed a voluntary audit of all that toy-clutter in the background. It's a lot of stuff. ps: I wanted to point out earlier too, that my interviews with Aly and jeff are both shot on iPhones. You could say they're interviews with guys with iphones, which is not...
Dirty Hands: a look at one of the most fascinating artists of our time, not to mention one of our favorite name-drops here at Imprint. (I'd worry about the phrase "name drop" but only because it doesn't offend David enough. Respect the man that wants to be offended.) Watch. Now. ...
Poketo Wallets first caught my eye at Giant Robot many years ago when it was exciting enough to discover vinyl textiles sewn to the shape of a billfold. Poketo still comes correct, and today they have two of my favorite American comics artists to come out in the last few years: Lisa Hanawalt and Hellen...
In our latest installment of Imprint Conversations, I talk to jeffstaple, who also happens to be a managing partner of Imprint Lab. I want to thank jeff for always being candid with us. It's not easy running a business. Conversation with jeffstaple from Imprint Lab on Vimeo. ...
It just hit me like a ton of bricks after having heard the 99% method a couple times and listening to Paula Scher's talk on "Serious Play" for the umpteenth time. Belsky and Scher are saying the same exact thing but coming to exact opposite conclusions, and yet yield the same actual results. Belsky and Scher...