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Mar 31, 2014

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Mike Dytri is one of my oldest friends and mentors, a bonafide pioneer in the streetwear industry - although it should be pointed out that he was making rad gear long before the phrase "streetwear" meant what it does today. About a decade ago, Mike's earlier brand Subfreakie was one of the, if not the,...

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Mar 28, 2014

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Last week, the Imprint team and our friends from the InterTrend creative department were treated to a very special Portland visit with advertising legend John Jay. Needless to say, it was a wonderfully inspiring trip, which included a tour of the incredibly impressive W+K Portland headquarters; a visit to John Jay's special GX office (inside...

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Mar 21, 2014

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What do you eat for breakfast? If you're like me, by the time you've made your mind up, it's just about lunchtime anyway. Here in SoCal, we're pretty lucky when it comes to breakfast - there are an abundance of options including American standards and Mexican breakfast dishes readily available, and just about everything else...

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Mar 14, 2014

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The tech universe is awash with questionable reviews, paid endorsements, overlapping branding stories, poorly-named apps, and all kinds of confusion when it comes to figuring out which apps are worth a try. Our talented friend Jeff Hamada of Booooooom (often described as an "art blog" but clearly so much more than that) has taken it...

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Mar 07, 2014

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Since you're here on our Imprint Culture Lab website, you might be familiar with our efforts to provide interesting content both online and during our speaker events. On the other side of the Imprint equation, we also manage Imprint Venture Lab - a seed stage incubator. This year we will raise the funds for another...

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Mar 03, 2014

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James "sheOne" Choules is a self-taught artist who first got into graffiti years ago, and then detoured from the graffiti masses, following his own creative path and producing an impressive archive of work in a wide variety of media. I was first introduced to his work about a decade back, when I was peddling gear...

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Feb 28, 2014

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I'm not sure if it's this stereotypically un-Californian weather we're having here today sending me on a sentimental journey, or not, but I thought I'd share some more highlights from our trip to Tokyo late last year, when it rained nearly every day for a week. The main focus of the visit was the Architecture...

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Feb 21, 2014

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Here's one of the first videos to come out of this year's Pow! Wow! artist summit in Hawaii, which we attended last year, and have blogged about several times now. The videography team employed a nice RC helicopter rig, which is perfect for catching sweeping shots of the giant walls popping up around the Kaka'ako...

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Feb 14, 2014

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We've been keeping our eye on the impressive work of Architecture For Dogs contributing architects, Torafu Architects. The Tokyo-based firm was founded in 2004 by Koichi Suzuno and Shinya Kamuro and they actually produce an incredibly wide range of design work including architectural design, interior design, graphic design, art installations, film making and product design...

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Feb 07, 2014

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Around this time last year, I was in Hawaii for POW! WOW!, and I was lucky enough to meet the good people at InterIsland Terminal. I got to visit their amazing and versatile space R&D, part design book store, part coffee shop, part colocation workspace, part cinema, and part gallery. After a great run of...