Author: johnhall

Editorial

Jun 07, 2013

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Are you familiar with the Tumblr? I know I wasn't until quite recently. I mean I was aware of it, sure, but I didn't explore it. About six months back, my talented and knowledgeable friend Benjie Escobar said that there was a large number of youngsters out there, whose online activity took place entirely within...

Feed, ICL, On Beauty

May 31, 2013

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As you might recall, I was lucky enough to attend the inspiring and visually arresting POW WOW Hawaii art summit in the Kaka'ako neighborhood of Honolulu earlier this year. Indeed, it generated a couple of blog posts and 8Qs interviews with Hisham Dahud and Ian Kuali'i, both participants in the 2013 events. That this impressive...

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May 24, 2013

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It's happening again. You know, that sinking feeling when the tech giants are circling around that addictive smartphone app you love so much; the one you think you can't live without. First it happened with Instagram, and now it's happening again with Waze. Our partner Jeff Staple put me onto this app about a year...

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May 17, 2013

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While he was in town for our recent Imprint Culture Lab - Long Beach Work In Progress creative conference, our partner Jeff Staple also set up an installation at one of LA's premier menswear boutiques - American Rag on La Cienega Blvd in West Hollywood. Since his brand is based in NYC, Jeff took the...

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May 10, 2013

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Imprint's very own visionary founder, Julia Huang, is a respected expert in the field of advertising, especially when it comes to understanding big brands in relation to the various segments of the Asian American community. Since she heads up our sister company interTrend Communications, the industry leader in the ever-growing niche market, her insight is...

8 Questions

May 06, 2013

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During POWWOW 2013 I joined some artistically gifted friends for dinner at The Whole Ox one evening, and I soon got to chatting with Hisham Dahud. He's a talented and knowledgeable young man with a wealth of expertise on the music industry, and studio drummer chops to boot. In Hawaii to teach drumming as part...

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May 03, 2013

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While the whole show was a tremendous team effort, our talented friend and dedicated co-worker Martin Wong deserves lots of credit for curating the content and coordinating everything with the wonderful speakers who appeared at our Long Beach Work In Progress creative conference last Friday. And as if that wasn't enough, Martin was kind enough...

8 Questions

Apr 29, 2013

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For this week's installment of our ongoing interview series, I got to chat with Angeleno artist Ken Garduno. I met Ken through my friend Fred Guerrero, who was kind enough to sit down for his own 8 Q's interview with us a few months back. You can read that here, if you missed it. Anyway,...

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Apr 19, 2013

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We've been lucky enough to work with the always-inspiring Levi Maestro over the last few months, helping him launch his Becomb brand successfully. Never one to sit still, Levi has also been busy with a lot of other fascinating projects. MKUSA is a series of videos - the result of a 2012 road-trip Levi took...

8 Questions

Apr 15, 2013

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I got to meet Hawaiian-born, New Jersey-based artist Ian Kuali'i while I was in Hawaii for POW WOW 2013 for Imprint earlier this year. I'd just arrived in town for the massive art summit, and was eager to see all the wall murals in progress. Ian overheard me saying as much, mentioned he was just...