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Nov 09, 2012

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Hipster Branding is a clever conceptual Tumblr-powered website, which takes aim at the hip, gourmet coffee-drinking, fixed gear bike-riding, ironic mustache-sporting, "artsy community." You know the ones. As far as I can tell, no one actually self-identifies as this type of person, so we should all be safe here. And while the hipster-teasing sentiment is...

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Nov 05, 2012

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Here's a nice video recap of the recent collaborative effort between our friends at San Diego's own Knockaround Sunglasses and San Francisco-based label Benny Gold. In the video, you'll notice that Benny Gold explains how our very own Jeff Staple put the two Cali brands in touch with each other. The two companies teamed up...

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Nov 02, 2012

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Here at Imprint, we've been quietly working on our latest venture, in conjunction with Hara Design Institute, for quite some time now. Architecture for Dogs is sincere architecture developed by world-class architects and designers, meant to bring a new kind of joy to the relationship between dogs and humans. It's an opportunity to see our...

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Oct 26, 2012

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Ai Wei Wei is quickly turning into my favorite artist, mostly because of antics like this. This video has been touted as the famous Chineses artist's "cover" of the (equally) famous Korean pop rap anthem-turned-mega-internet-meme-slash-American-radio-phenomenon "Gangnam Style" by Psy. Quite frankly, the song & the video have been remade, re-envisioned, re-interpreted, and referenced so many...

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Oct 19, 2012

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Earlier in the year, Jerry posted a PBS Off Book video about The Art of Logo Design. More recently, PBS have released another episode from the series, focusing on The Art of Web Design. We've had web design on our minds here at Imprint lately, and this brief but informative piece covers many of the...

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Oct 12, 2012

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In about 1998, hip-hop fans might recall, Jermaine Dupri and Jay-Z told us that "Money Ain't A Thing." Which is to say, they thought they had such a fiscal surplus, hard currency was more or less completely inconsequential to them. It wasn't a very good song, and it didn't seem sincere either. Interestingly, this insightful...

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Oct 05, 2012

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Ted Schilowitz of RED Digital Cinema was one of the Featured Speakers at our What Price Video? conference at Long Beach Museum of Art, last year. It was fascinating to hear how their digital cameras had revolutionized some aspects of movie-making. We also viewed snippets from major blockbusters shot on their tech, which was nothing...

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Oct 01, 2012

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Lyndon Cormack, along with his brother Jamie, heads up one of the most interesting, fastest-growing bag brands around. Having worked at a well-respected footwear company for ten years, Lyndon was able to leverage his knowledge of fashion trends and the retail landscape in order to identify a very real hole in the market, and fill...

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Sep 28, 2012

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Earlier this week, we were lucky enough to head down to San Diego, to spend the day working with our friends at Knockaround. We discussed some of their upcoming projects, including this one, which actually drops today. It's a collaboration with the well-respected San Francisco-based clothing label Benny Gold. The two companies have joined forces...

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Sep 24, 2012

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We met the talented guys at 0484CREATIVE through our mutual friend Jeff Staple. The Irvine, Orange County-based digital agency produces video and websites for the likes of Ducati, Shriners Hospitals, Microsoft, and Hot Wheels. The company was founded when Gabe and Matt decided not to get "real jobs" in 2007. They were on hand to...