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Jul 11, 2014

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Last year our Managing Partner Tanya Raukko interviewed Ayah Bdeir, founder of littleBits, for our 8 Questions interview series. littleBits are a New York-based maker of fun, educational modular electronics kits with different snap-together circuits incorporating lights, speakers, motors, and much more. The possibilities are seemingly endless. I ordered a kit for my seven-year-old daughter...

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Jul 07, 2014

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I first met Sarah Honda in NYC, when she was in the music industry at Payday Records and Empire Management, primarily working with hip-hop legends Gang Starr (Guru and DJ Premier). In the meantime, she's made a major life change, and moved back to Hawaii - to be closer to family and get more surfing...

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Jun 27, 2014

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Since Jeff Hamada of Booooooom fame is our next Imprint Presents speaker, I thought I'd highlight his current interactive art project Drawing On The Past. He recently launched a collaborative bag with fellow Vancouverites Hershel Supply Co, and participants in the interactive project stand the chance to win of the very limited bags. The project...

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Jun 20, 2014

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We are exceedingly pleased to announce that the next #IMPRINTPRESENTS speaker will be none other than Jeff Hamada, a Vancouver-based fine artist and founder of Booooooom, Canada's most visited art website. If you are interested in learning more about what Jeff does you might want to revisit our 8 Questions with: Jeff Hamada interview from...

8 Questions

Jun 16, 2014

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Ivan Stamatovski is the engineer and entrepreneur behind the current Kickstarter Easy Drone crowd-funding project - an advanced modular quadcopter for videographers. As something of an amateur GoPro user myself, I've been keeping an eye on the quickly emerging video drone segment. Ivan has degrees in Product Design and Digital Marketing and uses both skills...

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Jun 13, 2014

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Our seed-stage incubator Imprint Venture Lab was profiled on the LA Times website today! Check out Imprint Venture Lab looking to fund and assist creative entrepreneurs. The print version will be out this Saturday too. ...

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Jun 06, 2014

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Imprint's founder, Julia Huang, was on hand in Taiwan last week when talented artists from around the country and around the world converged on the first Pow Wow Taiwan event. The participating artists included James Jean (US), Jeff Hamada (Canada), Aaron De La Cruz (US), Rone (Australia), and many more top names in wall beautification....

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May 30, 2014

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Imprint's founder Julia Huang was in Tokyo yesterday to attend the Takeo Paper Show 2014 which is currently on exhibit at TOLOT in Shinonome. Presented by paper manufacturer Takeo Co, Ltd, it is an exhibition curated & art directed by Kenya Hara and his Nippon Design Center, Hara Design Institute (much like Imprint's Architecture For...

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May 26, 2014

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Unless you've been under a rock for a good decade, Michael Kenji Shinoda hardly needs an introduction. In the unlikely event you don't know, he is a prominent musician, record producer, songwriter, and fine artist from Los Angeles. He is best known for his work with two-time Grammy winning, multi-platinum rock band Linkin Park, who...

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May 23, 2014

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Architecture For Dogs contributing architect Shigeru Ban was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize this year. The accomplished Japanese architect has become very well known for his advances in temporary housing for disasters, used around the world, including Japan, Rwanda, and many more far-flung places. Ban has been experimenting with paper tubes as a sustainable building...