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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 24, 2014

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A vast and endless sea of photos lie on your phone and tech devices and Benjamin Lotan was one of the co-founders of Social Print Studio a company set out to bring physical copies of photos to you. The company has various photo printing options that vary from printstagr.am the online print shop for your...

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Feb 17, 2014

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Imagine a sustainable green alternative solution to electricity dependent light sources, in which highways and driveways are illuminated with ornamental plant varieties. Bioglow is a company that caught my attention because of its revolutionary development of genetically engineered plants that produce and emit light. This St. Louis-based biotech firm has just launched the first commercially...

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Feb 10, 2014

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Go to any event (concert, speech, birthday party, etc) and you'll notice that the vast majority of attendees, if not ALL of them, are using their phone to snap a quick picture or shoot some footage. The importance of one's phone has never been clearer in today's modern technological world. Photos taken with cell-phones are...

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Feb 03, 2014

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Grace Hawthorne is one of those unique people who is savvy about business, organization, and logic, as well as brilliant with creation, imagination and art. Amazingly, she has nurtured a career that embodies both worlds as an artist, (five-time) entrepreneur, author and educator. A co-founder of ReadyMade magazine, she was an early pioneer in the...

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Jan 27, 2014

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[caption id="attachment_9450" align="aligncenter" width="790"] Sophia Chang at the Agenda trade show in Long Beach (January 7, 2014)[/caption] I was introduced to Sophia Chang when we were working on interTrend's twentieth anniversary tenugui project together. Her contribution was an array of rapper portraiture done in a deceptively effortless-looking, pen-and-ink style. (Of course, the Queens creator's tastes lean...

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Jan 20, 2014

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Our ongoing effort to bring you an eclectic series of interviews with interesting movers and shakers in the universe put us in touch with Antoinette V. Cardenas, a Creative Agent at LA-based National Forest Design design firm and creative consultancy. Their clients include the likes of Target, Roxy, Puma, and Burton Snowboards. Prior to this...

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Jan 13, 2014

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Disclaimer: Ben Clark is one of my best friends, who actually played music at my wedding as part of the Ray Barbee Band. And he also shot many of my favorite articles that I wrote for Giant Robot mag. Coming from a punk rock background, we carried the barest of gear and never had makeup...

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Jan 06, 2014

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Craig "KR" Costello started writing graffiti in the early '90s, and he is as well known for his eye-catching trademark drippy style as he is for his signature KRINK ink and markers. He has built one of the most respected names in graffiti-related art supplies, having taken the tried-and-true DIY art form of making your...

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Dec 16, 2013

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The company OrigAudio began as an eco-friendly, portable solution for listening to music while on the go. Inspired by a Chinese take-out-box, the “origami of audio” concept was launched in 2009, with “Fold n’ Play” speakers made out of recycled materials. Earning honors a mere three months from inception, such as “Top 50...