When I knew Jordan Price, he was living in New York and living as a fine artist, weaning away from shoe customizing. He had been a graffiti artist before that. A few years ago, he moved back to San Francisco and has been working as a UI/UX designer. He has recently been featured in various...
Intrigued by the Urban Death Project, I reached out to founder Katrina Spade to learn more about the solution she created in response to the overcrowding of city cemeteries. She developed a sustainable method of disposing of our dead and a new ritual for laying our loved ones to rest. The Urban Death...
We recently hosted an Imprint Presents event with John Maeda, the former President of RISD and current design partner at the legendary venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins, where I got the opportunity to meet Luke DePass and Ivan Bercovich from FindTheBest, a research engine that connects people with data in a vastly different way than...
Henry Liao has been a member of the creative team at interTrend Communications, Inc. since 2007, and I was surprised to see him drawing at an Anime Expo back in 2008. At that time, I learned that Henry had multiple gifts and was active not only as an agency illustrator / designer / producer, but...
I knew Chris Romano in college way back in the '80s and then ran into him a few years ago at a Kings hockey game. I've discovered that since then, he has gone on to become a director and visual effects artist. He has directed such high-profile pieces as the ArcLight 50th Anniversary opener and...
I have a disclaimer: Angelyn is my sister and my wife Wendy and I have helped her develop fabric patterns for designs. Our daughter wears Kumquat gear roughly every other day. But while there is bias in my asking Angelyn our 8 Questions, there is also honesty and awareness. I really dig as well as...
I am always intrigued by new technologies that can improve quality of life. PERES is the world’s first portable "electronic nose" – a unique and innovative device and mobile application which enables users to determine the quality and freshness of pork, beef, chicken and fish. It is designed to detect whether a product...
Building leadership in the fast casual, vegetarian restaurant category, Veggie Grill, is making a distinguished effort to transform American attitudes toward food with “veggie proteins” and wholesome ingredients. Veggie Grill renders the impossible possible: nutritious food that is convenient, affordable, craveable and made 100% from plants. The company offers a menu featuring a variety...
Lullatone are Nagoya, Japan-based musical duo Shawn and Yoshimi. The band started as a lullaby project, and expanding into soundtracking the rainy seasons. Little by little, directors invited them to soundtrack their videos. It all came together organically, and Shawn explains, "I think something about the way we approach sounds in a playful non-methodical manner...
Lisa Wiseman is an accomplished San Francisco-based photographer with an impressive portfolio of portrait photography and some very cool (not to mention successful) projects under her belt too. She was selected for the prestigious PDN's 30 list from Photo District News in 2009. In 2012 LIsa founded The 30Love worldwide charitable art project which asked...