In a previous post we mentioned our ICL alum Jenova Chen who had started as a indie game maker and made it big. Filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky have made a documentary about 4 developers trying to make it big with their indie games. I can barely wrap my head around coding a flash...
So the Windows 8 Release Preview has been leaked online! As a Mac user who hasn't really touched Windows since Windows 95, I'm not excited. But finding out Paula Scher (Imprint Culture Lab 2009 Speaker) has taken on the redesign of the Windows 8 identity got me somewhat interested in Windows again… or at least...
Everyone is always complaining about the number of hours they're working and inevitably comparing themselves to those darn vactioner-for-life-Europeans...
The Book Cover Archive sets out to show appreciation for excellence in book cover design, by beautifully documenting some fine examples. 2009 ICL conference speaker Chip Kidd, an accomplished artist and designer, has his own section on the site, which is a fine place to start admiring some great design. ...
We were privileged to get a peek from Josh Spear's in his video for IWC and if that wasn't enough they chose Jeff Ng (aka. jeffstaple) another one of Imprint's alumni to do a video for their globetrotter campaign. ...
In 2006 we hosted the first Imprint Culture Lab, one of the speakers that was there was Far East Movement. Since then they've been the opening act for Lady Gaga and worked with numerous artists such as Keri Hilson, Lil Jon and Snoop Dogg to name a few. Their song "Like A G6" reached double...
Dan "The Automator" Nakamura spoke at our 2007 conference, alongside the likes of Josh Spear, Rob Heppler, and Alyasha Owerka-Moore. Interestingly, Dan was recently named in the SF Weekly article "The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 10-6." This isn't the 20 hottest artists right now, this is the 20 greatest SF artists of...
In what risks a move into "camp" territory, Sou Fujimoto, ICL: What Price Architecture speaker--2011, designs the biggest bathroom ever. Apropriately, it is located in Chiba Prefecture....
Paul Budnitz of the Kidrobot empire and previous ICL speaker has branched off and created a new bicycle company. The latest offering from the company is the "no 3. Honey Edition" where he mixes the beauty of cream colored tires and honey leather saddle and grips just to mention a few features. It's quite...
IWC watch company has been posting a series of "Globetrotter" videos to promote their new flagship store opening in New York City. Josh Spear's one of our past ICL speakers is featured in one of them. Check out his video below. ...