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Jan 10, 2019

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California Senator Kamala Harris can check off many firsts in her dynamic career. First female Attorney General of California. First female Indian-American Senator. First female black Senator of California. And now we wait for her decision to run for President, which if successful, would make her the first woman of color to hold the highest...

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Dec 04, 2018

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On Wednesday morning, I walked into the Beverly O’Neill Theater a few minutes past 9 a.m. and was greeted by the hologram of John Maeda, the internationally lauded technologist and designer. There he was on stage, his life-sized likeliness projected on a sleek LED screen, having a seemingly casual conversation with Julia Huang in the...

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Nov 28, 2018

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Photo credits: Adrian Gutierrez – @illogicaltruths A line could been seen quietly forming outside the Art Theatre on a cool November night. Unlike most nights, the facade of the nearly 100-year-old art deco building is playfully decorated with red dots indicating that a special event is taking place. On this cool November night, Imprint Culture Lab...

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Oct 08, 2018

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I have been lucky enough to come from a world where many of the people I look up to in my life are women. Not just the women that you see on TV or in the magazines, but real life relatable BADASS women. I am also lucky enough to come from a world where one...

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Feb 23, 2016

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How did I meet Sophia Chang? Pretty sure it was when she provided illustrations for some interTrend projects I was working on, including the 20th anniversary tenugui project (photo above) and a dogs-in-the-workplace manual (that will eventually see the light of day). Her lines seem so perfect and effortless, as if images and letters flow...

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Dec 09, 2014

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[caption id="attachment_12167" align="alignnone" width="790"] Point Lobos, California (July 1, 2014)[/caption] 2014 is about to end and not a moment too soon. We'll probably look back at it as an uneasy year riddled with tension between races and distrust of The Man from all sides. But there's some brightness to be found if you make an effort....

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Nov 25, 2014

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[caption id="attachment_12025" align="alignnone" width="790"] Photo on right courtesy of Oliver Seil.[/caption] A few weeks ago, I was asked by my friend James Chu to do a talk for the Art Center Branding Atelier. I don't speak much about my years at Giant Robot magazine these days and branding isn't exactly my specialty. But how could I...