March 2014

8 Questions

Mar 31, 2014

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Mike Dytri is one of my oldest friends and mentors, a bonafide pioneer in the streetwear industry - although it should be pointed out that he was making rad gear long before the phrase "streetwear" meant what it does today. About a decade ago, Mike's earlier brand Subfreakie was one of the, if not the,...

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Mar 29, 2014

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Knockaround recently collaborated with New York based design firm and streetwear brand, Staple, to create this unique pair of Limited Edition Staple Pigeon Fort Knocks. They feature frosted pigeon-grey frames, a pink pigeon foot ‘tip-dip’, gunmetal hardware, and polarized Smoke lenses with an etched Staple pigeon logo. Each comes with a custom box, suede pouch, a pack of birdseed, and...

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Mar 28, 2014

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Last week, the Imprint team and our friends from the InterTrend creative department were treated to a very special Portland visit with advertising legend John Jay. Needless to say, it was a wonderfully inspiring trip, which included a tour of the incredibly impressive W+K Portland headquarters; a visit to John Jay's special GX office (inside...

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Mar 27, 2014

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We were ecstatic to learn that Architecture For Dogs contributing architect, Shigeru Ban, was recently awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize 2014! This article from the NY Times explains the significance of Ban's work and of the Pritzker Prize itself. Hooray!! Photo by Hiroshi Yoda.  Photo  ...

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Mar 27, 2014

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The critically-acclaimed Solar app from our partnership with Long Beach developers Hollr has been short-listed on the recent Mashable article, "9 Super Simple Apps That Will Make Your Life Easier." Listed at #4, the popular tech journal says of Solar, "The weather isn't always beautiful, but this app is. Solar has a simple yet visually...

Editorial

Mar 25, 2014

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On Sunday, Eric Nakamura and I gave a 20th anniversary presentation about Giant Robot magazine at GR2. As co-founders of the publication, we gave plenty of talks about it at colleges, companies, museums, and juvenile halls from 1994-2010. They were always fun, equal parts (1) behind-the-scenes stories about starting a stapled-and-folded zine about Asian, underground,...

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Mar 24, 2014

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Tackling an enormous mission of creating revolutionary design to develop and deliver affordable world-class products to the people who need them most, regardless of their economic means requires tremendous ambition, innovation, revolution, and determination. I met Krista Donaldson, CEO of D-Rev, at TEDWomen 2013 in San Francisco a few months ago, and her company’s story...

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Mar 21, 2014

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What do you eat for breakfast? If you're like me, by the time you've made your mind up, it's just about lunchtime anyway. Here in SoCal, we're pretty lucky when it comes to breakfast - there are an abundance of options including American standards and Mexican breakfast dishes readily available, and just about everything else...

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Mar 20, 2014

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300 FOOT SLIP 'N SLIDE? YES, please. Artist Luke Jerram is attempting to secure funding (a la crowdsourcing) to debut a 300 foot slip 'N slide on May 4th in a hilly city in southwest England. He's already about $6,000 of the way there of roughly a $9,000 goal. What's his REAL goal? (besides making our...