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Jan 20, 2015 Long Beach: Work in Progress 2

by Martin Wong

On April 26, 2013, I helped organize an Imprint conference called Long Beach: Work in Progress. The idea was to celebrate the city where Imprint and its sister companies were about to put down some serious roots. After being housed in a nondescript Ocean Boulevard high rise for more than a decade, plans were announced...

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Dec 24, 2013 Chad Tim Tim on Truman

by Martin Wong

You might recall Chad Tim Tim from April's Long Beach: Work in Progress event, where he and some of his friends discussed the heritage and future of skateboarding in his hometown. I met up with the pro skater last week to find out about his latest project, which he has started in conjunction with his...

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Jun 19, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress – Video 3 of 3

by Martin Wong

Has it really been eight weeks since Imprint's Long Beach: Work in Progress conference took place at the historic and long-shuttered Edison Theatre? Time flies, yet it was always our intention that its message of understanding and growing local history and culture would reach the entire city. We have also hoped to inspire members of other...

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Jun 11, 2013 Imprint Culture Lab Update with Jack Grisham from T.S.O.L.

by Martin Wong

Remember Jack Grisham from the music panel of Long Beach: Work in Progress? He has just released a collection of short stories titled Untamed. To celebrate, Jack hosted a book signing at The Observatory in Santa Ana where the price of the publication included a matinee including his band T.S.O.L. and other old-school Orange County...

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Jun 04, 2013 Long Beach Work in Progress – Video 2 of 3

by Martin Wong

To expand on the audience and effectiveness of our recent Long Beach: Work in Progress conference, we have commissioned a series of videos. This is the second of three, and features the team of core speakers including Imprint founder Julia Huang, W+K Garage founder John Jay, Staple Design's jeffstaple, and me. Its purpose is to...

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May 28, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress – Video 1 of 3

by Martin Wong

Yes, our Long Beach: Work in Progress conference took place one month ago but we are just now tapping into its online component. The message of appreciating, understanding, and building on local culture to grow an authentic and excellent community resonated with the audience at the Edison Theatre and we hope to have the same...

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May 21, 2013 Long Beach photographer Mark Nisbet

by Martin Wong

More back story on Long Beach: Work in Progress. Our skateboarding panel featuring pro Chad Tim Tim, ex-pro Justin Reynolds, cinematographer Ricki Bedenbaugh, and shoe designer Paul Kwon was greatly enhanced by photographs of Cherry Park (a.k.a. Bixby Park to the kooks) provided by Mark Nisbet. Since the planning stages, Niz was cited by the...

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May 14, 2013 Portraits from Long Beach: Work in Progress

by Martin Wong

As long as new material from Long Beach: Work in Progress keeps trickling in, I'm going to keep blogging about it. This post features some excellent portraiture of the speakers by my friend Ben Clark. Above, Architecture and Food Panelists: Long Beach architecture experts and authors Cara Mullio and Jennifer M. Volland (Edward A. Killingsworth:...

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May 07, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress – Photo Recap

by Martin Wong

Our friend and photographer Ben Clark has been sending us previews of images that he and his team shot at the Long Beach: Work in Progress conference and they are sweet. I love how they show that the event was an actual gathering of people--and not just a collision of ideas. And while I've been blabbing...

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May 03, 2013 Giant Robot

by johnhall

While the whole show was a tremendous team effort, our talented friend and dedicated co-worker Martin Wong deserves lots of credit for curating the content and coordinating everything with the wonderful speakers who appeared at our Long Beach Work In Progress creative conference last Friday. And as if that wasn't enough, Martin was kind enough...