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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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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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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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Apr 30, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress recap 1

by Martin Wong

Where were you last Friday? If you weren't at the freshly unlocked and dusted-off Edison Theatre attending Imprint's Long Beach: Work in Progress, here's what you missed following Julia Huang's welcome and introduction. (These are my hack photos but we'll share professional images from Ben Clark Photo next week...

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Apr 16, 2013 Meeting Imprint LBC’s Jonathan Gold, Chad Tim Tim, Justin Reynolds, and Paul Kwon

by Martin Wong

The Long Beach: Work in Progress conference is just a week away and the pieces are coming together...

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Mar 12, 2013 Imprint Long Beach: Justin Reynolds on his life as a skateboarder in Long Beach and the Imprint skateboarding panel

by Martin Wong

Justin Reynolds is an OG Long Beach skateboarder who rode for Acme, G&S, Formula One, Lethol, Grind King, Origin, Furnace, and Stüssy. Today, the 508 skate crew member proudly helms Riviera Skateboards––which specializes in downhill, ditch skating, cruisers, and pool boards. As a guy who is firmy rooted in Long Beach skate history with a...

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Jan 20, 2015 Long Beach: Work in Progress 2

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

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

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

Apr 30, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress recap 1

Apr 16, 2013 Meeting Imprint LBC’s Jonathan Gold, Chad Tim Tim, Justin Reynolds, and Paul Kwon

Mar 12, 2013 Imprint Long Beach: Justin Reynolds on his life as a skateboarder in Long Beach and the Imprint skateboarding panel