June 2014

8 Questions

Jun 16, 2014

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Ivan Stamatovski is the engineer and entrepreneur behind the current Kickstarter Easy Drone crowd-funding project - an advanced modular quadcopter for videographers. As something of an amateur GoPro user myself, I've been keeping an eye on the quickly emerging video drone segment. Ivan has degrees in Product Design and Digital Marketing and uses both skills...

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Jun 13, 2014

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Our seed-stage incubator Imprint Venture Lab was profiled on the LA Times website today! Check out Imprint Venture Lab looking to fund and assist creative entrepreneurs. The print version will be out this Saturday too. ...

News

Jun 13, 2014

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Imprint Venture Lab was recently profiled on the LA Times website! Stay tuned for the print version which will be out this Saturday. ...

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Jun 12, 2014

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Innovative engineer, Bruce Campbell, purchased an old Boeing 727 airplane for $220,000, parked it on an open plot of land right outside Portland, Oregon (who has that much land?!), and turned it into a MAKESHIFT HOME. Just when I was impressed by good ol' Hank and his awesome bus, Bruce had to go ahead and one-up...

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Jun 11, 2014

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Matches for the World Cup in Brazil begin on Jun 12th, but it seems the countdown to the games has been a hot bed for companies to put out some amazing commercials. Don't be surprised if other companies begin doing these for other major sporting events. Here are three commercials that have got me hyped...

Editorial

Jun 10, 2014

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I love what the folks at LA Game Space are trying to do. The nonprofit, interdisciplinary, experimental, and totally indie center for the art, design, and research of video games will host residencies, exhibitions, research labs, speaker series, and workshops in their upcoming downtown location. In essence, they are taking the video game medium that...

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Jun 09, 2014

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Unless they drive me crazy, I love zines, blog, and vlogs. In my opinion, they document a scene more accurately than the mainstream media or even academia because their bias is honest and internal. The blurring of fandom, journalism, and the culture they gush about is exciting, passionate, and real. At s result, they're much...

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Jun 06, 2014

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Imprint's founder, Julia Huang, was on hand in Taiwan last week when talented artists from around the country and around the world converged on the first Pow Wow Taiwan event. The participating artists included James Jean (US), Jeff Hamada (Canada), Aaron De La Cruz (US), Rone (Australia), and many more top names in wall beautification....

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Jun 05, 2014

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Filmmakers Andrew Norton and Chris Wardle made a short about comedian Rob Norman and his Fight or Flight experience being robbed at gunpoint. You think are a certain type of person but when you're put into a true Fight or Flight position, you discover a lot about who you truly are and how that impacts...

Editorial

Jun 03, 2014

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I'm super proud of my friend Erik Caruso, who teaches fifth grade at Wirtz Elementary in Paramount. In response to the lack of funding for the arts in public education, he has approached and engaged some of his favorite contemporary artists to start a very cool tradition at his school. For five years, students have...