On Saint Patrick’s Day, my friend and I decided to go to Taco Sinaloa in Torrance to get some late night grub after our show. While waiting in line we met Yuta Kato who was standing right behind us with his friends and we instantly struck up a conversation regarding our shared passion for music....
I first met Garrett Kai when he attended our ICL Long Beach: Work In Progress talk event back in 2013. It was nice to meet in person as I'd heard quite a bit about him from our many mutual friends, acquaintances, and business partners including Jeffstaple, John Pangilinan, Brandon Shigeta, Gabe & Matt at 0484...
As is often the case, I met artist/illustrator/designer Scott Fuller through a mutual friend in the streetwear game. A Seattle native, Scott moved to Los Angeles in 2009 for a few years, and is back in the Northwest again now. We caught up at the recent Agenda Long Beach trade show while he was in...
ARCHT One. A multi-directional wireless speaker that can automatically adapt to its surroundings to deliver optimal sound quality. Launched on Kickstarter back in late 2014, ARCHT One gained immediate popularity amongst the major tech publications and consumers alike more than tripling their funding goal to the tune of $240,000 by the time their campaign closed....
Mileece Petre, known as Mileece, is an artist and musician who creates digital music from the electromagnetic currents of plants. The technique uses plant bio-emissions to transform notes into a lush and complex harmonic soundscape to become an aesthetically oriented interspecies sound improvisation system. Her project began over a decade ago, when she...
When I went to visit the LA Art Show earlier this year, one booth caught my attention early on - as it showcased great work by some of LA's most respected and well-known artists, including Chaz Bojórquez, CRYPTIK, Big Sleeps, and Defer. In an unexpected twist, the booth was not for a Culver City gallery,...
There are athletic shorts you buy at the nearest sporting goods store, probably something along the lines of Nike, UnderArmour, or Adidas (or maybe you're a Costco man!)...
Matt W. Moore is an accomplished artist/designer/typographer whose work I've been following pretty closely for several years now. He was kind enough to get in touch recently, so I pounced on the opportunity for an interview here. As with many creatives of this generation, his roots lie in board sports and graffiti, but you'll see...
Mike Risha is a sound engineer and co-owner of an athletic clothing line for women, Belle & Bell. At this years Agenda in Long Beach he was there with his new company Nothing&Company launching a new line of high-end eyewear. He took a moment out of his schedule to answer some of our thought provoking...
Our team began a dialogue with LACE founder Jenny Wu as part of our FastPitch event last summer. We were intrigued and impressed with her concept of 3D printed wearable designs. Applying 3D printing technology to the jewelry category affords limitless possibilities of design and materials, and LACE has been gaining notoriety and momentum. Jenny...