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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 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 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 23, 2013 Three Days until Long Beach: Work in Progress

by Martin Wong

After months of blogging in anticipation of Long Beach: Work in Progress, the week of the conference is finally here. This afternoon the crew visited the Edison Theatre, where the event will take place. The historic venue has been shuttered for years but has been cleared out and prepared for some washing down and selective...

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Mar 26, 2013 Imprint Long Beach playlist

by Martin Wong

I've been trying to convey through writing how amazing the Music Panel will be in the upcoming Long Beach: Work in Progress conference. Having Jack Grisham from the first-generation hardcore band TSOL (not to mention the goth project Cathedral of Tears, hard rock of Tender Fury, his return to punk The Joykiller, and the dark...

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Jan 20, 2015 Long Beach: Work in Progress 2

Dec 24, 2013 Chad Tim Tim on Truman

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

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

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

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

Apr 23, 2013 Three Days until Long Beach: Work in Progress

Mar 26, 2013 Imprint Long Beach playlist