Jere Dean isn’t a one trick pony– He’s been honing his multi material designer skills for upwards of 20 years, and it’s all come together in his brand, Urban Octopus. Here, he discusses his vision and motivation for his art….
The night before I threw my first party I hardly slept. I was eighteen. I’d just moved to San Francisco and into my very own apartment. It was an 80s themed party and I’d planned every single detail including the…
Carla Roque is a whimsical illustrator– her work instantly transported me to childhood, where I was constantly nestled under a table or in a closet, completely transfixed by the drawings that leapt out at me. Carla has THAT sort of…
Last Sunday at Patchwork Show Long Beach a first time Patchwork vendor came up to me and thanked me for putting together the show. Moments like this mean so much to Delilah and me. Patchwork takes months of planning to…
We’ve been told this old chestnut time and time again—if you are selling online, you need great photos of your product. As eyeroll inducing as it is, that old chestnut is correct. Images are the direct way to show your…
Sean Friesen’s children’s apparel line, Orangeheat, is just as adorable as the name suggests. It’s graphic, fun, colorful, and, most of all, conscious. In our interview, he talks about infusing his line with the energy of his environment in Venice….
to my own detriment, everything that happens to me becomes fodder. sometimes i wonder if i would be a bit happier if i were more in the moment, and less trying to translate the moment into a piece of writing…
Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make more art. -andy Warhol
the return to modern domesticity and girly graphic design a few months ago i posted about how the first patchwork show never would have happened if I didn’t get my heart broken. Then, delilah posted her own story of patchwork’s…
Visual artist Centa Schumacher creates beautiful photographs– photographs that make you look twice and question her process. I love talking to her because she is clear on the fact that she is always learning and both she and her pieces…
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