I can work to this tape. "5.angel" is real smooth!
Refreshing the OLD
Being an industrial designer I like to celebrate the products I buy by not covering it up with fancy protective cases. At work I spend so much time articulating geometry in hopes of creating a sexy, pleasing, awesome design so why cover it up! With my Iphone I never got around to protecting the sucker cause I really like the thinness and the choices of material apple chose for the design.
A few months back I dropped my phone while exiting my car, most of us can relate to this cause I foolishly left my phone on my lap while driving, forgetting it was still on my lap as I left my car I was quickly found out the hard way why everyone's paranoid about protecting there phone. Luckily it made a tiny, tiny crack on the glass on the lower right side of my phone. Over time I guess the tiny crack gain momentum and shattered. This is the result... :(
Now that I have a reason for a replacement housing! I decided skip the white or black case since everyone have those! Lets play with something interesting. My initial thought was I really like the translucent iPhones that have been floating around the tech blogs.
Doing a bit more research the transparent case turned out to be quite fragile and easily comes apart. Doing more research I found china has iPhone housing in tons of colors. Chrome, matte even metallic you name it. I settled with RED. check it out.
Good Listening: Owl City- Fireflies remix by Timothy John
Just started following this new dude name Timothy John. Dope guy, does lots of tech reviews on Youtube but also do so many other things. Like make music check his remix of "Fireflies" and download an his first scratch album here. Adele - Turning Tables (Timothy John Refix) by timothyjohn
Owl City - Fireflies Refix by timothyjohn
GO AHEAD and follow Tim on Twitter @timalldayy and subscribe on Youtube here.
NEW Creative Session lineup
Spent the evening over at Keith's studio AKA Baker Son's spot printing new and old Creative Session gear. Here are a few of sweaters and T's i'll be having with me in Portland when I come home for the holiday. Hit me up on facebook or like our fan page for updates on how you can get a hold of yours. https://www.facebook.com/CREATIVEsession
Good Listening: Allen Stones - Unaware
Distinguished Anarchy's first batch
I'm really excited to update everyone about his progress. He decided to start slow by producing embroidered t-shirts and sweaters. This will help him and his business partner Anh to start promoting brand identity in Portland. I'm excited for the future for these guys.
A Few months back I received a phone call from Drew Amado of Distinguished Anarchy based in Portland Oregon. Drew has been meaning to jump start a sophisticated gentlemen's brand in Portland Oregon, He feels there are no labels catering to strictly classy men and wanted to start a cut and sew brand up there. Being Portland born I love to connect with entrepreneurial creatives from Portland. We talked for about an hour exchanging ideas about his brand and ideas for logos. About 4 pages of doodles and sketches and a week later- A tough decision but we settled on this logo you see here:
Mynority "The Wooden Tomb"
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Good Listening- Jealous Guy's
For their four-track Audiobook EP, San Francisco’s Jealous Guys linked up exclusively with producer Jeremy “Zodiac” Rose (The Weeknd’s “What You Need”). Rose’s production keeps up the synth-gloomy Toronto sound of late, with some twists. Standout track “Walkin Around” opens with a long stretch of Billy Corgan covering the Otis Redding-penned Bee Gees song “To Love Somebody,” but halfway through flips into something like a future dance-aware Cannibal Ox beat. Jealous Guys’ Ayinde and BizYCasa sound smarter and more paranoid with every release and they shine across Audiobook. Both have a knack for turn-of-the-century underground rap tropes (god, aliens and urban decay), captured in cynical lines like, I walked down the alley, seen Virgin Mary pee/ Took the DNA, tried to make another we. Plus: rad cover art by Vanguard Bots, which modifies Bosch’s 15th century painting The Garden of Earthly Delights with floating pyramids, Adam and Eve turned black and Jesus decapitated.
Read more: http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/06/stream-the-jealous-guys-audiobook-ep/#ixzz1gjPdHcFB
Homeward Bound Collection
As you know, CS crew members come from different regions in the United States. We're all proud of where we were born and raised and have tons of good things to say about our town. With that, we'd like to introduce to the world our "Homeward Bound" collection. First will be "OREGON"; this is where Anh and I were born and hope to be able to set up some sort of shop back in Portland, Oregon one day. Check it out
A-1 @ The Independent SF
The night before Thanksgiving was one to remember! Our talented buddies, A-1 and Davin Gruesome rocked a show at the Independent with K.Flay and Le Vice. We've been pretty consistent with attendance so this show was definitely out of the question! It's my first time shooting photos in the dark without flash, so excuse the quality! More diverse shots next time!
Check out his new mixtape, satisfaction guaranteed! :)
PDX | Rainforest a site worth following
Our good friend up north Marquis McNeil and the whole MynORity crew have been silent but deadly. We knew were working hard at putting something amazing together and not sharing. The guys just published their latest creation, the "PDXrainforest" here a description : Welcome to PDXRainforest! PDXRainforest is an online blogspot where creative minds come to cover the culture of Portland, OR. Through in-depth articles and innovative picture capturing, PDXrainforest covers everything from Art to fashion, music to lifestyle. Geared to the new renaissance of Portland “hipsters”, our blogspot gives an alternative way to look and capture the new lifestyle the beautiful “City of Roses” has created from its original roots....... read more here PDXRainforest
C.S has been following these guys progress for a long time and each and everytime they release/drop something. It makes you only want to work harder to reach their level of dedication. Keep it up guys.
five-minute doodle: More napkins please!
Back by popular demand
So awhile back Keith one of CS's member branched out to look for a fashion design job. He wanted to leave a copy of his resume to the employer but not leave sheets of paper. We designed this thumb drive for him to save his portfolio and resume behind, this left a lasting impression to Gap Co. -- I been quite busy with life and regular work that I haven't had a chance to update the design. Here is the final and it's being shipped to Crown Molding tomorrow to be analyze for manufacturing. This is very exciting for us @ CS.
What do you listen to when you design/work?
Thievery Corporation is one favorite group playing on the sound waves here @ Creative Session. They make good music, very easy to listen to and we stay productive and not distracted. A new favorite recommended by Keith called "See-Saw Kids" by B. Lewis & Xperiment -- Check em out.
Whats your favorite work music?
Starting the Oregon sweaters
Finally made a little time between all the regular work I had to swing by Keith studio in Oakland to start designing the final Oregon graphics for us to make the screen. We are well on our way in getting the Oregon sweaters for this winter season. Stay tune.
Listening Session - Art, Music, Food.
GOOD MUSIC GOOD FOOD GOOD ARTSunday, November 20 at 3:00pm - November 21 at 12:00am
It doesn't get any better than this. Come hang out with some of the dopest cats in the bay. Live music, art making and food. Check the facebook event for more info.
Keith of Creative Session will be printing these live on T shirts and Posters. Be Sure to come and get yours.
**UPDATES**
I'm linking music by Insightful one performer that will be performing @ the "Listening Session"
What's an event with no trailer:
A-1 Live studio session, Different Fur Studios & Yours Truly
Qualities we highly respect here at the CreativeSession lab is people with pure passion and talent. Weeks ago we had the opportunity to witness our homie A-1's live studio session. He's an extremely gifted vocalist out of the Bay Area from the Mission district. Accompanying A-1 is "Rawdad," another talented and brilliant band.
Being a totally spontaneous session we didn't come prepared with a nice camera, so excuse the low quality candid photos! And shout outs to "Yours Truly" and "Different Fur Studios" for making this session happen!
Enjoy, and make sure you guys check back for more A-1 hotness!
FINAL RESULTS! GIVE IT A LOOK!
We won a Generation Knoll Chair.
"Look up & there are those more fortunate, look down & there are those less fortunate. Stay true stay humble." --Creative Session
Recently my back has been hurting and I've been looking around at new office chair options. I was so fascinated by the concept of the Knoll Generation chair and wanted to save up some money to buy this chair. Turns out our favorite design site Core77 was holding a collaboration contest with Knoll inc. to give away free Generation chairs if entered a contest with your secret to success - Its very simple follow them on twitter and tweet with the hash marks #secret2success and you could win! The quote above is what i tweeted and to my surprise I won a chair! Can't wait to get a hold o fit.
Tha Business project, a little light on Wired.
HERE IS THE LINK TO the WIRED write-up. click on the image below.
A little reminder of the project.
