A Giving Culture: Fashion Designer Afa Ah Loo Encourages Sharing Your Art

Posted on November 5, 2020 (October 18, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

(L–R) Alyssa Bacon and Matthias Perez pose in two floral items designed by Afa Ah Loo. Makeup: @amyjomakeup.

Fashion Designer Afa Ah Loo creates art as an extension of who he is, while noting that art is there to move people to be better. … read more

Demanding Industries and Underrated Historical Relics: Esko Type Foundry

Posted on November 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

A self-described "evil-genius," Peter Esko revitalizes vintage found fonts through Esko Type Foundry.

Peter Esko’s decades of design experience, historical affinity and creative curiosity led him to establish the Esko Type Foundry. … read more

Film Review: Jungleland

Posted on November 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Jungleland has a strong enough formula to go down easily, but it’s a shame that it ended up as an example of “making movies of other movies.” … read more

Art for Abolition: Local Propagandists

Posted on November 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

(Clockwise from left) As local propagandists Amoiri DeBusk, Taylar Jackson, Hannah Kim and Tressa Marra create and distribute screen-printed posters and T-shirts for local protest movements and abolitionist organizations.

It’s this sense of community connection—more than the pride of individual creation—that drives Local Propagandists in all that they do. … read more

Design Brain: Plastic Attack and Yeehaw Studio

Posted on November 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Photos: (Grid on left) Erik DeWaal | (single image on right) McKenzie Wallace

During work or play, on and off the clock, Erik DeWaal (of Plastic Attack) and McKenzie Wallace (of Yeehaw Studio) have design on the brain. … read more