Proof that the world can change when we speak up
Using marketing & media to change the course of history. Something we know a little bit about… The film No premiered on limited screens in February 2013 and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. The movie centers around René Saavedra, an ad executive in 1988 who comes up with […]
BREAKING NEWS: War criminal Bosco Ntaganda surrendered in Rwanda
War criminal Bosco Ntaganda has reportedly surrendered to the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda. This is something to celebrate. Like Joseph Kony, Bosco Ntaganda has been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity. This is the arrest warrant that was issued in 2006 for crimes committed in the early […]
Contrasting the Congo
In 2010, Richard Mosse traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo. While he was there he extensively photographed the people of the North Kivu province of Eastern Congo – the deadliest place on Earth, especially for women. Unlike other war photographers, Mosse paints the stories of rebel soldiers with a different stroke. To create what […]
Making it a night to remember
Raise your virtual hand if you attended your high school prom. People tend to recount their prom experience for years & years afterwards (fine, I’m one of those people) and the big night has become more or less a rite of passage. Before graduating onto college loans and rent and bills comes a night full […]
The art of asking // TED Talk
In the daily interactions we have with people, a nod hello to a passing stranger could seem like nothing more than a nice gesture. But without even knowing it, that gesture may be the human connection someone really needed. Naturally, human interaction is something we strive to obtain. For musician Amanda Palmer, human connections inspired […]
Look good, do good
Supporting a cause is the first step in activism and what better way to show passion for a cause than to wear it? 100% of purchases from our online store go toward our mission and our Sustain It products are sold through a partnership with social enterprises in East Africa which help support the local […]
SoundTracking your way through life
Early on in college, becoming a music journalist was my ultimate goal. So, finding new music wasn’t just a hobby, it was a way of deconstructing and analyzing the music industry. This may or may not have led me on a journey of attending 100 concerts in various countries in 2010. Fast forward to present […]
Reinventing payphones
New York City has 11,412 payphones. Depending on how you look at it, that’s 11,412 eyesores or 11,412 opportunities. If you’re like design firm Control Group and transit advertising group Titan, then you view these obsolete sidewalk stands as the latter. The firms have partnered to develop NYC I/O, a project submitted to the city of New […]
Organically digital
Disusing the blurring line between organic and digital may be one of my favorite conversational topics (no, really.) See, in college I took a class titled Politics of the Future and in a nutshell, it ruined my life. In a good way. Five books and five papers later, I was left fascinated with the relationship […]
Reinventing the VW van
I spent most of Saturday afternoon at the beach – the perks of living in San Diego – and couldn’t help but notice an abundance of classic VW vans and microbuses lining the streets in front of the modest beachfront bungalows. They are, of course, a surfer’s best friend and a California classic. Admittedly, I had the […]