Category: Thing I Love

16 Aug

The Hip-Hop Word Count: A Searchable Rap Almanac SXSW

My pal Tahir aka @tahero (for the tweeps) has a fun project that the world should know about. Let’s get it presented at SXSW. The following is all the info: The Hip-Hop Word Count: A Searchable Rap Almanac was accepted into the 2011 SXSW PanelPicker! Vote for it multiple times daily until August 27th; so [...]

16 Aug

JUNKPRINTS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

My lil company and I were featured in yesterday’s New York Times. This is some crazy amazing press! In the business section…of all places

10 Aug

DANGER OF THE SINGLE STORY

My pal Safia, forwarded this to me in response to yesterday’s post on WWD. It’s so on point.

03 Aug

The Art of Sleeping

As you read this right now you might be at work or class, or have taken a “professional day” off. I’m sure that most of you are wishing you were back in bed cuddled up inside the warm covers and sleeping. If you’re not maybe you have some secret energy trick that I don’t know [...]

29 Jul

THE GOING ONS

29 Jul

JUNKPRINTS VENDING @ THE NAS DAMIAN MARLEY CONCERT

This saturday you can catch me and my junk @ the Williamsburg waterfront  in Brooklyn for the Nas Damian Marley concert! click here for tickets When: July 31 : 6:30 p.m. Williamsburg Waterfront North 8th Street and Kent Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211

29 Jul

WELCOME TO THE JUNYARD EP!

In celebration of celebration, I’ve finally got my shit together and the Junkprints EP will officially launch August 15th! The first song merch combo will feature the amazing talents of Dana Athens (vocal), the faculty (production), and Tough Dumplin (the magic). It’s called Brooklyn Breeze!

29 Jul

Essence of McQueen

Alexander McQueen’s clothing designs were always a shock factor to the fashion world. Along with his very eccentric designs his concepts are another contributing factor to what made him a very profound designer. McQueen doesn’t go with the trend. He exploits sexuality within his work by just tracing it back to the body form. He [...]

27 Jul

Dwelling: Home of the Future?

As I watch the renovation of the junkyard coming together my love of space and architecture begins to re-ignite more and more. I remember when I was in high school I took a summer class in architecture at my local college. There was a discussion on the bounds of “convention way of living” and there [...]

20 Jul

A Brief History of Collage

Over the years collage has become a very popular art form. Collage allows artists to combine media to create a singular message. The use of collage is said to have begun  with the invention of paper in China around 200 B.C. After that twelfth-century Japanese calligraphers began to prepare surfaces for their poems by gluing [...]