Photographs from a wild night in Los Angeles with The Dirty Fences at Lyric Lounge and late-night bowling. Congrats to the dudes from Dirty Fences who just released their full length LP on Volcom Records titled Too High To Kross. Have a listen!
Last Sunday I made the drive up the 405 to the infamous Malibu Beach for a day in the sun with a motley crew of east coast transplants and some visitors from afar. The line-up was packed, the waves kept coming and the show didn’t stop ’til after sun down… Oh what a day!
Its been a busy few months but I wanted to share a short video I put together for ambsn for their Love Collection. Watch below!
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair took place last weekend at the Geffen Contemporary. I finally put finishing touches on and printed a project that has long sat dormant on a hard drive…Nice to bring old projects to life! Thanks to Scott Massey / RRR for allowing me to be a part of their table and sell a few copies!
If you’d like to pick up a remaining copy from the edition of 20 shoot me an e-mail and we can strike a deal!
Two weeks ago I attended my first Creative Mornings talk, a free, monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. HUGE Designer/Creative Director Joe Stewart gave a talk on the global theme, Happiness…which he manipulated into a inspiring talk about inspiration. He spoke about the work that inspires him including Braun designer Dieter Rams, Kraftwerk, Peter Saville & Joy Division, agency Wolff Olins, & Best Made Co., and argued that as a “designer” the pursuit of making inspired work is a much more appropriate pursuit, than that of happiness…and that maybe, just maybe happiness will follow…
My inspired doodles above, were also posted on the Creative Mornings Tumblr…have a look!
Photos by Erin Fuentes.
You Can Be A Wesley just released a new 2-track EP called Promwave. I played with some PROMWAVE ideas last summer that eventually ended up as the art for my favorite bands latest release! Have a listen below or check out the nice words mtvU had to say about the EP and the artwork!
A couple images from the last hours of 2012. Health, Happiness & Positive Change in 2013!
I’m proud to share a short film that I wrote and directed called Spaghetti & Confetti! Have a look below!
Below are some photos from the afternoon of shooting snapped by the lovely Danny Corey…
Special thanks to Lena, Eldrich, Dan, Danny, Heather, Justin & Francellis!
Back in September I decided to take an offer to jump ship, after two years as Graphic Designer with Roxy, and start a new chapter with a small brand called Ambsn (/am’biSHen/)! Having learned that when you’re in the thick of a full-time job there’s rarely opportunities for global exploration, I decided to build in a couple weeks between jobs to see some friends and see the world! On September 12th I flew into Barcelona with a pack on my back, a skateboard beneath my feet, too many cameras, a couple good books and a sketch book in my hand. Below are just some of the photos & drawings of where I went and what I saw…
A weekend in Colorado this past summer…with skateboards, friends, a mini van & a couple beers…
It appears the SWAG Logo has continued to travel into the universe on a journey of its own…this time my good pal Ty points out that the graphic was replicated in a COMICBOOK! After some Googlin’ it seems as though the comic is called Gambit and will be available on August 29th 2012 in a comic shop near you! The BET exposure could have been expected but never in a million years would I have guessed that I’d make MARVEL! Oh the wonders of the internet…
ABOUT THE LOGO…
When I designed the SWAG logo late one night last year I decided to try something new. I’ve long admired the Creative Commons project and had noticed a trend in open source design and programming. The logo, inspired by a new generation of hip-hop, was made available for free to download & use, through a micro-site and licensed using the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Read more…
