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Indestructible: The DSPTCH Origin Story With Richard Liu

July 27, 2021 05:04 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB

For the MAEKAN and DSPTCH family, we’ve watched each other grow with great interest. Both of us share a similar perspective on creating and putting things out into the world. So when we first decided to explore creating product, DSPTCH was a natural first partner. Their flexible in-house manufacturing meant lower minimums and utilitarian design philosophy vibed with our perspective on what we wished to put out into an already crowded world. The timeline for putting this tote out into the wo...

Building the Brand — Adam Studios

July 09, 2020 02:15 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MB

After a long hiatus, we’re back with another episode of Building The Brand. Most crucially, this episode is hosted by MAEKAN founders Eugene Kan and Alex Maeland, who talk about the inception of Adam Studios, the creative agency they founded that ties into and supports MAEKAN as a company and independent publication. See the whole episode and transcript over at MAEKAN.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maekan/support

Two Acres at a Time — Kristyn Leach of Namu Farm

November 16, 2019 09:12 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MB

Namu Farm is a quaint two-acre property located an hour and a half outside of San Francisco. In a time when the topic of food and industry generally focuses on scale and size, a visit to the farm is a timely reminder of where our food comes from. The whole operation is overseen by Kristyn Leach, an unexpected representation of the modern-day farmer who aims not only to produce honest, ethical food, but also empowers communities through narratives of food and experience. As a Korean-American ...

Lars Williams — Creating Sense Memories with Empirical Spirts

September 20, 2019 06:20 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MB

In a past lifetime, Copenhagen’s Refshaleøen island was far different than today. The massive infrastructure was home to a huge boat building operation. But it has since come to represent the bedrock of some of Copenhagen’s, and Denmark’s, most respected culinary projects. Started only a few years ago, Empirical Spirits is a self-described flavor company. They’re creating new definitions around flavor and while there are plans down the line, they primarily focus on this concept through the ...

MAEKAN & BYBORRE — Redefining Comfort: Céline Pham

April 02, 2019 03:10 - 16 minutes - 38.4 MB

Comfort. It’s something essential to our lives. The degree of comfort we experience can impact how we view the world around us. Comfort can take shape in a practical sense. Are we dry? Are we able to move freely? Are we confident about how we look? Comfort can also apply psychologically. Are we comfortable with the challenge ahead and the uncertainty of not knowing what’s next? Interview & Photos by Eugene Kan Video by Ralph Sarmo See the full story here: https://maekan.com/article/maek...

502 Bad Gateway — An Antidote to Online Fast Fashion

March 22, 2019 19:10 - 34 minutes - 78.3 MB

502 Bad Gateway is the best life decision Seth Footring has made in recent years. By day, Seth works in the photo and eCommerce department of ASOS in London, by night—and in all other spare waking hours—he focuses his efforts on being the creator and Editor-in-Chief of a brand new men’s fashion publication. The first issue of 502 Bad Gateway was released in January this year and contains long articles about Tender, Olubiyi Thomas, the Massimo Osti Archive, and Sampaix Studio, plus gr...

Understanding Our World Through Objects — Johanna Agerman Ross

March 14, 2019 06:32 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MB

The value of an object is different for everyone. If you’re practical above all else, an object’s function, efficiency, and affordability are probably the most important aspects. If you’re drawn to beautiful things, the way an object looks and fits within an environment are more appealing. If you’re curious how the puzzle pieces of geography, politics, and history fit together, you might find an object’s inspiration, fabrication, and evolution of the most interest. Someone who is a combinati...

Remembering Triple X — Hong Kong's Underground Mecca

March 07, 2019 06:59 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MB

Gone before its time, XXX (known popularly as “Triple X”) was a club not far from the MAEKAN Office that was a hotspot for underground culture and music on Hong Kong’s Kowloon side. The venue of choice for acts like OKOKOK, Yeti Out and Eric Lau, among many others, it closed in late 2018 amid a background of public noise complaints, sky high rents and lack of official support from the city. When street culture meccas like this one go down, it deals a serious blow to the independent c...

MAEKAN & BYBORRE — Redefining Comfort: Rebecca Kelley

February 18, 2019 06:42 - 19 minutes - 45.1 MB

Comfort. It’s something essential to our lives. The degree of comfort we experience can impact how we view the world around us. Comfort can take shape in a practical sense. Are we dry? Are we able to move freely? Are we confident about how we look? Comfort can also apply psychologically. Are we comfortable with the challenge ahead and the uncertainty of not knowing what’s next? In abundance, some would say too much of it creates complacency. Too little of it, and you’re unable to settle i...

Floating in Time — Daniel Arsham Brings Us Static Mythologies

February 04, 2019 04:42 - 11 minutes - 26.5 MB

“Looking back at it, it feels like I’m jumping around a lot, but all of the different types of work, whether it’s an installation or in the architecture studio that I have, they’re all in service of the same goal—which is to take our everyday experience, things that we know, and, sort of, make them do things or make them act in ways we don’t expect. And that subtle shift outside of our everyday experience is a kind of invitation to explore that region outside of our everyday.” A rack ...

MAEKAN Session — The Need for Criticism

January 09, 2019 02:30 - 1 hour - 86.4 MB

The growth of social media gives off the perception that the world’s smaller and more connected, but conversely, this doesn’t necessarily make the world easier to understand. In our MAEKAN Session titled The Need for Criticism, we focused on the concept of critique in a social-media dominated creative landscape. This session was our most globally expansive to date, with a panel dialing in from Australia, Asia, and America. The panel members originally met through a WhatsApp group centered a...

To Be a Member of a Club You Never Wanted to Join — Conversing with Mike Shinoda

December 02, 2018 05:03 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MB

Studies suggest that mental illness just may be the new normal—with an overwhelming amount of the population suffering from depression, anxiety, or a deep rooted sadness at one point or another in their lives. While some may attempt to ignore symptoms, it’s important we don’t isolate ourselves and these feelings, but rather, remove the stigma attached to mental health by speaking openly. Mike Shinoda wants to promote this narrative, and ensure that we are checking in with ourselves, and other...

Building the Brand — Community Governance

November 27, 2018 18:34 - 26 minutes - 60.5 MB

In this Building the Brand, Eugene sits down with Scott to talk about the role of community governance in a brand strategy. It's never been easier to start and build a brand today, but a side effect of this is building loyalty has become that much harder. Instead of freely providing what the brand has to offer up front—or even simply dictating it to your audience—how about building a community that has some say in how things are run? Hosted by Eugene Kan & Scott Mascek Text & Transcript by N...

Observations Abroad with Joan Wong — Part II

November 25, 2018 06:24 - 21 minutes - 49.7 MB

Joan Wong worked at Penguin Random House in New York for the past five years as a book cover designer. Her more well-known work includes the paperback covers of the Crazy Rich Asians series by Kevin Kwan, Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists. She could easily have stayed at her job indefinitely and followed a fairly predictable path of success as a designer. However, in evaluating her next steps, this plan sounded a little t...

Celebrating and Evaluating — A Recap of Unexpected Connections

November 19, 2018 06:14 - 30 minutes - 35.6 MB

I have a trick for when I meet new people in order to get more quickly into a substantiative conversation. I resist, for the entire meeting if possible, asking the person that I’ve just met what they do for a living. I’m not always able to swerve clear of what’s considered small talk—I still tend to talk about the weather more than is advisable—but I try to be honest and ask open questions that leave room for the conversation to develop in many possible ways. The artist David Choe, in his 45-...

Good Earth for Good Herb — Summerland and the Perfect Ceramic Bong

November 19, 2018 03:45 - 33 minutes - 75.8 MB

An eternal summer on a coast of smooth white sand represented in ceramics. Liam Kaczmar set out to make what he couldn’t find elsewhere when he dreamed up Summerland. His one-man operation in San Francisco has allowed him to escape the dissatisfaction he found in: having to put in 70-hour weeks for bosses, having to settle for poorly designed bongs, having to put his design and art direction skills to work making other brands look better. Summerland as Liam envisions it brings access to imagi...

From the Portfolio of Guillaume Ferrand

November 13, 2018 06:52 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MB

Guillaume Ferrand is an illustrator who approaches his work with careful research, deliberate intentions, and a willingness to experiment. He draws inspiration from literature, old movies, classical paintings, architecture, fashion collections, tiles—anything and everything he comes across can feed into his creative output. Besides being an illustrator who is able to draw on many resources, Guillaume uses his artistic series as ways to think about who he is and question his own behavior and p...

An Hour with Tan Dun — Master Composer and Force of Culture

October 17, 2018 05:11 - 16 minutes - 38.2 MB

Recently, MAEKAN teamed with Hong Kong’s most renowned publication SCMP to produce a story on Tan Dun, a master composer and living Chinese national treasure. Most familiar to international audiences for his work scoring Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he amassed a great body of work that combines Western and traditional Chinese theatrical conventions before finding more mainstream success with film scores and composing for China’s milestone events such as the 2008 Beijing Olympic...

Shochu & Soju — Yardbird's Elliot Faber Breaks Down The World's Favorite Rice Wines

October 07, 2018 04:07 - 12 minutes - 28.1 MB

As the distilled spirit of choice in South Korea, soju has quickly gained popularity alongside the country’s cultural exports. No stranger to the different spirits of the world, especially those in Asia, Yardbird beverage director, and Sake Samurai Elliot Faber knows a thing or two about soju and its Japanese cousin, shochu. We sat down with him in Seoul to hear the differences and similarities between the two spirits in terms of their production, consumption, and culture. Interview by Tara ...

Authenticity and Transparency in Fashion Media — The Fashion Law with Julie Zerbo

September 30, 2018 05:34 - 28 minutes - 65.9 MB

Julie Zerbo began The Fashion Law while she was still in law school, using it as a way to ground the theory that she was learning in something concrete. Julie’s website originates around the explosion in popularity of fashion blogging. Those who were not formally part of the industry could attempt to carve their own path inwards. Many of these platforms faded into obscurity just as quickly as they began. But the refreshing candor of The Fashion Law, alongside an intense level of rigor for the...

There is No Handbook — Chapter-by-Chapter with Director Decatur Dan

September 24, 2018 04:10 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MB

Rarely do creatives start their careers with a particular defined path. It requires a few bumps and bruises, and wrong turns to find the right path. Decatur Dan, otherwise known as Daniel Hall, has come up through the ranks in a way that’s almost a requisite for success… your own way. His initial start creating content began as the streetwear boutique in Atlanta known as Standard. Regular meetings with Atlanta’s vibrant hip-hop scene allowed a new chapter to emerge as a music video director f...

Product Research Through Culture — Behzod Sirjani and How Slack Humanizes Work

September 21, 2018 03:27 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MB

Researcher and photographer Behzod Sirjani has dedicated his career towards the understanding of culture. It has come through the lens of both social media, at Facebook and more recently with remote and digital work at Slack. The interactions we’ve engaged in online have changed significantly from our face-to-face communications of the past, and as such, we now see our peers much differently. Our access to their interests, their views, and how they interact is on full display. These cultural ...

MAEKAN Travel Diary — Conversing through Football in Egypt

September 08, 2018 03:09 - 3 minutes - 7.83 MB

Hey, everyone. My name is Umar Issa. I’m from Los Angeles, California and recently I took a trip to Egypt for a few weeks. Egypt is a place I’ve wanted to visit for so long. It’s known in Arabic as Umm al-Dunya which means “mother of the world”. And I thought it would be an amazing opportunity to spend some time this summer exploring the land of our ancestors. Narrated and text by Umar Issa Audio by Elphick Wo Photos by Umar Issa See the full story here: https://www.maekan.com/article/maeka...

Anything Can be Fascinating — Avery Trufelman of 99% Invisible on Telling Stories Well

September 01, 2018 03:37 - 44 minutes - 101 MB

Avery Trufelman is a producer at 99% Invisible, an extremely popular podcast created by Roman Mars. She crafts stories about things overlooked and believes anything can be a good story when told correctly. “If you go far enough away and zoom out and look at larger pictures everything is fascinating; if you zoom in and in and in closer and closer and deep into histories and linguistics of anything everything is fascinating. Like everything has a context, everything has a person behind it, ever...

Sights & Sounds — Chris da Canha

August 30, 2018 00:37 - 13 minutes - 18.8 MB

Chris da Canha is a skateboarder and photographer who hails from Durban, South Africa, but currently calls South Korea home. A regular contributing photographer for MAEKAN, he has shot many of our stories in Seoul, where he is currently based. These include our stories on RYSE, Cody Hudson and most recently Kang Seunghyuk of WORKSOUT. Photos by Chris da Canha Audio by Elphick Wo See the whole story: https://www.maekan.com/article/sights-sounds-chris-da-canha What is MAEKAN? MAEKAN is a mem...

Building A True Cannabis Lifestyle Brand — Ariel Stark-Benz of Mister Green

August 18, 2018 03:58 - 1 hour - 76.2 MB

Weed. Marijuana. Bud. Pot. Reefer. Dope. Herb. Mary Jane. Chronic. Broccoli. Every region, person, and demographic seemingly have their own preferred definition for cannabis. Mind you, the short list above only spans the English language. The universal nature of cannabis has made it a particular interesting part of popular culture fabric. The fact that so many differing perspectives exist mean that the resulting experiences we create for them also have the likehood to change and adapt wheth...

Straight Outta Saigon — Jenni Trang Le Talks Vietnam's Film Industry

August 15, 2018 22:07 - 28 minutes - 66 MB

In this first story to come out of Saigon, Elphick recalls his chat with film producer Jenni Trang Le. A near 10-year veteran of the Vietnamese film industry, her work has continued to push the envelope of cinema in Vietnam overcoming obstacles that include tight budgets, fickle box offices and government censorship. Script by Nate Kan Transcript by Charis Poon Audio by Elphick Wo Photos by Christopher Lim See the whole story: https://www.maekan.com/article/straight-outta-saigon-jenni-tran...

Calming the Freelance Rollercoaster — Cushion App Built by Jonnie Hallman

August 10, 2018 03:58 - 20 minutes - 48 MB

Jonnie Hallman has dedicated the past four years to building an app called Cushion to help ease the minds of freelancers. A long time freelancer himself, he meets the needs of freelancers with useful, smart features and also through giving a digital tool personality and warmth. Interview by Eugene Kan Text, Narration & Illustrations by Charis Poon Audio by Elphick Wo See the whole story: https://www.maekan.com/article/calming-the-freelance-rollercoaster-jonnie-hallmans-cushion-app What is ...

Building the Brand — 28 Days with Alek Rose

August 01, 2018 00:05 - 25 minutes - 58.2 MB

In this Building the Brand, Eugene and Charis sit down with Alek Rose, MAEKAN's second full-time apprentice who we had the pleasure of working with these past 28 days. Half debriefing, half feedback session, this episode examines some of the insights the soon-to-be graduate Alek has gained, as well as challenges he faced in his short few weeks in Hong Kong. Hosted by Eugene Kan, Charis Poon & Alek Rose Text by Nate Kan Audio by Elphick Wo Photos by Christopher Lim & Nate Kan See the whole s...

Rooted in Californian Nostalgia — 40s and Shorties Grows Up

July 31, 2018 02:53 - 30 minutes - 69.3 MB

Charis Poon interviewed Adem Niazi and Drewbyrd from 40s and Shorties during their short trip to Hong Kong. Listen as the two co-founders speak about building the brand and how it has enabled them to share their own story of being rooted deep in California's culture. Text, Interview & Narration by Charis Poon Audio by Elphick Wo Photos by Christopher Lim See the whole story: https://www.maekan.com/article/rooted-in-californian-nostalgia-40s-and-shorties-grows-up What is MAEKAN? MAEKAN is ...

Sights & Sounds — Gideon de Kock

July 22, 2018 16:35 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MB

Gideon De Kock is a Hong Kong based street photographer originally from Cape Town, South Africa. He used to work as a full time musician while in South Africa, has a background in sound engineering, and still occasionally plays guitar and bass and mixes audio. After moving to Hong Kong, Gideon cut his teeth as a photographer shooting the streets and back-alleys of the city. His approach to photography is loose, with a focus on details and salt-of-the-earth subjects. Gideon currently works at...

The Golden Years — Detroit Techno's Warehouse Scene

July 17, 2018 02:52 - 1 hour - 76.1 MB

“See you at the Packard” was what Detroit youth would say as they parted ways at the city’s coffee shops, before regrouping after sunset. Opened in 1903, the Packard Plant was a grand statement of the booming American car industry. Yet the mid-century recession meant the 3,500,000-square-foot plant was left abandoned. In 1957, the plant closed its doors to the auto business, and in its replacement laid the foundation to a musical subculture that shaped electronic music today: techno. See the...

Depression is Like Anything Else — Neal Brennan Mic'd Up

July 15, 2018 15:20 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MB

Depression is Like Anything Else — Neal Brennan Mic'd Up Comedian and Chapelle's Show co-creator Neal Brennan opens up on how culture and society need to change perceptions of depression. Script, Narration & Audio by Kevin Chau Photos by Christopher Lim & Eugene Kan Illustrations by Jeremy Leung See the whole story: https://www.maekan.com/article/depression-is-like-anything-else-neal-brennan-micd-up What is MAEKAN? MAEKAN is a membership-based publication and community focused on the sigh...

Shedding Vanity — Establishing Purpose with Alex Valdman of Rapha

July 13, 2018 03:51 - 40 minutes - 93.1 MB

Alex Valdman has worked dilligently and embraced the bumps and bruises of innovating in fashion and design. His early path in fashion was driven by the vanity of working with the likes of Kanye West and Nike, but in time he recognized vanity's detrimental effects on a creator's ultimate path. Hosted by Eugene Kan Audio by Elphick Wo Photos by Mia Haggi See the whole story: https://www.maekan.com/article/shedding-vanity-establishing-purpose-with-alex-valdman-of-rapha What is MAEKAN? MAEKAN ...

War Machine

July 01, 2018 21:18 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

David Kenji Chang spoke with Brendon Babenzien, creator of the apparel brand Noah, about taking a stand, not pulling punches, and balancing contradictions. Continue reading for the full story or listen to a condensed version of the interview above. Text and interview by David Kenji Chang Audio mixing by Elphick Wo Photos by Heather Sten See the whole story here. What is MAEKAN? MAEKAN is a membership-based publication and community focused on the sights and sounds of creative culture...

Made To Last — The Knives of Hinoki

June 27, 2018 06:08 - 20 minutes - 47.3 MB

The brand Hinoki may be best known for the S1 Gyuto Chefs Knife, but 24-year-old founder Hamish Grace is doing a lot more than just selling blades on the internet with this project. Behind what appears to be a sleek knife brand is actually a mission to c --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maekan/support

Trusting Your Senses — Eric Lau on Music Shaping Society

June 24, 2018 04:43 - 56 minutes - 131 MB

Eric Lau is a London based music producer focused on making music that connects people and has a positive impact on society. He looks intentionally for ways that his music and his skills can inspire and encourage others, whether it’s through mixing albums, producing original work, or teaching young people. His desire to shift society towards goodness as much as possible can be traced back to how he got started making music. Hosted by Charis Poon & Elphick Wo Music by Eric Lau Mixed by h...

A Playing Field for All — New Opportunities for Creatives of Color

June 20, 2018 01:51 - 26 minutes - 60.6 MB

The creative world sees itself as progressive and liberal. The beliefs that make up this mindset are easy to understand on a theoretical level, but they don’t always translate directly into practice. Each life is a collection of unique experiences: a combination of our background, our history, and our culture. Taking that complexity and simplifying it into an easy-to-follow line of progress can be difficult. Good decisions, just as much as the bad decisions, are a culmination of everything ...

Muted Music — The Private Spaces of Karachi’s Underground

June 14, 2018 22:32 - 28 minutes - 66.1 MB

Faraz Siddiqui and Hassan Khan, Co-Founders of lifestyle brand HeF. " data-reactid=".twey87g0iy.3.$4.2.2.0.0:$17836000003.0.0.0.0" /> Imagine moving ‘home’ for the first time in your life. Having spent almost the entirety of her life abroad, Mahira returned to Karachi, Pakistan to explore the the city of her father’s childhood and mother’s early adulthood. Brought up on the stories of Karachi’s past, of ‘the good old days’ that seemed to have withered away under the dust and debris in th...

Joshua Kissi on True Diversity in Stock Photography — TONL's Take on Equality

June 08, 2018 03:50 - 53 minutes - 124 MB

Joshua Kissi’s initial foray into the world of creative culture started at a unique point in time. The fashion forums were a place of digital congregation and represented an era before the emergence of social media as we know it today. The in-depth conversations Joshua engaged in about the underlying aspects of fashion would transcend the forum pages into real-world interactions that resulted in the creative agency Street Etiquette, and more recently, TONL, a modern inclusive stock photogra...

Creating a Neighborhood Hotel — RYSE Makes Its Mark on Hongdae

June 06, 2018 04:24 - 20 minutes - 47.9 MB

In the face of the sharing economy, the modern idea of a hotel has largely been upended and put on the defensive. When on-demand rental places offer a plethora of choices in prime neighborhoods and with potentially more competitive prices, it pushes hoteliers to reimagine what role they should play as fosterers of hospitality and community. RYSE is a modern hotel concept borne out of Jason Schlabach and Leo Moon’s vision. Together, the two have drawn from their wealth of different cultura...

The Outlier Way — Clothing Unwavering Against Compromise

June 04, 2018 01:48 - 18 minutes - 44 MB

The philosophy behind Outlier may not be abundantly clear but several moments spent with their product or their visuals should evoke something. A moment of intrigue. A sense of movement. It takes a bit of dedication and experience with the brand but with it comes the ability to draw out a series of characteristics that exude a sense of innovation and value. The products they create, which is careful not to present itself as fashion, unite an understanding of design and technical function. ...

Spinning Wheels — Ceramics and Music with Sloane Angell

May 27, 2018 15:03 - 32 minutes - 73.3 MB

It was an off chance that MAEKAN connected with fashion designer and DJ turned ceramicist Sloane Angell. It’s funny how things manage to work themselves out. At the time, MAEKAN had just moved into a new office and the lingering odor from a fresh coat of paint had various people ritualistically (or desperately?) reaching for a stick of incense every day. Generally speaking, acquiring the incense is easy and effortless. It’s readily available in most “lifestyle shops,” and can range from b...

Block Parties & Music History — Philadelphia's DJ Matthew Law

May 18, 2018 03:30 - 23 minutes - 54.5 MB

Back in Summer 2017, Elphick took a trip to North America to visit friend and fellow producer Tee (who helped to produce our Sounds of Hong Kong and Sounds of Tokyo stories). Following his stays in Toronto and New York, he decided to drop by Philadelphia to meet with DJ Matthew Law, who Elphick had met in Hong Kong a few years prior to MAEKAN’s inception. In the catch-up that followed, Matthew shared a bit about his past and progression as a DJ and the block parties in the musically rich ...

How Long Did That Take to Paint? — The Art of Matt McCormick

May 09, 2018 05:03 - 23 minutes - 54.9 MB

Every day is a culmination of all our past experiences. Seemingly innocuous moments snowball with major life-altering events to shape how we look and perceive the world around us. For Matt McCormick, the tattoo turned fine artist wasn’t somebody who entered the world of art with everything figured out. The early stages of life afforded him access to the art world courtesy of his parents, but it didn’t result in a clearly defined path from adolescence to professional artist. Hosted by K...

Ballers for Hire — China's Underground Basketball Scene

May 07, 2018 01:34 - 24 minutes - 57.4 MB

When you hear the term “pro athlete,” it’s understandable you’d think almost exclusively of the superstars on TV playing before sold-out audiences in the major leagues. But what if the athletes were getting paid to play for different teams by-the-match and in venues that swing between urban gymnasiums and rainy asphalt courts in the boonies? Welcome to the world of Wild Ball. Audio by Elphick Wo Photos by To Cheuk Yin See the whole story here. What is MAEKAN? MAEKAN is a membersh...

Equidistant — Ms Banks & Fotan Laiki Contrast and Compare Their Musical Worlds

April 27, 2018 17:25 - 22 minutes - 53 MB

As a native of Hong Kong, I’m confronted with the duplicity of being a creative in a market full of opportunity, but with little structure to support it. Hong Kong is vexing in that it’s a globalized financial and cultural center similar to New York and London, but unlike those cities, it still lacks on the cultural front. The underground creative industry, far removed from the fine art and luxury fashion arenas Hong Kong has long been renowned for, is young. The city’s imagination is oft...

Imperfectly Perfect — Cody Hudson for RYSE Hotel

April 27, 2018 17:06 - 34 minutes - 79.7 MB

Cody Hudson is a mutual friend that has become in many ways, the artist who’s everybody’s friend. It’s hard not to like the soft-spoken artist based in Chicago. He carries himself with this outward calm that frankly puts you at ease. His work itself feels intimately connected with himself as an individual. It’s about putting something out and not getting caught up in the details. His process is both liberating and calming despite the loose lines. Cody’s path has often been guided by curio...

Into the South — Connecting with The Mississippi Delta Chinese

April 21, 2018 00:55 - 43 minutes - 100 MB

In this story, Nate chats with NY-based photographers Emanuel Hahn and Andrew Kung. While both have a large body of experience with commercial work, the two left the big city behind for a few weeks in October 2017 to personally connect with a community in the South that’s been rooted there for generations, but remains largely misunderstood—if known at all—by the rest of America. Part photojournalism project, part personal exploration of racial and regional identity, The Mississippi Delta ...

YETI — ORIGINS

April 07, 2018 01:35 - 15 minutes - 36.2 MB

Earlier this year, we paid a visit to friend, long-time collaborator and neighbor Arthur Bray, better known as Yeti. A native Hong Konger that attended university in the UK, his career as a DJ developed through weekend trips throughout the country and its diverse club scene and alongside his partner in crime, his twin brother Tom. We sat down in his Tai Kok Tsui apartment and studio to hear about how far he’s come and the evolution of his role in music, what things look like down the li...

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