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Discovering Nara's work on Instagram, Tumblr, or through "mutuals," LA-based zoomers have flocked to see his work in person at the Hammer's group exhibition "Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice." So why are young art fans so drawn to his work? According to curator Mika Yoshitake, the task of "Breath(e)" was to curate a show around climate change in the face of 2020’s peak events — the pandemic-related lockdown, the rise of anti Asian hate, and Black Lives Matter.
Wax On Hi-Fi is spinning southern roots with Japanese vinyl culture. What does this small business mean for DTLA?⋆ A new restaurant serving more than food, but a heartbeat for a neighborhood in revival | LAist - NPR for Los Angeles
Wax On Hi-Fi opened up this past June in a part of downtown that was once considered booming metropolis, with 750,000 people passing through each day between 2012 and 2017. Then the pandemic drastically altered the trajectory of its growth. For meaningful progress in DTLA, the work starts everyday, not just with major events like the looming 2028 Olympics. As Angelenos look ahead, it will take ideas from all corners of the city to maintain its momentum.
San Clemente surf shop is collecting boards for Native Mexican youth⋆ The Hobie Surf Shop is collecting like-new surfboards in a drive for the young people living along the Baja Coast | LAist - NPR for Los Angeles
Those donations will then make their way to Indigenous youth through the nonprofit Native Like Water (NLW), which is working to preserve Indigenous youth’s sacred relationship with water. Marc Chavez is the founder and director with the nonprofit that’s making waves for these native “groms”, or surfing youth, who’ve grown up on the water.
Meet a friend (of a friend) at a new supper club in Mid-Wilshire⋆ This L.A.-based duo is putting a friendlier twist on fine dining by launching a curated experience at home | LAist - NPR for Los Angeles
Fiona Zhang and Jerry Zheng, both 26 years old, met through a mutual friend a few years ago — and connected over food and a shared ambition to launch something a little different in the L.A. restaurant scene. Friend of a Friend is their way to imagine what Asian American cooking in the West Coast could mean.
A record shop in Pasadena wants to be your friendly local ‘Tiny Desk’⋆ This record store by day is a music venue by night | LAist - NPR for Los Angeles
Record shops are popping up all around Los Angeles, but Healing Force of the Universe is doing something a little different. The store is a coin that flips between listening and performing. Nearly a year ago, singer-songwriter Austin Manuel opened his Pasadena record store with an ambitious goal: to close the gap between big industry and new music.
Finding your feel with Kamauri Yeh⋆ As Global Women's Creative Director for Nike, what does it mean to be a seasoned creative? | MUSE
When artistic choices become backed by intention, Kamauri Yeh and her team unlock an ability to world-build. Backlit colors can become useful tools to illuminate the curtain that backdrops Sha’Carri Richardson, and music can be the driving pulse to a narrator’s ability to message change.
But to be creative, let alone helm the head seat of the world’s leading apparel brand’s Women Creative Studio, was neither an early nor foreseeable aspiration.
To the beat of her own drum... that’s Emily Un ⋆ Soft colors in full force and pushing the Seattle’s aesthetics forward | MUSE
Hailing from White Center about 10 minutes out from West Seattle— Khmer American photographer Emily Un always knew that she wanted to tell stories. This journey to finding passion wasn’t so much a rushed ambition but an ongoing work in progress, fluid in both curiosity and the acceptance to try new things.
A closer look with Hyungi Park ⋆ LA-based multidisciplinary artist on tools, community, ritual, and the future | Basic.Space
With Hyungi Park in the room, you’re undoubtedly in the midst of something special. Her practice takes shape in new forms while experimenting with shape, color, and utility. What if imagined objects can be tools – for ritual and for life?
Love is a losing game⋆ The tormented lover girl’s place in the hellscape that is dating | The Daily UW, Sex Edition
To the certified lover girl, love more often than not is a losing game, a loose cannon with futile odds pinned against the devout monogamist who just wants to give her heart to someone who genuinely cares for her...
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The design aesthetics behind minimalist makeup⋆ An inquiry on the common thread that strings the beauty industry together | The Daily UW, Wellness Edition
With the emergence of popular beauty brands like Kosas, Supergoop, Milk Makeup, and The Ordinary, there is no doubt that the trendiest beauty brands are strung together by a common thread of minimalist aesthetics and product design. However, this may have blurred the line between desire and necessity.
Oh my God, miso soup⋆ The first (and only) Seattle-based miso company | The Daily UW, Exploration Edition
To engage with Seattle's culture is to explore the foodscapes that blanket the Emerald City. Anna Sugiyama and her father Shoichi have made their mark on Seattle’s food culture. In 2019, the pair established Yoka Miso, which their website describes as being the “first and only” company specializing in miso in Seattle.
Love is what makes the world go round⋆ (and keeps the wheels on the gossip machine turning) | The Daily UW, Sex Edition
Celebrity tea feeds us more than just daily gossip. It provides an almost satisfying realization that celebrities are not much different or better than us when it comes to human experiences as humbling as navigating romance. This prompts PR strategists to become the industry’s cupid of sorts, generating publicity to promote work, projects, or brands on behalf of their clients.