The legendary graphic designer and co-founder of New York magazine, Milton Glaser, passed away on June 26th at age 91.

 

One of Glaser’s most recognizable works is his I Love New York logo which he designed in 1977. He was also well known for his poster designs — one of his first and most renowned posters was the psychedelic Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits poster.

 

If you haven’t already seen it (or even if you have) we recommend watching Milton Glaser’s TED Talk below. In it he offers an insight into his creative approach (and sense of humor) as he muses on what makes a convincing poster, by breaking down an idea and making it new.

Dive deeper into Milton’s wisdom and read about the 10 things he learned, which was part of an AIGA talk he gave in London in 2001.

We’re very excited to be the new Los Angeles City Host for The Design Kids.

 

We’re kicking things off next week with our first #TDKtuesdays event at The Semi-Tropic in Echo Park. Come join us for a drink, grab some food if you like, and meet other creatives. It’ll be good chance to chat about the kinds of events you want to see in the coming months too.

 

Not sure what #TDKtuesdays is all about? It’s a no-pressure, beginners welcome, hi-fives encouraged anti-networking event on the first Tuesday of every month.

 

It’s a great place for design students, graduates and professionals to meet other design students, graduates and professionals, have a chat, swap notes, get involved and just generally build a bigger and better design community in their cities. If you are shy and “networking” (dirty word) is hard, this is a easy place to start. Grab a friend and come say hi!

 

RSVP to the event here.

Yeah Girl began as an exhibition featuring photos of female skateboarders shot by female photographers around the world.

 

After three years of exhibitions across three continents, over 10 girls skate sessions hosted, and multiple brand collaborations, Yeah Girl grew into a global media platform celebrating the intersection of women’s skateboarding and creativity.

 

To align with Yeah Girl’s mission to spotlight women within skateboarding, we designed a clean and minimal site that showcases editorial content.

 

Visit yeahgirlmedia.com

In the 1960s Bill Eppridge photographed New Yorker’s skateboarding for the first time, capturing the pure joy and exhilaration experienced by people with no preconceived idea of what skateboarding is.

All photos by Bill Eppridge for Life Magazine. You can view more photos from this series and see the original magazine spreads over here.

To finish off 2018, BLNKT hit the courts with professional tennis player Ena Shibahara to capture her in action. We’re currently working on a new website for Ena, which will launch in early 2019.

On Saturday, Skate Like A Girl hosted their annual SK8BAE Fundraiser in the Bay Area. The event also doubled as the soft launch of SLMBR Party, an apparel brand brought to you by the legendary Vanessa Torres and Kim Woozy, and proudly branded by BLNKT.

This is just the beginning. Stay tuned for more from SLMBR Party in the new year.

Woah! Inception…

 

Welcome to our new website! We’ve been bringing this baby to life for a little while now and we’re excited to finally share it with the world. Keep checking back as we add more of our latest work and share stories (and music, and gossip etc.) from the studio.