In 1989, things began to change. Jeff Yokohama, the visionary behind 80’s brand Maui & Sons, recognized a trend developing within the action sports apparel market. Enter Pirate Surf. Rebellious, reckless, rough around the edges, BOLD, the line was right on point with the times. Anti-Establishment was in the air, and the counter culture grunge [...]
It’s been a crazy summer at 160over90. There’s been miles of travel (what’s up Los Angeles, London, South Bend), plenty of fun, and a lot of great work, thinking, and collaboration. But before we leave the dog days of summer behind (it’s been one of the hottest Philadelphia summers on record) we wanted to share [...]
A lot of you have probably read about this or seen the trailer but for all those who haven’t, look into it, seems pretty cool. British director Kevin Macdonald (“The Last King of Scottland”, “Touching the Void”) asked people around the world to document important moments of their lives on July 24 2010 and upload [...]
Interesting work, sculptures and installations done by artist Myeongbeom Kim (and 2008 SAIC graduate).
Over the last couple years, I’ve been really interested in studying the role of typography within photography — looking at how different people capture type within an image. Walker Evans, widely considered the originator of the documentary tradition in American photography (with many thanks owed to his appreciation and collection of the picture postcard), is [...]
On a recent weekend trip to Baltimore, a friend introduced me to my new favorite place in the entire city —The Book Thing of Baltimore, Inc. Open Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to 6pm, The Book Thing is a space you can visit to pick up used books. For free! From the F.A.Q. section on [...]
