Name:
Chris Lee

Aka:  
C to the JL

Website:
ctothejl.com

Where are you from?
Holding it down for the NY/NJ area.

Who do you work for? 
Myself, I play for my own team.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
CtotheJL.com of course, and some other secrets I cannot speak about… ha.

Who would you love to work with?
I’d like to work with Nick Tershay, he’s the current owner and designer of Diamond Supply Co. his design are great, and he runs a very successful skateboarding company.

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
Nike SB Diamond Supply Co. SB’s.

What’s on your iPod right now?
Right now, J.A.M.E.S. WATTS, KiD CuDi, Drake, and Wale.

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
Fried Chicken, Mac and cheese, and the uptown drink.

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Standard ATL of course!

What are your Pet Peeves?
People who act like they know what’s up, but are complete jerk offs.

Shout outs?
All the supporters of CtotheJL.com, the CJL Crew, Lars, Matt, Kazar, Lisa. Big homey JLP, Nicky Diamonds, everyone whos been down since day one. ‘09 is going to be one hell of a year.

Check out this crazy pic I caught of Dax being rowdy in front of his mural at El Bar. And when you’re done with that, head over to his newly redesigned blog, SnortThis.com.

All weekend long, folks have been updating their twitter statuses letting us know they’ve picked up their LA x ATL fitted. We’re both flattered and encouraged by the support in our hometown! Thanks Tweeps! Thanks so much for making this release a success. We’re going to give that love back by releasing more heat in the future. Stay tuned… you won’t want to miss out.

I’m not sure when I’ll get another chance to jam on chicken wings this good, so I had to take a pic. This past weekend, Rosa allowed Sumner and a few others to try some of these legendary wings that only a hand full of guys have ever eaten. Apparently, Lan Ngo only makes these wings for Girls Night Out or Girls Night In and if you’re a dude, then you’re usually not welcome.

Ted’s headed back to Borneo to continue the work from when he went overseas earlier this year and the complimentary Estate LA 5-Panel cap that he’s wearing in this photo is going with him. It’s pretty cool to realize that in a matter of 5 days, that cap will have traveled from Los Angeles > Atlanta > Brooklyn > Borneo.

I just went by Standard on Peachtree to see how things were going and I caught @RyanAcker pushing their last two PROCESS x Estate LA caps on the phone, drinking a Whynatte, and wearing a Streetlocal tee. I had to snap a pic. Good things happen when you keep it local. Everything in this pic was created right here in the good ole U.S.A.

A lil’ slice of Americana right here.

Last weekend, Georgios and Cory decided to get everyone together for a Guerilla B.B.Q. (basically a grill-out that’s planned on the fly). After securing all the gear from friends (I provided a propane tank and grill brush) we were ready to rock. We were lucky to have some great buddies come through, including Myk from DMN in Charlotte.

Check out some photos taken by Denys Meak after the jump.

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Name:
Michael Habachy

Website:
habachydesigns.com

Where are you from?
Native of ATL…  Believe it!

Who do you work for? 
I own an Interior Design Firm called Habachy Designs, Inc.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
URUM Lounge in midtown which will be a super high glam space in a monochromatic GOLD color scheme. AU is the Latin symbol for gold.

We are working on the first modern house to get LEED Silver certification. The house is located off Barksdale in Ansley.  Here is the link: http://www.dwellmodern.com/leed.html
 
We are designing the ultimate Bachelor’s residence in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I am also working on my personal residence which is probably the most challenging. I just have too many ideas and just not enough space to use them!
 
Who would you love to work with? 
I would love to design a hotel for Ian Schrager who is the Boutique Hotel King!!! 

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
Believe it or not, I am not much of a sneaker guy, so I would probably give all of mine to charity, and then go out and replace them with a pair of Black Label, Pumas.

What’s on your iPod right now?
M83

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
Too many to list! MF Sushi, Nuevo Laredo, JCT Kitchen, and the list goes on… We really have some great restaurants in Atlanta!

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Beleeza

What are your Pet Peeves?
Clutter.

Shout outs?
To my senior designer, Evan Burton for being such a huge part of Habachy Designs!  Also, to all our clients for believing in us and giving us the opportunities to express our creativity an vision with their businesses.

Mike Germon of Thoughtmarker & Mint Gallery

This past Saturday, EC/Process participated in the first ever Gather Atlanta that took place at Eyedrum. We were lucky enough to meet some new faces and even run into some old friends. Thanks to everyone that came out and to Gather Atlanta for having us apart of the event. More photos after the jump.

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The EC/PROCESS crew will be participating in Gather Atlanta, an annual networking event which seeks to unite and promote Atlanta’s emerging galleries, alternative art spaces, and young creative collectives (presented by MINT Gallery, BurnAway, WonderRoot, and ThoughtMarker).

The show will be taking place on June 6th from 6 to 9pm at Eyedrum.

By the way, check out the sweet logo designed by our own, Erin Warner. Give it up for our girl!

Name:
Luma Mufleh

Aka:  
Coach

Website:
fugeesfamily.org

Where are you from?
Jordan

Who do you work for? 
Fugees Family

What are your Current Project(s)? 
Summer Academic Boot Camp for my boys.

Who would you love to work with?
Kermit the Frog, because he’s kind humorous and green, and understands it’s not easy being green.

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
My red converse.

What’s on your iPod right now?
Michael Jackson

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
Any home-cooked meal in Clarkson.

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
The Brockett Pub

What are your Pet Peeves?
Finger nail clippings and chewing gum with mouth wide open.

Shout outs?
My homie amanda in Steel City, my girl P. Diddy in ATL, my woman Nobooty in Spain, and my boys J. Designer and Black Beckham.

I don’t normally post videos of the Crank That or Stanky Legg nature, but when our buddy, Yuri, called this to my attention I couldn’t help but laugh. Not only does Atlanta’s EDubb have the funniest hook I’ve heard in awhile, but frontman Nemesis is wearing a PROCESS x Estate LA Chief Nokahoma fitted the whole time! I’ve watching this thing 5 times in a row and I’m really starting to like it…

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Photo by Emily Dryden

Emily Dryden recently took this portrait of rapper, Mums FP, at our old stomping ground, Portfolio Center. I’m surprised to see our jellyfish stickers still stuck up everywhere. To sweeten the pot, I’ve posted an unreleased and exclusive track from Mums FP.

Download: U Can’t Stop Me

Name:
Sumner DeMoura

Aka:  
My name is Sumner, How many of us do you know? That answers that…

Website:
www.zachwolfe.com/live peep my video edits on there or on www.snortthis.com.
I got my own shit thats about to leak out called Kinda Like A Immigrant, keep an eye out.

Where are you from?
I have been claimin’ Atlanta since 1992, when I came here as a child from
Mount Vernon, New York.

Who do you work for? 
I am Zach Wolfe’s right hand man, thats my form of income. I help everyone else out when possible with whatever is needed.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
Kinda Like A Immigrant is my big side project. Doing video editing for  Zach Wolfe and Dax with Zachwolfe.com/live and Snortthis.com. Writing a screenplay, so actors
like Cuba Gooding Jr. dont have to do movies like Daddy Day Camp, shit I need to change the channel.

Who would you love to work with?
I would love to work with Danny McBride any day, I want to work with growers in Humboldt County, Cali. I would love to learn how to blow glass with Tommy Chong, Nike that would be cool to work with, working with Obama would be badass like be one of his advisors, I would like to start a dog shelter with Michael Vick and DMX, and make a new TV show with Dave Chappelle, oh yeah and a movie with Martin Scorsese.

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
They can have anything they want.

What’s on your iPod right now?
Here are some artist from my recently played, Gucci Mane, Barrington Levy, Big Boi, Big Tymers, Chip Tha Ripper, Phoenix, The Black Lips, Stacey Q (Two of Hearts is my Jam), Gorilla Zoe, Lil Wayne, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mos Def, OJ Da Juiceman, Peter Tosh, Project Pat, Rick Ross, and Saigon.

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
Nuevo Laredo Best Mexican in Atlanta, Carvers you better get there early before all the lunch is gone, and my moms cooking if you have had it you know what I’m talking about…

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Studio 900 but on Thursday and Friday your gonna catch me at El Bar Wasted Might Dont Make It.

What are your Pet Peeves?
People who say Im doing good, when it should be I’m doing well. People that just want and dont have anything to give back. Rain, yeah thats a big one I hate the rain.

Shout outs?
okay here we go Mom and Dad for doing it and birthing me ha, my sister, Sommer hope your having fun in Europe, Zach Wolfe, Dax, Les, Slugger, Shaun, Rob and Rosa Wonder, Phil, Cory, Ryan and the Streetlocal guys, Aaron and The Joneses, Larry and Georgios and the Process guys, Nene, Arash, A/C, Radar, Dan Hollister, Josh Meister, Jay Morel, Urban Medium, Sharon, Malik, Supreeme, Farshad Arshid and The Standard Fam, Shawn From Walters, Chris Black, HBO, Showtime, Apple, Swisher Sweet cigars, all the banging budz that are harvested all the time, Chelsea FC, and anyone that has ever gotten in the Wrangler and partied in the smoke.

If you haven’t heard of the Willie Isz, you will come this summer. Goodie Mob frontman and Dungeon Family member, Khujo Goodie, has joined forces with Jneiro Jarel to orchestrate their first album, “Georgiavania”. From what I’ve heard so far, the sound is reminiscent of classic goodie mob crunk with a futuristic hip-hop twist that Jneiro Jarel brings to the table. Can’t wait to hear the rest of the album that is due to release in June on Lex Records.

Download: Willie Isz - The Grussle

This is the first taste we get from Mikkey’s The Last Shall Be First EP (produced by Mr. Money Machine aka Don Cannon) and it’s a certified banger! Very appropriate for Memorial Day. It’ll be on heavy rotation in the Treehouse all summer long.

Download: Mikkey Halsted - Hello

If you missed out on SWARM: Atlanta Edition last Friday night, you won’t be any of these photos by Hadi. You can, however, see how much fun we had with our Charlotte friends!

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Despite it being Memorial Day Weekend, the scene at our studio was bustling with life on Saturday. EC resident photographer, Jorge Menes, was working on set for client, Megan Huntz Dresses. Jorge has worked with Megan on her lookbooks since the beginning of her line several years back. The shots always take my breath away, and I have no doubt that they’ll do the same this time around.

Keep an eye out for a post from Jorge in the coming weeks as he turns the imagery from this weekend into finished lookbook-worthy shots. If we’re lucky, he’ll walk us through the “process”.

Check out a few more behind-the-scenes photos by yours truly after the jump.
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Hollyweerd teams up with Grip Plyaz on a new track that reference’s life in Atlanta. This seems to be a winning formula for Grip, as we recently heard him crush the track on DJ Smile’s Atlanta Bitch.

Download: Hollyweerd feat. Grip Plyaz - She’s So ATL

This was filmed by the boys over at ZachWolfe.com during their recent photoshoot for Gucci Mane. Rob was DJ’ing the shoot with the “Kaossilator” (smallest/funniest beat machine ever). Go to RobWonderRadio.com to hear Rob’s monthly show, No Static at All. Props to Zach Wolfe, Sumner, and Dax for a hilarious video. Big things are coming from this crew. Zach’s even teaching a class at Portfolio Center, our old stomping grounds!