Check out our buddy, Shane Smallz (repping the Process), in the most recent Creative Loafing Charlotte. Thanks to Joe for the heads-up!
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I’m in TX this weekend and I decided to check out the monument-of-excess that Jerry Jones built for the ‘Boys. The field isn’t laid out right now because they are busy setting the stage up for the U2 concert on Monday night. As you can see, the highly-controversial scoreboard has been raised to 110 ft to set up the stage area for the U2 bros to run around.
Photo by Kevin Byrd
Name:
Travis Ekmark
Aka:
My first car was a humble 1989 Mazda 626. My friends called it “The Crappy Travis.” Eventually, the nickname for the car became interchangeable as a nickname for me. 16-year-old me was not pleased.
Website:
travisekmark.com
travisekmark.tumblr.com
Where are you from?
Atlanta, y’all. Please.
Who do you work for?
Myself, Armchair, and People of Resource.
What are your Current Project(s)?
At Armchair: writing, design, and production of content for the College Board take up most of my time these days. I have to say, our team is killing it lately.
For People of Resource, I’ve been doing some writing for DEX Studios and some internal strategy and design.
Just finished some work through Quo Vadis for lighting designer Christopher Moulder.
I’m designing a short publication for some of my favorite furniture designers, Rich Brilliant Willing. Also: doing a new tour poster for a very talented old friend, Sean Renner.
Figuring out systems, strategy, and social movements with Ted, Sri, and Melissa at Entry Level Big Thinkers. Trying to understand where young, upstart designers and thinkers fit into that space.
Gluzman and I are attempting to gain some footing as to where our collaborative relationship will go next as Mingle (eager to get more 3-D). Ted and I have begun a new art and design project, but it’s kinda hush hush for now.
My wife and I keep a food blog of low-res iPhone photos of things we eat or make (and articles we like) called How to Eat Food.
Who would you love to work with?
I learn so much from all the people I’m working with now. Being in demanding, open, collaborative environments like Armchair and Resource is probably my favorite thing in the world. I’m psyched to go to work everyday and I feel pretty fortunate in that regard. Otherwise, I’d love to collaborate with some more outside-of-ATL friends: in particular, Foda Studio in Austin, Craig Berman in Chicago, and American Design Club in New York. Other dream teams: Charles and Ray Eames, Daniel Eatock, Naoto Fukasawa, OMA/AMO, Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam.
If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep?
Real answer: Beat-up Adidas Sambas. Preferred future answer: Air Max 95s in the original colorway. Or the Jordans from around the same time that had the patent leather. Nike was on fire then.
What’s on your iPod right now?
A constantly evolving mixture of old favorites, things I read about on blogs, and things I hear Farbod play at Armchair. To be specific, I can’t get enough of: Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, Animal Collective, Sigur Ros, Washed Out, Volcano Choir, Bibio, Eluvium, and The Field.
What’s your Favorite ATL food?
The standard Chick-fil-a Chicken Sandwich, Nuevo Laredo, or whatever the moment dictates on Buford Highway.
What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Octane
What are your Pet Peeves?
Ugh, my own work habits: I love new projects and I love working hard, but I’m also incredibly easy to distract.
Shout outs?
My lady, Stacy, and my kids, Bennett and Vivian. Additionally: My brothers, Kevin and Kenny. Sibling-in-laws: Noelle, Trey, and Nick. Armchairs: Kevin, Stefan, Farbod, Nate, Aaron, Michelle, JTrav, Melissa, Ryan, Gluzman, Erica, Rebecca, Marta. Resourceful People: DVA, Sloan, SK. All Yall: Sean, Ted, Nik, Rick Julian, Chris, Shelton, Collin, Zak, Josh, James Nord, Dudes of Sid Mashburn, new friends, old friends I don’t see enough of, and, the internet.
Come one, come…100 only! ESPERANZA & THE PROCESS have teamed up with your Atlanta Hawks to bring you a sporting experience like no other.
We have been given a block of lower level, center-court seats so that you can open up the 2009-2010 Hawks season in style on October 28th. Only 100 of these normally $80 tickets will be sold at a discounted price of $50. And if that weren’t enough… Each ticket will include the following:
-Pregame Tailgate
-Courtside Access for Pregame Warmups
-A Complimentary Chic-Fil-A Meal
-A Gift Bag of Game Day Exclusive Products from Esperanza, Process, & Sponsors with details leaking soon.
Important: All tickets will be waiting for you at will call at Philips Arena on game day. We are not shipping any of these tickets to anyone. Just swing by Will Call with a photo I.D. and your tickets will be under your name.
Click on the ticket above to purchase (via Esperanza’s webstore).
Our friends, Rehab, are releasing the single, 1980, off of their acclaimed album, Graffiti the World. They asked EC to create artwork to go along with their radio-promo CD’s as well as art to accompany song downloads and other fun stuff.
The lyrics to the song remind me of a bro going to his high school reunion and hollering at shortys from way back. It just so happens that my 10-year reunion is coming up soon, so it made sense to draw Rehab’d “class ring”. I intended for the colors in the ring and background to dynamically change out to the school colors of the different regions they’d promote the song in. For example, Red/Black/White for Georgia/Athens area, and Orange/Blue/Green for Florida, and so forth. Somehow the management really liked the Varsity Gold and Maroon colorway I presented. I like it too, except it sort of reminds me of the worst NFL team ever ever ever (Redskins).
Photos by Jorge Menes
About a month ago, we were contacted by Kristina Feliciano, from Stockland Martel Blog. Kristina is the one responsible for making it one of the best photography blogs out there. For those of you who may not know, Stockland and Martel represents some of the brightest and hottest talent in the photography industry, to include Georgia’s own: Liz Von Hoene and Jim Fiscus. Kristina had read one of our Photo Friday posts about Stockland Martel photographer, Hans Gissinger. She thought it would be fun if Hans and I got a chance to speak again, and catch up since the last time we spoke. Like before, I decided to do a photo for Hans in appreciation for taking the time to speak to me. Here is a link to that conversation. Big thanks to Hans, Kristina, and the Stockland Martel crew. We love collabos! Kristina, let’s do this again soon. Enjoy, ya’ll.
Name:
Joe Martinez
Aka:
Joe Focus, J-money, Joe Martinez Photography
Website:
www.joemartinezphotography.com
Where are you from?
Always an interesting question. My parents are in the Navy, so I don’t have a “hometown” per se. We moved up and down the east coast for a while before heading out to Okinawa, Japan for 8 years (our longest deployment), so I guess technically I’m from Okinawa (aka, THE ROCK!)
Who do you work for?
I’m a freelance photographer so it varies, but I guess my biggest clients are Atlanta Magazine, Yahoo! Music, Converse, and Decrypt Productions.
What are your Current Project(s)?
I just finished up shooting a couple assignments for ATL Magazine which should be in the October & November issues. Before that, I was in Europe shooting some press kit images for international singer-songwriter, Ana Free, and my good friend, Blake Brandes. We shot for two weeks in the Greek Islands; white sands, crystal clear water, and amazing weather. All in a hard days work! Next up, I’m looking to continue some personal projects and get some new promotional pieces out. Gotta stay grinding!!
Who would you love to work with?
I’d love to shoot for Monocle Magazine and GOOD Magazine. Love their design and the organic look to all of their photography. I’d also like to do some collaborative documentary work with some of my fellow young shooters here in the ATL.
If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep?
My BRONZE Nike R9 soccer cleats. They’ve been all over the world with me, and even though the soles are finally starting to fall off, I’ll keep taping them up until they literally fall off my feet.
What’s on your iPod right now?
Ryan Leslie, Third Eye Blind, Phoenix, Maximo Park, Soulfire, Blueprint 3, J. Cole, Janelle Monae, Little Brother, Outkast, Kid Cudi, Common Market, Blu, Blue Scholars, Mos Def, Fabolous, Donnis, Frank Sinatra and John Mayerz, haha.
What’s your Favorite ATL food?
Western omelette from the Majestic for breakfast, Brick Burger from Brick Store for lunch, anything from 2 Urban Licks for dinner. Oh, and R. Thomas for a late night snack.
What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Every time I think I’m over El Bar, I show up and fall in love all over again.
What are your Pet Peeves?
Dook University, the Cowboys not making the playoffs, dudes in super skinny jeans, Comcast, tourists, past due invoices, bad photography from good photographers, cheap labor from bad photographers.
Shout outs?
Big shout out to THE Wake Forest University, all of my fellow Demon Deacons, Coach Buck and the LuHi Crusaders, the Huge Mules, DJ Decryption (Yo Mookie!!) , Ana Free (Greecey!), Juliet & Ed, The Soulfire fam, ALL of the A.I. JOE SUPPORTERS, Treehouse crew, EC, The Graduates, Innuendo, the Columbus crew: Swellica (and Babo!) & J-Shores, Furlough Creamery, Ross “Rossome” Martin Photography, Jamie “J-Hops” Hopper Photography, Emily “E-Drizzles” Dryden Photography, Special K (Die first, then quit!), the whole Oki crew (Which Foo??), all of my OZ/NZ friends, to my little sis who just graduated from college and is already making more money than me, and to my mom (HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA!!) and dad…this will all be worth it one day. Hang in there with me.
I’ve been reading a lot of Atlanta Hawks Basketblogs lately, and they’ve officially confirmed that the Hawks ARE unveiling a new alternate jersey on October 25th (3 days before Opening Night). I have a feeling (actually more like verbal confirmation from the beaks of designers at ATL Spirit) that they are going to be red jerseys with ATL written across the chest… similar to my mock-up that I posted during last season’s playoffs.
This is really exciting for peeps out there that are hardcore about sports-branding like myself. Sign me up for a #27 Zaza Pachulia joint!
Head over to StandardATL.com and fill out their market research survey (it takes about 30 seconds to fill out) and receive 10% off your next purchase. Don’t be stupid.
Our homie from Charlotte, A Huf, recently released this mixtape to the web. It’s great fodder for Monday morning creativity, so check it out!
Download (via Mediafire): A Huf - The Morning After
photo taken from AJC.com
I apologize about the lack of updates lately. We, among other ATLiens, have experienced being flooded out from historic rains over the past few weeks. Here are some photos taken at our apartments by Jared Dalcourt this past Monday. Read more »
Check out our boy, Greg Mike, getting ready for his first solo show in San Francisco at the Medicine Agency . The show features hand painted pieces, sculptures, tee shirts, accessories, prints and collectibles designed and created over the past ten months. The centerpiece of the show is an army of 100 hand painted soda cans that have been transformed into the kaleidoscopic “POPSTARS AND COKEHEADS” characters, a playfully sinister cast of unique and eye-catching creatures. If you happen to be in San Francisco, go check out the show.
NOVEMBER 6TH, 2009
GREG MIKE’S: POPSTARS AND COKEHEADS
LOCATION: THE MEDICINE AGENCY
1262 MASON STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Mike Germon from ThoughtMarker sent in this sweet photo of him enjoying one of the last days of summer 2009 in one of our “Dirty South” trucker caps. If you want to know what’s going on in the underground art scene in ATL, his blog is the go-to spot.
Photo by Kevin Byrd
Name:
Michael Gluzman
Aka:
Gluz or The Gluz
Website:
www.michaelgluzman.com
Where are you from?
Riga, Latvia
Who do you work for?
Armchair Media, Quo Vadis, Christopher Moulder, and myself.
What are your Current Project(s)?
I just wrapped on a short film directed by David Bruckner called One for the Road on which I was the production designer. I’m also working on a miniature DIY video about the SAT Test at Armchair Media for the College Board.
Who would you love to work with?
Honestly, I’m already working with some of the people I’ve always wanted to. I get to work with Christopher Moulder, David Bruckner, Wesley Wingo, Travis Ekmark, the people of Quo Vadis, Armchair…that being said, I wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to work with Teague, Frog, Formation, Ziba, or with some of the greats of cinema.
If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep?
My silver Diesels.
What’s on your iPod right now?
Miike Snow, Jay-Z, David Guetta, Trentmoller.
What’s your Favorite ATL food?
Cheese Fritters and Belgian Fries from The Porter.
What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Octane.
What are your Pet Peeves?
When people finish my sentences. People who say they will do something and never do. Pretention.
Shout outs?
Shout out to my wonderful lady, Ieva. Shout out to my family, friends, coworkers, and cohorts.
I just finished this illustration for our friend and local DJ, Rob Wonder. He’s been on tour with Scion this summer and just started a new campaign. We’ve been working on a few things with Rob so keep an eye out for more stuff to come soon. Photograph was taken by Zach Wolfe who just recently just shot the cover of Time magazine. Congrats Zach. Big things happening in Atlanta.
Here are a few close-up shots after the jump. Read more »
I found some really awesome videos on the world wide web this week one of which was done by an Australian photographer by the name of Keith Loutit. After looking a little bit more I found that Loutit had a whole series of videos that use a combination of tilt-shift lenses and time-lapse photography. Take these two things and combine them into video and you get some really amazing imagery. Here are a few of my favorites after the jump. Read more »
This week marked the end of a great project we did for FINN Jewelry here in New York.
EC was part of a great team assembled to give this hip jewelry company a fresh identity and new web digs.
I just wrapped development on the FINN Jewelry website. Checkout their beautiful products! The website includes some fun interactive elements that show the spirit of FINN’s creators, Soraya Silchenstedt and Candice Pool. Photography is by Alexi Lubomirski, photographer from Future Digital, another EC branding and web project. Design by Epidemik Coalition and Black Rose NYC.
Check out what our friends at Fresh.i.Am have been working on. They have just release some limited edition polished acrylic pendants which feature two distinct designs. They only made 100 of these so don’t sleep on ‘em. Check out both pendants here. Support Your Local Brands!!!
Here’s a new track from an ATL artist, PILL, that’s debuting this week on MTV Jams. What’s special is that this video was filmed and edited by our friends, Zach and Sumner respectively, from Zach Wolfe Live. This is their first music video to produce and they’ve already made it to MTV. They are batting 1.000! Congrats fellas! How many A-town landmarks can you spot?
