Fashion

FashionAlai Ali and the Power of SeeingImagine having traveled to sixty-seven countries, resided in seven, and speaking five languages. Imagine growing up in a multicultural household with two linguist parents. Imagine, in mid-September 2001, being a Yemeni-Bosnian-American child, told that you could no longer speak your language. Imagine Alia Ali. The 34-year-old artist, now in Los Angeles for her Masters in Fine Art, went to college…

Jacob Byers

April 17, 2020 · 1 min read

FashionOn the Edge of FailureI'm in Hollywood to meet photographer Joe Pugliese. I walk past star-studded sidewalks and restaurants you've seen a million times on movies and TV, but there are no celebrity sightings, just regular Angelenos going about their business. It's a fitting match for Joe’s photographs, which bridge the gap between stars and civilians by normalizing the celebrity and elevating the rest of us to a hero…

Jacob Byers

April 17, 2020 · 1 min read

FashionThe WFH Mixtape: Michael Jeter"This playlist contains threads that if pulled, might just lead you to a path toward your very own magical creative potion album." — Michael Jeter, creative director on the brand studio at Dropbox

Jacob Byers

April 17, 2020 · 1 min read

FashionStandards Manuals: Guidlines for InspirationIn the last few years, there's been an enthusiastic revival of old-school brand guidelines; for example, the popular reboots of the NASA and New York City Transit Authority standards manuals, both thanks to Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth. I'm a design librarian and archivist with Letterform Archive, and it’s exciting to see this revival translate into increased interest in the Archive's deep…

Jacob Byers

April 17, 2020 · 1 min read