[Tweet “Consumers want unique items that represent their one-of-a-kind personality.”] Customization is nothing new. Long time players like Etsy and Threadless helped to grow the movement. By letting people have access to pieces from independent designers, Etsy gives users the chance to purchase totally unique items you won’t find in stores. Threadless has taken […]
While in China, I witnessed a slight shift happening in Beijing / Shanghai where Millennias are expressing themselves more freely and combining accents from their traditional roots to exhibit their unique fashion style.
Ever since my trip to Asia, my perspective of New York has changed. In the last few years, NYC has become a tech mecca that’s able to rival Silicon Valley. It’s bubbling with young entrepreneurs who are hungry to save the world and it’s certainly a refreshing change of pace. But lately I’ve been wondering […]
The Internet and Social Media have both completely revolutionized not only how culture is shared but also how it’s defined. There are subcultures and micro-movements online that never would have existed if it wasn’t for instantaneous file sharing and the ease of use of media production software. All of the creative realms have been affected […]
For the last few years Hipster Runoff has been the de facto leader in criticizing hipster and internet culture through an amazing lens of half joking / half serious / half none of the above. The anonymous creator and writer for the site Carles is as much of an Internet construct as the topics he […]
As pop culture evolves, so does the context of how we frame and categorize culture, and the more rapidly it changes, sometimes the harder it becomes to exactly define what we’re talking about. A great example of this new conceptual pop culture are the #HDBoyz. Who or exactly what are the #HDBoyz? Are they […]
The idea of an online persona has become so commonplace that it’s almost easy to forget how recent of a concept it really is. Over the last few years Facebook, Tumblr and other sites have become the go to platforms for teens and Millennials to seamlessly merge their real lives into an online persona that’s […]
You must have been under some sort of Internet rock in the last year or so to have missed out on the meteoric ascension of the rapper Lil B. He’s probably the best example of how the Internet and Social Media can transform a burgeoning avant garde bedroom artist into Fader magazine covers and sold […]
Tweens are becoming the new go-to source for how to market and sell to adults. It seems our very children are the ones advertisers are seeking out on how to sell us our fancy new “toys”, whether it’s a sleek aerodynamic Detroit built monolith, or a Smartphone. One industry that’s definitely become prevalent in teens […]
Social Networking has so many different uses and practical applications, but there’s also a voyeuristic side where you can anonymously observe micro-events as they’re unfolding while passively engaging in a Tweet convo that was never meant for your eyes, but simultaneously willingly shared. This past week a new version of this messy social conundrum occurred […]