Articles by Joshua Blankenship from May 2011

Six weeks before an East London community swimming pool facility was set to be destroyed, Nike 6.0 turned it into a world class BMX park for four weeks of events and workshops. (via the always on poin...

She was The One Who Got Away, but I just call her The One. She changed her last name on our wedding day. Happy 4th Anniversary, Mrs. Blankenship. You were a beautiful bride, but you’re an even b...

There’s something about Atlanta-based photographer John Kelso’s work that feels So Very The South. I love it" the lighting, the settings, random captured moments, all of it…...

I firmly believe that as a designer if you have an intimate relationship with the manufacturing and the materials that you’re working with your designs will have more meaning and integrity. &quo...

Even when the mission seems impossible, it is the strength of our belief that makes success possible. The absence of this belief guarantees failure. A strong belief in the mission fuels our ability to...

We systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other. " Clay Shirky...

Watching Roy Slaper sew a pair of jeans is beautiful stuff. There’s a good reason handmade, USA-made jeans like these cost hundreds of dollars…. I have some strong opinions about craft in ...

Watching Roy Slaper sew a pair of jeans is beautiful stuff. There’s a good reason handmade, USA-made jeans like these cost hundreds of dollars…. I have some strong opinions about craft in ...

This could be about baseball. Or work. Slumps are like soft beds. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of. " Johnny Bench...

Brooklyn-based emcee and DJ MeLo-X knows his instrument well, only in this case his instrument is an Akai MPD32 and he live remixes to great success. You can check out more of his remixes on Bandcamp....