I am the Creative Director at Media Temple. I I live and work in Los Angeles, California where I also run the Los Angeles chapter of Creative Mornings.
On June 25th Willard Ford and I put on the first (of hopefully many) CreativeMornings (at night). These quarterly nighttime events will give us the opportunity to bring speakers from outside in LA into town to talk. Our first speaker was David Trubridge from New Zealand. Trubridge, famous for the lights you see above, gave an enlightening talk about our place in nature, the future of design and the importance to get outside, connect with nature and listen.
Our June LosAngeles/CreativeMornings took place at Media Temple in Culver City and our speaker was software designer and artist Josh Nimoy. We had a lot of help from the amazing folks at Blik as they not only sponsored the event, but they created custom signage for us. Thanks to Nick at Blik for doing a grab job hanging all the graphics. Check out more photos from the event right here.
Birthday boy, John Moshay, on his way to Moto Club di Santa monice
Coffee with Edward Boatman founder of The Noun Project (great iPhone case)
Checking out Media Temple - host of June LosAngeles/CreativeMornings
The rollercoaster at the Santa Monica Pier
The ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier
Silverlake at dusk
Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon
A rainy (no, really) morning in Portland, Oregon
Venice Beach Skatepark
Getting ready for boxing class at Strong Sports
If you’re using instagram look for me – jonsetzen. If you’re not, well, you really should be.
The super-talented Mindy Shapero teaching baking pan art to a group of kids
Jack's creation
Jack racing his clay racing car.
Jack's kaleidoscope
Jack in his knight costume
A few weeks back we took Jack to the Hammer Museum for their annual K.A.M.P. fundraiser. K.A.M.P. – Kid’s Art Museum Program enlists more than a dozen local artists who all setup stations for kids to learn some really fun art projects. We went to support our friends Mindy Shapero and Julian Hoeber and, of course, to let the kid go bananas for a few hours. My son had the best time ever and made kaleidoscopes, race cars, costumes, paintings, t-shirts and more. We were so busy we managed to somehow miss story-time with Rainn Wilson which I assume was great. I think the things the Los Angeles museums are doing for kids are fantastic. LACMA has their NextGEN program which gives kids under 18 free admission (plus a parent) for life. K.A.M.P. at the Hammer is one of the more enjoyable museum events I’ve ever been to and it’s impressive they’re reaching out to future generations.
Last week I toured the Herman Miller Showroom in Culver City as they were interested in hosting a LosAngeles/CreativeMornings event. The space is remarkable. It’s exactly what you’d expect from Herman Miller. It’s modern, it’s refined, it’s futuristic and I am beyond thrilled to be doing events at their space. Many thanks to Cerentha at Herman Miller for hooking this up.
