Ashley, Mike and I just finished our portrait session with Emily Pilloton, Project H founder and executive director. Emily started Project H Design as a means to encourage more socially-conscious design initiatives within the product design industry. She is also a regular contributer to GOOD, ID and ReadyMade, and although she may tell you otherwise, we found out her true SoftSpot is cupcakes.
Mike, Emily, and Ashley catch the last of the sun’s rays at Ocean Beach, SF.
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When we sat down to speak with IDEO’s Jennifer Leonard, she took us up to the park by her cottage in the Bernal Heights district of San Francisco and shared her thoughts on design for social change, punk aesthetics, and how she got personal with Global Warming.
Photo: Jonathan Snyder
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The Soft Spot crew was graciously invited down to Half Moon Bay for a candid interview and photo shoot with John Bielenberg, founder of C2 Design and director of Project M. John is also on the board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), is the Vice President and Director of the Pop!Tech Institute, loves bikes and has a studio so close to Mavericks surf spot that you can practically step into the water from the front door. He is awesome, and we are very grateful for the time he gave us. Thanks John.
Photo: Jonathan Snyder
We met Mark Randall from WorldStudio a few days ago. He’s a great guy and an awesome designer. Photos to come, but in the meantime check out this video from Cause/Effect where he talks about the Urban Forest Project.
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Last week Jenna Wortham and I caught up with Shepard Fairey at the White Walls Gallery in SF for the opening of his new show, The Duality of Humanity. He talked about his work and the runaway success of his posters for the Obama campaign. Read the entire article here on Wired.com.
Photo: Jonathan Snyder
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While on assignment this morning, I met up with Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia. He let me know that his SoftSpot is freedom of speech. He sits on the board of trustees at The Wikimedia Foundation. They are a nonprofit charitable organization encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content. Wikipedia is one of the 10 most visited websites in the world.
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