Oakland Confetti
If you’ve lived in Oakland long enough, you know the heartbreak of a bipped car window. Those little piles of shattered glass? That’s Oakland’s unofficial confetti. But what if we turned that struggle into style? A streetwear line inspired by resilience, hustle, and the art of keeping nothing valuable in your car. Would you rock it?
3 Studios, 3 Trends, All Fire
The 3x3 concept keeps things simple—three key insights at a time, whether it’s brand design, NBA fashion, or the latest in comic books. Dive in, get inspired, and maybe even rethink your own creative game.
This week I’m covering brand design. I cover typographers who treat motion like a mixtape and the minimalists who make silence deafening. Branding that bends, stretches, and reworks itself in real time. A clash of raw structures and electric, neon chaos. And a movement proving that looking good and doing good aren’t mutually exclusive. How does a notoriously heavy movement making brands fresh?
THree dimensions of Story
Want to make your designs actually resonate? Start by mastering three words and I’ll show you why they’re game changers.
I’ve been reading Junior: Writing Your Way Ahead in Advertising by Thomas Kemeny, and it reminded me of the timeless power of the Greeks. 🇬🇷✨
Mural flashback
I wore coveralls and rolled huge swaths of yellow. I fucking love yellow. You can see it from space. Once I had Marvel’s Black Panther and “Black Lives Matter” blocked in on the mural, locals started with the kind words. I painted a mural once before and it was quadruple the size of the one I put on the front of Cape & Cowl Comics in Oakland, California…