12 extraordinarily influential young creative talents
will be speaking in a relaxed and intimate atmosphere.
Shepard Fairey
Artist
The 34-year-old Shepard Fairey is known as one of the most prolific and notorious street artists of his generation, creating images that have spread through urban centers all over the world. Shepard's many endeavors include the infamous OBEY GIANT campaign, his design agency Studio Number One, and recently his most ambitions exhibit to date, E PLURIBUS VENOM on display at the Jonathon LeVine Gallery in New York.
Joshua Davis
Design Technologist
A proficient illustrator and painter with a passion for technology, Davis’ work brought an entirely new dimension to art. Utilizing randomization in controlled environments, or Chaos Theory, Davis established a new and unique perspective on visual communication and creative expression, pioneering an area previously unexplored in graphic design.
Phunk Studio
Design House
A true tiger of a studio, :phunk has rewritten the rulebook for 13 years on the trot. Rock music’s rebellious spirit has driven the collective since its inception. An appropriation and reinvention of global pop culture has become the studio’s calling card whether shooting music videos, designing clothing or creating large-scale installations.
Michael C. Place
Graphic Designer
Michael C. Place is creative director/founder of graphic design studio Build which prides itself on its craft-like approach to print. Founded in 2001, Build has since established itself as a studio with an almost obsessive attention to detail, no matter what the project.
Matt Owens &
Mark Owens
Designers
Cumulatively, brothers Matt and Mark Owens are an artist, designer, scholar, writer, filmmaker, and gallery owner. Apart, they are each inspirational fixtures in an ever-changing design world. On Sep 7th, for the first time, they will be speaking together.
Michael Muller
Photographer
Erotic and cultish, Muller’s fashion and advertising photos showcase a propitious career. His shamefully enticing celebrity portraiture has made him a favorite amongst Hollywood’s elite including, Alec Baldwin, Leonardo Dicaprio, Will Smith, Pharrell Williams, and Adrien Brody to name only a few of Michael's seemingly endless stream of 'A list' clientele.
The Mill
Visual Effects Artists
The Mill is a world renowned, Oscar-winning visual effects company, based in London, New York, and Los Angeles. The Mill has won more awards for visual effects than any other facility in Europe for their groundbreaking work for clients like Sony, Nike, and Honda.
