My newest obsession is South London native Jessie Ware, who has been appropriately labeled a “proper pop star.” Her soulful-yet-sweet vocals so perfectly suit this Watch Listen Tell acoustic version of her breakout single, “Wildest Moments.”
Also check out: the official music video for this ballad as well as the -ultra-catchy remix featuring A$AP Rocky.
Let’s hear it for hands-on work and building projects!
Celebrate this sentiment with Dad this weekend: Father’s Day is Sunday, June 16th!
It’s time to do some good! Amazing advocates for all things biking, walking and public transit, we’re stoked to devote this Flash of Good round to Transportation Alternatives.
Fifty percent of all profits from Letterpress Cards by Helen Williams will be donated to the TransAlt cause. Sale runs from June 12th-26th.
A couple of weeks ago I woke up with a song in my head. I didn’t know the artist or song title; all I knew was a bit of the lyrics: “…in my dreams I’m dying all the time,” and it didn’t take me long to find it was a song called Porcelain by Moby. After a couple of times of listening to the song that day, I looked for the album, Play. I started up the first song and listened through the whole album. I was hooked.
Jamming to your favorite music is the perfect way to spend a warm spring day!
What are you listening to these days? Send us your tweets and tag #moreofthis.
Congrats @idameretes, you are our newest Instagram contest winner!
The finalists for the second Holstee Fellowship are here! Please vote for your favorite idea on our Facebook poll here.
Lauren & Cheryl Natoli - Drink Your Juice is igniting a happiness revolution by building a platform for “happiness seekers” to connect, improve themselves and the world around them. DYJ will help subscribers increase their levels of happiness by providing relevant content and support to achieve any desired goal.
Christopher Markl - Kourage is a start-up company that leverages the tradition of Kenyan runners to create authentic Kenyan running apparel. Kourage is 100% Kenyan and African. Everything (aside from sales) is conducted by Kenyans in Kenya including design, photography, testing, accounting, and management.
Blaire Briody - “The Oil Men” will be a nonfiction book and multimedia journalism project covering the oil boom in Williston, North Dakota. What was once a small town, has been transformed overnight into a bustling nearly all-male metropolis. Because of the boom, living costs have skyrocketed, forcing thousands of men to live in man camps where the high rent will barely get them a trailer with running water.
Beatrice Anderson - ETA will conduct a pilot program this summer through a partnership with the Flatbush Development Corporation. Middle schoolers will explore racism as a public health issue through the study of media literacy. ETA will have the opportunity to test the concept of a student-led curriculum, co-planning among learning facilitators, and the chance to further develop methodology and classroom rituals.
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. - Ferdinand Foch
As I was going to sign in to upload a post unrelated to what I will instead talk about, my heart sank and my mouth went dry as I stared in awe at the Tumblr background image seen above. I was repeatedly electroshocked by the stark contrast of my reality.
The extraordinary potential of our world and our future is being annihilated by an elite group of supremely gluttonous animals, and those currently on the downside of luck in Istanbul and beyond need our immediate attention and support.
Our Turkish brothers and sisters are fighting for freedom, the same freedom we enjoy each and every day, and they need our help. Their ruthless dictator of a leader is carrying out inumane acts of violence and seizing local media outlets to silence their courageous efforts, and this is my effort to continually share their story and honor their strength, courage and will to push back.
My Turkish friend Ali says the following of the situation, via Facebook:
Many of you in one way or another have heard and seen the scenes that are unfolding in Turkey over the last few days. The only thing that hurts more than not being able to be there with friends and family is the fact that foreign media seems to be more willing to cover the events than its Turkish counterpart. This is the final conquest of a regime which has gained control over all arms of the government, social services and institutions. The events that you see today are reported as a protest against the development of a park in the centre of Istanbul, in reality they are the reaction against years of oppression and slow-but-sure erosion of a nation’s civil rights and liberties. The people of Turkey are fighting for the secular ideals of ATATURK upon which the nation was founded. The people of Turkey are fighting against a corrupt police force, a bought and paid for media and a bigoted despot who this afternoon threatened to “hang a few bodies from those trees”.
Please do what you can to spread the news of these most intolerable and inhumane acts.
Reuters Article with more information found here.
New letterpress card set from our latest design collaborator, Matt Braun.
Inspired by the prompt to “live mindfully,” Braun created art that reminds us to Reflect, Aspire to Inspire, Shine and Be Steadfast.
Get your set here.
Our team got to take an awesome tour of the Flavor Paper space yesterday! Such a great opportunity to learn more about their unique process and the company’s history.
Big thanks to Jon Sherman for showing us around!
Nothing says warm weather is here like trips to your local farmer’s market for fresh, seasonal goodness!
What are your favorite summer finds? Send us your thoughts and tweets (@HOLSTEE) and tag #moreofthis.
I first discovered the brilliance of Quadron back in 2010 with the single Slippin’. Every season, I compile a playlist for my friends and I and was lucky to come across that single. Since then, I’ve been a huge fan. With singles like Pressure on her amazing debut album and her ear-gasmic covers, how can you not be intrigued?
Quadron is a Danish duo consisting of singer Coco Maja Hastrup Karshøj and musician/producer Robin Hannibal. The group calls itself and the music they provide, electronic soul. They are about to release their second album “Avalanche” on June 6 and I cannot wait. Their new single Hey Love does not disappoint and it makes me want to take a dance break whenever it comes on. (Check out the impressive acoustic version of Hey Love)
Yesterday was a big day of team building, literally :-) We are building out our new studio space with some fresh new reclaimed lumber tables, a kitchen for more cooking adventures and a workshop for prototyping!
We took a lunch break for Deirdre’s homemade veggie green curry and quinoa and had two awesome guest designers, Thierry Blancpain (who designed our logo four years back!) and Dave Foster!
Excited to post more pics as we progress with the space, and give us a visit if you’re in Gowanus!
It’s been one month since we started the #holsteemanifesto campaign on Instagram and we’ve received over 100 snapshots of the Holstee Manifesto in some awesome homes! Keep them comin’! This week’s winner is @Husetpaavikse! Congrats!
Simple designs in bright, bold color: new letterpress cards from designer Sascha Mombartz.
Check them out here.
