The Usual No.2
Wow I can’t believe I am so late posting issue No.2 of The Usual! Edited by my BFF Yasha Wallin and designed by yours truly, this seasonal “love letter to Montauk,” focuses on the people and places that make the easternmost tip of Long Island so special. Issue No.2 features a photo essay by Rachel Chandler; interviews with designer Rogan, surf pioneer Tom Curren, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith, daughter of music royalty Savannah Buffett, artist David Matterhorn and The Postelles. Additional contributions by Ken Miller, Seth Herzog, Phil Winser and Ben Towill of Fat Radish/Ruschmeyer’s, Will Adler and Joe Curren.
How does a magazine get printed? Check out our behind-the-scenes video of printing The Usual No.2, shot by the incredibly talented Julien Rodrigues of Invert Production.
How does a magazine get printed? Check out our behind-the-scenes video of printing The Usual No.2, shot by the incredibly talented Julien Rodrigues of Invert Production.
The Usual blows up!
I’m half a year late posting this but ‘THE USUAL BLOWS UP!’ Facehunter included an interview with us in their Montauk video. If it gets too annoying, fast forward to 4:20 to watch our section. And I use the word ‘interview’ loosely… stay tuned for issues No.3-5 that are coming in 2012!
Lightning Bolt Black
I have a wonderful friend called Jonathan Paskowitz who’s family was the subject of a documentary by Doug Pray. He now fronts the surf brand Lightning Bolt. When he did a collaboration with Tracy Feith, another surfer, they approached me to design the lookbook and a e-mailer for the line, Lightning Bolt Black. Can’t wait to see the clothes in person!
HAE
Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a very rare and potentially life-threatening genetic condition that occurs in about 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 50,000 people. HAE symptoms include episodes of edema (swelling) in various body parts including the hands, feet, face and airway. The boss and I shot a PSA for HAEA.org on a soundstage at Panavision in L.A. We used a real patient to show the effects of HAE on the body; using photos of different parts of her body taken when she was having an attack; and filming the same parts of her body in their normal state and then morphing them together in post production.
Credits // Director: Ron Jacobs/Spacehouse Productions, Producer: Marcello Bue, DP: Tristan Whitman, VFX: Rusty Ipolito, Editor: Jeremy Vannix, Creative director: Trip Hosmer, Art director: Emily Anderson
Happy New Year from The Usual X King + Grove
My partner-in-crime Yasha and I were commissioned to do a New Years Resolutions list for King+Grove, the publishers of The Usual. Read and enjoy!
Happy 30th Birthday Emily xoxo Hurricane Irene
I don’t want this post to turn into a pity party but I had spent the better part of a decade planning my thirtieth birthday party. Guess what I got for it? Hurricane Irene. On the day of my birthday. And 100% cancellation from all my NYC friends. No matter, I had 8 British friends who’s flights home got cancelled and got another 9 days stranded with me in Montauk, in a boarded up house, in a hurricane. We trespassed into the Andy Warhol estate armed with a 6 pack of beer each and about 10 cameras between us. Turned out it was the best birthday ever.
