The largest Korean population outside of Korea can be found here in my hometown: Los Angeles. Our K-town is thriving — endless nori-bangs (private karaoke rooms), neon-lit buildings, and hundreds of Korean restaurants to choose from. But even with…
12
Mar
A hungry amateur's foodie exploration of Korea
Compared with the usual onslaught of stretched collaborations and overly bespoked limited edition shoes, I love the simplicity behind the Spring 2010 collection of Nike’s Sweet Classic SL — coming in both red/white/black and green/white/black colorways. Featuring perforated leather…
8
Feb
Bringing clumsy and inefficient back in your life
Gambling on the retro craze, LG has released a 14? TV that strikes right at the Mad Men market. Of course it comes with all necesarry modern inputs, but the TV can switch between color, sepia, and black and…
Reading through Ji Young Shon’s bio kinda makes me feel like a slouch. Right now she’s attending the Royal College of Art in London. Before she left her country of Korea to go to art school,…
17
Sep
Propping up Seoul's nascent street culture, and pushing the movement forward
I had the opportunity to check out the R-16 (R = Respect) festival last year in Suwon, just outside of Seoul, Korea. I haven’t been to many breakdancing contests. OK, that was my first one. It didn’t take much,…
