December 2010
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photography goodness:
Wonnndrous photo by our very own Shape What’s To Come photography ambassador, Lauren Dukoff. Check out more of her work HERE.
laurendukoff:
Ryan Heffington
for L’uomo Vogue
Silver Lake, CA
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SMILE, 'tis Friday {& New Year's Eve} !
It’s the veryyy last day of this year of 2010, so smile & make it one for the BOOKS!
[photos by the amazing Laetitia Chretien and Sebastien Zanini that make me real happpy with their hilarious/creative/awesome wondrousness]
inviting y’all to do a #SmileItsFriday post if yuh fancy:
http://meganmcisaac.tumblr.com/
http://chanbots.tumblr.com/
http://rebeccalando.com/
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Look of the week:
Today we shall celebrate the glory of motorcycle-esque boots. We’ve got one of my best friends/roommates Amanda making a guest appearance on the left, & me on the right. Viva la toughness.
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Shape What's To Come needs YOUR ideas, please.
Shape What’s To Come is looking to YOUUU, the community, for ideas to grow in 2011! We teamed up with Victors & Spoils and want you to help shape what’s to come. Submit your ideas for a chance to be featured on the site and win a fantastical prize. Soo, head on over to Victor & Spoils, register yerself and get your ideas out there.
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“We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished...”
– Friedrich Hegel
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notable shaper: Brianna Gail
Brianna Gail
Florence, Alabama
I am a studio art major in my last semester of undergrad studies. Painting is my life- I am a tiny girl with a huge heart and passion for being creative, fashionable & lovable
Goals: Be more outspoken & less apprehensive / Continue to develop illustrations & sewing techniques / Discover where I’m supposed to be so my talent doesn’t go to...
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Notable Shaper: MikiGold
MikiGold
Gent, Belgium
I love music- especially hip hop & jazz- and love to discover new music. I’m also a DJ and part of the great SupAfly Collective
Goals: Connect with as many creative souls from around the world as possible / I have two great mixes in the making, and I’d love to share them with many people!
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mikigold
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MovoMonday:
The first one being somewhat in the theme of these Christmasy times, here’s a couple drawings by an artist named Kes Caw, er Oakyotl. His intense creativity & attention to excessive detail oughta motivate any & all artists out there. Check him ouuut.
inviting y’all to do a MovoMonday post!:
http://emilyjdean.tumblr.com/
http://karenhart.me/
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Playwright Bola Agbaje Turns her Dreams into...
SWTC member and Travelling Journals contributor Bola Agbaje is an award-winning British playwright and screenwriter. Her goal is to “show a world that hasn’t been shown before.”
It was through her play Gone Too Far! (which debuted at the Royal Court Theatre) that Bola was able to show a large audience her vision. Now, even more people will be exposed to Bola’s work, as the play is in the...
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TEDWomen Conference Conversations
Early this month, Shape What’s to Come sent three women who are shaping what’s to come in their fields to the first-ever TEDWomen Conference in Washington, DC. The conference featured a host of influential speakers from around the world to explore the following question in depth: how are women and girls reshaping the future?
Along for the ride were:
Ashley Rhodes-Courter, SWTC Youth Advocacy...
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Smile Tis Friday:
Irrelevant to…anything? Sure. Amazing? UhhhYEAH. Merry Christmas Eve y’alll.
inviting y’all to do a #SmileItsFriday post too..!
http://erinjoan.tumblr.com/
http://shefloats.tumblr.com/
http://katielicht.tumblr.com/
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“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
– Henry Ford
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Look of the week, a component of:
Tumblr, I’d like you to meet Hippo, the only jewelry I own. He’s a part of my outfit just about everyyy day (see the spots of gold on him? he used to be solid yellow..!) I lurve him.
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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come...”
– Howard Thurman
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WatchFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders.
A must watch TEDTalk for women and men alike!
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Notable Shapers:
Heeere’s a couple super rad gals I came across today on Shape What’s To Come!:
Wen Vo
Philadelphia, PA
Art lover & co-founder of McJAWN, a Philly-based magazine that highlights the local art & culture scene and writes of all things relevant to the young & thriving Philadelphians- from art, to music, to cheesesteaks to pad thai
Goal: I want to curate an art show based...
“I define my success with the simple things these days.”
– Elsie Flannigan, SWTC Vintage and Handmade Ambassador
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Katie Spotz: Scripting Her Own Saga
23-year-old Katie Spotz pursues endurance challenges for a hobby. Among her accomplishments are a 150-mile run through the Mojave and Colorado desert, a 325-mile swim down the length of the Allegany River, a solo 2,473-mile rowing excursion across the Atlantic ocean, and thousands of miles biked cross country, all for the sake of raising awareness and funds for clean water...
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Patternity in Partnership
Together, our SWTC ambassadors Anna Murray and Grace Winteringham make up hip East London design duo Patternity, a studio, resource and shop dedicated to the appreciation of pattern, “from the mundane to the magnificent.” From designer tights to bespoke furniture, the Patternity aesthetic is making its mark on the London design and fashion scene. Here, the girls take time out to tell us how...
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Watch
Smiiile, it’s Friday! & it’s also that glorious time of year where we get to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” as many times as we wannna and have it not be weird. So, merrry merry holidays everybody, hope this wondrously classic movie hopes you smile tooo.
[post a #SmileItsFriday too if you wanna!:]
http://insanelycharming.tumblr.com/
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"Holidays Captured" photo contest!
Levi’s Photo Workshop + the holidays + Hipstamatic = The Levi’s Photo Workshop Holiday GoodPak Hipstamatic lens, basically.
It’s available on iTunes till January 3rd, & I suggest you get it sooon so you can enter the “Holidays Captured” photo contest and win a chance at an exclusive limited edition prize from the Levi’s Photo Workshop! Winners shall be...
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Levi's Curve ID as "Life-Changing Product"!
Just saw Levi’s Curve ID featured as a ”life-changing product” in Real Simple magazine! How much does that rule?
“Good work does happen in this world, but please don’t wait for someone else to...”
– – Priya Lakhani, Shape What’s to Come Documentary
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Movo Monday: Two Blue Stripes
Something a wonderful best friend of mine named Lauren Matheny Holmes & I have always had in common since we were awkward teens is our endlessly stubborn pursuit to spend our lives doing what we’re passionate about. Lauren’s got talent in just about every art there is, including jewelry making. I remember the first jewelry show she hosted at her house back in those high school...
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Shaping One-On-One: Molly Landreth
You may not realize it, but you’ve already been introduced to Molly Landreth’s work. She and Amelia Tovey, of the video production company Same Diff, are the women behind the Shape What’s To Come manifesto film, and she’s quickly making a distinctive name for herself. The Seattle-based art photographer, producer, entrepreneur and activist sat down to tell us how she likes to do things a little...
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Film Ambassador Kathryn Ferguson’s Got Gusto
Belfast-born Kathryn Ferguson graduated in Fashion Communication from Central Saint Martin’s School of Art & Design in London. Her big break came in 2007 when she entered her graduation piece, the short film Tingel Tangel, into the Birds Eye View film festival, a non-profit organisation that supports women in the film industry. It was selected for their UK Shorts strand and screened at...
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check out my newest music video creation! →
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Notable Shapers!
Here’s a few ladies whose goals/interests/etcetera really grabbed my attention whilst exploring all the profiles on Shape What’s To Come today!:
Kate Bomz
Philadelphia / Dar-es-Salaam
Aspiring DJ. Vintage lover, thinker & piquant dreamer. Revolutionary & passionate Tanzanian import. A socialite w/o borders!
Goals: Revamp African educational systems to include Creative...
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Secret Headliner Announcement!
Here’s the secret headliner announcement for the Invisible Children Holiday Benefit show! I’m personally above & beyonddd excited to see these brilliant fellas play. All the proceeds go to helping the war-affected people of East Africa, so pleeease do come if you can & support this incredible cause that’s a truly great example of shaping what’s to come:
Invisible...
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Invisible Children Holiday Benefit!
A downright glorious new friend of mine I met through the mystical world of music blogs is organizing this year’s Invisible Children Holiday Benefit. And with this gal’s gloriousness, excellllent taste in music & tendency to rule at life, you better believe this event is gonna be nothing short of EPIC. And oooo, there’s a secret headliner that I can’t reveal till...
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Pictory Mag : Secrets of Inspiring Women
If yuh haven’t heard of Pictory Mag, then allow me to fill you in: Pictory is a showcase for people around the world to document their lives & cultures. Anyone can submit one large, captioned image to each of Pictory’s editorial themes. The best photo stories are proofed, edited & polished into a magazine like showcase.
They’ve currently got a showcase that’s...
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I WANT HER JOB ! →
Check out an interview I did for “I Want Her Job”, a superbly rad site site for independent-thinking women everywhere in search of the next best thing!
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Milton & I.
As you saw in my Look of the Week post, I rented myself a cello for the rest of my times here in San Francisco. I’ve aaalways wanted to learn it & decided it was time to stop thinking/talking about doing it and actually take some action.
I uuurge you to take something you think it’s too late to do & dddoo it. You’ll never regret doing so, but you will regret not doing so...
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Looook of the week:
Today I’ma keepin it simple: long-sleeve tshirt, Levi’s trucker vest, high waisted shorts, striped tights & mah tough boots. And OHHH YEAH, I got a cello, its name is Milton. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)