Piperworks is a special brewery for me and my love of Chicago. The Ninja v Unicorn beer and label are part of that craft beer discovery that makes me love this project and speaking with Jason helped to reiterate that. He has fun and is doing something he loves. His studio, his band and his family are all important to him too. No egos were present in the making of this week's podcast episode and I was his first. We were gentle, but no cuddling. I look forward to the next Ink and Lead Designs inspired mini art show in my fridge.
Each artist I meet I try and take away something from them to do a better job in the future, but also to change my perspective and appreciation of art, design and creativity. My interview with Max was something unique and special for me. His perspective on life and art really resonated with me as a brother, father and husband especially his pieces featuring the games we play as youth, trampolines specifically. He was also one of the first to say my aesthetic question was a great question - one which he crushed.
How cool would it be to work for your favorite brewery in your hometown? Well that is what Brett did and it's a great story. He went to school for Sculpture and was creating in his home studio with his wife, but had gone to work doing something that wasn't his passion. He made a great life decision that he was going to work for Founders Brewing one day and he did, he made that dream a reality. This week's interview gives a unique look inside a great brewery - Founders Brewing. Learn about Dave's process, his background and his love of Rockabye Baby Radiohead.
One of my favorite parts of this project has been the connecting and learning about artists and their stories. We learned of David through his work with one of my favorite breweries Heist Brewery and the label work he had done for them. His label designs were fun and pseudo-cartoon in design, but when we learned about his other art it was a new dimension. The creative pieces he designs and builds are dark and weathered and bring to life old materials, a phoenix like recycling project. His excitement to be working with Heist and other breweries is apparent because like he said it is bringing together two of his favorite things - art and drinking. Our light hearted jabs for him to get his own website have been answered, but we now need him to post some content for us.
