The House That Hawk Built. Skateboarding’s Grand PooBah, Tony Hawk is the sport equivalent of a Gretzky or a Jordan. In other words he’s got Hall of Fame written all over him. Now as co-owner of Birdhouse Projects, one of skateboarding’s top companies with distribution in 45 countries and annual sales of $10 million, Hawk is pulling some of his best stunts to date. With a Mac.
Tim Barber. Tim Barber is the Creative Director at Circumstance, a new breed of full-spectrum interactive design studios and builders of sites for Fox Interactive, Neiman Marcus, and Amnesty International. In his first D&P; interview Barber completely examines the interstitial cantilevering of reality. Sort of.
Max Factor. From 100-year old paper mills in Germany to Valley start-ups like Octavo and WebTV, Factor Design has crafted THE lasting visual image. From their offices in San Francisco and Hamburg, they are breaking the profit-centered theme of many design firms, and leading a small charge using the expansive color of emotion.
War in Kosovo. Photo Editor Chris Hondros, camera and PowerBook in tow, recently found himself in the Kosovo region of Yugoslavia amidst fleeing refugees, Kosovo Liberation Army fighters, hostile Serb military and on the verge of an extended NATO bombing campaign. Hondros recently returned for a D&P; frontline exclusive interview.
Insanely Great. Lifting their company name from Steve Jobs’ 1984 Mac launch speech (“Not just great—Insanely Great.”), the boys from Bristol, James Chiswell Jones and Xavier Keeling, have turned their two year old company into something inescapably, indubitably, ineffably—cool.
Giant Robot Destroys Earth. Fueled by the omnipotent genius of Apple computers, Giant Robot magazine is the unabridged handbook of pre-millennial wiseguy-ism and is driving their plan for total global domination into movies, new media, and music. Read—while you still can.
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Land Ho! From family cruisers to megayachts, power boating to sailing, Yachting magazine covers the waterfront. With a global distribution to over 130,000 customers per month, Yachting Magazine appeals to yachting maniacs big and small, and its engine of evolution is quite comfortably, the Mac.
One Good Screaming Sessions. Been boarding lately? If you’ve caught yourself admiring a snowboarder grabbing some fat air or rail grabbing their way over a bowl, chances are they’re wearing gear from Sessions. And Sessions, unique software apps and all, is making it happen on a Mac.
Jhane Barnes. Color, pattern, texture and the sublime joys of well-turned clothes and fabrics: Welcome to the land of Jhane.
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Shiver Ye Timbers. Whether you’re a yacht person or a speed-boat fanatic, pleasure and performance boats are sexy and offer the promise of endless seas and voyages to places unknown. If you have a whole load of cash to spare. Sea Ray and Baja Marine Boats cater to both the cash crowd and the dreamers with their virtual tours of some of the slickest boat action to be found. On a Mac.
Fish Fry. Super tasty and delivered straight to your door, The Fishing Enthusiast sends you everything you need to catch your limit. Matthew Wanderer, a compendium of fly-fishing info, is sending fishermen around the world a different lure every month of the
year. And he’s angling with some of the best tech around.
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