THIS Visits: Chris Beidel of Pernt

In this new episode, THIS Visits goes into the workshop of Chris Beidel, a designer and craftsman with a unique approach to woodworking.

Chris Beidel is the founder of Pernt, a Brooklyn, NY studio and workshop specializing in handcrafted wood furniture made from recycled and repurposed materials. His designs let the elemental impact of natural wood speak for itself: a lightning-killed cherry tree is carefully polished into an elegant bench; pine floorboards salvaged from an old warehouse get new life as a trim coffee table.

Formally schooled as an architect, Beidel found his calling in furniture design, relishing in the the hands-on, manual aspect of furniture creation. Beidel chats with THIS Visits and gives us an inside look at the Pernt studio and some of his latest works.

THIS Visits: John Van Hamersveld

THIS Visits embarks on an epic journey with John Van Hamersveld, the man responsible for so many iconic images…

THIS Visits: John Van Hamersveld

In this episode of THIS Visits, we sit down with artist/designer John Van Hamersveld. Best known as the graphic designer responsible for creating iconic album covers such as The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour and The Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street, Van Hamsersveld is also an accomplished photographer. We speak with Van Hamersveld as he prepares for a gallery show of his photographs from the 1960s to 1980s.

THIS Visits: Megan Whitmarsh

THIS visits the backyard studio of Megan Whitmarsh as she was getting ready for her solo show “Radiant Decade” at THIS Los Angeles. The amount of color and work in her space was mind blowing. It was all just begging to be photographed.

THIS Visits: Megan Whitmarsh

THIS visits the backyard studio of Megan Whitmarsh as she was getting ready for her solo show “Radiant Decade” at THIS Los Angeles. The amount of color and work in her space was mind blowing. It was all just begging to be photographed.

With a seemingly endless array of projects going on, Megan found time to sit down and give us some insight into her process and the origins of her current work. She has shown around the world most recently here in LA. Her show “Faded Rainbows/ Radiant Dust” is open in Belgium at the Elaine Levy Project until May 21st.

Help Us Help Terri & Gary Help You

Last Friday night, after a whole lotta word of mouth mystery and viral video hype, Terri & Gary Burbank (a/k/a artists Sage Vaughn and Anthony Anzalone) opened their ‘A Depiction of Love and Reality’ exhibit at THIS Los Angeles.

With tongues planted firmly in one another’s cheeks (ahem), T&G treated patrons to an array of suggestive mixed media collages, “passive-aggressive weapons” (a/k/a iron-spiked baseball bats), and seizure-inducing audio-visual works. However, it was the duo’s installation of color-coded self-help books that really got the capacity crowd’s baggage brains buzzing, (everyone was encouraged to take the title that “spoke” to him or her most).

Was it a good time? Was it hilarious and entirely baffling? Yes, yes, and yes… pretty much to the max.

For the event THIS x Incase x Terri & Gary created 100 limited edition opening night tote bags. We’ll be giving away five to the first five people who can successfully name Anthony Anzalone’s teenage punk band.

Good luck! (Make sure to fill out your email address so we can contact you if you won!)

WOW! That was fast! The correct answer was “The Mean Reds”. Congrats Priscilla, Baptiste, Sam, Joshua and b0b. You guys won the Terri & Gary Tote bag! We’ll email you for your address.

Stay tuned to our FaceBook page. We will be doing more giveaways soon!

THIS Visits: The Impossible Project

10 minutes isn’t enough to scratch the surface of what The Impossible Project is, and what it means to millions of Polaroid enthusiasts. Conceived at the closing party of the last Polaroid factory, The Impossible Project completely re-invented the process of creating instant film specifically for Polaroid cameras. A daunting task for sure, but one that they’ve been at since 2008.

THIS Visits: The Impossible Project

10 minutes isn’t enough to scratch the surface of what The Impossible Project is, and what it means to millions of Polaroid enthusiasts. Conceived at the closing party of the last Polaroid factory, The Impossible Project completely re-invented the process of creating instant film specifically for Polaroid cameras. A daunting task for sure, but one that they’ve been at since 2008.

Photo geeks rejoice as THIS Visits the Impossible Project’s US offices and showroom with Impossible Vice President, Mr. David Bias.

A very special thanks to Ms. Sunny Shokrae for helping us out with this one.

THIS Visits: Jordan Sellers

THIS Visits takes a minute to visit Jordan Sellers, activist and artist. For the last 10 years Jordan has spearheaded an ongoing campaign for better public space in his native city, New York, and other international posts. What started as a project for his undergrad education at RISD has turned into his lifelong calling.

THIS Visits: Jordan Sellers

We take a minute to visit Jordan Sellers, activist and artist. For the last 10 years Jordan has spearheaded an ongoing campaign for better public space in his native city, New York, and other international posts. What started as a project for his undergrad education at RISD has turned into his lifelong calling.

We are pleased to present a look into Jordan’s life, work, and his passion for creating a better urban landscape. To find out how to get involved with this campaign visit Public Ad Campaign.

A huge thanks to Sunny Shokrae for helping us out with this project.