Drew Kaufmann is the founder of Million Goods. Million Goods is a space fusing menswear and music subcultures to form a broader sense of community. I first learned of Million Goods through pop ups and remember Drew handing me a flyer way back when and seeing them all throughout Brooklyn. We love fliers over at Wear Many Hats. Have you not seen our stickers? Drew has worked in the fashion industry with experience in marketing, buying, public relations and design. Million Goods is built around 3 p...
Jun 18, 2024•57 min
Greg Jackson is a New York based freelance apparel design director specializing in, but not limited to, technical sportswear and performance clothing. Greg has worked in apparel for NikeLab, Yeezy, Saturdays NYC and Gap along with working with collaborations that Wear Many Hats is inspired by. New Balance, Aimé Leon Dore, but let's not forget that he is the creative director and consultant for his own multidisciplinary design studio, Greg Laboratory. We love to see the things Greg is cooking up ...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Marleigh Culver is an artist and independent designer. Marleigh's has a few different dream projects that Wear Many Hats align with such as anything with music, residential murals, restaurants, wine labels and brands, and the list goes on and on. Marleigh has an impressive playlist curation called Marleigh Radio where you can find over 300 playlists in rotation. Marleigh has worked and collaborated with some of our favorite brands such as Brightland, Cavern, Nike, Google and more. You're not goi...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Isaiah Carter is a multi hyphenate creative and the founder of Natal Space. Natal Space works in film and television productions, as well as digital shorts. Isaiah oversees the visual and conceptual of all Natal Spaces projects from early development through execution and release. His production credits include short films "Kinfolk" and "Borrowed Time." Isaiah is a visual artist with a practice in mixed media sculpture. Prior to launching, Isaiah worked across various outlets including Peacock, ...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Haruko Hayakawa is a CG artist and creative director. Haruko considers herself an artist who loves to explore the intersection between commercial creativity and pop art. She has a deep passion for the world of consumer products and how brands shape our culture, leaving a lasting imprint in our memory. I found Haruko through friend and guest of the show, Rich Tu, when he had her on his podcast. Haruko has worked with friend and guest of the show, Ian Shiver on a few projects, it's a family affair...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Rachel Krupa is the founder of Krupa Consulting and the owner of The Goods Mart. Rachel has been in the best of both worlds elevating emerging brands through press and retail. We love a local community that's better-for-you, a place that provides better-for-the-planet products, showcasing and launching emerging, primarily female-, BIPOC-, and LGBTQ+ founded brands and that's what The Goods Mart gives you. I walk by The Goods Mart all the time when I’m downtown in Soho then walking through Chinat...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Anna Sing is a multidisciplinary designer in Brooklyn. We love the way she uses type on her projects and with clients. Greenhouse type is one of my favorite typefaces of all time. It suits us very well over at Wear Many Hats. ‘It’s Nice That’ featured her when she created a “bouquet” of typefaces inspired by houseplant history. Plants, flowers, colors, the great outdoors, horse girls and fantasy. WHat’s there not to love? Please welcome Anna Sing to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/annasingson...
May 31, 2024•58 min
Dan Esberg is a Creative Director, Copywriter, and content creator. Dan has a show on YouTube called Dansplaining where we bonded over coffee when crossing paths at Colbo. Dansplaining is where he creates explainer videos that give substance to nostalgia. Some of his videos include “Why “Bad Graphics” Make You Feel Good…” & “Explaining and Assembling a Masterpiece” and “Where did the term “City Boy” come from?” Dan has worked over some of my favorite agencies including Ogilvy and currently a...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Lee Eisenberg is a writer and producer in Hollywood, writer on The Office, the creator of Jury Duty as well as the founder of Nuvet. Lee hails from Boston, comes from a family of ideas and lives with his family in LA. We chat about hotels, duvets, starting companies, and intertwining it with his writing. Lee’s wife jokes that he comes from a place of yes but yes it’s hard to say no. The art of learning how to say no is hard. Nothing’s always easy Lee! Nuvet, a new way to duvet. Less struggle, mo...
May 20, 2024•46 min
Dương Gia Hiếu is a founder, designer, and maker at Ném. Photographer and multidisciplinary artist Dương Gia Hiếu is based out of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and originally from Gia Lai in Vietnam. Don’t worry I found out where he originally was online but I did meet Hiếu at Ném while in Vietnam for the Wear Many Hats World Tour. Ném is a space filled with objects, conducts workshops, and also serves as a coffee shop & bar. Hiếu invited me out along with the team to dinner and had a great snai...
May 17, 2024•44 min
Fumee Lee is a creative director, matcha connoisseur, and musician. Fumee is the vocalist for Fifth Flow, what he calls a matcha fairy but the owner of Maison Hime and the director of the social media agency, Neko Natch based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fumee works with many brands and restaurants in KL that does design works • social media • branding • packaging • photos • videos creating little big things. I met Fumee when the barista at VCR in Bangsar, KL connected me with Fumee when I said I ...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Lee Zhan Tzeh is an entrepreneur. Lee runs the bakery, Flaaah, and the natural wine bar, Small Shifting Space, both based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I met Lee at the Petaling Street/Chinatown area of where Small Shifting Space lives and we had a good time going down the menu and trying new desserts. Pastries and desserts is all I’m into these days. Please welcome Lee Zhan Tzeh to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/flaaahflaaahflaaah instagram.com/smallshiftingspace ...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr
Zak Klauck is a Founder & Creative Director at A — Z by Zak LLC Zak LLC is a multi-disciplinary studio focused on creative direction, identity and experience design for a wide range of institutions, individuals and brands. Zak is a graphic designer known for his work on photobooks, zines, identities and posters. Zak is the former founder and creative director of Wax Studios, Wax Magazine and wax.radio with friend Dave Yun. I have a couple copies of Wax Magazine from friend and guest of the s...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Apollo Baldoz is a Designer and Motion Graphics Animator based in New York. Apollo has worked on Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour visuals, HBO’s SHAQ Docuseries, and Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj on Netflix. I met Apollo at friend and guest of the show Rich Tu’s ‘Human Response’ exhibit and knew I was with good peoples. Emmy, Peabody, Cleo, we’re going for EGOT of design. Yo it’s showtime. Please welcome Apollo Baldoz to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/yoshowtimetv ...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Albert Chang is a Designer and Art Director based in Brooklyn. Albert’s work revolves around brand identity and is currently design lead at Squarespace where he oversees a team of talented brand creatives. I met Albert IRL at Hester Street Fair when Commercial Type and Dahsar hosted our first ever Zine Fair and he pulled up to the Wear Many Hats table. Fast friends later I knew we had mutuals in common. Albert’s work has been recognized by Art Director’s Club, Communication Arts, D&AD, and A...
Mar 31, 2024•1 hr
Abby Jones is a Music & Culture Journalist from Austin, Texas based in Brooklyn, New York. I found Abby via Twitter because music Twitter is the last good tweets to read. I connected with her tweet “it’s cool that strawberry switchblade is going viral on TikTok” but hones ting every tweet she writes I get. Abby has written for Pitchfork, Consequence, Stereogum, NPRmusic etc Abby literally eats, lives, and breathes indie music. I thought I did, but I can’t keep up. Please welcome Abby Jones t...
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Gabrielle Lamontagne is a Creative Director and Illustrator based in New York. I met Gabi IRL at Hester Street Fair when Commercial Type and Dahsar hosted our first ever Zine Fair and she had a table with us. Gabi was selling bodega prints along with a few vintage postcards and a certain movie star pulled up. They’ve been best friends ever since. Gabi was formerly at Chobani and her watercolors were used on the original rebrand packaging. Her illustration work has been featured in The Guardian, ...
Mar 26, 2024•58 min
JIALING also known as BIG J is an artist and musician originally from Baltimore, with roots in Taiwan. JIALING has performed at Papi Juice, can rip on the chello, and there’s a photo out there of her wearing many hats. Please welcome JIALING / BIG J to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/jialing.bigj instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh...
Mar 12, 2024•1 hr
Tyreek Mitchell is a man that I crossed paths with at colbo but later learned that he was over at snow peak. Tyreek enjoys the great outdoors, leather jackets, and has an ‘on the corner’ vintage Miles Davis t-shirt that is one of the most beautiful relics I’ve ever laid eyes on. Tyreek has modeled for the homies and has impeccable taste. There’s so much shit going on in the world, we don’t care to promote anything. Please welcome Tyreek Mitchell to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/tyreekmitchell...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Paolo Jay is an internationally published Filipino American Freelance Photographer. PJ is one of my good friends from Philadelphia, PA where I met him during the Abakus Takeout days to Ps & Qs but also crossed paths with him at Temple University and at every pop up Ubiq had to offer. PJ takes wonderful portraits, food and beverage, editorial and events photos. PJ is selected as one of Diversify’s “Up Next” photographers. Please welcome Paolo Jay to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/pj.agbay ...
Feb 28, 2024•56 min
j ember is a musician. j ember put out his new record ‘Ultraviolet’ right at the start of the New Year which is bold and we’re here for it. Get your year started out right. j ember has worked with friends Take A Day Trip shoutout David and Denzel. j ember has been featured in Wonderland Magazine, featured on the Spotify playlist Indie All Stars, and Majestic. This is about to be majestic. Please welcome j ember to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/jember ...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Mie Kim is a multidisciplinary artist primarily creating ceramic sculpture and limited design objects. I crossed paths with Mie through the internet via friend and guest of the show Cameron Morse, where they both share a similar minimalist lifestyle in Montreal. A few of my favorite archive pieces in her collection include the Flux II, Moon Jar Series, the Basso series Please welcome Mie Kim to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/miekim__ ...
Feb 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Isabel Münter runs a Chess Club in New York City called Pawn Chess Club with Simone Robert, where they’ve had chess clubs at your favorite haunts like Casetta, Casino, and Metrograph. Isabel also runs Homes + Studios with Rachael Yaeger, which is an archive of artists’ homes and studios and architectural gems around the world, most of which you can visit. Past studio visits include Chen Chen & Kai Williams, Daniel Arnold, Landon Metz, and more. Can’t forget to mention that Isabel Münter does...
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Johann Rashid aka Promiseland is a multidisciplinary artist who works in the forms of music, performance art, and video. Johann has done work for Seekings, The Voidz, Nick Murphy, and more musicians. Promiseland released his new album ‘Sad But Happy’ featuring tracks with Melati Malay, Samantha Urbani, and Julian Casablancas. Promiseland has supported The Strokes on their Asia Tour in 2023 but I dropped the ball when he performed at Forest Hills opening up for The Strokes and Angel Olsen. Johann...
Feb 12, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Jubilee is a DJ and Producer. Jubilee runs her music label and party, Magic City and each Magic City night shares her love for Miami Bass, electro and breaks. The Top 25 DJs Who Defined The Year 2023 Jubilee has some of the best Tweets I have ever read and her hot takes are always served hot, never cold. Please welcome Jubilee to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/jubileedj instagram.com/wearmanyhat...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Thu Tran is an illustrator, animator, writer, and producer. I remember Tran from the early days of YouTube when she produced and created Food Party that eventually went to IFC and Late Night Munchies on MTV. Check out Spaghetti Inc for all your Thu Tran original artworks, Giphy for her cat gifs, The Misguided Guide to the Origin of Everything on YouTube, and the sci-fi comedy short film, The Rainbow Bridge which Tran stars in written and directed by Dimitri Simakis. Total Cat freak. Please welco...
Feb 08, 2024•57 min
Jinah Rhee cut her teeth in hospitality. Jinah works alongside NA:EUN Hospitality as well as the brand development and collaborations. The Korean Cookbook is out now on Phaidon Press. Please welcome Jinah Rhee to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/jinbunz instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh ...
Feb 06, 2024•56 min
Stephanie Lau is a cook. I found Stephanie through the Wear Many Hats food universe of friends who are bomb cooks. I swear the working from home meals have been elevating. Dropping mini recipes to make some of the most delicious snacks and munchies. Miso yaki onigiri, peaches and cream toast, corn mochi, sardine banh mi on that Nick & Sons sourdough baguette come on now. Stephanie got the meals on lock and around the clock. Please welcome Stephanie Lau to Wear Many Hats. instagram.com/ste...
Jan 31, 2024•47 min
Isabel Slone is a writer. Isabel is a fashion and lifestyle journalist based in Toronto, Ontario. She has been writing about fashion professionally since 2012 and has been published in the New York Times , ELLE , the Wall Street Journal , Harper’s Bazaar , The Strategist and more. I found Isabel through her Tweets when she retweeted friend and guest of the show Jamie Rothenberg of @foodjars. Check out her Substack Freak Palace for her takes on fashion and what she can’t live without. The bio is ...
Jan 28, 2024•49 min
Phuong Nguyen is a creative director and multidisciplinary designer based in Brooklyn, NY. You may have seen Phuong’s work for Recess and Domino Magazine. She has also worked with various brands across media, wellness, fashion, beauty, food, technology and more. Her works have been featured on Adweek, NPR, and The Zoe Report. Phuong is also an artist that has been supported and featured by the New Museum and many more institutions. Seems like she loves to pole, travel, and cats. I hope I’m right...
Jan 26, 2024•34 min
