The Journey

With the electronic dance music scene still popular (reaching a $7+ billion dollar valuation) and countless music festivals (some with an average attendance of 200,000+) still growing to this day, it's hard to not come across House Music. As popular as it is, not many people know where and who started it. This genre all started here in Chicago in the early 80's at a club called the Warehouse and the man who helped start it all was the late Frankie Knuckles. The Warehouse would help create the House Music movement that would later reach the entire world. The genre became so...

On Christmas Eve, I rolled out of bed in the morning to grab a few things at the store and was lucky enough to meet Chicago native, film/TV director, screenwriter, producer, comic book writer and publisher, Lana Wachowski. She is one of the creative minds behind The Matrix, Sense 8, and V for Vendetta just to name a few. Living in Chicago my entire life, you don't really get to see famous people ever. I was very fortunate to bump into and exchange a few words with a creative genius. I hope to one day produce work that can impact the world like...

Alfred Hitchcock My lil Alfred Hitchcock bobble head sits on the corner of my desk to remind me to always aim for excellence with every design I create. He's one of my all time favorite artists that has contributed so much to film and has maintained such a high level of consistency with respect to quality throughout his entire career.  Almost every shot in his films can be broken down and analyzed to uncover a treasure trove of elements that contribute to cinematic genius. This is even more impressive when you consider how limited technology was during his era. His passion,...

A friend of mine runs a volleyball league here in the city and needed some custom champion gear for the winning team. I ended up customizing 6 all black premium snapback trucker hats with a gold print and loved the way they came out.   

I'm very happy to announce that I'm offering a new service to customize the sleeves of my BrainFruit garments. Here's the finished product of a one color custom print I just completed for someone.