Within 24 hours of moving to NYC, I shook hands and agreed to sublet this awesome bedroom in Park Slope, Brooklyn for my first two months as a fresh West Coast transplant. I’d spend the coming weeks in the lovely company of Nick and Stephanie, enjoying a beer on the stoop and applying Tattly tattoos [...]
Tags: education, ourfutureistbd, TBD, teacher appreciation, teachers, thanks for teaching us, thanksforteaching.us
I moved to Brooklyn a little over a month ago with two giant suitcases, an overstuffed backpack, and a black duffel bag… I believe that’s the maximum amount of luggage a human being can physically move by him or herself. Nonetheless, as expected, time has flown by since my humble arrival as the princess in [...]
Tags: breakfast lecture series specialist, creative mornings, creativemorning, creativemornings, new york, swissmiss
There are times when you work on a project and you find yourself with that rich, solid feeling in the pit of your stomach that what you’re doing has the potential to really affect someone. This was not one of those times. Kevin should _____. is one of those little ideas with highly-questionable worth that [...]
Tags: fill in the blank, kevin should, projects
I hear it’s a classic assignment for graphic design students: depict a word as what it describes. Kind of my guilty pleasure, I really like these little typographic experiments. They can be so simple yet so clever, giving a word so much character and animation. As part of my Create Every Day blog I started [...]
Tags: game, ji lee, tumblr, type, typography, word as image, words being words
On Tuesday, the killer gang (and new friends) at swissmiss studio launched Tattly, an online shop for “Designy Temporary Tattoos.” Fed up with applying often hideous, Clip Art-esque temporary tattoos to her daughter’s arm, Tina Roth Eisenberg took matters into her own hands. Photo by Rusty Meadows The store, built by next door studiomates, Oak, [...]
Tags: frank chimero, james victore, jason santa maria, jessica hische, kevin huynh, oak, studiomates, swiss-miss, swissmiss, tatoo, tatt.ly, tattly, tatts, temporary tattoo, tina roth eisenberg
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon amidst great conversation, and I had the biggest smile on my face. My shoes were off, my stomach full, and my car was sneakily parked at the nearby grocery store. It was a feeling of ultimate satisfaction…one you would only get from trading a full size IKEA foam mattress [...]
Tags: collaborative consumption, craigslist, delicious, donating, eating, food for stuff, foodforstuff, getting rid of stuff, gregoire, hungry, potato puff, rachel botsman, tumblr, what's mine is yours
I’ve made the difficult decision to hang up the Word/Play hat to spend more time and energy on other projects. It’s been a great 15 weeks, and I’m incredibly grateful for all of the participants and the amazing creations that have come through. The final Word/Play will be this Monday morning, so if you’ve like [...]
Photo stolen from swissmiss’ flickr After a somewhat whirlwind of traveling and many changed plans, I found myself at my first day of work at studiomates, a collaborative workspace (filled with creatives of all shapes and sizes) in DUMBO, Brooklyn. There’s plenty to say, but just know that my desk is closest to the water [...]
Tags: brooklyn, collaborative workspace, design, dumbo, new york, ny, studiomates, swiss-miss, swissmiss
Before the end of today, what would you wish to happen? Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow? What’s your secret? I stumbled across Fifty People One Question over a year ago. The product of the ever-creative Deltree and Crush+Lovely, the concept is simple, inspiring, powerful, and telling. The short video documentaries feature fifty [...]
Tags: crush lovely, crush+lovely, deltree, fifty people one question, post secret
College isn’t like the movies…all the time. In fact, I think Hollywood tends to miss some of the best parts. Honestly, how often in your life are you surrounded in a bubble of potentially thousands of people your age tasting newfound freedoms? It’s seriously a silly environment when you really think about it. I did [...]
Tags: Berkeley, college advice, dorm, floor, incoming freshmen, midterms, RA, students, tips, university, words of wisdom
I’m Kevin, a Generally Useful Guy and Bay Area Brooklyn based hodgepodge creative dedicated to doing good.
Kiwimonk is home to my work and play, which seem to blend together more and more each day. I like it that way.
I'm the newly minted Breakfast Lecture Series Specialist at Creative Mornings, one of the editors at TBD, and the guy behind the Common Camera Project. During the day I'm at studiomates, and when I probably should be sleeping, I make sure to create something every day (flexible on the something).
I'm also known to draw Lonely Meatballs from time to time.
Pleasure to meet you.
