Blurring The Lines of Narrative

The Difference Between Writing Professionally and Writing for Yourself.

Collaboration, Food & Beverage, Publication

SAAM1 MAN4 ZINE

We Ate a Lot of Sandwiches and Then Made a Zine About it.

27/06/2024

Community, Sports

MAEKAN x Shelter Athletics International Women’s Day

19/03/2024

Design, Fashion

Spin & Smash Table Tennis Tournament

02/11/2023

Community, Fashion, Interviews

How Goodfight Assemble like Voltron

30/09/2023

Fashion, Sports

Arthur Leung of Victoria Skate

14/08/2023

Community

Making Friends, Being Active, and Doing Good with Shelter Athletics

A social approach to getting active and giving back.

27/03/2023

3D, AI, Diversity, Music

Rethinking cultural appropriation and ethics in an AI world

Can AI be guilty of cultural appropriation?

08/12/2022

All Stories

Selected Stories

Industry, Society

Daniel Wu

Actor, Producer and Entrepreneur

02/05/2023

Industry, Society

Eileen Sho Ji

Singer-Songwriter & Producer

01/05/2023

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Making It Up

Lifestyle, Retail

Making It Up 199

Pierogis and buy nothing

Eugene and Charis discuss Buy Nothing groups/movement and what a change in platform means for their participants. They also talk about Kevin LaBuz’s article “Grandma’s Pierogis” about how corporate culture is created and knowledge passed on.

Fashion, Society

Making It Up 198

Brunello Cucinelli slow growth and the Theranos trial

The team behind the Italian luxury fashion brand Brunello Cucinelli on growth and family business. Also, the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes, former founder and CEO of the health tech company Theranos, in a trial that ended in January.

Culture, Society, The Internet

Making It Up 197

Attention and tribalism

Eugene and Charis discuss what it means to pay close attention to anything. They also talk about the benefits of tribalism.

Culture

Making It Up 196

2021 Wrap Up

Charis and Eugene talk about key moments in culture in 2021 and reflect on significant changes that will carry forwards.

Publication, The Internet

Making It Up 195

The Story Club with George Saunders and the possibly corporate web3

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Building

The Brand

Brands, Business

Building the Brand — Adam Studios

After a long hiatus, we’re back with another episode of Building The Brand. Most crucially, this episode is hosted by MAEKAN founders Eugene Kan

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Brands, Business

Building the Brand — Focusing on Tangible Design

From the beginning, MAEKAN was not just about great stories. It was just as much about things you could touch and feel. This is

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Brands, Business

Building the Brand — Learning When to Bob and When to Weave

MAEKAN’s approach to documenting stories has been highly methodical, structured and organized. We achieved great editorial results over the past few months by sticking

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Brands, Business

Building the Brand — Why Hong Kong?

A lot of people are surprised when we tell them we’re based in Hong Kong. For a publication and brand looking to influence creative

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Education, Industry

Building the Brand — The Apprentice

If you’re a creative that’s still in school or just on the way out, you might wonder what your next steps are. For Willie,

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Maekan

Market

Protected: WHOLESALE — Golden Generation: North Star (MOQ:5)

The Golden Generation zine is a collection of conversations, advice, and insights from Asian creatives — both established and emerging — to serve as an example of creativity for the next generation of global Asian communities and beyond.

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Protected: Golden Generation: North Star

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Protected: Adam Studios Capaci-Tee

If you’re here on this product page, you’re part of the friends & fam crew and we’re fairly certain you’ll identify with this sentiment 🫠🫠🫠.

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The Golden Generation ‘Zine

88-Page Printed ‘Zine

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MAEKAN x WOODCO “Wind Down” Candle

Wind down and light up this candle with notes of ocean, fresh grass, coconut, sage, sea salt and seaweed. This candle features coconut and soy wax, a clean-burning wood wick, and is hand-poured with love in Hong Kong.