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

All Stories

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 — Everything Up to This Point

It took a while, but we’re finally here. We spent the past year and a half laying down the foundation for a publication focused

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Brands, Business

Building the Brand — 28 Days with Alek Rose

In this Building the Brand, Eugene and Charis sit down with Alek Rose, MAEKAN’s second full-time apprentice who we had the pleasure of working

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Brands, Business

Building the Brand — Community Governance

In this Building the Brand, Eugene sits down with Scott to talk about the role of community governance in a brand strategy. It’s never

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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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Maekan

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