Series: MAEKAN Originals

MAEKAN Originals are stories centered around creative personalities, brands and collectives who are pushing culture forward in their own unique way.

Eric Lau on Music Shaping Society

The London-based producer talks shifting society towards goodness through the power of music.

Brooklyn-based Shawna X recaps her F*** Your Manners mixed media show.

The multihyphenate shares the story behind her socialist apparel brand SCV.

Repeat Pattern shares his fascination and explorations of abandoned hotels from Japan’s golden age.

The fashion designer and DJ turned ceramicist talks fluidity in the creative space.

Philly’s music scene in the words of local DJ Matthew Law.

The non-traditional path of tattoo turned fine artist Matt McCormick.

Rappers Ms Banks and Fotan Laiki connect to talk craft, expectations and their cities’ evolving rap scenes.

Catching up with Seoul-based artist Cody as he puts the finishing touches on Hongdae’s RYSE Hotel.

Nate speaks with Emanuel Hahn and Andrew Kung about their work capturing Mississippi’s Delta Chinese community.

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