49 Fridays - May 2020

Caffeinated conversation at Lucabe Coffee Co. Each Friday hear from innovators and entrepreneurs.

May 1 - Lulu Loquidis, professional landscape architect, Columbus-based LAA Office. LAA Office was founded by Lulu Loquidis and Daniel Luis Martinez as a multi-disciplinary design studio that explores the territory between Landscape, Art, and Architecture. Through  research, exhibitions, and design projects at multiple scales, the studio aims to expand the boundaries of traditional architectural practice.

May 8 - Armin Vit, talented graphic designer. Vit and fellow designer and spouse, Bryony Gomez-Palacio, own UnderConsideration—a graphic design firm and publishing enterprise all rolled into one. In 2006, they launched the popular Brand New blog, which has grown to be the leading site for opinions on logo and identity redesigns with a readership of over 1.25 million page views a month. They produce another blog called Art of the Menu and have self-published a book for designers entitled Flaunt.

May 15 -  Join performers Jennie Moser and Xin Ying as they explore the use of technology in promoting performing artists. Moser is a Bloomington-based opera singer and owner of Jennie Moser Design, who is creating a web-based platform to enable performers like herself to better promote themselves.

Xin Ying is a principal with New York-based Martha Graham Dance Company. Xin is also a choregrapher and instructor who recently opened the Xin Ying International Dance and Art Center in Shanghai, China. Discover how she uses her Instagram account to promote herself and to build an international fan base of nearly 30,000 followers.

May 22 - Hog Molly Brewing. Lew and Martha Krempel explain how a hobby became a business. 

Every Friday except for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.