StoreFrontLab welcomes Jen Tai

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We are excited to welcome Jen Tai as our StoreFrontLab intern. Jen hails from the East Coast and completed studies in architecture and city regional planning at UC Berkeley. As a designer at Rebar, she works to organize and manage community-engaged initiatives such as Artplace project in Washington DC.


Jen's interest in cities and the intersections of art, urbanism, and social justice is a great fit with StoreFrontLab's mission. She will partner with us in managing StoreFrontLab's programs and communications. 


She'll be on hand during next week's Deep Craft opening, so be sure to say hello!

We had a great night with Occupy Design's Phantom Gallery

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Occupy Design's Phantom Gallery appeared Thursday night at StoreFrontLab bringing an inspiring mix of posters, people and skill exchange. Naomi Pitcairn and her Chalkupy crew kicked off the evening with a demonstration and talk explaining how she's translated her background in billboard painting into a tool for activism. Jason Justice told the story of how he came to produce Occucards, an educational series, and Favianna Rodgriguez, a printmaker and digital artist, shared her very personal response to immigration laws, sexual politics, and other hot-button social issues. Finally, Jake Levitas, one of Occupy Design's founders, discussed the power of data and the need for clear visual messages in a sound-bite, snapshot culture. 

Thomas Deckert's DIY silkscreening station and a wall full of Occupy Design's crowd-sourced posters, curated by Martha Pettit, brought it all together. At the evening's end, attendees newly screened t-shirts were invited to take the posters away, out to the streets, to continue spreading the word.


Chalkupy makes a statement.
Naomi Pitcairn explains how it's done.
A reinvigorated hoody.


And other unexpected gifts.

Occupy Design's Phantom Gallery appears at StoreFrontLab on June 28

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StoreFrontLab welcomes Occupy Design for an interactive evening celebrating the role of design, art, data, and information in activism and social justice.

> Social justice infographic and poster
art exhibition

> Presentations by leading activist
designers and artists

> Mobile infographic screenprinting lab
(bring a t-shirt!)

Thursday, June 28 5-10pm
@ StoreFrontLab
337 Shotwell Street
RSVP to tiny.cc/phantomgallery
Space is limited.

Features Speakers:

Jake Levitas
“Taking Data To the Streets: Occupy Design Infogrpahics”

Favianna Rodriguez
“Show Me Your Papers: How printmakers are taking on immigrant justice and anti-migrant laws”

Naomi Pitcairn
“Chalkupy: Chalking at Oscar Grant Plaza”

Jason Justice
"Occucards: Educational Outreach Literature for the Occupy Movement"

Tatiana Makovkin
"Occupy Nevada County"