Small Arcade, Big Surprise

It’s funny how life somehow crosses the paths of the right people at the right time…

Stopping into an auto parts store to get a new car door handle, Nirvan Mullick met Caine, the owner of Caine’s Arcade in East L.A.

Caine’s Arcade has a variety of custom-built games ranging from a “pop-n-shot” style game, to a soccer game equipped with soldier goal tenders, to everyone’s favorite – the claw machine. Customers pay $1 for four turns at the arcade, or for $2 you can get a handmade “fun pass” that allows you 500 turns for one month. Sounds like a steal to me. (more…)

Dream Big and Keep Learning

Artist and designer, Pete Fecteau attributes his success to hard work and the continued passion to learn – learning about what’s around him, about others’ interests and about things he’d never thought he might be interested in. It’s evident that this Visionary has an eye for design and admiration for what’s around him by his curious nature and the way he interprets every day images into new works of art. One instance of this is his vision & execution of installations using Rubik’s Cubes – lots of Rubik’s Cubes. (more…)

Dream Big

At some point in time, you’ve gotten your hands on a Rubik’s Cube, so you likely know how difficult these puzzles can be for some. While for others, a Rubik’s Cube is incredibly easy to solve and once you crack the code, you’ve got it. One who has the code is San Francisco artist, Pete Fecteau. To add to his mental capacity, he even conceptualizes and constructs full works of art with these handheld puzzles. (more…)

Ones to Watch

From a candy store owner to the concrete jungle’s social media expert, author to a search engine to a senior VP, these 20 young guns come from varying industries and are on the rise, fast. Fortune Magazine says these are the “ones to watch” out for.

Maybe next year, you’ll see them on the official 40 Under 40 list. (more…)

Steve Jobs, “Follow your heart”

Last week, upon the death of Apple Founder and influential visionary, Steve Jobs, the Wall Street Journal published the speech he gave at Stanford University’s 2005 graduation ceremony. Reflecting upon his life, career and mortality, Jobs strongly emphasized to always  “follow your heart.” (more…)

Inside JESS3: Robin Richards

Last on our JESS3 tour is, Information Design Director Robin Richards. One of the more creative minds of the JESS3 team, Richards gets to exercise his right-brain, coming up with all sorts of ideas for top brands and large publications. (more…)

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