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Jan 28, 2025 | 
mspmag.com | Nicole Crowder
Benjamin Peterson has been the creative architect and tour de force behind some of the largest brands worldwide, having served as the global brand director for Nike. In his current position as P.Inc Partnership Lead for Adidas, Peterson helms the Adidas Originals x Pharrell Williams collaboration, helping to design and launch products across categories including shoes, clothing, music, and art.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
domino.com | Nicole Crowder
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
mspmag.com | Nicole Crowder
Korean American photographer Roy Son’s burgeoning portfolio boasts a who’s who of the Twin Cities and beyond. From Ann Kim of Young Joni, Gavin Kaysen of Mara, and Sameh Wadi of Saffron and World Street Kitchen to clients like Target, Adidas, and Sun Country Airlines, Son’s subjects and clients are at the center of his agile approach to documenting food and drink, portraits, and travel.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
mspmag.com | Nicole Crowder
Often, slight pivots in our behavior or environment can yield great change and turn us toward the next version of ourselves that has been waiting to emerge. For art weaver and interior designer Luciana Bongiovanni, that transformation meant a giant leap across continents in the middle of 2020, from her hometown in Argentina to the lakes of Minneapolis, to follow her heart and weave a new tapestry for her life.
During the pandemic, most people were moving closer to their hometowns and families.
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May 13, 2024 | 
mspmag.com | Nicole Crowder
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Benjamin Peterson is a man who you would be hard pressed to find a corner of any creative industry that he hasn’t touched. Formerly the global brand director for Nike, Peterson was the architect behind marketing signature shoe and product collaborations alongside titans like Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton, Tom Sachs, Rosalía, Billie Eilish and dozens more.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
mspmag.com | Nicole Crowder
What do you get when you cross a multi-hyphenate self-described retrofuturist with a serial entrepreneur from north Minneapolis who was born and bred to be cool? Houston White, designer, author, and founder of The Get Down Coffee Co., Camdentown Flats, and other ventures that span categories from fashion to beauty to building community spaces.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
mspmag.com | Nicole Crowder
herbst-eatery Herbst Eatery and Farm StandThe new St. Paul restaurant puts the spotlight on freshly sourced produce as well as artists from across the Twin Cities. While some of the art is from the annual MCAD sale (including artist Mizz. Wormhole’s Tomato Soup, right), other works, including the Bettye Olson watercolors in the eatery and the Patty Paulus pieces in the farm stand, are from the Dow Art Gallery.
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Jan 21, 2024 | 
mspmag.com | Nicole Crowder
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For me—born in Germany, raised as a third culture kid within a military household—the notion of “home” was an enigma for many years until recently—a hazy outline familiar enough to know that it was there but not defined well enough to claim as my own.
Minnesota felt most like a beacon for home because the bulk of my childhood memories of attending elementary and high school belonged here.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
mspmag.com | Nicole Crowder
More than 100 guests, a dozen trips together, and nearly 600 shots shared with the who’s who of the local food and beverage scene—podcasters Charles Awad (left) and Ben Quam (right) recently celebrated several milestones reached in the three years they’ve been behind the mic of Libations for Everyone.
That’s a lot of togetherness for two guys who started out as brief acquaintances.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
mspmag.com | Nicole Crowder
Situated on a 3-acre homestead in the middle of Osage, Minnesota (population 258), amid trees that butt against Smoky Hills State Forest, Jovan C. Speller makes her home with her husband and two young children. A decades-long purveyor of permaculture, an activist for Black land rights, and a multidisciplinary fine artist, Speller has also taken on another role, as executive director for The Great Northern Festival.
