Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

This is part of the W+K office in Shanghai. I did a talk there to a lot of the staff who sat around the grassy interior middle. I like it when offices make an open space. It either means, they planned it that way, or they have too much space. Most offices are crammed! People sat, listened, drank beer, asked questions, and it was all translated. I enjoyed listening to whatever I said turned into Chinese. At some points, I realized, the translations were a bit off, but that’s ok, maybe it made GR sound cooler. Evidently I was test subject #1. The speakers series has begun. That’s Nick Barham in the middle. He took care of business. Along with Mr John Jay who set it up. They also gave me a great looking Perk book. This is a better view, you can see how their office is set up. It’s three floors in a warehouse that has a lot of concrete. It’s definitely a creative only atmosphere and they’re tearing shit up in Shanghai and Beijing. Photos taken by the house photographer. I saw you taking pics. Thanks much.
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Ken Tanaka emailed me and said he saw the Jade Foods article in Giant Robot and then went to Hawaii and checked it out for himself. So check out the video and enjoy. If you have a bag of seed, you should bust it open and enjoy. Either way, glad to see GR is being used wisely for it's editorial prowess. Ken Tanaka is one of the funnier persons on YouTube, glad he went from searching for his parents...
Ken Tanaka emailed me and said he saw the Jade Foods article in Giant Robot and then went to Hawaii and checked it out for himself. So check out the video and enjoy. If you have a bag of seed, you should bust it open and enjoy. Either way, glad to see GR is being used wisely for it’s editorial prowess. Ken Tanaka is one of the funnier persons on YouTube, glad he went from searching for his parents to adding to culture.
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Hanging out with the Wu, causes firestorms of fans. It's great when they're so obvious. They'll follow him into a shop and pretend to be looking around, they'll snap photos in the most obvious way, they'll go nuts full knowing that it's annoying, yet, they're the true fans who'll be there day or night. The mid sentence thing is the best. I guess it happens so often, that Daniel will talk about...