At least five years ago—seems like a hundred!—I was contacted by a bright young design student named Mig Reyes who interviewed me for a school project over iChat. Times and technology changed and this year Mig contacted me to interview me again—over Video iChat! He’s collected an amazing lineup of creative professionals giving advice over iChat at Humble Pied and I’m honored to be the most recent interviewee. My advice—which I’m sure will not surprise you—is to ignore your job title and start your own business as soon as you can. Thanks, Mig!
Welcome to Gelatobaby
Hi, my name is Alissa. I'm a writer, a gelato-eater, and a walker in LA. You can learn more about me here.All About Gelatobaby
@gelatobaby
- Congrats to the awesome folks at @Poketo on their new Target collection! I want that @kateconsumption wallet! http://bit.ly/cfj9ME
- @katiewelch So exciting! Let me know what you're up to and PLEASE come to LA!
- @ForYourArt @fallenfruit Miss you guys, too! I can't make it Sunday but everyone should go to the Public Fruit Jam! http://bit.ly/d1KYjo
- Best locked-keys-in-car story ever. RT @scharwath A Navajo medicine man prayed to the car & then opened it with a wire coathanger first try.
- Gary's new film, Urbanized! RT @Gary_Hustwit Alissa Walker (@gelatobaby) and I discussed the film on @fastcodesign: http://bit.ly/cAi4Yz
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You can find my writing most days at Fast Company, where I write about design and sustainability each week as a Designers Accord case study. I also write a column for GOOD called Design is a Verb.
- At Home with Ed Begley, Jr.
Dwell, June 2010
I visited LA's greenest celebrity to talk about gardening, solar panels and riding the bus. - Why I Write About Design Now
GOOD, May 2010
How we need to cover the design industry: Without a chair in the world. - Here's Why the Banksy Movie is a Banksy Prank
Fast Company, April 2010
The world's most famous street artist makes a documentary? I'm not buying it. - If You Lived Here, You'd Be Urban By Now
GOOD, Spring 2010
The case against fake "walkable urbanism" developments which are neither walkable or urban. - Why Can't the World's Best Architects Build Better Websites?
Fast Company, March 2010
Loading... - Reading a City
GOOD, Winter 2010
How streets in NY and LA instruct us to move through them. - iPad Name Not the First Choice for Women. Period.
Fast Company, January 2010
Sure, Apple's newest product is cool and all, but about that name... - Will You Makeover My Valentine?
Studio 360, January 2009
I talk to Kurt Andersen about greeting cards, dangerous love, and why Cupid's stupid. - The Fake Freeway Sign that Became a Real Public Service
GOOD, January 2009
Artist Richard Ankrom's act of guerrilla public service improved the commuter experience. - The Decade in Design
GOOD, December 2009
Ten years of Apple, starchitects and design for change.
- At Home with Ed Begley, Jr.
Gelatoing
Speaking
- FAME: Myth Management and Tailored Truths
An exec ed course moderated by Frances Anderton
July 20-21
USC
Los Angeles
