Last Sunday whilst sipping my skinny latte, I stumbled across this article in the NY Times. The visuals were what intrigued me and so I decided to do some research on the two male artists.
Two years ago Nate Hooper and Andy Hawgood decided to open a hybrid space in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Part design agency and part gallery, the Popular Workshop is named after the 1960s French Situationist movement “l’atelier populaire.” The airy sprawling space, once a cable car factory, does double duty as a studio space for the partners (who specialize in creative direction for a variety of brands) and as a gallery for the eclectic events and edgy exhibitions that have put the Popular Workshop on the art scene map.
While Hooper and Hawgood are bringing new artists to the attention of San Franciscans, their design studio is also benefiting from collaborations with gallery artists. “It’s all about change through creativity,” Hooper says.
Via NY Times
