In a recent blog post from Matchstic, a local brand shop, they pose the question: What about Atlanta inspires you?
As inhabitants of this sweet tea and hip hop city, we believe that it's important to always explore. Atlantan know of, but not be familiar with, all of it's little nooks and corners, all of the neighborhoods each with their own specific qualities and quirks.
In the past, we've posed a similar question in our interviews. Here's some snap shots of what people have said:
Will Benham and Chris Baker, the geniuses behind Go Art Director Go (now shiny, wide-eyed, sleepy interns at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder.
When you're trying to brew up that next great idea, where do you go in Atlanta? Is there a particular spot or ritual that you take part in?
Chris: Writing has to be at my desk in my room under my little green lamp like the ones in the library of every movie. For ideas, I don’t have one place I go, but I feel like that’s a little counterintuitive. I love concepting in Piedmont Park. Octane is great, Bookhouse Pub, anything that gets me out and about. Because if I couldn’t do my work out in Atlanta, I wouldn’t be out in Atlanta.
Will: Call me counterintuitive, but for me the magic happens in the shower. After I’ve researched, finished meetings, and written every bad headline my brain can produce I’ll go take a shower. Usually that’s when the best breakthroughs happen for me. For all the nitty gritty work I like to go to a coffee shop to concept and write. Sip is my favorite, but I’ll use Starbucks if I have to.
(read the rest of the interview here)
James Martin, local designer and self-initiating innovator.
Now that you've been here for a bit, what makes Atlanta Atlanta?
James: Atlanta is such a wonderful place for me. Personally, it opened a new and very wild chapter in my life. I had just started an agency and was working for myself and collaborating on some pretty awesome projects at Cardinal & Company (c&c). I remember so vividly being constantly in awe of the neighborhoods. They truly inspired me and motivated some of my biggest self-initiated projects. Whenever I wasn't at the studio, I was exploring through them. Local food was a big deal for me, too. Where I'm from, the dinner options were chain restaurants. Now, all of a sudden there are countless places to dine that offer good food and excellent stories. The beautiful thing about many of the restaurants in Atlanta is that they invite conversation and are accessible to the neighborhoods they call home.
(read the rest of the interview here)
Read Matchstic's responses here.
