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Avant-Garde Art: Edgy Characters

Avant-Garde Art: Edgy Characters

Art is meant to cause a reaction and incite distinct feelings within the viewer. This collection of avant-garde art aims for edginess and a hint of unease. The universal intrigue with the unusual is sated with Manga art, sugar skulls, abstract feminine allure, and mischievous animated characters. Caia Koopman draws [...]

Modern Kids: Paper Craft Boat

Modern Kids: Paper Craft Boat

  Foundary photo stylist Krystin Marsh explains how to make a simple paper boat to keep the kids sailing through summer. This boat can be an afternoon project at home, sailed down a stream, or made and used as a party favor. “Nautical themes are a perennial facet of summertime, [...]

The SoCal Lighting Trio: Meet Cerno

The SoCal Lighting Trio: Meet Cerno

As three friends living in Laguna Beach, how did you turn the idea of Cerno turn into a functioning, successful business model? We love what we do and the products that we make, so the next part of the equation was taking it to market, and if the market received [...]

LED Bulbs of a Different Color

LED Bulbs of a Different Color

There’s a popular belief that LED bulbs are too blue. This was a complaint during the early days of LED home lighting, but the technology has changed. Cerno insists on using warm LED bulbs with color temperatures of 2700 to 3000 on the Kelvin scale (written as 3000K). For comparison, [...]