Morning Salon's 2015 Spring Series Presenters
Jesse Finklestein, Founder, Print All Over Me
Jesse Finkelstein is the co-founder and Creative Director of Print All Over Me - printallover.me, an online platform for real world collaboration and creation. Jesse got his start in design in 2006 with the launch of Project 1281 a textile and clothing production consultancy and resource with clients ranging from Opening Ceremony to the Gap. In 2008 Jesse launched JF & Son, a retail fashion company with stores on the Lower East Side and Greenwich Village of Manhattan. JF & Son invited a rotating group of artists to apply their craft to fashion thereby reimagining the logic and potential of the “fashion brand.” It was in this spirit of collaboration that Jesse and his business partner and sister Meredith Finkelstein launched Print All Over Me - essentially a technology around collaboration.Jesse graduated Summa Cum Laude from Brown University double concentrating in Visual Arts and Political Science. He currently works out of New Inc., the New Museum’s incubator program for design, art, and technology, for which Print All Over Me is a founding member.
Morning Salon and Wanted Design have teamed up to bring together the best of US and International design companies and individuals for a thought-provoking design conversation around sustainability, product-making and innovation as companies shift towards the sustainable economy.
Morning Salon at Wanted Design is May 10th from 1pm - 4pm at the City of Industry Brooklyn location where Makers and Innovators meet.
Carl Minchew is the VP of Color Innovation for Benjamin Moore. With a career spanning over 40 years at Benjamin Moore, Carl has seen the transformation of the company move from industrial area coatings company to a move into the sustainable economy by ushering in Natura the no VOC paint line developed in house.
Carl will talk about Benjamin Moore's sustainable journey on June 18th at Morning Salon @ FIT.