Interview: Event Designer David Stark

Immersive experiential design planning from a team with vision unlike any other

Whether it’s a 40-person salon dinner for social change in Detroit, a 4,000-person non-profit fundraiser or top-tier art museum galas in New York, one call tell when David Stark Design has been involved. Stark and his team use their decor to trigger dialogue—from reaction to conversation. They aim to keep the message moving, and it’s a beautiful thing. Much of Stark‘s success can be pinned …

Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends for 2018

What a year ahead! Right now, 56% of the top US companies were founded by a first- or second-generation immigrants. With speech recognition at 95% accuracy, voice technology is in its stride. Today, more people start product searches on Amazon than search engines. Freelance workforces grew 23% in 2017. These stats and many more—as well as crucial takeaways—have been released in Kleiner Perkins’ iconic venture …

Beanpole: Farmer Loved an Onion

An undeniably bizarre but comically likable tune, “Farmer Loved an Onion” originally came to fruition back in the ’90s. It was the product of a side project known as Beanpole, featuring Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, Derek Greenberg and Adam Gates. The album featuring this track was so strange it got the whole imprint releasing it dropped from the parent label—and the music was buried. Now, …