San Francisco is a haven for hipsters (pop on over to Dolores Park on a Saturday to see for yourself), so it’s unsurprising the city would be featured first in a new series profiling that very culture.
San Francisco-based production studio Seedwell launched a new series on YouTube last month aptly named "The American Hipster." The channel airs three hipster-themed shows every week.
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"Many people think the whole hipster thing is over," said Peter Furia, creative director of Seedwell, in a statement. "But the fact that the term is still so contentious makes us think there's substance to explore. We also suspect there's new humor to enjoy as hipsterism's influence expands further into the mainstream and crosses generations."
American Hipster Presents, a documentary style show, explores important themes in Hipster culture: music, art, style, food and social life in five episodes each for ten different cities throughout the country.
San Francisco-based production studio Seedwell launched a new series on YouTube last month aptly named "The American Hipster." The channel airs three hipster-themed shows every week.
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"Many people think the whole hipster thing is over," said Peter Furia, creative director of Seedwell, in a statement. "But the fact that the term is still so contentious makes us think there's substance to explore. We also suspect there's new humor to enjoy as hipsterism's influence expands further into the mainstream and crosses generations."
American Hipster Presents, a documentary style show, explores important themes in Hipster culture: music, art, style, food and social life in five episodes each for ten different cities throughout the country.
- 4/5/2012
- by Sarah Medina
- Huffington Post
San Francisco-based creative studio Seedwell snagged an original channel from YouTube, who announced its first slate of Original Channels yesterday. You may remember Seedwell from Tubefilter's San Francisco meetup about demystifying viral videos this summer. Seedwell's new channel, American Hipster, will explore pop culture through the lens of hipsterism, that ironically popular movement built on not being popular. "Having YouTube support Seedwell’s production of regular content allows us to focus on what we do best - creating videos that people love to watch and share," Beau Lewis, Partner and Head of Business at Seedwell, told Tubefilter. "This is also a great opportunity for our business; we believe the upside of online video advertising has yet to be fully realized and YouTube will play a key role in its evolution. We’re excited to be a part of it." The channel is scheduled to launch in April 2012 and feature three weekly shows: Max Movie Reviews,...
- 10/29/2011
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
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