THE SPRING ISSUE
Love to Pose
After an amazing response, SOMA is proud of its tradition of creating stylistic imagery through iconic themes. In this issue, SOMA readers once again posed in homage to their favorite icons. These young creative Londoners offered their own portrayals of these inspiring legends. I Pose Like: Marlon Brando Name: Tim Renouf Occupation: Actor/Model “A Street […]
Street Pulse: San Francisco
Name: Laura Obsessed with: Tom Yorke Guilty pleasures: Sleeping Favorite dessert: Chocolate-covered strawberries Favorite sin: Gluttony Most self-obsessed celebrity: Justin Bieber Name: Kim Obsessed with: Tom Hanks Guilty pleasures: Pastries Favorite dessert: Ice cream Favorite sin: Gluttony Most self-obsessed celebrity: Tom Cruise Name: Megan Obsessed with: Iron Man Guilty pleasures: Fast food Favorite dessert: Cherry […]
Josephine Anthony
Recent graduate from Kingston University and previous intern for Michael Van der Ham, Josephine Anthony’s “Sculptural Nature” designs are a force to be reckoned with. Literally. She has a strong fascination with the “deconstructed nature; to see what new shapes it [creates],” as well as forces of nature that humans have no control over. Raised […]
Olivia Lopez: Lust for Life
Determining the purpose of one’s own existence brings one to a state of perplexity. Whether it is measured by fate, by calculated steps, or just by chance is unknown but it is this incessant questioning and search for answers that has led Olivia Lopez to become the celebrated Lust for Life blogger many know her […]
Chanel: Where Beauty Begins
Chanel, whose quilted handbags and beauty trends are obsessed over worldwide, has done it again with their latest beauty formula: LE LIFT Firming – Anti-Wrinkle Cream. After conducting 12 years of research the fashion house was able to isolate a powerful molecule in the Edulis plant, dicaffeoylquinic acid. Chanel researchers developed a compound from the […]
Conscious Commuter
Flying from meetings dispersed throughout the city with a quick lunch break in between, happy hour after, and ending with an evening engagement can leave one a bit shambolic. Tackling a concept that has been deemed a point of aggravation, Conscious Commuter presents a line of electric-assist commuter bicycles to re-acquaint people with the joy […]
I-Pose
After an amazing response, SOMA is proud of its tradition of creating stylistic imagery through iconic themes. In this issue, SOMA readers once again posed in homage to their favorite icons. These young creative San Franciscans offered their own portrayals of these inspiring legends. Photography by Erik almås Styling by Neda Dion Producer: Filiz Rezvan […]
Hotel Realm, Canberra
Canberra, the Australian capital, is 100 years young this year. An aerial view still shows swathes of native scrub and gums. Last year the population of the city grew 2.3 percent while the national rate was 1.8 percent. However, for university students, public servants, visiting dignitaries, journalists and members of the military, it still remains […]
Melissa Fleis
Project Runway tends to bring along a multitude of fresh new faces in fashion. San Francisco-based Melissa Fleis’s intricate work has earned her a national spotlight. As runner-up in Season Ten of Project Runway, Fleis provided audiences with a captivating series of designs that cultivated in a stunning collection, including a gorgeously draped asymmetrical dress […]
Jenny Grettve
Jenny Grettve, founder of Jenny Grettve Design Studio, has already experienced life as an architect, a musician and a now burgeoning fashion designer. Born in a small town in Sweden, she has been creative from a young age. Although she originally set out to be a concert pianist, it was her unquenchable excitement towards a […]
Pink Dolphin
In a mass market that’s oversaturated with lines of graphic tees, hoodies and printed street wear, Pink Dolphin has managed to not only be a top player, but a leader in the industry. Now valued at about $20 million dollars, the colorful and upbeat Pink Dolphin brand started out as the passionate project by then […]
Soma Water, Purity Meets Style
Spellbinding design elements and crafted visual branding makes up our culture of a strongly aestheticized population. Clean, sleek and pleasing is what we ask of our surroundings, but it is time to give back to life’s bare necessities. Soma Water is a sustainable and carefully created water filter that embodies basics and purity. Founded by […]
Adam Edwards
Adam Edwards is a long way from home. It’s been two years since he and a few friends packed up and set out from Florida to come to San Francisco. They came to Union Square to open up Hops & Hominy, a restaurant and bar located down an unassuming alley, and they brought with them […]
Erik Adkins
The glow of over a hundred bottles of whiskey glimmers off the barman’s smooth head, accentuating the perspiration as veteran drinksmith Erik Adkins works away, mixing cocktails and pouring the amber goodness to the packed-in patrons at Hard Water. The Pier 3 whiskey bar is the latest Charles Phan venture, this time featuring whiskey—one of […]
London Grammar
“Excuse me, excuse me, ‘scuse, ‘scuse,” are the words heard most prior to London Grammar taking the stage at It’s A School Night, an intimate Monday night affair at Bardot Hollywood, as spectators attempt to find standing room. The British trio is making their first U.S. appearance. With the excitement generated by its Metal & […]
