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CALLING ALL COCONUTS!

WE’RE NOT GOING BACK!  (Kamala Harris, 2024)
A couple months ago a young intern and I were working in my studio when we heard that Biden had ended his re-election bid and endorsed vice president Kamala Harris to run for the Presidency. A feeling of irrepressible joy and hope swept over us both, replacing the anxious gloom and doom that had previously prevailed. I started thinking about what we could do, as artists and designers, to be part of what was quickly becoming a dynamic and exciting new movement. Tessa (a student of Fashion at the Parsons School of Design) started sketching out some ideas on paper. I started playing around with them on Photoshop and… two new products were born! “Calling All Coconuts” is an inter-generational collaboration, born out of the renewed hope, humor, and sheer joy generated by the uplifting presence of Kamala Harris on the national stage. The cap is brat green with hot pink text quoting Kamala’s mother’s famous words reminding us of the importance of context: “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?” on the front. And on the back the campaign’s omnipresent war-cry: “NOT GOING BACK”.  The 22” square cotton bandana has a pink and green checkerboard design with the words JOY, HOPE, and VOTE alternating on the pink and green squares. A row of coconut emojis borders the perimeter of the bandana. I am super excited to announce that a first, limited edition, batch of hats has just arrived in studio, and we are taking pre-orders for the bandanas. In celebration of Kamala Harris becoming the 47th President of the USA, we are pricing each cap and each bandana at $47, and 20% of proceeds will be sent to the Harris/Walz campaign. These items are now available for purchase on my webshop and at my San Francisco studio.


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San Francisco studio: 1890 Bryant Street, studio 308, San Francisco, CA. 94110