Two-Time Winner Sam Burkardt is a Ninja
Sam Burkardt has proven herself doubly worthy within a short timeframe, racking up a second win within six months for the Creative Invite to photograph Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano at the trendy LAVO NYC. I contacted her for another ... Continue Reading
The Symphonic Success of Alberto Tresguerres and Red Family
One day, Alberto Tresguerres decided to listen to a bending of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s. He then realized he wanted to be a musician. Years later, among his band, Red Family, showed his potential in Talenthouse and won our Creative Invite with Eric Clapton to make a ... Continue Reading
Hooray for Shan Dan Horan, Talenthouse’s 2012 Photographer of the Year
The name Shan Dan Horan rolls off the tongue effortlessly, but more so due to the artist’s formidable presence within the Talenthouse community. His signature grim, Burtonesque style of work has garnered him much attention within the past year, earning ... Continue Reading
Henna Heals: Confessions of a Successful Member Invite Host
Post by Dominique Terry. Frances Darwin hosted a Member Invite with us back in June. She runs Henna Heals. Henna Heals was searching for the “Henna Crown” design for their summer collection. “Henna Heals specializes in creating temporary henna art for ... Continue Reading
The Internal Struggle and Quiet Contemplation of Anafelle Liu’s Winning Interpretation of fjögr piánó
Several months ago, Sigur Rós added a new video to their collection for the valtari mystery film experiment. Hypnotizing to watch and contemplative. Is he trying to shape himself? Or is he wrestling with the mass, unable to free himself ... Continue Reading
Stefanie Suchy and Jack Tompkins Shine for Nokia
Congratulations to Stefanie Suchy and Jack Tompkins, the two winners of our Nokia x Burton Creative Invite! Both winners will receive a Nokia #Lumia920 to capture their experiences in Vail, Colorado at the 2013 US Open with Nokia’s official AAA ... Continue Reading
Samantha Burkardt Snaps Emeli Sandé Live x2
Dominique Terry contributed to this article. Here’s an interview with Samantha Burkardt, who won our Emeli Sandé Creative Invite back in September. She shared her story with us and revealed what her exciting experience taught her as an artist. She was awarded ... Continue Reading
Combining His Love of No Doubt And Design Arvee Fider Strikes Gold
In this video, we get to meet Arvee and watch as he meets some of his heroes, No Doubt. His joy is infectious and, after hearing from him in the following interview, it’s easy to see why. He’s a huge ... Continue Reading
A New York State of Mind For Romain LeBrun
Romain LeBrun won our recent Creative Invite to design a poster for Nas‘ New Year’s Eve show at Radio City Music Hall. Down to earth with his eyes to the sky, Romain shared his experience with us and has some ... Continue Reading
Between Punk Rock and Zombies
Talenthouse’s contests always create much expectation. Who will be the contestants? How good will the submitted art be? Who will win? And, of course, what surprises will we encounter? This time was no different. The announcement of the winner for the ... Continue Reading
A Chance Encounter That Led to Success for James Fields
Sometimes you just unintentionally stumble across a bit of destiny. That’s what James Thomas Fields did when he discovered the Creative Invite to design for adidas Originals. Not only did he find the CI, but he entered and is one ... Continue Reading
Third Time’s a Charm: Tamir Impresses Again
Tamir Baansanjav has an amazing success story brought about by the opportunities here on Talenthouse. Having first submitted for an Adidas campaign back in 2010 and voted then as a finalist, he was able to establish himself as an internationally ... Continue Reading
Natalie Wooller’s Inspired Headdress Caught TEED’s Eye
Armed with a degree in multimedia textiles, Natalie Wooller tackled the challenge of designing a new headpiece for Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and his show at Bestival with aplomb. The builder of this headdress was Fred Butler, Lady Gaga’s own ... Continue Reading
Photographer Jessie Dee Knows Hard Work Pays Off
At the end of 2011, we had closed out a Creative Invite to photograph the vocalist Dev in concert. Jessika Dabrowski, also known as Jessie Dee, was the runner up and had her work featured by Dev on her social media ... Continue Reading
Tom Leishman, Talenthouse Photography Award Winner
The stars have aligned in more ways than one for British photographer and Talenthouse member Tom Leishman. After taking his shot at the Maroon 5 Photography Invite with a constellation of umbrellas rolling across a field, his initiative was rewarded ... Continue Reading
