71 Sources the Culturally Fluent Already Know
SOURCE CODE: Introducing the cultural breadcrumbs fueling the industry’s best minds.
SOURCE COOOOOOOOOOOOOOODE. Vol. 002.
It’s a living list of people, companies, projects, and places that matter before the brief, before the article, before the brand deck with 17 slides of someone else's vision board.
Your “who to watch” list is whack attack. SOURCE CODE is for the people who already know, and for the ones smart enough to admit they don’t (yet).
It’s about quiet relevance, not hype. What? You think this is 2018? Our lists are the kind of stuff you talk about in the group chat before you see it on Pinterest. (Btw, is Pinterest back back?)
Each edition tightens the web. Vol 001 was a broadcast. Vol 002 is a signal bounce where we’ve started asking SOURCE CODE alumni to nominate the source material they’re influenced by.
Add to that a few trusted friends of Dot Dot Dot, and what you get is a breadcrumb trail for the culturally fluent. In this volume:
– names you pretend you already follow
– a director who shot their last campaign on a Nokia flip phone "for texture" and now gets flown out by LVMH
– a brand that only just launched, and already got name-dropped in a Saint Heron caption
– thinkers and tinkerers (I like that word) doing it weird on purpose
– directors who ghost launch projects just to see who’s paying attention
– a photographer who only shoots in abandoned malls and is booked through 2026
– a graphic designer who only uses PowerPoint because “Figma is too clean”
– a connector who once hosted drinks that accidentally started a subculture
This is the origin feed for the references you’ll hear at panel talks in six months. No set categories, just Source Material. For your cultural nourishment.
We’re watching who’s next. Send over your submissions and ideas to christopher@dotdotdot.partners and we’ll be in touch…
15 Creative Visionaries Behind the Lens:
Aidan Zamiri | Director & Photographer
Andrés Sanjuan | Photographer
Bafic | Director & Photographer
Brianna Capozzi | Photographer
Charlie Chops | Director & Photographer
Elaine Constantine | Director & Photographer
Eva Roefs | Photographer
Grace Margetson | Art Director (Nominated by Bonnie Langedijk)
Jeanie Annan-Iewin | Stylist
Jessica Willis | Stylist
Joanna Wzorek | Photographer (Nominated by Colin Doerffler)
Nolan Zangas | Photographer
Spencer Singer | Stylist
Stephanie Stamatis | Art Director & Set Designer
Taylor McNeill | Stylist
14 Beta Testers Pushing Their Creative Industry Into the Future:
Antoon | Musician & Producer
Bimma Williams | Strategist (Nominated by Daniel Yaw-Miller)
Colby Mugrabi | Founder, MMERCH
EDGLRD | Creative & Technology Studio
Ester Mero | Design Director (Nominated by Takiyah Blaize)
Gab Waller | Founder, Sourced By
Gabby Windey | Podcast Host
Kyle Smith | Fashion Editor, NFL (Nominated by Daniel Yaw-Miller)
Mike Sykes | Founder, The Kicks You Wear
Moon Bedeaux | Chef (Nominated by Kristofer Lofqvist)
Papilles Pronzi | Founder, We Are Ona
Studioutte | Design Practise
Tom Ducarouge | Industrial & Product Designer (Nominated by Ira Tassoulis)
Ziad Ahmed | Head of Next Gen, UTA
