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Journey of a Korean Adoptee

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Ben and Paul Garrison, playing together as children.

As a child, a trip to the grocery store for Paul Garrison could be an awkward experience. Alarmed to see a child wandering around without his parents in sight, employees would ask him where his mother or father were. What they didn’t realize was that the Caucasian couple behind him was, in fact, his parents.

The Cyber Game Obsession Among APIs

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Video games have come a long way from the beloved ‘Pac-man’, to the glory days of the ‘Super Mario Brothers’ on the 8-bit Nintendo entertainment system. In today’s society, video games have penetrated our culture and have evolved into multi-layered forms of entertainment, even simulating real life through a virtual world. Video games are no [...]

Find the Hiker in You

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

The skies are clear with a blue backdrop, vibrant wildlife is aroused, and the opulent sun is shining down – summer is here. Capitalizing on the radiant weather, APIs are spending less of their time in the city and more of it indulging in the outdoors. Taking his passion and directing it online, avid hiker [...]

The Struggles of an Undocumented Worker

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

The United States of America is founded on the idea of immigration and is the biggest melting pot in the world. The large influx of immigrants attributes to the very foundation of the country’s ethnic diversity. Immigrants who settle here share a part of their heritage, slowly embedding their culture into our society and contributing [...]

Designs that Matter

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Nin Truong poses in one of his businesses, Cafe Weekend,  in the Central District. In the back is his design studio, WKND.  Photo credit: Abraham Vu.

Nin Truong from Philip Thangsombat on Vimeo. Nin Truong is just like any Seattleite — he loves his coffee, spending time outdoors, and indulging in the arts. Having worked for several design studios in Seattle, he realized a typical job wasn’t suited for him. He set out to pursue his own line of work and [...]