
Local Optimist Issue 01, sapphire
In its inaugural issue, Local Optimist gathers written works and profiles on a harmonic group of creatives: Echo Park’s great ceramicist, designer, and former Memphis Group member Peter Shire, exuberant, color-centric stylist Shirely Kurata, multi-hyphenate artist Sofie Royer, Tom Wright of NYC’s Toms Juice, thinker and curator Josh Itiola, Forest Bathing specialist Dr. Qing Li, and more.
In its inaugural issue, Local Optimist gathers written works and profiles on a harmonic group of creatives: Echo Park’s great ceramicist, designer, and former Memphis Group member Peter Shire, exuberant, color-centric stylist Shirely Kurata, multi-hyphenate artist Sofie Royer, Tom Wright of NYC’s Toms Juice, thinker and curator Josh Itiola, Forest Bathing specialist Dr. Qing Li, and more.
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In its inaugural issue, Local Optimist gathers written works and profiles on a harmonic group of creatives: Echo Park’s great ceramicist, designer, and former Memphis Group member Peter Shire, exuberant, color-centric stylist Shirely Kurata, multi-hyphenate artist Sofie Royer, Tom Wright of NYC’s Toms Juice, thinker and curator Josh Itiola, Forest Bathing specialist Dr. Qing Li, and more.














