January 23, 2010
: work·shop
Pronunciation: \-ˌshäp\
Function: noun
Date: 1562
1 : a small establishment where manufacturing or handicrafts are carried on
2 : workroom
3 : a usually brief intensive educational program for a relatively small group of people that focuses especially on techniques and skills in a particular field
Bradford Shellhammer Creative Workshop tackles many fields: Writing. Decorating. Art sourcing. Illustration. Blogging. Consulting. Marketing. Art direction. Photography. Any creative endeavor imaginable.
Bradford Shellhammer lives in Manhattan, hails from Baltimore, and counts the quirky sensibilities of each as influences. He holds degrees from Goucher College and from Parsons The New School for Design.
He is Creative Director at fabulis, the new start-up founded by Jason Goldberg in 2010. fabulis is a social network that connects gay men to amazing experiences down the block and around the world.
Bradford writes for Sundance Channel and Full Frontal Fashion alongside Robert Redford, Michael Musto, Elvis Costello, Paula Froelich, Lynn Yaeger, and Patrick McMullan. At Full Frontal Fashion he lenses Who_What_Where?, a weekly photo series documenting street style. He's kept a personal blog since 2000 and was the founding editor of Queerty, where he won a Bloggie award. He developed and was the dominant voice of DWR's Design Notes blog. He’s also penned the Design Notes newsletter, following in the footsteps of DWR founder Rob Forbes, iconic mid-century designer Jens Risom, and the button-pushing illustrator James Victore.
Bradford helped launch two original retail concepts: Design Within Reach's Tools For Living and Blu Dot's first showroom. He's also the maker of KissZINE, alongside Zach Augustine. Their self-published collectable magazine features art, writing, and interviews, with frequent contributions by boldface names.
As a decorator with a keen sense of color he's designed apartments ranging from micro to vast. He excels in piecing rooms together, telling stories through collections, and sourcing furniture and art. His own homes have been featured in The New York Times and Dwell.
Bradford has developed collaborations between Parsons students and American furniture manufacturers Heller and Emeco, resulting in exhibitions showcasing the student designs. Bradford conceptualized the project and critiqued the work in the Parsons classroom.
He has a wicked fascination with others and has interviewed everyone from figure skater Johnny Weir to pop icon Cyndi Lauper to Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn. He continues to document these interviews in the workshop and in various websites and magazines.
Bradford has been featured in or written for The Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly, The Advocate, Apartment Therapy, The Baltimore Sun, Cool Hunting, Dwell, Fleshbot, Full Frontal Fashion, Gawker, Genre, HX, Interior Design, JC Report, New York Magazine, The New York Observer, The New York Times, Newsweek, Next Magazine, ReadyMade Magazine, Sundance Channel, and Towleroad.
Bradford Shellhammer Creative Workshop makes good things. It can help you create good things too. Please shoot him an email with “yo Bradford” in the title. He’ll get right back to you.
PS. He also loves writing about himself in the third person.
