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.