This article was originally published on Josh Welton’s “Watch the Pretty Light” Kinja/Oppositelock blog on December 1, 2015, and was reposted on Jalopnik with over 30,000 views and lots of reader engagement. The Kinja/Oppositelock platform is now defunct. Josh Welton, December 1, 2015 The 2016 Viper ACR is mostly a burnt offering to the Gods … Read More
Josh Welton provides a glimpse inside Wayne State University’s Formula SAE team as they build a small race car for an international automotive design competition series. (Continue Reading)
It’s that time again. The U.S.’s Big 3 automakers and the United Automobile Workers (UAW) are at war over the next four-year contract. The big bosses at Ford, GM, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) want to continue to squeeze the laborers in the name of more profits, and the workforce is hoping to regain some … Read More
In Part I of our interview with Josh York, the founder of “social streetwear” clothing company York Project proved how creativity and gumption can take you places. He has made some leaps of faith and taken some calculated risks, but those things are paying off and paving a way of their own. In Part II we talk job creation, … Read More
In the burgeoning creative community of Detroit, we often come across fresh and inspiring stories of young people who’ve got hustle and want to make a difference. Josh York of the York Project is one of them. Tapping into his entrepreneurial spirit as a child by selling Silly Putty, Josh is now 26 years old and has … Read More
ICON. The lofty goal of any artist worth their salt is to create something iconic, whether they admit to it or not. We want to create an original form that represents something greater than itself that, with merely a glimpse, takes our mind to a certain space, quickens our pulse or stirs our soul. It’s … Read More