Loni Stark
Loni Stark is an artist at Atelier Stark, psychology researcher, and technologist whose work explores the intersection of identity, creativity, and technology. A self-professed foodie and adventure travel enthusiast, she collaborates on visual storytelling projects with Clinton Stark for Stark Insider. Her insights are shaped by her role at Adobe, influencing her explorations into the human-tech relationship. It's been said her laugh can still be heard from San Jose up to the Golden Gate Bridge—unless sushi, her culinary Kryptonite, has momentarily silenced her.
A top secret mission
Vintage Mercedes cars.
The autonomous Spanish city of Ceuta.
An ex-con.
Yes, this one is going to be interesting.
I'm on a secret mission. I can't divulge the details, save for sharing this one photo, as I'm spent my last quarter and have no more way to communicate.
I'm among the bulls, driving as fast...
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Shawn Hook interview, plus concert highlights from Live in the Vineyard (Video)
The Stark Insider summer concert series continues with interviews and highlights from the Live in the Vineyard music festival. Past episodes include Pentatonix, Ben Rector, and previews of Audiodamn!, Daughtry, Ingrid Michaelson. Today: Juno nominated and platinum selling singer-songwriter Shawn Hook.
He's got the suit. He's got the coif. And...
DIY: How to build your own vegetable planter box (Download Plans)
Download the internet’s most-downloaded planter box plans. Loni shows you how to build a durable vegetable planter that will last for years to come and produce fresh veggies for the whole family.
Fresh veggies and herbs. Straight from your own garden. Is there anything better?
One of the most rewarding projects...
In Photos: Wanderlust along the Embarcadero & San Francisco waterfront
Ocean breeze. Energy everywhere. And views to a kill.
It can only be one thing: The San Francisco Waterfront.
Over the weekend, I did what I like to do as often as possible, and headed to the Embarcadero. There, Clint and I started just north of the (gorgeous, expansive) James R....
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Yes, the machines will rise… to a point
"When machines become more intelligent, humans are freed to become more creative. That opens the doors to completely new possibilities."
In my latest article, over on The Next Web, I propose this theory and argue, perhaps not as dramatically as some, that machines of the future are far more likely to...
Ben Rector “Brand New” Live in the Vineyard (Video)
Loni Stark continues her exploration of the creative impulse, in and around San Francisco. Recent Stark Insider video features include a profile of the new $21 million SF Opera Lab, Dirty Dancing re-visited, the art of swordplay on the set of Cyrano, and mini-doc with the talented YouTube-winning a capella group Pentatonix.
There's a lot...
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The Art of Swordplay on set of ‘Cyrano’ (Video)
"It has timeless romantic inclinations."
Yes, and as I discovered when I visited the set of Cyrano, now playing at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, there's no shortage of dashing swashbuckling. Fight call!
In this Stark Insider episode I meet up with the love-torn, nose-challenged Cyrano himself (J. Anthony Crane) and Jonathan Rider, a...
Pentatonix Live: New single “If I Ever Fall in Love” + interview (Video)
A capella group brings new single and The Hugs to Napa.
Pentatonix wins Napa with stellar performance (Video)
Stark Insider meets up with Pentatonix at the opening night of the Live in the Vineyard music festival. Video outtakes here for all us Pentaholics and music aficionados alike.
Pentatonix.
The two-time Grammy winners made a special appearance at Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena to kick off Live in the Vineyard. No...