Kelly Smith | Made in Seattle

I’ve been uncharacteristically quiet about what exactly it is that I’ve been working on lately. By now, most folks know that I’ve partnered with my longtime friend Adrian Hanauer who (among many other things) owns the Seattle Sounders soccer club. We developed Curious Office to make investments in new-gen software/internet companies. But, we’ve also incubated our own software venture within Curious Office that we’re calling ImageKind. We won’t launch for another few months but I can say that it will appeal to the artists, photographers and creatives out there. As I thought about the concept initially, it occurred to me that nothing really new and innovative has been done in the art space for about 10 years. The fact that more and more art is going digital hasn’t really been leveraged in an interesting way. The fact that ‘traditional’ art painted onto canvas and paper can now easily be captured in reprinted thousands of times hasn’t been leveraged in an interesting way. I want to help artists and photographers make more money by providing an innovative framework for production and distribution. I encourage you to sign up for information at the ImageKind site and we’ll let you know as we get ready to launch.