Aaron Draplin & The Art of the Side Hustle Pt. 1 | #LIVINGOFFTHEWALL | VANS

Documentarian: Jared Eberhardt.

We meet Aaron Draplin at his day job as a designer at his studio, Draplin Design Company in Portland, Oregon. The tour quickly devolves into a discussion of his vast collections of well-organized junk, and includes a trip to an estate sale where Aaron picks up an ancient bag of peanut butter chips.

Music: "Vampiring Again" by Califone.

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Aaron Draplin & The Art of the Side Hustle Pt. 1 | #LIVINGOFFTHEWALL | VANS

[Planetrefactor]

The excitement he shows about the smallest detail and the simplest design is beautiful.

[DunKnoThaMySpace]

I swear im in love with this guy. His personality is so infectious

[zandybyrd]

I love that every time he saw something that had this fascinating story behind it he would just "hoo." Then jump right into the backstory.

[MarkAlanEffinger]

Aaron Draplin is my new hero. I was trained by a graphic designer who could be his doppleganger.
You had to bring him a specific kind of beer to get his attention. Quirky. Awesome. Fantastic. Badass.
But Aaron - look at that energy! That design aesthetic! That beard! That dude is magic...

[JohnnyW]

Love this guy... his love of logos knows no

[aSDfriar]

This is how every designer should be. You can tell he just simply just loves design, its inspiring.

[sergeibrit]

This guy is amazing! The passion and fire in his eyes and moves when he talks about the things he loves inspires and makes me stand up and do something I love and admire.

[gcn]

I love coming across designers I never knew before. He seems awesome.

[OvercastWorks]

Draplin is a great character - loved this little glimpse into his life. 

[nathanspoor]

This guy is awesome, totally made my day.

[codeface]

This guy really loves what he does, keep it up bro

[maaaaaat]

Is there an uncut version of this somewhere? I want to hear all about the matchbook collection and tape measures. C'mon!

[legallyrj]

This is bomb! Great work and worthy sharing.

[chickenlegsTV]

i love how he admires other people's work it makes him really humble

[melasonbelizaire]

As an Artist, I get it. My husband sent this to me. He has learned to leave with me mess. Stored nicely, but yes, this is me. I have taken over EVERY room in the house with something.

[LaurenHohls]

What a beautiful video and man. The craziest part about watching this was I felt like I was watching myself!!! Especially the freaking matchbook UGH

[gable]

This guy is a madman! I love it! Just found out about him on Marc Maron's podcast. Cool video, thanksya

[ExtraTerrestrialMusic]

His reaction from seeing logos tho. Priceless!!

[BigHayes]

I understand you when you say it's like gold baby

[AleZayas]

The camera guy is so out of tune here. Draplin is loving and trying to show every little detail and the cameraman just can't snap out (even for a second!) of his fixation with pointing at Aaron's face. Such a shame.