{"id":3167,"date":"2016-02-05T00:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/busterprod.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=3167"},"modified":"2024-04-01T20:03:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:03:46","slug":"why-were-doing-artist-collaborations-at-buster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buster.com\/blog\/why-were-doing-artist-collaborations-at-buster","title":{"rendered":"Why we\u2019re doing artist collaborations at Buster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ever seen a picture of a bus, and felt instantly inspired? No? Me neither\u200a\u2014\u200abut I\u2019m working on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two weeks ago, we announced our first&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/busterprod.wpengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buster<\/a>&nbsp;artist collaboration, a sticker by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillergoodspeed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hiller Goodspeed<\/a>. Hiller is&nbsp;an illustrator out of Vancouver you might know from his 2010 project,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/edped.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E.D.P.E.D.<\/a>&nbsp;The sticker&nbsp;is a simple start to an aspiration we have as we grow\u200a\u2014\u200ato support artists doing cool things, and find fresh ways to see group transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now the visual landscape on this topic is pretty gross. Your typical image\u00a0of group transportation tends to look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-2.png 1021w, https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-2-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-2-768x354.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But we see another vision.&nbsp;For us, it\u2019s not about buses. It\u2019s about moving people to create great experiences. And in reality, it\u2019s a beautiful thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every&nbsp;day we work toward that goal as we work on our core product. We improve our search tools constantly, and we\u2019re always bringing more of the industry online, seeking&nbsp;transparency and access for customers. Beyond that, we aspire to move people not just physically \u2013 but with a story about traveling and experiencing things together. That\u2019s why we\u2019re beginning an effort to encourage original artwork that tells&nbsp;a&nbsp;new story about group travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long term, we\u2019re hoping there will be a diverse, inspiring array of images that show group travel in a new light. Short term, we\u2019ll keep creating them\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/busterblog.wpengine.com\/?p=103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one at a time<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/buster.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/buster.png 469w, https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/buster-300x294.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our collaboration with illustrator Hiller Goodspeed, a limited-run sticker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Postscript: If you\u2019re an artist, and you\u2019d like to work with us on an original piece for this project, please&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:sally@busterprod.wpengine.com?subject=I-want-to-collaborate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">get in touch<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever seen a picture of a bus, and felt instantly inspired? No? Me neither\u200a\u2014\u200abut I\u2019m working on it. Two weeks ago, we announced our first&nbsp;Buster&nbsp;artist collaboration, a sticker by&nbsp;Hiller Goodspeed. Hiller is&nbsp;an illustrator out of Vancouver you might know from his 2010 project,&nbsp;E.D.P.E.D.&nbsp;The sticker&nbsp;is a simple start to an aspiration we have as we grow\u200a\u2014\u200ato<a href=\"https:\/\/buster.com\/blog\/why-were-doing-artist-collaborations-at-buster\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Why we\u2019re doing artist collaborations at Buster&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}