Ian Williams is a Fatlace regular, with a Tastemakers feature and a post on his Deadstock Pop-Up last year. Although it’s only been a short time since the official brick and mortar store opened its doors for business, Deadstock Coffee and Gallery has received much love from Portland locals and the online community (i.e. Complex, Chris Brown, etc.). So if you’re…
Once we knew we were moving to the Portland area, we started to connect and reconnect with a few locals…one who was really helpful was our good friend Ian Williams who was a featured Tastemaker last year. This weekend he invited us out to a sneak preview of his Deadstock Coffee and Gallery Pop-Up Stand…
When I started my conversation with Ian Williams, Footwear Developer at Nike and founder of Deadstock PDX, I didn’t believe anything he said. Upon meeting him, I found him facetious. He had jokes, he said what’s up to nearly everyone on campus, and his smile was huge. So when I asked how he got to where he is…