When he’s not getting the message out about Curalate, Brendan Lowry runs the uber popular Peopledelphia Instagram account (nearly 47,000 followers).
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It’s a Humans of New York-esque project that drew the attention of Kit and Ace, a luxury Canadian clothing brand that came to Philadelphia — the former Impact Hub, to be exact — to interview him. (And to shoot some pretty photos of Lowry in their cashmere-lined shirt. Dang.)
From the interview:
Read the full storyI started this account because I was struggling to meet creative people in Philadelphia that I wanted to connect with — I wasn’t looking in the right places. With Peopledelphia I can reach out to anybody in the city to meet up and no one has ever said no.
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