Dan Ari Smith


Writer &
Creative Director

Venice, CA 



︎ danielarismith@gmail.com
 




01 Copy + Creative


Head of Content @ HNT Labs, the makers of Towns and River Protocol.

I also have a studio called Corduroy, where I’ve worked with a16z, BeReal, Recess, Shibumi, Noka, Infinite Machine, Manufactur, Joymode and others. 


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02 Brand Development


Ketums was my grandfather’s raincoat company that was destroyed in WWII. In 2015 I re-imagined the brand and started it back up again from scratch.

There are some jackets floating around on the internet, but the project’s on the backburner.


ketums.com

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03 Writing


“Dan has a real talent for capturing the electricity of feelings-in-the-moment. Almost like his image-creation capacity has a stenographer. Comparisons to Kathy Acker, Ryu Murakami, and Kerouac come to mind.”

-Megan Boyle


Books
Poetry
Fiction

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04 Songwriting


I make music under the artist name rue rené. Indie/folk kind of vibe.  

Song “Home” featured on the show Heels.


rue rené
on Spotify

︎

Dan Ari Smith


Writer &
Creative Director

Venice, CA 



︎ danielarismith@gmail.com
 




01 Copy + Creative


Head of Content @ HNT Labs, the makers of Towns and River Protocol.

I have a studio called Corduroy, where I’ve worked with a16z, BeReal, Recess, Shibumi, Noka, Infinite Machine, Manufactur, Joymode and others. 

︎





02 Brand Development


Ketums was my grandfather’s raincoat company that was destroyed in WWII. In 2015 I re-imagined the brand and started it back up again from scratch.

There are some jackets floating around on the internet, but the project’s on the backburner. 


ketums.com

︎




03 Writing


“Dan has a real talent for capturing the electricity of feelings-in-the-moment. Almost like his image-creation capacity has a stenographer. Comparisons to Kathy Acker, Ryu Murakami, and Kerouac come to mind.”

-Megan Boyle


Books
Poetry
Fiction

︎



04 Songwriting


I make music under the artist name rue rené. Indie/folk kind of vibe. 

Song “Home” featured on the show Heels.  


rue rené
on Spotify

︎