Blog: Stories, Film, and Behind the Scenes - Jonathan Grado

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The Shape of Thought from Saint Citrus printed on Red River Paper, held by a white-gloved hand reaching through blue velvet curtains

I Need to Put Up More Walls

Lara Saget standing with her sculptures in her studio using hard flash photography

In Lara Saget's Studio

An orange floating above a handbell for saint citrus

F-Stop Magazine Exhibition and LensCulture Editors’ Picks

Grado Labs metal hp100 headphones with amp long exposure

Homiens Prize for Saint Citrus, Black Box Gallery & WebGL Updates

leather couch stretched using the misprint technique

Dirty Static Shows at L’appartement 49C

man wearing Grado Labs x Coogi x EJ headphones

That Sweater at the End of Sinners

pink building in Palermo at sunset

Sicily, 114 Years Later

framed images of Happy Hour series and disco ball head leaning on a wall with a ball pit during sxsw 2025

SXSW: Happy Hour Series Debuts at Satellite Art Show

Grado HP100 SE headphones shot on Fujifilm gfx100s ii

First Photos with the GFX100S II

Jonathan Grado with his hand in front of his face on red velvet and high flash

Red Velvet Self Portraits

Jonathan grado website on abstract black and white surface

Website Redesign & Launch for Jonathan Grado

Jonathan Grado self-portrait on CRT TV

Basement Nostalgia: Filming "Overthinking" Looping Videos

abstract green and red basketball court lines at sunset

Basketball Court at Sunset

Dominique de Menil's Autograph in Rene Magritte's Book

Dominique de Menil Autograph

skateboarder in motion at venice beach

Venice Beach Skate Park Vol 02

total eclipse 2024 taken with iPhone in black and white

Getting Grainy with the Total Eclipse

basketball hoop in the reflection of a rainy blue and green court

Basketball Court After Rain

abstract grainy waves in beach haven, New Jersey

Grainy Waves and Closed CVS

The red and white lighthouse drop zone fantasy island ride at night

Fantasy Island Amusement Park

Jonathan Grado portrait by Tim Laielli

Summer Portraits at Southern Love Studio

Old Phone with Suitecase

Still Life: Moody Hotel Room at Golden Hour

Skateboarder Falling at the Venice Beach Skate Park

Venice Beach Skate Park

Scallop Entryway at The Huntington Garden and Museum

The Huntington Library and Garden

Juliet Corner Balcony at Sunset in Santa Monica

Walking Santa Monica and Venice with the Fuji X-T5

Waffle House at Sunset on a grassy hill in Texas

Austin Waffle House at Sunset

Retro Red Awning Car Wash at Night

Retro Car Wash at Night

Devils Backbone Tavern car that says happy anniversary on black and white film

Film: Nikon 35Ti Road Trip in Austin, Texas

Mrs Johnsons Hot Donuts Neon Sign at Night with taillights on airport boulevard

Mrs. Johnson’s Hot Donuts Neon Sign

Neighbors coffee in Austin Texas on 35mm Film

Film: Portra 400 on Canon AE-1 in Austin, Texas

open stairwell outside the Corner ACL Building in Austin on lomo 800 film

Film: Lomo 800 in Rain, Downtown Austin

Goats at Jester King Brewing

Film: Portra 400 & Tri-X 400 on Canon AE-1

Pokeball Wooden Pokemon Grado Headphones

Designing the Pokémon Company Headphones

Two umbrellas on the beach on film

Film: Expired Film on Canon AE-1 & Rolleiflex 3.5

Grado PS2000e Smoked Chrome Headphones

Buzzfeed Interviews Jonathan Grado

Jonathan Grado Black Denim Portrait

Guest Judging on VICELAND’s Hustle

OREO Grado Labs Collaboration Headphone

OREO x Grado Labs

Overseeing Grado Labs' First Redesign in 65 Years

Drappier Champagne at Le Coucou NYC

Le Coucou for New Years

Levitating GW100 headphones

Levitating the GW100

Wireless Grado GW100 Headphones Teaser

A Wireless Teaser

Dwell Magazine SR325e Photoshoot at Grado Labs in Brooklyn

Dwell Magazine Interview

Climbing the Williamsburg Bridge on film

Film: Superia 400 on Canon AE-1 & Rolleiflex 3.5

BMW Magazine with Jonathan Grado

Featured in BMW Magazine

Jonathan Grado on velvet in black and white

Profiled in Quinnipiac University Film

John and Jonathan Grado Outside For Lands End

Lands' End Feature: They Dressed Us Up

Grado x Uncrate Supply UN2000e Headphones

An Uncrate x Grado Limited Edition

Jonathan Grado Portrait at Goat Rock Beach

Featured in Augustman Singapore

Jonathan Grado on Red Velvet

"Grado Labs in Unthinkable" - Podcast Guest

Grado Epoch Wooden Cartridge Close-up

A Tough One

Grado SR325e headphones being held

Engadget: "A Legacy of Headphones"

Grado A24 Mid 90s headphones

A24 mid90s & Eighth Grade

Copenhagen Botanical Gardens stairs

Stockholm, Paris, Copenhagen, and Food

General Mills Liberte x Grado Headphones collaboration

Liberte Spotlights Jonathan Grado

Jonathan Grado Headphones Levitating in Long Island City

Interview with Sticker Mule

Northwestern National Life Insurance Building Minneapolis

Minneapolis for General Mills

Jonathan Grado Levitaing Grado Headphones

Mentioned in Chicago Tribune Story

Jonathan Grado in American Express Commercial

Featured in American Express Commercial

Ashley Roberts Listening to Grado Headphones for NBC

NBC Features Jonathan Grado

Grado Labs A24 Collaboration Moonlight Headphone

A24 Moonlight

Jonathan Grado for American Express Interview

American Express Interview

Steward Isabelle Gardner Museum

Boston: Quite The Skylight You Have There

Grado SR80e Headphones with coffee

Interview with La Colombe Coffee

Masaharu Morimoto Cooking

Morimoto NYC Photoshoot

Jonathan Grado Portrait at Goat Rock Beach

Road Trip to Point Reyes from San Francisco

Pigeon Flying in Long Island City

Pigeon at f/1.2

The Broad museum exterior

Los Angeles: Ball-Nogues Art and The Broad Museum

spinning grado headphones

Great Big Story Video

Seljavellir Pool in Icelandic Mountains

Iceland

Red and white church on Iceland coast

Iceland: Days Five and Six

Portrait of blonde horse in Iceland

Iceland: Days Three and Four

Yellow and green house in snow in Iceland

Iceland: Days One and Two

Jonathan Grado in Musotrees Magazine with RS2e headphones

MusoTrees Magazine Interview

North Cascades and Diablo Lake in fog

Seattle

Yosemite Half Dome with snow

Yosemite

First Photo Jonathan Grado Took

Found My First Photograph

Instagram image montage

An Interview with Instagram

Grado Labs SR80e headphones in leather bag

Ars Technica Visit

Jonathan Grado in Industry Magazine with SR225 headphones

Industry Brooklyn Magazine Feature

Jonathan Grado talks to hypebeast at Grado Labs

Hypebeast and Patience

Jonathan Grado on stage speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt

ONA Bags with Jonathan Grado on a Brooklyn stoop

A Profile By ONA Bags

John and Jonathan Grado in The Listening Room at Grado Labs for Fast Company

Fast Company Interview

Limited Edition Bushmills Elijah Wood and Grado Labs Headphone

Filming with Bushmills and Elijah Wood

John and Jonathan Grado portrait at Grado Labs

An Interview with Mashable