Independent Fabrications+Bodega+BaileyWorks
You may remember my post (Fabricated Independence) a few weeks ago about the Massachusetts bike company, Independent Fabrications. Well, the people over at Quarter Productions and Highsnobiety/Selectism also found them interesting and made a fantastic video last week showcasing Independent’s collaboration (aka. Paper Labels) with Bodega and BaileyWorks. Check out the video below and also [...]
Adobe Photoshop Cook
Have you ever wished you could control the real world with a few clicks of your computer mouse? Get so reliant on “Command-Z” to undo your mistakes that (if only for a moment) you believe you can use it in the everyday world? If so, than this video is for you. Made by a young [...]
c.1930′s-40′s Depression Era Feedsacks
The later half of the 1800′s saw the introduction of farm and food products being shipped in cotton sacks. Usually made from 100% cotton plain weaves, varying in thickness, depending on the contents weight. The ones I’ve collected here are all from farm products, in a standardized 100 lb. capacity size. I found these at [...]
Paul Smith for Evian
The True Brit, and The Real Deal. Inspiring words from Sir Paul Smith- all nicely wrapped inside a beautifully produced video promoting his partnership with Evian water.
Barneys New York, Coop or Co-op?
Barney’s New York Co-op: Not quite a cooperative, but definitely full of fresh merchandise. Recently, while uptown near the Barney’s New York Madison Ave. store, a woman asked me for directions to the Barney’s Coop (not co-op, but “coop”). An honest mistake if she had only read it and not heard it pronounced. The word [...]
The Old with The New
Barcelona Please excuse the unintentional travel blog feel of this post. There are so many beautiful things to see in old cities. A lot of these “things” are of what physically makes up the city itself. Old buildings, walls, and streets all show the city’s historical blueprint. Nowadays, especially in our relatively young US cities, [...]
The Agile Rabbit
Patterns and Packaging I don’t know where I’d be without my collection of Agile Rabbit/Pepin Press reference books (BTW, this is not an advertisement). I’m in the habit of checking every bookstore for new editions wherever I go. I pick them up no matter what the subject of the volume- I’m sure that I’ll use [...]
Chris Piascik / Quarter Productions
I recently stumbled upon this film while digging through Vimeo.com. Chris Piascik is a Boston-based graphic designer who is a part-owner in the clothing company Print Brigade and works at Alphabet Arm design studio. Check out the below link to his online portfolio, where he posts drawings daily Monday through Friday. A busy boy, to [...]
Levi’s “Nevada” Jean c.1880s
Back view of the “Nevada” Jean Not too long ago, I had the pleasure of visiting the Levi Strauss archives in their San Francisco headquarters and was treated to an inspection of the oldest existing pair of jeans. Called the “Nevada” jean, due to it’s discovery at the bottom of a Nevada mine shaft in [...]
Birth of a T-Shirt
The End Product The creation of a t-shirt is a simple way to illustrate the design process within a company. The picture above is of the finished product hanging in the shop, ready for the consumer to come in and take home (to cherish forever!).
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