Hang Tags | Collections
Hang Tags come in every shape and size imaginable. They are the elements of retail products that get little fanfare but are labored over by graphic artists with the hope of catching a customer’s attention, inform the customer of the amazing attributes of the garment, and generally create a little billboard for some brand recognition. [...]
Alphabet Chest
For someone who loves old printer’s blocks and letterpress, I found this chest of drawers of particular interest. A little loud, yes, but I feel like it could find a happy home in a comfortably cluttered room. As the maker’s Kent and London state on their site, “it’s the perfect place to file everything from [...]
Eric Scheib
Smoke Stack One thing you can honestly say about Eric Scheib is that the man loves to create. While he has certainly explored some areas of art more deeply than others, there is nothing that seems to sway him from delving into new interests. You would remember Eric from an earlier post on The First [...]
Transglass | Sustainable Design
Transglass is the love child of the product design team of Tord Boontje & Emma Woffenden. Dutch-born and based in London, the pair design using reclaimed and reused base materials to create glassware, lighting and furniture.
Makr Carry Goods
Lately, I’ve been a bit obsessed with finding new bags. Maybe its the coming of the new Fall season? Packing for trips and lugging things around during the Summer? Either way, there are a lot of great-looking bags out there and choosing the right one is an important process. A great place that my obsession [...]
Vintage Levi’s Labels
A very small collection of some vintage labels I photographed while out at the Levi Strauss archives in San Francisco. Please accept my apologies for the quality of some of the photos- the security guard was getting suspicious (actually, just my shoddy photography work).
British Balls
Cricket balls are composed mostly as traditional American baseballs are, with a cork center covered with stitched leather, which attribute to the familiar crack when ball meets bat. The above red cricket balls (mixed in with softball, baseball and other various “balls”) are mainly used for practice as they are made with only 2 sections [...]
Wood Metal Printer Blocks
Not vintage themselves, these image and letter printer blocks are for the most part made from vintage molds- another find along the Portobello Rd. street market.
The Colors of Portobello
Notting Hill is always a destination for me whenever I’m in London. And the Portobello Road street market, itself being in the Notting Hill district, is not to be missed while there. Although I remember it being more of an adventure in my first trips, it’s nevertheless always a source of new inspiration and interesting [...]
Maviology
Maviology is a magazine created and distributed by the Mavi Jeans clothing company. Based in Istanbul at the Mavi headquarters, the publication is a constantly evolving barometer of what’s going on in the fashion and art communities. Along with many other bloggers and artists, The First Few is very happy to have been included in [...]
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