Looks like we’ll be back in Tokyo in a few months. Land of Collab. Must be something in the water. In the 50’s, after WWII, the Japanese would copy American products and value-add 10%. That’s how it worked but only temporarily. Copying never leads to innovation. If it’s used for anything other than a placeContinue reading “Tokyo. 25 Apr 2013.”
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Origins of the Jolly Roger. This is from Derrick Miller’s shoe shop in NYC. Barker’s Black. Derrick is a great guy and makes great and artful shoes.
McQueen. 28 Mar 2013.
The story that I heard was that if, in the Middle Ages, a French bowman was captured by the English. The English would cut off the two fingers McQueen is holding up — making it really difficult to earn a living as a bowman. Gentrification?
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Post. 23 Mar 2013.
So much for having fun.
Gladrags. 14 Mar 2013.
Ever seen a blind man cross the road trying to make the other side, Ever seen a young girl growing old trying to make herself a bride, So what becomes of you my love, When they have finally stripped you of The handbags and the gladrags that your poor old Grandad had to sweat toContinue reading “Gladrags. 14 Mar 2013.”
Gaudi. 11 Mar 2013.
These are some photos that I took in 2008 in Barcelona. A couple are of Gaudi’s house in Parque Guell. The other snaps are inside the Park and a couple of the snaps I took when we were taken on tour of Sagrada Familia. We stopped at the top of Parque Guell to do someContinue reading “Gaudi. 11 Mar 2013.”