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Hipster Fashion Cycle

Like the ocean’s tide, fashions ebb and flow. Whether it’s an indie band, a style of facial hair, a cut of jean, or t-shirt with obscure references, all trends come and go. (And then come and go again with each new generation, so keep those keffiyehs somewhere safe for your future children.) The infographic above deconstructs the natural cycle of hipster fashion, using the example of a hat.

Love Thy Neighbour

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Mojito Shoe

London architect Julian Hakes has designed a pair of shoes with no foot plate called Mojito, the design consists of a single piece that wraps around the wearer’s foot, forming support for the heel and ball. The foot naturally forms a bridge between the two. The product is made of carbon fibre, laminated with rubber on the side that touches the floor and leather on the side next to the skin.

Here’s some text from the designer:

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"One late summer night in the studio I was thinking about the design of shoes in general.

I wondered why there was the need for a foot plate in shoes such as high heels.

When I look at a foot print on sand it is very clear to see that the main force goes to the heel and ball.

With a high heel providing the heel is supported, even by standing on a wooden block the foot naturally ’spans’ the gap naturally, with bones and tendons.

The foot has its own inbuilt strength and support so why duplicate this. You would not have a jumper with rigid arms between elbow and wrist.

So this raised the question, if the design of a shoe was an evolution of the early sandal and how can new materials and design techniques provide new solution?

So I set to exploring this question in a similar way to how I would design a bridge, examining the forces and looking at the most simple, elegant yet poetic expression of the forces at play within the materials used.

With this approach I then set about wrapping my foot in tracing paper, then binding it up in masking tape and then drawings various geometries onto and over the form of my foot.

The next stage was rather dangerous as I had to cut the shape off my foot with a scalpel and not damage the pattern or my foot.

The design this produced is a single wrapped geometry which starts under the ball of the foot and then over the bridge, then sweeping down below the heel before then twisting back on itself to provide the support for the heel and ankle.

This form felt light and airy on the foot. So we called it the ‘Mojito’ as it was rather like a twist of lime skin.

The material choice is simple: The shoe is a laminate with Carbon fibre for the core which gives the shoe its spring and strength, leather on the foot side and rubber on the walking wearing side. 3 materials, each doing a specific job.

We are now in talks with specalist shoe fabricators in for the inital prototypes, a firm in Italy would be able to make the inner carbon fibre core and then I would love to get some fabulous furniture makers in High Wycombe to ’skin’ the shoe in leather as their stitching detailing is second to none."

JoJo Shoes Project

"How could you do three steps with two shoes on the way of fair-trade ? This question has been answered by two young Belgian launching their shoes brand named Jojo. So no, this is not a Belgian funny story. These shoes made of natural cotton produced in Brazil are at the heart of a fair process put in place by those Bruxellois. “Choose, Act, Check” their philosophy, puts the consumer in the center of the three stages of the preparation of shoes. You choose the model, you choose the operation you want to support (reforestation, establishment of water point) and then your follow the manufacturing process. In short, you definitely enhance the working conditions of workers, you do something for the planet and you walk with style. That removing you a thorn from the feet."
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Clemens en August

A classic pair of mens shoes. Black leather. A digital brogue.

"Liam Gillick is a British artist based in New York and London. Numerous solo exhibitions since 1989 include ‘Literally’, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2003; ‘communes, bar and greenrooms’, The Powerplant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2003; ‘The Wood Way’, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2002; ‘A short text on the possibility of creating an economy of equivalence’, Palais de Tokyo, 2005. Selected group exhibitions include ‘Singular Forms’, Guggenheim Museum, 2004; 50th Venice Biennale, 2003; ‘What If’, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2000 and documenta X, 1997. Numerous public projects and interventions include Ft. Lauderdale Airport in 2002; the new Home Office government building in London in 2005 and the Lufthansa Headquarters in Frankfurt in 2006. Since 1995 Liam Gillick has published a number of books that function in parallel to his artwork including Literally No Place (Book Works, London, 2002); Five or Six (Lukas & Sternberg, New York, 1999); Discussion Island/Big Conference Centre (Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, and Orchard Gallery, Derry, 1997) and Erasmus is Late (Book Works, London, 1995). Liam Gillick has contributed to many art magazines and journals including Parkett, Frieze, Art Monthly and a regular column for Metropolis M in Amsterdam and has taught at Columbia University, New York, since 1997."

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INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS

"Because Toms are for girls" hahahaha. So read the quote. duda clic

My Personal Radio Station.

So a buddy of mine from work had introduced me to last.fm, its pretty much one of the coolest things on the interwebs right now. I pretty much loove it! It syncs up to your itunes and introduces you to new music that sounds like the music you have playing on your itunes. Make sense? So basically its kind of like a personal radio for like like pandora. And it gives a huge bio about every artist you play, its rather interesting and addicting. Curious to see what I am listening to? CLICK HERE

Edge of Urge Boutique

Edge of Urge opened its doors in Wilmington, NC on July 4th, 2002 by clothing designer and visionary Jessie Williams. The store started out in a 400 square foot space filled with handmade clothing and accessories by Jess as well as many other indie designers, and over the years Edge of Urge has evolved into two thriving businesses: Edge of Urge, the boutique and Edge of Urge, designs by Jessie Williams.

Edge of Urge, the boutique specializes in and strongly supports the handmade, DIY, innovative, and creative thinking. Over the years we have broadened our offerings! We have introduced many up and coming designers as well as more established designers to bring a matchless collection of our favorite things! Edge of Urge is located in historic downtown Wilmington, NC, right on the Cape Fear River.

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Nixon - The Chronicle

All I got to say is mmm this watch is absolutely gorgeous and sexy. I think I might acquire it.