Another thing we see — Nº5

Really looking forward to see this movie, starring Marilyn Manson in a very natural way: Like a creep.

‘No Substance’ is definitely my favourite magazine published lately!

In an interview with i-D the young London College of Fashion graduate Becca Deakins shares her vision on the aesthetic of No Substance:

“I’m really drawn to the subtly obscure; I find it so relatable. I find culture a lot more inspiring than fashion. I don’t think fashion images should inspire other fashion images. I wanted there to be a cultural perspective on every editorial so I included a lot of documentary photography, even within fashion editorials I added everyday documentation.”

So this is really happening: Drifting is no longer the most extreme sport to go viral out of the Arabian Gulf. In this striking series by Reuters photographer Mohamed Al Hwaity, Saudi men on an excursion to the city of Taif fire guns dangerously close to their own feet, just for fun.

As they leap and bound about, billowing smoke and light create the illusion of firearm-propelled flight. This dance—a somewhat more perilous version of traditional Gulf sword-dancing—is usually risked at family celebrations like weddings and graduations.

Allison Stewart photographs people’s “Bug-Out Bags,” or disaster packs, including everything from guns to cat toys…

Super stoked about this: After we announced the arrival of the new Tenue de Nîmes jeans last June, today we are ready to share the ‘Pablo’ – created out of a Japanese fabric named ‘Memphis Blue’ – in all its indigo glory. To fulfill the high expectations, both internally as from the outside world, in the creation of the perfect Tenue de Nîmes denim, before the start of production the roots of sincere quality in denim were researched and found in Italy.

A super interesting read in T Magazine by Pico Iyer on the Japanese culture of keeping the old. Here’re some quotes, but make sure to read the full article:

‘…the assurance that a copy of a place can sometimes look more authentic than the place itself.’

‘But deep down, I think it’s also because a culture centered around the seasons knows that the old keeps coming back, in new forms, with every passing year. And a culture based on impermanence — the wisdom of its oldest spiritual principles borne out by centuries of warfare and earthquake and fire — is less attached to the stuff that doesn’t last than to the values that do. Modernity is always fashionable in Japan, but nothing looks more out of date than yesterday’s version of tomorrow.’

‘Modernity is permanently recyclable in Japan, and seeking out the new is in fact the country’s oldest tradition. As Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa had it, famously, in “The Leopard,” his novel of 19th-century Sicily, “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.”’

You know me, there will be always some cycling here :)

Together with Mark Cavendish Oakley developed this new version of the Jawbreaker Prizm ‘Armour for Speed’. They gave one to me to test it in slow motion ;) #lookprogoslow

I really love this article by Fernanda & Martin, leaders of Google’s Big Picture visualization research group, on Medium:

“…maybe these intelligent computers aren’t just utilitarian tools. Couldn’t they have feelings, personalities, even psychological idiosyncrasies? Could they have their own strange personalities, different from any human?

To understand the subconscious thoughts of the new mechanical brains, we turned to an old standby. We made them stare at inkblots and tell us what they saw.”