Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Brand Whores?

So here's the new "trendy thing" in the hipster crowd(Mikey I hope you're taking notes. I expect your spin on it within weeks). The name they gave the a la mode items is retarded: Brand Whores; but apparently reworking a huge corporate logo into your hipster wardrobe makes you in the know.
Thrift store flannel - check
Fixie - check
Too cool to be anywhere - check
Another advertisement but she made an old burger king sweatshirt into a dress - check
Granted it is poking a little bit of fun at these conglomerates, which I quite enjoy but most of the examples I've seen have been pretty lame. One however did seem pretty intelligent to me:

Monday, November 9, 2009

The Illusion that it will last forever.

Escape was what we wanted.
A performance is what we got.
A cheap trick with no prestige.
Foul taste and bright lights
as the ringmaster abandons his tent.
No refund.
Only a voucher to the next show
coupled with the illusion that it will last forever.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

wood is the new plastic.

Not too often does a product stop me in my tracks. These did.

And the maple....

Hand made in portland. Carl Zeiss italian glass. pffff. check out the company behind them..... Shwood