I thought I’d bring another familiar face back into the fold today as we revisit the work of traditional craftsman John Needman and his “Birth of a Tool” film series, which documents one of his tools being lovingly put together by hand. Previously I’d brought across the first instalment of the project where many of us enjoyed seeing one of his beautiful axes being cast and hammered into …
Let’s head to Sweden now on the content front, there’s a lot to admire in this part of the world, particularly when it comes to, yes you guessed it, design. I’m steering away from what you would typically expect me to be sharing today in terms of well established individuals or brands however, and instead I’ve opted to highlight an independent going it alone after homing his skills at the Carl Malmsten furniture course in Linköping. David Ericsson …
Tanner Goods is a brand we’ve covered a fair amount in the past, some of you may recall a selection of studio shots from the portland based collective or perhaps their first retail space which we featured on the blog back in July. More recently we’ve not come across any further content from these chaps so it was great to see the brand still going strong in this short film that has been put together by graphic designer come filmmaker …
I can assure you that we’ve seen more short films for handmade bag companies than you’ve had hot dinners, that being said we’re very restrictive when it comes to our content here so you know this one is worthy of a watch. Artifact is a company we’ve been admiring for quite a while now, like Makr Carry Goods they’ve got their production down to a tee. The owner and founder Chris Hughes, who we get to hear from …
Obviously we are stocking some brilliant accessory brands in the shop, but I think it’s important for us to remember in our content that there are many other creatives out their making beautiful products that deserve to be documented. After all the site was born out of a passion for things we found inspiring and not potential profits we could make. So late last night I was enjoying browsing around Vimeo and stumbled …
This morning brings great relief as one of our favourite sites has returned to creating content, which I’m sure you’ll all appreciate as they’ve put together a great interview and accompanying film for Jason Gregory of Makr Carry Goods. Of course we are talking about Grain and Gram which is known by many of you as the new gentleman’s journal, noted for it’s appreciation …
