Mr. Sorenson grew up in a simple, no nonsense Scandinavian farm culture in North Minnesota, he says this taught him an appreciation for the basic necessities of life. Kenton started making leather bags about twenty years ago after seeing a woman with a natural leather book bag in a night class that he was attending. Originally a barber, he started making leather goods in his own time and was selling every now and then to …
We get some nice imagery from Baron Wells presenting close-up shots of a mix of items from the Autumn/Winter 2011 collection. Very Autumnal in it’s feeling and colouring, featuring good layering and lots of detailing. You can tell from these photographs that the fabrics sit very plush to the body and are shaped nicely, the shirting looks particularly good which we’ve highlighted for a few seasons now and really goes …
Travel Essentials is an interesting series over at the KITKA Design blog that I’ve currently come across. They are on number four of the series, which I’ve taken some imagery from and placed up here, with all the items linking in with their online shop mjolk.ca.
Mjolk is a lifestyle store and has no link with the menswear label, but it stocks some really great products …
I’ve been following Makr Carry Goods for a little while now and they’ve been inspiring me big time with their online blog. There’s lots of great imagery on there, but the best source of inspiration for me has to be the Studio Days series. They regularly place up selective photography of them working away on producing accessories for the Makr store. Now if you don’t …
Some really nice products by a creative partnership based in California called Altadena Works. They’ve been producing some top quality goods, all of which are manufactured in the United States. I liked the straightforward approach, all of the designs are simple, functional, and effective. But they also come across as quite technical, especially the bags. It looks like they’ve used some heavyweight materials like canvas …
Some terrific work by Japanese designer Oji Masanori. He mainly designs products that you would find in everyday life. Most of these have been simplified down to the bare essentials, leaving little excess. Oji also says that he wants these pieces to connect with individuals and for them to fit comfortably into everyday life. Not gaining too much attention, but vanishing into the background and …
