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One of the easiest ways to embrace something is to understand the process used to create it. Onitsuka Tiger used a great origami treatment for their 2007 campaign.
Source: Antilogic, Exercices de Style, Roman Diaz

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The Chavin period of pre-Columbian Peruvian art spans roughly 900 to 300 BC. The images above are reconstructions from the Chavin de Huantar temple corninces in the Peruvian Andes.
Karl Grandin’s animal sweater from 2006 is a unique interpretation of animal depiction and worship. The tiled pattern is clever play on the Wingdings/ Webdings font sets [...]

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You can never forget your roots. Love these innovative custom designs from two British jewellers.
Source: Andrew English, Hannah Lamb

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I’ve been especially hyped on South American art, textiles and illustration lately. Sam Songailo’s paintings remind me of Panamanian molas, unfinished fabric panels embroidered with a reverse appliqué technique. A reverse appliqué involves several layers of fabric quilted together, the top layer being cut to reveal coloured fabrics underneath (a sort of textile equivalent to [...]

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Source: Kate Cusack

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Power architect

Hannah Marshall single-handedly changed the way I dress. I first saw her work at a studio preview in Soho with no concept of who she was and what she’d become. I remember rows and rows of texture on texture, structural pieces that conveyed their purpose from stationary positions on their hangers.
This came at a time [...]

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Source: Art News Blog

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Jermyn and St. James

“Always insert the shoe trees immediately after removing the feet, while the leather is still warm. Make sure that whoever polishes your shoes (the assumption is that it will be a minion, and not yourself) works the polish well into the join between sole and upper. And bring the shoes in every year or so [...]

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Source: Dezeen, Dsgn Wok, Generate Design

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Inhale

Source: Behance Network, Rhyme & Reason

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