Thank’s to the wonderful eye of the one and only Kenny, we’re blessed with these cool photos of the denim jean double label that comes out this weekend at Fatlace. I thought I would do some kind of design with it since It was pretty cool. Take that ad world! Thoroughly & Fatlace collaborate on these highly sought after denim from the worlds best denim producers out of Hiroshima, Japan.
There are so many influences in life. From your parents teaching you the ways to go about life and what direction you should take at those critical times when you’re challenged to either go right or left. Thinking back to a few conversations I had today, I’m especially grateful for what I’ve accomplished and try to never let it get to my head.
From these influences you learn alot. You learn because you were stubborn enough to go the other route and because you pushed in the other direction. Doing these types of things make you an individual and make you basically either learn or flourish from your decision.
Design is one of those things in life I always try to push myself in thinking about experiences and finding something in those experiences and exploit it in the design. It doesnt take much to be influenced by a design nor is there anything wrong with being influenced. Designing from experience is something I rely on to help it get to where it needs to get.
As I get older and as the hours fly by, I know there’s something I can count on when visiting our Fatlace network and that is watching people like Emily improve her eye for photography not only because she’s pushing for it but because she’s learning and listening to people around her. From Jessica asking me about things and wondering what her next step is to not asking and breaking away from the hype by taking the time to think about where she needs and wants to be in a few years.
Don’t just think about how something you do or design today can benefit you 2 weeks from now but think about how it can propel you in life.
Architecture is one of my motivations in life. Hearing about cool houses intrigue me. About a month ago, I was talking to John Jay and he mentioned he had a house for sale, named the Macleay View House, that he designed along with Allied Works Architecture and Don Tankersley Construction.
Quick rundown… 4250 square feet plus 575 square feet garage and 730 square feet of decks. 4 Bedrooms (2 Suites) and an elevator to get you to the batcave from your top floor penthouse.. How cool is that?
This weekend was another crazy weekend at home. Andy, Team Garage Inc. and I finished (almost) the Scion TC. It gets picked up for SEMA tomorrow. Overall, I’m very excited and pleased with the outcome.
Last night, I had dinner with Robby / 360 Video and talked about his future with the Swoosh. Exciting coding conversations. He picked me up in his rentacar by the hour Volvo S40. He took me to Kragen to pick up some spray paint cause I had this Kooky Idea of painting my AME’s.
The Fatlace X TRD Brakes. One of One displayed on my Tuner Challenge Scion TC project which was built by Garage Inc. See the finished product at SEMA this November 4th-7th.
I was hit up by Scion this year to join in on their Tuner Challenge. It’s always fun building cars especially if it’s not on your dime. I took up the challenge and sent in a rendering of what I wanted to see as a finish product. They chose it and now we’re 90% done with a few days to go. Garage, Inc. is doing the build. Ill see you guys at Sema this year.
Johns P, also a fellow fatlacer, will be doing one up. Good to see 2 out of the 3 builders are representing FATLACE. Eddie from Fast Eddies is the other builder. His car will pretty sweet as you see here in the render. Edmunds did a write up on it.
My Scion Rendering (DTM with GT3 inspired interior.)
Johns rendering. (no he doesnt draw like that! hehe)
Retiring the Panasonic DMC-LX2 which is an AWESOME camera. I’ll be taking photos now with my new Canon G10 and sometimes with the Canon 5D. Exciting times and lots to learn.
Was a pleasure being a part of the Transportation Panel at this years Imprint Culture Lab. It was cool seeing old friends and meeting a ton of people in the industry. I happened to be on the transportation panel with a few friends from the past so it made it a real comfortable environment. Jerry from Pacific Rim, Fred from Beyond Marketing Group, Ken Gushi, and two other guys I’ve only read or heard about through the wonders of the internet. The entire conference, whether it was the collab panel, transportation panel, gaming panel, or crafts panel, the theme of “collaboration” was heard throughout. You can click here to see the entire 2008 roster.
Keynote was given by Kenya Hara of Muji.
The Cult(ure) Members and their leader Mr. Hiroshi. (hi HF! had to do it)
Putting the house for sale in SF. 1800sqft. 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths. Bamboo Floors. On the real Crookedest Street in SF. 2004 Pricing. Low home owners.. $200/mo.
