I love listening. It is one of the only spaces where you can be still and moved at the same time. — Nayyirah Waheed — Friday November 6th — —
“What art does — maybe what it does most completely — is tell us, make us feel that what we think we know, we don’t. There are whole worlds around us that we’ve never glimpsed.” Greil Marcus — Friday November 6th — —
The idea is to die young as late as possible. — Ashley Montagu — Friday November 6th — —
Together with Red Wing, Olaf Tamm published a new book: “Wall of Death – Theatre of Motorcycling”. It is a tribute to these reckless motorbike-riders who perform their acrobatic art since almost a century. The drivers speed through vertical walls of a gigantic wooden drum, showing… [ Continue reading ]
One of these evenings browsing thru the Life Archives, searching on random words for inspiration, I came across this image. It’s a cotton mill where the cotton is being prepared for weaving. Shot by Nat Farbman in Shaw, United Kingdom. What a beautiful picture!… [ Continue reading ]
My find of today: A rare vintage Montblanc dark chocolate brown Saffiano leather wallet from the late 30s. Specially made for the Montblanc Meisterstuck 146… Lovely!… [ Continue reading ]
Fred Bschaden from Treibstoff, the german agent for Filson, Red Wing Shoes, Nigel Cabourn a.o. shared a series of images with us from his Filson factory visit last year... And of course, we are more than happy to share it with the rest of the world. More images after the click > [ Continue reading ]
The Selvedge Yard shared a beautiful collection of images by writer and photographer Danny Lyon from 3 of his books: The Bikeriders, The Destruction of Lower Manhattan and Conversations with the Dead (Just bought it! happy to find a quite… [ Continue reading ]
Sang Blue shared some beautiful photographs of the Blue Rebel Motorcycle Club in California, 1965 by Bill Ray. Visit the Sang Blue blog for more images…… [ Continue reading ]
Too bad they’re not for sale, but this is a very nice collection of vintage military watches. But see it as a good inspiration for purchase… Check Hyunsuk. [ Continue reading ]
“Time is one of the few things that man cannot influence. It gives each of us a beginning and an end. And this makes us question how we use what comes between. We all have a desire to make something that will show we were here and did something of… [ Continue reading ]
My love for archives: I can spend endless days browsing trough the Google Life archives… Above Lucy B. Johnson with Secret Service agent in her Corvette Sting Ray. [ Continue reading ]