The Hourglass from Ikepod on Vimeo.
Really beautiful video of Ikepod making one of their products, an hourglass. Absolutely lovely. Prices start at $14k. Or you can pick up a watch for $18k.
Category: Products
I love this ad. And Willem Dafoe.
The Making of WeSC Denim from WeSC on Vimeo.
Hand made. On a large mass production scale. But still hand made.
Billykirk from The Scout on Vimeo.
It’s another couple of white guys, but Billy Kirk is another company/product I’ve admired for awhile. Awesome. Lovely vid by The Scout that talks about their process, history, etc.
The Mast Brothers from The Scout on Vimeo.
Been loving this brand for awhile now. Found this today. It’s a bit long, but lovely in showing their product, their philosophy and their brand story.
The Masters of Photography – Behind the scenes of the Rankin Edition from The Macallan on Vimeo.
This is a couple years old, but I just came across it. A lovely collaborative project between Macallan Whisky and the photographer Rankin. Macallan seems to have a appreciation for photography and part of their marketing program includes The Masters of Photography series. This particular collaboration involved Rankin shooting 1000 polaroids of the Macallan estate. Those original polaroids were then packaged in special edition 30 year old bottle/box sets. While this isn’t a mainstream execution with the sets commanding near $2k, I love this project. Exactly the way it is.
The Masters of Photography – website
Macallan Whisky – website
And there is a book too..
Yes, there are still manufacturing companies in the US that still create beautiful crafted goods. And there are new brands spawned off from brands that have a heritage here. I find both inspirational. Here is an example of the former though, Bollman, creates hats..has since 1800. Housed in a brick building in Pennsylvania they make over a million hats a year.
Another fine example of dedicating oneself to mastering the craft of creating something and creating it to the best of your ability. As I sit in Hong Kong reflecting on my journeys thus far, spending a day shopping looking for something original, hand crafted, and mostly finding big brands, knockoffs and tons and tons of “inspired by” products its apparent to me that we, Americans in particular, but humans as a whole, have an opportunity right now to regain the old ways of taking pride in creating something, slowly, meticulously and expertly. The process of doing this is spirit enriching for one just oneself, but for everyone that touches that thing. What I found most remarkable about this beautifully created video is not just that this man has dedicated his life to making a simple thing like bread and is doing it so amazingly, but that he is sharing that craft with others, and those other people have not copied his formula but instead, have taken it and made it their own through their particular circumstances. That’s incredible and stunningly inspirational to me. I hope it is for you too.
Thank you Dossier for posting this. Thank you Tartine for doing this.
Stumbled across this site the other day. I’m full on guilty of housing folders of porn on my computer now. Bike porn. Are these just gorgeous creatures or what? And yes, I do want to motor around Denmark on one of these. Immediately please.
