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    NY Store that makes you think, not buy

    in superblurber

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    To celebrate 10 years of giving art away, I have opened The Inutilious Retailer at 151 Ludlow Street, NY

     

    Featuring legendary NY graffiti artist Adam Cost's first indoor installation, the store contains clothes bought from retailers who rip designers off, which have then been made back into one off pieces by artists.

    Pull the useless 1929 slot machine and use your imagination to get the clothing free, on condition that you make something to replace it for someone else to "buy"

     

     

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    John Galliano art

    in superculture

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    he would have gassed Galliano too for proclaiming himself Gay and a Gypsy.

    The story isn't about who Hitler was but what people are allowed to say. In France you can murder someone but have leniency if you prove it was a crime of passion. Yet you can be completely drunk and say something stupid to people who are abusing you and end up jailed for 2 years.

    Nobody believes Hitler is good in any way but Galliano shouldn't be crucified for his outburst.

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    Vintage Textile Typography event in NYC

    in superblurber

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    This may be a bit old school (or more like ancient school) to you guys!

    I am finally giving a lecture on my vast collection of handmade typography used by merchants to mark pieces of cloth that were sent around the world from manchester, England in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

    The type was handmade, by hammering copper strips into fruit wood blocks, and many fonts are unique to the textile trade. I have never shown these items before and am hoping that someone will be able to make use or at least be inspired by this unseen part of typographic history.

    The Type Directors Club, based in the Garment District of NYC, seems a perfect location for this lecture. I will be showing original sample books, blocks, lettering and describing the history of this long gone typography.

    Please come along or pass the invite along to anyone who may be interested in the event.

    Invite:

    http://www.interiorphotography.net/textile/TEXTile-lecture.jpg

    into how the typography was used:

    http://www.interiorphotography.net/textile/Fabric_trade_mark_Art.pdf

    I am really hoping this sparks some ideas with people who might want to use the blocks or callaborate with some ideas.

    Thanks

    Adrian Wilson

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    suggestion on watches needed

    in supershopper

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    I had a vintage 1950's Breitling Chronograph for 10 years up to last summer when it blew off on Route 1 in NJ. Great watch but remember you need to service old watches regularly, which equates to at least $100 a year

    I was in mourning and so relied on my cell as my timepiece until last week when I went into a store on Spring near the Downtown 6 entrance and bought a neat BOCCIA titanium watch for $150. Super slim and waterproof.

    http://www.boccia.com/me35botiwa7.html

    It will do 'till I find another long termer.

    Adrian

    Adrian Wilson

    Interior and Architectural Photographer

    www.interiorphotography.net

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    Supreme SS06 line up ?

    in supertrash

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    I am not promoting Islam or suggesting it is taught in school you nonce.

    I am saying that to ignore all religions except Judaism and Christianity in school is hypocritical, goes against the constitution and creates adults who are ignorant. In Westchester, a friend's kids of the same age learn about Diwali and a bunch of other religous festivals. It is each school's own agenda which decides to include religous awareness (not teaching) or not.

    My 9 year od daughter is learning about the geography of Iraq, yet nothing about religion. What the fuck is that all about? Is she meant to take a gap year in Basra before High School? Will she be able to chit chat with Iraqis on the subway?

    If kids have not heard about the Bible in most countries by the age of nine I would be surprised. I am not promoting the Koran but using it as an example of why people come out with the kind of nonsense you have. I had a conversation with a guy about london and he said how bad it was that the Muslims had bombed it last year. I pointed out that this had come after 30 years of continual bombings by Irish Christians (mostly funded by Americans) so they had a long way to go to catch up. Every group and country and religion has killed someone for not being part of their group and religion is a stupid idea whereby faith is more used to gain personal power rather than for collective benefit.

    Look at New York. One of the most diverse cities on the planet. You can buy any kind of food from any kind of culture. Except one. Try eating at a Native American restaurant. There is none. How fucking warped is that in this politicaly correct city. I suppose people feel so guilty after eating that they don't want to feel guilty before too. Questioning why there is no restaurant is part of breaking down stereotypes. Clam bake is a Native American dish. Look into it and you find they didn't just eat bison, corn and wild rice. Look into it a bit more and you start getting into why this PC thing doesn't apply when it comes to the people that actualy lived here first.

    What the fuck. Read this and make your own mind up. I am not a martyr. I am not going to die for some cause but I will argue my point and it is always better to argue than resort to ignorant abuse. Believe it or not, I would much rather discuss something with someone with stron opposing views than some spineless person who has never thought of much else than what their credit score is and where to get their latest fix of inverted corn syrup.

    Adrian Wilson

    Interior and Architectural Photographer

    www.interiorphotography.net

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    Supreme SS06 line up ?

    in supertrash

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    Do you read?

    My post was about hypocricy, not religion.

    There are nearly as many Muslims in America as Jews. If there is no religion or bias in schools, why do they get a religous day off and only mention that it is to do with one religion and not the other? A friend of my son's father who is a Sikh, never wore his turban after 9/11 for jerks like you who are intolerant and ignorant. Another friend was looking after them last weekend and took them to their first Sunday church service ever last weekend. They were old enough to come back and say "Those people with false smiles were so weird", which is a bit cruel on the church and they came back with a "God Box" they had made which they thought very silly. I explained that people were happy about God and that the box was probably so you could worship anywhere. None of us got it, but at least we talked about it.

    I am not religous but that doesn't mean I think everyone with a belief is full of shit as you do. If people took your line, why bother teaching kids where Cuba is when they would be breaking the law to go there? In fact why bother teaching them anything that doesn't fit into your blinkered view?

    Hopefully my kids will grow up making their own minds up about the world around them rather than being indoctrinated by my twisted opinions.

    Adrian Wilson

    Interior and Architectural Photographer

    www.interiorphotography.net

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    Supreme SS06 line up ?

    in supertrash

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    BTW< concerning my 2 kids.

    I am having a run in with their junior school at the moment because they get Christian and Jewish days off but have never been taught about even the Koran. My 9 year old daughter was told not to say Merry Christmas for fear of offending others and is learning about the geography of Iraq but wasn't told it was Ramadan on the same day she got a day off for Rash Hashana. Celebrating a holiday for a religion with 14 million followers worldwide and not mentioning a festival followed by 1.2 Billion people is bullshit. I am not religous at all but my kids will learn about many cultures from me.

    And that doesn't make me anti Jewish either

    The other thing is, Asia as a concept is stupid. To lump everyone from Hassid Jews to Indians, to Japanese and Chines people together as Asians is ridiculous

    Adrian

    Adrian Wilson

    Interior and Architectural Photographer

    www.interiorphotography.net

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    Supreme SS06 line up ?

    in supertrash

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    I am glad you are trying to discuss this reasonably. The only reason I said about "short" Asians is that I (said previously) saw a guy with an embroidered Supreme jacket on and you couldn't see his hands and it looked kinda stupid. Supreme is not made for a shorter person and that is a shame if that is their most passionate customers. I was half joking when I said they should make a size for shorter customers - it would make good business sense.

    The fact that Asian culture stretches thousands of years before European culture, nevermind American is true. Because it is a positive aspect of your people, it is not considered racist to talk about it (or the superior math comment) but it is the same thing as mentioning height. It is a feature of the Far Eastern people.

    If you say one group makes up the majority of a section in society it doesn't mean you are racist. Lots of white guys watch black footballers. Black footballers can play because there is no apartheid. Black people dominate that sport because they can generaly run faster and are bigger built than other races. That is a fact and it is why there aren't many Asian football players, the fact why there aren't too many Hispanic Sumo wrestlers or Hassidic jewish jockeys!

    You are right when you say that it shouldn't however mean that white guys are excluded from football, or Hispanics stoped from being Sumo Wrestlers or that the Kentucky Derby couldn't be won by a jockey dressed in 19th century Polish black silks! It is racism to exclude them, but they are logicaly excluded because they are simply not good at it unless they are an exception.

    There was an interesting racist test whereby two groups of white and two groups of black golfers of equal abilitywere split up. They all played a game of golf but for the first tournament, a set of black and white golfers were told that golf was all about hitting the ball hard, about physical prowess and athletic ability. In this tound, the black golfers won. With the next group, the golfers were all told that it was a rich person's game that was all about tactics and mental toughness. In this game, the white players won. What this underlined was the thing you pointed out. It is sort of racist to have one group dominate something as it makes other races feel inferior when they participate. The white guy at the starting block next to 5 athletic black guys feels inferior because historicaly, the black runner has always been faster.

    However it is not racist to generalise and one of the beauties of life is the exceptions and surprises it throws at you to question your set ways.

    I was mugged a few years ago and was surprised at a few people who asked if the mugger was black. My reply was "No, he was white and now I hate all white bastards".

    Adrian

    Adrian Wilson

    Interior and Architectural Photographer

    www.interiorphotography.net

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