This is a super article about the new tech incubator in Paris and both Burke and Kolnai (V&R, Chapter 7) would approve. http://fortune.com/2018/09/03/in-the-lab-of-luxury/ It’s a good example confirming Kolnai’s idea about the resilience of hierarchy.
Here is Alan Lee again, and what a marvellous comment it is: “My preference is for working in analogue – charcoal, pencils and watercolour; I like the organic and tactile nature of pigments, burnt wood and water, and the sense of working within a tradition. I enjoy the extra possibilities and effects offered by…
Insight into the heritage behind Tolkien illustration:
This video is a nice window on the bespoke craft at Louis Vuitton. The company has made the case that carries the Cup itself. The French company will certainly be hoping the Cup comes back to France. Football romantics will hope tiny Croatia can pull off an upset. The music is awful, so I’d…
A very interesting article on both the business of couture and why the young find it appealing: https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/millennials-coutures-biggest-clients As always with couture, Burke approves. Somewhat, he also approves of the financial instruments that make it possible: http://www.libertylawsite.org/2017/06/30/in-trusts-we-trust/
A witty piece by The Daily Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/gareth-southgate-stylish-world-cup-manager-runners-riders/ But is Paul Tisdale of Exeter City FC the most fashionable manager on the planet? A younger English man in a flat cap: cool, indeed. Not a football manager but Tommy does it best:
Car and mechanics both very cool: https://petrolicious.com/films/1959-porsche-356a-a-phoenix-rises-from-a-tractor-barn?mc_cid=f00f5aea60&mc_eid=8cd60b3e66 Check out the father’s coat, too. All round brilliant.
V&R loves vintage and this small company in Indiana makes retro style mopeds and small bikes. V&R Chapter 5 also defends the claim that Max Scheler’s idea of the estate — craft, local, family, history — is the most moral model of a firm. Janus matches these attributes. The company has a high quality video…
Lovely vintage feel to the 2018 World Cup poster. Evokes the cool Art Deco original from the 1930 Uruguay World Cup. Here’s a good article on the current intersection of footie and fashion: https://fashionista.com/2018/06/world-cup-soccer-fan-apparel-clothing-market Now, how will England do?
Another lovely video from Petrolicious.com (https://petrolicious.com/films/1975-jaguar-xj6c-pillar-less-perfection). I drive a 1970 saloon version of this car. The 1975 version is what they call a Series II. Mine is a Series I. However, this hyper cool coupe version was only designed for the Series II. It is a beautiful design.