Some Friday reading for y’all who commute to work like me. Collaboration, collaboration, collaboration – that’s all you see and hear nowadays between brands, bloggers, celebrities but how many of them are actually successful? Adidas x David Beckham, Jordan and Nike, Uniqlo and Jil Sander to name a few. Jeff Staple who is a man of many talents; product and apparel designer, entrepreneur, blogger, visionary and probably more. He speaks on the background of collaboration and more importantly explains when it is a collaboration isn’t actually one. He also gives us insight into his work with Nike, what the different types of collabs are and what makes a successful one. Read the full article from Antenna magazine after the cut, trust me it’s worth reading.
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I’m sorry for being so late with this post again, tough few days with work, being ill and such have kept me occupied. One thing I’ve noticed in the past few months is that each and every person who I’ve met or become friends with is driven, motivated and have some kind of passion that makes me want to work harder and better my craft . I lost a lot of friends in 2011; not so much them giving me the thumbs down like in Primary School but just naturally growing apart. My friend’s circle is small, the people in that circle are a blessing to my life. I’m grateful for that, it’s important to surround yourself with people that influence you to do greater things. Steer clear of bad company! Apologies, I will fix up the typography and photography game for next week. This isn’t my best work. I admit.
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I’ve lost count of how many times that I’ve tweeted this quote, don’t even think I read it anywhere – it was something I keep trying to tell myself. There isn’t any point constantly talking about what you’re going to do and deliver, just go and get it done. With it being the start of the year, I thought this was apt for many. Too many pretenders or like we’d like to call them in London: ‘gassers’ who love to talk but don’t actually deliver any results. Talk less, do more. If the results are exceptional, it’ll talk for itself. Good work will always earns praise. If you want to see the bigger version of the photograph above – click here.
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Before I get condemned for using the term in the title, it’s the title of the poem and even though I’ve starred out of some of the characters – it’s needed for you to understand the true meaning of this poem by renowned spoken word artist Dean Atta. He wrote this poem in 30 minutes, purely written out of passion after yesterday’s court hearing for the Stephen Lawrence. I’m not black and nor will I ever be able to fully understand the effect this word has but anyone with an ounce of intelligence would know how disgusting this term is. Murderers, plantation owners, racists, xenophobes and more used/still use this term, why use it? Why glorify it in your rap songs? Just no. I wish rappers would make clean versions of their albums without this term. More on the reverse.
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One thing I mentioned in my ‘Reflecting on my 2011‘ post was time and how certain sacrifices had to be made. Some of my closest childhood friends have become strangers over the past year and in that time, strangers have become close friends. However there’s one set of friends that will always be there, even if we only see each other once or twice a year – it’ll always be fun: filled with jokes and laughter. Sounds cheesier than a disney film, but it’s true. What we usually do when we catch up is play FIFA/PES/COD for hours on end and consume unacceptable amounts of junk food. Now that we’re all somewhat grown, I suggested we should do something different; so we ended up at Stonehenge.
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This year, I’ve had some great victories in my life. Goals that were set way before the start of the year, I don’t do resolutions! these were personal goals such as graduating from university and finding a job. Resolutions are nice, if you can stick by them – I’m a goal orientated person, always have set goals for myself throughout my life on where I want to be and what I want to do. The latter seems to changed all to often as circumstances and new doors & avenues open up out of nowhere but that’s the beauty of life. Visualising your victory can help us look and hone our focus onto our long term goals. The struggle is part of the process, it’s thrill of growing and changing that I most look forward to. One day at a time folks! Right…time to get to work.
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This guy is far too talented. DJB posted a video of his months ago and it was one of the most viewed posts that month! why? just watched the video after the cut and you’ll see. His talent is extraordinary and this time he takes it to The Great Wall of China. The dubstep dancer never misses a beat, I just don’t understand how hits every beat/sound/swerve/weird dubstep noise thing perfectly. He doesn’t miss one sound! Watch it on the reverse.
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