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punkysdilemma-blog · 14 hours

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I'm so happy that Mark Gonzales has ended up as the most influential skater of the last 30 years. When I was growing up in the early 2000s it seemed like skating would just become increasingly professionalised and sanitised, a sport with elite athletes making ever bigger tricks.

By contrast "The Gonz" presented skating as an art project, a way to manipulate and engage with the city you live in, as a piece of personal expression, and now the every young skater that comes across my IG seems to have taken that path. Skateboarding with humour and creativity and fun intact, feels like it's never been better.

He also set the path for people aging in the scene, emphasising skating for the fun of skating when stair sets are no longer an option but also branching out into design and art as an extension of the DIY spirit. Would we have Ed Templeton's incredible photos or Jason Dill's weird collages if Mark didn't lay out the path? I doubt it.

#skateboarding #culture #art #mark gonzales #Vimeo

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punkysdilemma-blog · 9 days

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Charles Harlan

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punkysdilemma-blog · 11 days

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My single best purchase this year has been these mixing bowls designed by Sori Yanagi, probably best known for his butterfly stool.

They do something all good design should which is take something mundane and make it more beautiful and more functional without losing the essence of what it is.

The best part is that they aren’t that expensive, an affordable luxury that you’ll appreciate every time you cook.

#design #industrial design #Sori Yanagi #super normal

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punkysdilemma-blog · 12 days

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punkysdilemma-blog · 15 days

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Two night scenes: View Of Wan Chai, the sailors' quarter and red-light district. Below the Admiralty, from the foothills and rising to the residential neighbourhoods which dominate the Central District.

Scan | text: Eternal Hong Kong, 1990s.

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punkysdilemma-blog · 16 days

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WHERE MY HEADS AT:

ENZO MARI SEDIA 1 (1974)

HELMUT LANG (1999)

AGAINST ALL LOGIC 2017-19

KOREAN MOON VASE

RICOH GR III CAMERA

NORDA RUN SHOES

WEARING A TECHNICAL JACKET UNDER TAILORING (BERNER KÜHL SS2022)

#aesthetic #minimalism #fashion #music #Berner Kühl

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punkysdilemma-blog · 20 days

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I love this era of The Verve: dreampop/shoegaze with a level of confidence and ambition that is rarely associated with those genres. Hard to imagine Oasis's more atmospheric edges without this, and it spawned many lesser imitators. Also just a perfect cover.

#shoegaze #dreampop #britpop #the verve #Spotify

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punkysdilemma-blog · 28 days

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Helmut Lang A/W 2003 Ad

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punkysdilemma-blog · 2 months

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Beautiful imagery and clothing but also I think there is no brand where it is more important to actually go and see and try on the clothes in person than Margaret Howell. It all looks and feels so right and the stores are so calm and perfectly laid out.

Also credit to their restraint when it comes to pricing, it's more expensive than it was 10 years ago, but there has been no attempt to force wild increases in pricing like so many luxury brands over the past 3-4 years.