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Native Shoes

Filmed inside the Native Shoes factory this short film takes you behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the innovative manufacturing process. The images reveal the beauty behind the skilled craftsmanship of EVA injection molding. You no longer have to wonder how that pair of cushy, candy colored shoes came to be. The future of footwear delivered on time by Ray-Ban-wearing Technicians. Now Shipping to You! shop.nativeshoes.com

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Barrel Making – Jack Daniel’s

A few months back, I had the pleasure of flying down as a director of photography to Lynchburg, TN to see how Jack Daniels is made – and work alongside the talented team at Arnold World Wide. I got to see the town itself, as well as meet some incredible people who both live in the town and work at the Jack Daniels distillery (this documentary film will be released shortly as well). After my stay there, I drove 5 hours north to Kentucky where I got an all access…

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Aero Wheels – R&D

CAD (Computer-aided design), stereolithography mock-ups, and wind tunnel tests are critical aspects of aero wheel development. Engineers from Mavic present their everyday work developing high performing aero wheels. Wind tunnel tests shown are performed in the HEPIA wind tunnel, Geneva (CH).

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Stählemühle – Distillery

When former art publisher Christoph Keller stumbled upon sleepy Stählemühle, an old dormant mill turned schnapps distillery, he took upon the task of bringing it back to life. The Aqua Vitae fruit brandies produced in small, high-quality batches have received over 170 international awards including “Brandy of the Year 2011.” Alongside Stählemühle, he additionally distills Monkey 47, named after its 47 different ingredients, with his companion Alexander Stein of Black Forest Distillers under their second label Schwarzwald Dry Gin, also awarded “Best Gin in the World” at the 2011 International Wine and Spirit…

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Molloy & Sons X Beams

BEAMS men’s AW2012-13 focus on this characteristic Irish tweed fabric. BEAMS buyers visited the studio of a family run textile brand , which character of that has beautiful colored spots in fabric, produced locally in the province of Ireland, Donegal. This special collaboration pieces produced between Beams and Molloy & Sons also champions a superb fusion of modern shapes and long-lasting traditional skillsets, which  the fifth generation of the family Molloy, Sean inherited and intend to keep, and the passion of the sixth generation son of Molloy, Kieran to seek…

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