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TinType Photography

Watch as Bob Shimmin walks us through the process of creating a tintype photograph. This video is part of the Kalamazoo Valley Museum special exhibit – Remember Me: Civil War Portraits. Winner of the 2012 Tweet Up Kalamazoo Best Locally Produced Youtube Video Award. Watch the interview with Bob Shimmin here: vimeo.com/32272829 Visit the Kalamazoo Valley Museum Website here: kalamazoomuseum.org

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Wooden Bicycle – Axalko

Six years ago the Tellería brothers (Aitzol and Andoitz), both professionals in the wood industry and fans of bicycle culture and mountain sport, joined up with fellow professional Enrique Ardura. Together, they were inspired to develop a project that combined their knowledge of wood modification technology and all its potential. Working from their joinery called Txirbil (meaning ‘wood shaving’ in Euskera, the ancient language of the Basque lands), the design team came to the conclusion that the tubular fibers of wood were perfect for creating a fast, sturdy bicycle frame.…

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Bags – Artifact Bag Company

Artifact bags are handmade in my Omaha, Nebraska workshop using a combination of hand tools and vintage industrial equipment. I use the finest American sourced waxed canvas and leather and offer a lifetime guarantee for all my products. artifactbags.com Produced by Turnpost Creative Group turnpost.com Cameras: Django g-s Jamie Massey Stuart Lundgren Photography: Dana Damewood Editing: Jamie Massey Music: Simon Joyner “I Will Find You” from The Lousy Dance

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Packaging – iPhone Case-Us versus them

Wanting to bring you more than just the product, Us Versus Them and Savage Diplomacy introduce to you a limited hand constructed packaging for the Iphone 4 case’s which Us Versus Them teamed up with Incipio for the special collaboration. Limited to only 40 pieces, this product will be available at the Us Versus Them pop-up store at Black Scale SF beginning February 25th. 55 Grant Ave, 2nd Floor San Francisco CA, 94108 – Designed: Savage Diplomacy Constructed: Luke Vicious – usversusthem.com savagediplomacy.com myincipio.com

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Backpack – iTHY

A quick glimpse of the process we go through to customize and put our own flavor into our pieces. Each backpack is individually customized and sewn by hand by artist, Jose Infante. Different areas of our official Year One print is featured on the padded side of the backpack, make every piece unique from the other. Exclusive run as always. Only 40 backpacks created total. Be sure to check us on Twitter and Facebook to find out the release date on the items. twitter.com/ilovethehype facebook.com/ilovethehype ilthy.com

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Concrete Stools – Max Lamb

Max Lamb Design Miami/Basel 2008 Solids of Revolution Solids of Revolution are two collections of stools in concrete and wool felt formed using rotational cutting processes. Two inherently disparate materials unified by property and by process. Hard, heavy concrete becomes lightweight and malleable. Soft, supple wool becomes rigid and strong. The convergence of two polar opposites at a state of physical property where the same processes apply. Both collections are made from preformed objects designed for industrial applications, offering primary function to otherwise secondary articles. The humble concrete block used…

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