Our Jeff Staple feature interview drops today.

If you haven’t already heard, we recently worked with Jeff Staple on a exclusively designed sticker. “This is not a t-shirt” hearty magazine x Jeff Staple, touches on high school notebook sticker nostalgia, featuring a blue notebook background doodled drawing of a heart and both hearty magazine and Staple design insignia. Stay tuned for a feature interview with Jeff Staple that includes a list of ’10 things you didn’t know about Jeff Staple’.

Some of you might already know about my relentless quest for a good women’s magazine. This time, I found something I can actually read. From an interview with Phoebe Philo of Céline, features with architect Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA, artist Jenny Holzer, winemaker Sara Pérezand DJ Princess Julia, here is just a peak inside of Fantastic Man’s sister magazine Gentlewoman. The debut issue are now on the newsstands worldwide.

“The Gentlewoman is a biannual style magazine for a new decade. Featuring inspirational, international women, it pairs ambitious journalism with a sartorial and intelligent perspective on fashion that is focused on personal style – the way women actually look, think and dress.” – Gentlewoman Magazine

via: Selectism

Early samples of a Dr. Marten’s 2011 summer shoe.

via: This is Naive

By Kenya Hara, Art Director of Muji.

I never find myself looking for design books, but somehow I stumbled upon this one. Designing Design comprises a series of Kenya Hara’s writings and design work spanning through several years. He tackles issues such as sustainability, technology, the definition of design, and attempts to explain how he see’s the world through his work. In this book, he describes his philosophy of balance and consuming only what is needed which plays a part in his views on sustainability, and is also obviously embedded in the MUJI brand.

“Creativity is to discover a question that has never been asked. If one brings up an idiosyncratic question, the answer he gives will necessarily be unique as well.” – Kenya Hara, Designing Design.

Via: Designer Review of Books

Been listening to this and this all night. Doesn’t he sound amazing live? Just a side note, notice his Red Wings bellow.

By Engineered Garments.

via: White Board Journal

I unexpectedly received these Pointers in the mail the other day. The Caz is by far my favorite of the women’s collection. A little more pricey than the others, the Caz is another modern classic from Pointer. It features a classic dapper moccasin shape, with a crisp white sole. When they first came out, I had made a personal order (the brick red with leather laces) only to be disappointed when I found out they got cut for that season in Quebec. I’d like to thank Julie over at Eight Distribution for these promotional gift. Keep your eyes out for Pointer’s fall collection. They will be introducing a “Made in Portugal Collection” to take things up a notch.

Spent Friday evening with my lovers at Katacomes to see Steel Nation and Naysayer play. Since it was Fred and Simon’s birthday, we made it a party.

Hardcore and sketchy venues, Bootlegger and Gallo, friends and lovers. Life is sweet.

The French love Montreal, and because of that I can get some delicious Macarons.

Point G
1266, ave Mont-Royal est
Montreal, QC
(514) 750-7515

“Arrivé à Montréal en 1995, Thierry Andrieu, le chef pâtissier de Béziers en France, a collectionné les médailles d’or de différents concours prestigieux avant de s’embarquer pour la Nouvelle France. Après 35 ans d’expérience, en tant que chef pâtissier, il n’a pas hésité à tout abandonner pour concrétiser le projet du Point G. Dix ans plus tard, le deuxième créateur des origines du Point G arrive à Montréal en 2005 après avoir quitté sa Haute Savoie natale.Julien Reignier n’en a pas moins fait ses classes auprès du prestigieux chef français Paul Bocuse et a bourlingué autour du globe en passant des Émirats arabes au Brésil, entre autres.”