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A glimpse into the Met’s new Exhibition, “Costume Art,” the Human Form Connects Fashion and Art. Which features looks from designers like Issey Miyake, Mariano Fortuny, Yiqing Yin, Michaela Stark, Sinead O’Dwyer, Karoline Vitto, Yuima Nakazato and many more.

ed catmull basically solved one of the hardest organisational problems in creative work: how do you keep very high standards of taste without turning the people who hold that taste into gatekeepers that slowly strangle new ideas? his answer is elegant and I think underrated: you separate the people who set the bar from the people who make the final calls.

Michael Jackson was ahead of his time. He was tuned in to the spirit world in ways the world didn’t understand. He spoke of “receiving from the universe” and “speaking into existence” which is literally the law of assumption and the belief in universal artistic creation. He knew.

This is why you have to strip yourself of Eurocentrism. If your exposure to global history is limited to a Western point of view, then you’re missing a great deal of important detail. I could look at this picture alone and write a dissertation on China versus Europe, on how differences in resource distribution, political structure, and cultural outlook helped shape colonial attitudes and their lasting impact on the world today. Historically, China often operated from a position of relative abundance and self-sufficiency, especially during its strongest dynasties. It held its civilization in very high regard and viewed itself as the center of the world, prioritizing internal stability and regional influence over sustained intercontinental expansion. They hardly suffered from a lack of capacity; they had formidable naval and economic power. There were literally Chinese pirates with fleets rivaling those of some powerful European states, this is not an exaggeration. Of course, they had some periods of outward engagement but they were followed by deliberate withdrawal, and most of the expansion they did was continental or tributary rather than overseas or settler-colonial. Western Europe, by contrast, was relatively constrained in land and resources and remained politically fragmented for much of its history. Competition between states, combined with commercial ambition, greed, their fascination with mercantilism cum capitalism and some advances in navigation which China had way before them, helped drive maritime expansion and, in many cases, exploitation abroad. Many don't know that, for a time, Europe was deeply fascinated by Chinese goods, from porcelain, prized as a luxury, to tea, silk, and more. Meanwhile, China maintained controlled trade and had limited interest in European goods beyond silver. In response to this imbalance, British traders introduced and expanded the opium trade to disrupt and eventually decimate Chinese society. China had the capacity to project power more broadly, but global domination was never a sustained objective. Its priorities were shaped more by internal governance and regional order than by overseas empire-building. I don't think much has changed in their approach to geopolitics, even today.

Conceptual clarity open perceptual channels that weren’t available before. When you know precisely what something is, you start seeing what it should look like in ways that weren’t accessible through pure aesthetics.

founders: describe your GTM in 6 words. no vibes. just the motion.

As a man, your ability to stay loyal to a vision nobody else can yet see is your greatest test.

You should never release a product that embarrasses you. Imperfect? Sure. Buggy? Absolutely. Incomplete? Obviously. But embarrassing? No. Take pride in your work.

Diré una verdad incómoda: Los hombres también deberían ponerse exigentes y evitar relacionarse con mujeres que no trabajan, no estudian, no aportan nada al mundo y quieren que les paguen todo solo por verse atractivas.

Ranger rover LSE bespoke tailoring by Tristan Auer (Car Tailoring) for Villa Pétrusse Hotel*

NYC just launched yet another social club. It's called Stylus. It's in the Lower East Side. They have an 'acoustically engineered' listening room and performance space. Took 2.5 years to design. There's also a recording studio, terrace, private salon. 750 members max. For ppl who care a lot about sound and music.

@signulll They require soul, which can only be cultivated through genuine human input infused with a coherent meaning/intent.

consumer products need utility for sure. but utility alone rarely creates pull. the products that actually earn repeated attention tend to fuse usefulness with something more alive with things like play, delight, curiosity, aesthetic pleasure, & entertainment. most ai products today lean far too hard on pure utility & miss that second layer entirely. the winning ai consumer product likely won’t win on pure capability alone. it’ll win by merging capability with entertainment so tightly that using it feels less like labor & more like desire.

Your ideas are deeply valuable - far beyond the material - remember, the artist & designers mission is a societal one. Being to uplift, reflect and shape generational matters - do not slow down when comfort arrives - cut through it, as if you were to reset your journey - Stay sharp.

The problem with being ahead of the curve is everyone thinks you're retarded

Most people are programmed by an egregoric ideology (a collective neurosis)—usually political, religious, or cultural. If you’re living correctly, your worldview is built from personal experience, inner reflection, and external ideas that clarify what you already know to be true.

23. Companies should not be publishing manifestos on how our societies should operate and function. The act of private companies attempting to take on the role of government and/or policy construction should be seen as a threat to national security and the Western way of life. Unless Palantir or others are willing to accept direct democratic oversight and accountability, they should remain entirely outside of the realm of policy formation or decision-making. We are a freedom-loving people with values, principles, and rights that are not gifted to us by government, or corporations, or narcissistic drug addicts suffering from god complexes. If corporations will not or cannot understand this, and stand in support of fundamental Western values (free speech, privacy, individual liberty, etc.) they should be broken up or temporarily nationalised in order to bring them back under direct democratic accountability and control, and until new laws and/or constitutional amendments can be made to protect free citizens from infringements on their god-given rights.

"Before you chase funding, build something first worth funding."

V2 armchair designed by Giovanni Tommaso Garattoni for Adrenalina*

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Hello hyper aware doom scroller who understands deep wisdom but still feels trapped in the normalcy of life. Can I interest you in an orb?