Made Here


One Trip Pass‘ Jay Carroll — the King of the Road Trip — has created a series of videos centered on the work he’s done for Levi’s, traveling and buying up some of his favorite things to be sold in their stores. If dreams were realities, Jay would continue to travel and document these terrific people and their lives’ work forever.

Without further ado, Made Here.
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Chicago Past

Chicago’s History. Now in convenient Tumblr form.

H/T Michael Kiser.

Cologne: From the Diary of Ray & Esther


Cologne is a wonderful documentation of a time and place.
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Wandawega Camp Store


Friends of mine, David Hernandez and Tereasa Surratt, husband and wife/father and mother/web developer/author/and superstar ad folks, have added a new slash to their already impressive list of titles: Shopkeep.

Their Camp Wandawega in Elkhorn, Wisconsin might be recognizable to you, as virtually every clothing company and editorial publication in the United States have used their well-appointed, idyllic summer camp setting to sell you on their version of The Endless Summer.
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Vintage Smith

“The part I have a hard time with, buying things I wouldn’t pick out for myself.”
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