Another look at some collaborative works from Tokyo’s The Rugged Museum. Lucky Jon works with the on the Lucy Ring Belt. It is available in a single or double ring version. Nice arrows.

More looks at the Lucky John, F&E Lucy Ring Belt after the click.

Another scarf option for the gents of the world from the Autumn 2010 Omar Kashoura collection “A very limited edition merino wool mix scarf made from machine mixed yarn that’s been knitted with elastic on the reverse to produce an organic, rippled effect. A mixture of ice grey, navy and midnight tones” Oki-ni has them.

More looks at the Omar Kashoura Limited Edition Merino Wool Lux Scarf after the click.

Say what you like on this collaboration… this A.P.C. work canvas jacket takes the Carhartt wears, gives it a refined cut and make it presentable in public. That is what you are buying here – the cut. “Straight cut. Long sleeves with slit. Buttoned cuff. Patch pockets. Single vent. Straight hem. Heavyweight canvas. 100% Cotton.”

Unboxing is one of those tech site heavy posts that just draw in the user (similar to product breakdowns). We’ll take a stab at this by introducing you to a 1972 Olypia Traveller Typewriter going through the paces of an un-boxing. I love typewriters and this is the kind of post that makes me wish I could find a sealed specimen for myself.

View the full un-boxing at 9.ai.

Here at Selectism, we occasionally like to step out from behind our desks, off the streets, and onto the trails. In this venture, we often take a look at brands that differ from our core interests. Ahnu Footwear is one of those.

Founded in 2007, Ahnu designs products geared toward active lifestyles with a focus on responsibility in all environmental and social encounters. Of course, this relates to sourcing. And, as such their story has great ramification on all brands seeking ethical supply chains.

We caught up with Jacqueline Lenox, Brand Director of Ahnu, to learn more about their intent and interests.

A short Q&A after the jump.

Hotlips, a family owned Portland-based firm, has been bottling fresh fruit sodas since 2005. Initially, the sodas were produced to compliment the family’s five pizzerias. Now they employ 130 people across the company and strive to fulfill the following mission – “To preserve culture and celebrate humanity through rich culinary traditions and by joining with others in finding new, sustainable ways of doing business.”

They use fresh fruit, maintaining the pulp and introducing a light fizz to the pop.

Learn more at Hotlips.

Here’s something for the clothing sadists out there: it’s another piece from Japan that you can’t get your hands on without a proxy. All you proper workwear addicts know all about Ben Davis (for anyone looking to fake it, here’s a link to his website) and he’s teamed up with Journal Standard for a capsule collection. Our pick of the small bunch is this blazer – for obvious collar-related reasons. (Style Cruise)

Here’s one of those rare collabs that actually serve a useful purpose. 6876 teamed up with Welsh brand ArcEnd for this Ventile jacket. As expected with 6876 it’s one for the detail lovers, here’s the science bit: 200 gram ventile, Ykk reverse coil zips and either hand crafted natural birch or custom made re-used leather cord pullers. Suffice to say, it’s good for those rainy days. (6876)

Today, we link music.

01. The Dozens: Jazz & Bjork

“Hailing from Reykjavik, Iceland, Björk burst onto the music scene in 1993 with Debut, an album featuring the jazz standard “Like Someone in Love.” Since then, this global star has maintained ties with the jazz world, even earning her biggest hit with “It’s Oh So Quiet,” a swing number dating back to 1948. Jazz artists have returned the respect, covering versions of Björk songs.” (Jazz).

02. Welcome to the Monkey House

“In the first quarter of the twentieth century, Enrico Caruso (1873–1921) was the best-known singer in the world—both an internationally renowned performer and the standard-bearer of the young international phonograph industry. He embodied, in fact, a new kind of public figure, one whose celebrity grew out of the emerging culture industries and circulated through the modern mass media. But Caruso’s stature as a celebrity depended on his charisma as much as his voice. After working with him, Edward Bernays, the pioneering public relations consultant, described Caruso’s star power in his 1965 autobiography. Caruso, he recalled, was like “a sun god” whose “light obliterated his surroundings,” and for those who came in contact with him, Bernays quipped, the experience was “gilt by association.” The pun was ironic: in addition to his groundbreaking fame, Caruso was the subject of the first celebrity trial of the twentieth century.” (Believer).

03. American Songbook: Michael Feinstein’s Lifelong Mission To Collect, Preserve & Enjoy Music (Above)

“Follow him around for a couple of months and you will probably come to the conclusion that it is not easy being Michael Feinstein. He is consumed by a schedule of 150 concerts per year with extensive rehearsals, countless air miles crisscrossing the country from coast to coast, not enough hours in the day to search flea markets and other favorite haunts for music ephemera, recordings and old 78 RPM records with voices from the past, and then those valuable hours needed to catalog and digitize his ever-growing collection.” (Bee).

04. Punk Flyer Art: History on a Phone Pole

“Over the past two years, Pat Roig has collected over 380 punk rock flyers. This collection of what lead vocalist of the Circle Jerks Keith Morris calls “the cheapest form of advertising” started with humble beginnings—in a box in an attic. Roig says, “I went into my mom’s attic after the storm. They were gutting her house and there was a box with my name on it. Turns out she pulled all the flyers that used to hang on my wall off the wall and put them in a box.”

Roig put the flyers into a binder and brought them to an Eyehategod show in Fat City. Band members Mike Williams and Jimmy Bower told Roig that he should make the collection into a book. “It kind of sat in the back of my mind for the longest time, and then I thought ‘Why not?’ And I figured if I would be interested in it, other people that grew up in the scene would be interested in it too.” The result is From Staple Guns to Thumbtacks: Flyer Art from the 1982-1995 New Orleans Punk & Hardcore Scene, a collection of what author Mike Bevis calls, “apocryphal documents…that serve to set the record straight about the history of the New Orleans underground music scene.”” (Offbeat).

01. Hunter S. Thompson Applies for a Job
“Most people try to be as polite and flattering as possible when writing a prospective employer to ask for a job. It’s really the only medium where being obsequious is seen as a virtue. But when Hunter S. Thompson applied for a job at the Vancouver Sun in 1958, the famously wild and inventive author wrote a cover letter that, like Thompson himself and the “gonzo journalism” that would make him famous, broke all the rules.” (atlanticwire)

02. ‘The Wire’ Monopoly game (above)
“The Wire is all about corners,” says Hasbro spokesperson Jane McDougall, “and the Monopoly board is all about corners. It was a natural fit.” (kottke>poke)

03. Dear Gap, I have your new logo.
“As you requested, I’ve redesigned your logo. It’s behind the post-it above. It’s unbelievably good. Fantastic, even. I’m convinced it’s what you need.” (mule)

04. How I Made It: Marc Weinstein, co-founder of retailer Amoeba Music
“”Vinyl sales are so strong, it’s making up for the decline in CD sales,” Weinstein explained. Who’s buying vinyl? Jazz collectors, DJs and, surprisingly, heavy-metal fans. “Many of them are 18 or younger,” Weinstein said. “It’s a very artifact-oriented crowd that’s attracted to how these things looked and felt.”" (latimes)