The weather here in Portland, OR has broken as of late and recently (although not today) we have been dripping in sunshine. Our natural inclination is to head directly to the river to sip cold ones and barbecue with buddies at Washougal Falls, the Clackamas, Columbia or Sandy river. We've also got some secret spots that we won't share, lest they become overrun with yahoos.
At Hand-Eye Supply we believe little siestas are essential to the design process, a chance to relax our minds, shut off our smart phones and decompress for optimal performance. Perhaps a dip in the glacial runoff is just the right ingredient for the eureka in the bath tub moment for that stubborn design problem you've been battling. The point we're trying to make is, "Dude, it's time to take a break."
It is in this spirit that our photographer Christine Taylor headed up to some of Oregon's lovely pastoral regions with a selection of Hand-Eye Supply goodies to inspire you good creative people to take a siesta of your own. More pics in full size on Hand-Eye Supply.
Tonight! Core77's Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club enthusiastically welcomes Frank Novak of Modernica, Inc.!
Tonight's talk starts at 6pm at Core77's Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!
Frank Novak (Modernica, Inc.)
How to Make an Eames Fiberglass Chair? The History & Revival of an American Icon
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
Tuesday, May 14th, 6pm PST
Frank Novak is the co-founder of Modernica, Inc. Modernica owns the original presses and the original preform machine that were used by Zenith Plastics for Charles Eames production of Herman Miller chairs. Their preform machine is the only such machine in existence. Both the presses and the preform machine are the very same pieces of equipment used to create thousands and thousands of chairs since their very first run in 1950 and now sixty years later, these seminal pieces of equipment are located at Modernica's new Los Angeles factory.
From the Modernica Archives
From the Modernica Archives
From the Modernica Archives
Frank Novak grew up in Omaha Nebraska where his family owned car dealerships from the 30's to the 70's, and an antique store from 75 to 2001. He went to Goddard College, Evergreen College and New College of California. Frank moved to California in 1986 and worked as a set builder and production designer for Roger Corman. He was the Art Director for Woody Harrelson's first film, Cool Blue. In 2000 his directorial debut Good Housekeeping was an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival. While working on films he began building furniture and in 1989 founded Modernica with his brother Jay. Together they were one of the first American companies to reproduce out of production mid century furniture. Modernica products, including the George Nelson Bubble Lamp and the Eames Fiberglass chair are sold worldwide. Modernica employs over 100 people in the Los Angeles area at their factory and film prop rental house.
Core77's Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club is thrilled to present Half Iron Design's Matthew Reineck, industrial designer and fabricator of finely-crafted crafted guitars and ukeleles!
Tonight's talk starts at 6 at the Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!
Matthew Reineck
Half Iron Design: "Building from the Basement"
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
Tuesday, April 30th, 6pm PST
I plan to speak about my current work and how to build musical instruments on a small scale, at very high quality and with limited space and resources. I'll talk not only about building wood products, but about taking full advantage of what's around you and where you live to keep the creative spirit alive. I've lived in one bedroom apartments, shared spaces, houses and in each I've been able to build and craft goods from prints, to textiles, to musical instruments. I'll share my experiences and knowledge to help people build no matter where they are in life.
Late in high school, seeking alternatives for creativity outside of the school environment, Matt began woodworking with his grandfather. The instant passion that was formed lead to the discovery of industrial design and to a degree from The Ohio State University. Upon graduation, Matt moved west to Seattle and built his first basement guitar in 2002. Rather quickly that turned into a career and Matt has worked for music companies Dusty Strings, First Act Inc. and at music video game producer Harmonix as an industrial designer. More than ten years later, a constant in Matt's life has been building, no matter the living situation or resources at hand. Half Iron Design was started in late 2012 with an emphasis on building electric guitars and ukuleles. But in the basement, anything can be built.
One of the great joys of running a store is getting to meet and get to know people who are really in love with making things. Red Clouds Collective, who manufacture leather and canvas goods, have the spirit and industriousness that attracts both the eye and heart of us designers. We carry a range of their products and took the time last week to shoot some of them in context to help convey the vibe that their enterprise puts off first-hand.
Check out their products on their website and at the Hand-Eye Supply store!
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Tonight! Core77's Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club enthusiastically presents theoretical physicist Ethan Siegel of Starts with a Bang!
Tonight's talk starts at 6pm at Core77's Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!
Ethan Siegel: Starts with a Bang
"What Makes Up The Universe?"
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
Tuesday, April 16th, 6PM PST
We normally think of the Universe as being made up of the same things our Solar System is made up of: protons, neutrons, electrons and light. But when we look out at the Universe on the largest scales, it tells us a different story. In this talk, I'll talk about three key observations in the study of the large-scale Universe—distant supernovae, the Cosmic Microwave Background, and the clustering of galaxies—to show how we arrived at a Universe where the normal matter that makes up everything we know is less that 5% of what's out there. Dark matter and dark energy also play a heavy role in our Universe, and a discussion of that will ensue.
Fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (observed).
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This year Germany's Kaweco (Koch, Weber & Co.) brand celebrates its 130th year of producing fine writing implements. Since their beginnings in Heidelberg in 1883, the brand has survived two World Wars, bankruptcy, a factory fire and a 14 year closure.
1912 saw the origins of Kaweco's Sport fountain pen, first advertised as a "safety pen for ladies, officers and sports guys." The following year, the short pocket pen was officially released as the Sport Series with the claim of having the "safest closure in every situation."
In 1929, Kaweco was purchased by Aurumia, a fountain pen manufacturer with factories based in Baden. Five years later, Aurumia developed the Sport and it took on an appearance very similar to the one we sell today. Due to their convenient size, they became a bestseller, although they faded in popularity in the mid-70s.
Kaweco closed in 1980, and thus the Sport pen disappeared from the marketplace. In 1994 Kaweco was revived by H & M Gutberlet who specialize in both writing instruments and cosmetic products, particularly eye and lip liners.
Gutberlet released a slightly updated take on the Kaweco Sport—the same style we sell today, nearly 20 years later. We carry them in both CNC machined solid aluminum and injection molded plastic bodies.
Here's our handy pocket guide to the Kaweco Sport:
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Core77's Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club is excited to present Karl Anderson of C.H.U.N.K. 666, mutant bicycle enthusiasts!
Tonight's talk starts at 6 p.m. at the Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!
Karl Anderson:
C.H.U.N.K 666 "Aquachoppers of C.H.U.N.K. 666"
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
Tuesday, April 2, 6 p.m. PST
C.H.U.N.K. 666 is a mutant bicycle club and civic society which has been building, riding, destroying and rebuilding human-powered choppers, tallbikes and battle wagons for 20 years. We've previously held free yearly public gladiatorial contests and historical re-enactments, but more recently, we prefer to injure ourselves privately. One way we do this is with a regular amphibious camping trip to Ross Island, the hollowed-out toxic waste dump and quarry in the middle of Portland.
This talk will briefly discuss our history, our philosophy of building machines out of trash, and our interactions with the city around us before describing how we create, operate and destroy amphibious human-powered vehicles.
Karl Anderson is a hardware and software experimenter who is good at thinking up projects but bad at predicting whether or not they will be practical. He has recently been involved in a travelling postapocalyptic training installation and a free telephone company.
Last Thursday we debuted our Spring Quarterly 2013 Catalog for Hand-Eye Supply, featuring tools and workwear we've selected for their fine use in Spring landscaping and gardening excursions. Starring Lauren Hall-Behrens, the landscape designer at Lilyvilla Gardens and a series of video gifs, we're excited to get started grooming our greenery. Here are a few highlights from the catalog that are new to us in the store, we thought we'd share them with you.
Using only the best quality stainless and high-carbon steel blanks hot forged by hand, each component of Sheffield made Ernest Wright & Son scissors is individually tempered, hardened and oil quenched. This gives the blade its needed hardness and prepares it for grinding, while the loop or "bow" is left softer for later fine adjustment. The blades are hand-ground and polished, before being assembled by official "putter-togetherers"—a position highly respected within the company for the level of skill and experience required. While Lauren likes to use them for shaping up her shrubbery, they make a brilliant pair of all around scissors, and properly cared for could last a lifetime.
Ernest Wright & Son "General Cutting Out Scissors"
Available at Core77's Hand-Eye Supply - $45.00
Give it a chance and this cool and calculating object could put half of your garden tools out of work. The ultimate dirt-fighter, Hori Hori knives have been employed by savvy gardeners and gatherers for generations. Japanese in origin, Hori Hori is an onomonopia meaning "dig dig", calling on the sound of dirty work getting done.
Nisaku Stainless Steel Hori Hori Knife
Available at Core77's Hand-Eye Supply - $35.00
Hand-Eye Supply is excited to roll out our second quarterly lookbook, Selections for Spring 2013! The small quatra-annual publication gives you a look at what's good in gear and gifts for the coming season. Art Directed and Photographed by Christine Taylor and concepted by the team at Hand-Eye Supply, we've created a series of gifs highlighting a special selection of tools, bags, workwear and trappings to prepare you for getting outside and into the dirt.
Our featured model is the lovely and talented Lauren Hall-Behrens, the landscape designer at Lilyvilla Gardens. Lilyvilla Gardens is a garden and landscape design studio specializing in connecting person to place; creating meaningful spaces in the nature that surrounds your home. Lauren's passions for nature, sculpture and the creative process made her an ideal subject for this edition of the Quarterly.
'Tis the season for getting green, we want you out there making it bloom. Keep an eye out for the Hori Hori serrated steel garden knife, imported from Japan, the exquisite Ernest Wright & Sons scissors from Sheffield and USA-made waterproof notebooks from Rite in the Rain.
Core77's Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club is excited to present Trevin Miller of Mr. Green Beans, Portland's D.I.Y. coffee roasting guru!
Tonight's talk starts at 6 at the Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!
Trevin Miller:
Mr. Green Beans "Home Coffee Roasting - It's That Easy!"
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
Tuesday, March 19th, 6PM PST
Home Coffee Roasting is fun and easy. For a modest price and very little to no investment in specialized equipment, you can turn raw green coffee beans into a spectacular cup of coffee. It only takes a little practice and you can easily create freshly roasted coffee that will rival even the best commercially produced coffees.
Why roast your own coffee? Everyone seems to answer this in a slightly different manner, but the main ideas are the same. The biggest reason for most people is that fresh roasted coffee just tastes better. It's smooth and rich and doesn't have the acrid acidic bite that many associate with store bought coffee. Unfortunately, roasted coffee has a very short shelf life and is only fresh for about 7–10 days. Raw coffee on the other hand is shelf stable and can be easily stored until you are ready to roast it. This allows you to roast only what you will consume within a reasonable amount of time, allowing you to always have fresh roasted coffee. Another reason people choose to roast their own coffee is the price. For as much as 1/2 the price of store bought coffee and as little as six minutes of your time, you can create delicious craft roasted coffee. One big benefit of roasting at home is control. By roasting your own coffee, you gain control of the process and you can dial it in to your own personal preferences. Great coffee roasted just the way you like it, and for half the cost! Why not roast your own coffee?
As co-owner(the male half) of Mr. Green Beans, Trevin has unintentionally become Mr. Green Beans. From helping coffee shop owners who are just starting down the coffee roasting path to helping homeroasters trouble shoot their latest batch, Trevin is always willing to share ideas and pass on the insights he has gained from the many pounds of coffee he has roasted. Even though he has access to some of the best professional equipment, Trevin is quick to fire up his old popcorn popper to show a visitor just how easy it is to roast coffee.
At Hand-Eye Supply we love a good pocket knife, and we're always looking out for another one that will tickle our fancy. It's definitely a bonus when it has a compelling story to it as well.
Historically, Sheffield has been the center of Steel and Cutlery in the UK for more than 700 years—in fact, the term 'Cutler' was first used on Sheffield tax return in 1297. The IXL British Army Knife has its roots in the 19th-Century military knives that had evolved from 'workman' knives that were used by coachman and tradesmen.
The marlin spike featured on these knives was an invaluable tool for the mariners who would use them to tie specialized functional knots for nautical purposes.
The rounded-off tip of the blade also reflects the mariner history, albeit a slightly grimmer side of it. This can also be seen in the Anchor knife we carry at Hand-Eye Supply. Sea conditions were often terse with many of the sailors being indentured, 'Shanghai'd' or enslaved. A stab wound was almost certainly a death sentence at sea. The rounded blade prevented stabbings.
The tin opener showed up in the late 1800s, allowing soldiers in the field to open their canned food rations.
During WWI and WWII, Joseph Rodgers was the primary manufacturer of these knives, but the torch is now carried on by Egginton group, originally Egginton Bros. Ltd., formed in 1872, who have sought to preserve the once ailing Sheffield cutlery industry.
The British Army Knife offers a 2.25-inch sheepsfoot blade, can opener, forged marlin spike, and built-in flathead screwdriver. At four inches long and a slim quarter inch wide, it is very pocket-friendly but not misplaceably small.
$44.00 at Core77's Hand-Eye Supply store
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Core77's Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club is overjoyed to present Judy Langlitz Hansen and Dave Hansen of Langlitz Leathers, crafters of fine leather motorcycle wear and accessories since 1947.
Tonight's talk starts at 6 at the Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!
Judy Langlitz Hansen and Dave Hansen
Langlitz Leathers: "The World's Finest Motorcycle Leathers"
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
Tuesday, March 5th, 6PM PST
Ross Langlitz was an ardent motorcyclist who decided to open his own leather garment shop that focused on high quality custom motorcycle gear in 1947. Ross was relatively successful in the early years, and in a couple decades the shop was running smoothly and ready for the Golden Age of Motorcycling of the 1970s. Ross retired in the mid-1980s, but left the shop in the hands of his daughter (Jackie) and son-in-law (Dave). For the past three decades they have endeavored to run Langlitz Leathers as Ross intended... not so big as to get out of hand, and not so small that it would have major problems sustaining itself. Ross achieved his goal of being The World's Finest Motorcycle Leathers and his reputation has traveled around the world as the ultimate in motorcycle gear.
Though this small company was founded in Portland and remains located in the same place it has for over four decades, it is well known around the world. Many of their customers are in Asia, and Europe, as well as here in America... but its heart is here on 25th and Division Street. It is not a fancy facility, as one can immediately see when they enter the shop. Its primary focus is building top quality leathers and offering first class service to those who come great distances for its leathers. Interestingly, a customer can stand in one place and order a custom set of leathers. He can also be measured, see where his leathers will be cut and the area where they will be sewn... all without moving from that spot!
Furthermore, the shop found that good customer care is far better than advertising. In this day of modern conveniences, they do not even have a telephone menu... each phone call is answered by a real person capable of helping the customer. Now that the second generation is retiring, the third generation (Judy) is continuing the family tradition. In short, Langlitz Leathers represents the way business used to be done in America, and they continue doing likewise today.
Tonight! Core77's Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club enthusiastically presents Kenny McElroy, Lockpick Extraordinaire!
Tonight's talk starts at 6 at the Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!
Kenny McElroy
"Introduction to Picking Locks"
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR, 97209
Tuesday, February 19th, 6PM PST
Kenny McElroy is a computer security geek with interests in circus arts, mechanical engineering, dancing, electronics engineering and pie. The pursuit of figuring out how stuff works, especially security related stuff, tickles his fancy. After a year of hosting multiple monthly meetings with guided tutorials on various aspects of opening locks without their corresponding keys or codes, Kenny is ready to show you some fun tricks, challenge your dexterity and answer your questions.
The workshop starts with a basic introduction to pin-tumbler locks. Practice locks and picks will be provided so you can try out everything we talk about yourself. With the progressively pinned locks, it is easy to start out at level 1 and work your way up to a lock very much like the one you probably have on your door at home. Just how much security does that thing provide anyway? Find out for yourself, first hand.
While people are having fun testing their new skills on the provided practice locks, questions about slightly more advanced topics are welcome. Want to see a demo of a bump-key? Or how to decode a combination lock? Can you escape a pair of handcuffs? We will have lots of the most common locks and some of the easiest, non-destructive methods for opening them. Are the practice locks falling open too easily for you? Beat our challenge locks and you will win fun prizes!
At Hand-Eye Supply we've been on a long time quest to find a decent tool box. It hasn't been easy. We've found sturdy and dependable toolboxes at hefty price points, and lower priced boxes that are cheaply made and wouldn't hold up to the rigors of even a gentler shop environment (what would that even be, anyways?).
Then we discovered this: The USAG 646 Toolbox—reasonably priced and so red you might get a speeding ticket.
This USAG 646 toolbox is made in Italy out of sheet steel which is coated using electropheretic deposition, a high quality finishing process which produces a durable color and thickness consistency.
The cantilever top is double-handled, with two upper compartments and one large lower compartment. It's nicely engineered so that in the process of closing the box the lips of the lid perfectly overlap. There's a small hole for a light duty u-lock, so you can keep your tools secure.
At Hand-Eye Supply we are aware that the experience of working creatively with a romantic partner can be a different experience than with a strictly platonic collaborator complete with both caveats and advantages. In February we'd like to celebrate those creative couples who make it work, working together.
Our Valentine's Day series featuring collaborators in both love and labor. Our first feature is dedicated to historic coupled creatives, and we'll be releasing following posts about some of our favorite duos in Portland, OR over the next few days! Check them out at Hand-Eye Supply.
As you walk hand in hand with your loved one, we know that you have only one thing on your mind: that project you left behind in your shop while you went on your walk. Well, stop it. Focus.
What does your special collaborator need for their project? A bandana to wipe that beloved greasy brow? Safety glasses to protect those captivating eyes? A tool box, roll or bag to get their precious workshop ship shape? Perhaps a journal to capture all of their incredibly genius and charming ideas? To help you in your search for that perfect gift, we at Hand-Eye Supply have put together a little collection on the theme of empowering your partner in crime and at the same time invoking the hue associated with Valentine's Day paraphernalia.
Core77's Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club is absolutely thrilled to bring you Arnon Kartmazov of Portland's Bridgetown Forge who will talk about his extensive experiences hand-forging Japanese chef's knives.
Tonight's talk starts at 6 at the Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!
Arnon Kartmazov
Bridgetown Forge "The Hand-Forged Chef's Knife: The Japanese Perspective"
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR, 97209
Tuesday, February 5th, 6PM PST
Bridgetown Forge was founded by Arnon Kartmazov after many years of practicing his craft. He served his first apprenticeship with the last working blacksmith in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1985. He then spent 12 years in Japan, where he was apprenticed to a knife-maker, then a sword-maker, and then opened and operated his own shop in the hills of Northern Kyoto, where he specialized in both hand-forged chef's knifes, as well as architectural pieces designed to blend with both traditional and modern Japanese architecture. He also trained with many smiths both in Japan and in other countries, including Uri Hofi of Israel, an internationally renowned master smith.
Arnon Kartmazov's presentation will give a historical background in blacksmithing covering both traditional methods and contemporary applications and processes. Using modeling clay, Arnon will demonstrate the ancient yet still relevant techniques used to create a variety of forms in modern blacksmithing. Arnon will give a general outline of what it means to forge a quality knife, and explain the Japanese approach to creating high-performance, hand-made cutlery. The talk will conclude with a question and answer session, as well as an opportunity for hands-on time with some samples of Arnon's hand-forged pieces.
To kick off the New Year and thank you for your support over the last year, we at Hand-Eye Supply are offering 25% off all items in the 2012 Gift Guide Collection!
But this stellar special on our curated collection of covetable curios is only available for two more days! So hurry! Just use the promo code "JANUARY77" at check out!
Thanks again for a smashing 2012 and we hope you have an excellent 2013!
Core77's Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club kicks off our first meeting in 2013 with very special guest Matt Reed of Bee Thinking, whose expertise in beekeeping, hive construction and honey bee behavior is celebrated by both Portland's beekeepers and the international beekeeping community.
Tonight's talk starts at 6 at the Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!
Matt Reed
Bee Thinking: "Natural Beekeeping with Top Bar and Warré Hives"
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR, 97209
Tuesday, January 22nd, 6PM PST
A backyard hive can be a simple, fun and manageable addition to your yard, garden, or roof! Both the Top Bar and Warré are foundationless hives that allow bees to build their own combs as they would in nature. Matt will talk about the advantages of choosing foundationless, and treatment free beekeeping by including information on honeybee biology, management techniques and seasonal recommendations. Honeybees are an opportunistic species that Matt loves to demystify through his stories, facts and research. His presentation style is informative and relaxed, where the audience will undoubtedly glean applicable knowledge for new or existing hives. After listening, you may fall in love with honeybees as Matt did years ago, or at the very least, earn a new appreciation for the species and its work.
Matt's philosophy is simple. The chief end of beekeeping should be to provide the bees with the ideal environment in which to thrive. To do this, the beekeeper must engross his or her mind with a wide range of bee-related information detailing the bee life cycle, history, hive design, management and innumerable other topics of importance. Without this knowledge, it is unlikely that the bees or the keeper will have success in their endeavors.
Matt Reed is the owner of Bee Thinking, a sustainable beekeeping supply store for backyard beekeepers located in SE Portland. Bee Thinking was founded in 2008 as an internet resource for beekeepers throughout the world. At the same time he began mass-producing foundationless Top Bar and Warre hives for his own apiary. Soon he had a great deal of interest from many people who were getting involved in foundationless beekeeping, so he began selling the same hives that he uses to those in the beekeeping community. Today, he sells these hives to people all over the world.
We at Hand-Eye Supply want to thank you for a wonderful holiday season and we wish you a happy and constructive and productive! To kick off the New Year we've made our Gift Guide Collection 25% off for the month of January! A stellar special on our curated collection of covetable curios for designers, makers and those who love them! Just use the promo code "JANUARY77" at check out!
Thanks again for a smashing 2012 and we hope you have an excellent 2013!
Alright holiday revelers, time is running thin as we press towards those looming shipping deadlines. We at Hand-Eye Supply would like to throw out a final few gift ideas that may satiate the tastes of your design-loving loved ones. If you buy before Friday, Dec 21st at Noon Pacific Time you'll get yer goodies before xmas. We are providing free upgrades to USPS Priority Mail for all purchases with US destinations - and if you order more than $75 shipping is free entirely!
Give your favorite brewery concoction a sweet little flavor-saving ride in this 64oz Sprocket Growler from Portland Growler Co.
Nothing says design studio like this color coordinated desk set from Lexon, labelled in Helvetica on a satin rubber finish.
Taking inspiration from the Japanese art of paper folding, the AKMD Origami Bowls are cast aluminum which makes them quite a bit more substantial than their paper counterparts.
The Poler Wunder Bundler is a slick temperature conserving portage specially suited for your outdoor adventures from pool side to mountain side.
Made in the U.S.A. the Hand-Eye Supply Apron is ideal for any workshop warriors in your life. Available in 12oz 100% cotton denim and black twill.
For our next featured item from the Core77 Hand-Eye Holidays we turned to long time Core77 friend and prolific sketcher and designer, Michael DiTullo to ask him about his preferred weapon of choice for a sketch on the go and he referred us to Just Mobile's AluPen. A recipient of a Product Design Award from the iF Design Awards, and an Honorable Mention Design Award from RedDot, the AluPen comes with high regard.
The AluPen's hexagonal aluminum body feels substantial and comfortable in the hand. At 4.75" it's long enough that it doesn't feel awkward, resting gently between thumb and forefinger, yet short enough that it could easily slide in to a coat pocket, organizer or tool roll. As for the quality of the nib, instead of mundanely describing the qualities of the rubber, we've included these sketches from DiTullo that we felt better demonstrate, at least visually, the nuances of line work that are possible with the AluPen.
Just Mobile AluPen
Available at Core77's Hand-Eye Supply
$22.00
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At Hand-Eye Supply, we recognize that everybody needs a solid bandana. As purveyors of quality workwear we've pined for the bandanas of yore: thick, bold, rugged pieces of cloth, hearty enough to wipe the grease from your hands or sweat from your brow but soft enough to be comfortable on the skin. Noting the scarcity of such a bandana from the marketplace, with the exception of vintage re-issues that cost upwards of $50, we made it our mission to procure one that lived up to our standards of excellence.
Enter Fred DiMeglio of Man vs. Ink. Fred hand-dyed the heavy weight cotton bandanas in small batches before discharge printing the patterns, the very method of printing that was used when creating the aforementioned bandanas of yore. As a final step they are triple washed for softness and comfort.
The design was hand-illustrated by Portland, OR's Mary Kate McDevitt, who also painted the famous Hand-Eye Supply Official Transportation Unit (our cargo bike). Mary Kate riffed on her original design for the bike, refining and reframing it for the bandana context.
The end result of this is a fantastic bandana that exceeds our stringent expectations and we here at Hand-Eye Supply are incredibly proud of them. Available now!
Hand-Eye Supply x Man v. Ink x Mary Kate McDevitt Bandana
Available at Core77's Hand-Eye Supply
$20.00
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Designed by Matt Willey and Zoe Bather of Studio8, the Magma Sketchbook: Design & Art Direction, has been remarkably popular at the Hand-Eye Supply store. We believe the appeal lies in the Swiss Army Knife quantity of tools in the book. Beyond the numbered, perfectly toothed, blank and graph sketch pages, there are an additional 16 pages of essential tools for designers. With informative diagrams and data on typography, binding and folding techniques, body measurements and even tips for sustainable design, this book runs the gamut in terms of relevance for a multiplicity of design fields.
Magma Sketchbook: Design & Art Direction
Available at Core77's Hand-Eye Supply
$15.95
Ryan McGinness has been self-publishing these unique To-Do list calendars for his personal use for years, and the 2013 calendar is the perfect resource for any artist, designer, or dedicated list-maker to have on his or her own desk. The lightly gridded space of each page is a blank slate for everything from points of business and grocery lists to scribbles of inspiration or overheard sayings.
Ryan McGinness To-Do List Calendar
Available at Core77's Hand-Eye Supply
$24.95
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Please consider this your official invitation to what promises to be the most *Curious* and *Chummy* event of Portland's holiday design itinerary. Come down and chat-up some of our 59 Curiosity Club Alumni - that eclectic mix of local makers, thinkers and designers who shared their projects and insights at our bi-weekly speaker series since 2010. Intellectual stimulation and creative inspiration will be served alongside drinks and tasty treats from Pacific Pie Co.
This is your chance to meet and mingle with the presenters of the Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club: Our group boasts Designers, Engineers, Tinkerers, Makers, Writers, Theorists, Open Source Manufacturing advocates, Teachers, a Cyborg Anthropologist, a Historian, a Luthier, a Pinhole Camera maker, a Knife maker, a One-Wheeled Motorcycle designer and developer, a Chef, an Upholsterer, an amateur Rocket Scientist, an Improv Comedian, Cargo Bike Builders, Butchers, Programmers, Perfumists, Community Developers, Cryonicists and Artists, Tiny House enthusiasts and the list goes on with each area of expertise being equally fascinating.
RSVP on Facebook here
Curiosity Club "Meet the Alumni Party" at Hand-Eye Supply
Tuesday, December 11
6:00 to 9:00 PM
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 575-9769
FRIEZE NEW YORK 2013
INTERNATIONAL HOME + HOUSEWARES SHOW 2013
TOKYO DESIGN WEEK 2012
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