Monthly Archives: December 2009

Faking it real

At TED back in 2004, Joseph Pine talked about what consumers really want is “authenticity” in the experience economy. Yet, even now at the tail end of 2009, we’ve barely moved beyond the basic goods industry. We only have to walk into any shop to realise we’re still suffering from the hangover of the industrial [...]
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Rings: Meeting in the middle

“Meeting in the middle” is the best phrase I could come up with to describe this pair of handmade rings — one darkened, one unpolished, raw and new. In wearing them together, the dark ring will become lighter, the white ring will begin to darken; they evolve together towards a natural shine and meet upon [...]
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