Timothy Heenan Showroom

Penny Stock/Selectism

Take a look at the forthcoming collection from Penny Stock for Spring 2011. “Penny Stock is a byproduct of our current global recession, a clever reaction to the downturn of the global marketplace. The brand was conceptualized and designed by John Moore & Michael Abbey of the POP Studio located in Culver City, California. The idea is simple – iconic style offered at true value equals the new modern day status symbol.” Find their Autumn 2010 collection at American Rag, Blackbird, OAK, and By George.

Penny Stock/WWD Cover

Howard Zinn “The Bomb”

In The Bomb, a new book forthcoming from City Lights, Howard Zinn tells the little-known story of his own experience as a bomber in the U. S. Air Force and his role in dropping bombs on Germany during World War II. Zinn also explains that he initially applauded the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Full Article here.

Sabotage Times | Yvon Chouinard, fashion adventurer

Yvon Chouinard. Heard of him? He’s one of the good guys. A 72 year old surfer and climber. A die hard environmentalist. A former blacksmith turned climbing gear manufacturer who went on to found one of the most successful outdoor clothing companies in the world. Patagonia.

Full Article here

Have a Coke and a Seat

When you recycle a plastic bottle, you’re doing something good. When you recycle 111 of them, you’re doing something great. Help your bottle become something extraordinary again.
Introducing the 111 Navy Chair™

About four years ago, in 2006, Coca-Cola went to Emeco with a proposal. Their recycling plant in Spartanburg South Carolina was brand new and processing thousands of plastic bottles a day and they were looking for ways to show the value of recycled plastic. Everywhere else in the world people recycle about 80% of their bottles while in the US we recycled only about 20%.

For more information click here

Unis SS10

Inspired by and designed for the contemporary downtown man, UNIS evokes classic American sportswear. Urbane while easy, elegant without affect, Lee’s understated designs don’t ask for attention, rather they suit the man. Produced and manufactured entirely in its home of New York City, UNIS is just the result of a real relationship between designer, craftsmen, and locale.

UNIS is available at it’s NoLita & Brooklyn stores, Bloomingdale’s, Apartment Number 9, By George, Fred Segal Man, Ron Herman, Nomand and other select stores.

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General Pencil Company

General Pencil Company is a family owned business. It has been owned and operated by the Weissenborn family since 1889.
General Pencil Company, was originally founded by Edward Weissenborn as the Pencil Exchange in Jersey City, NJ in 1889. The company continues to this day as a fully integrated pencil factory in its original Jersey City location producing its own graphite and other special formulation cores in house. Proudly made in the USA is a vital principle for General’s® brand pencils. General refuses to import cores and leads or increasing proportions of raw, semi-finished or even finished pencils as opposed to all other US based pencil manufacturers who have long since adopted such practices. General is now one of 3 remaining US based pencil factories producing for the art and writing pencil market which have vertically integrated processes from wood milling department forward to finish product. In addition to its exclusive use of Genuine Incense-cedar slats, General also uses recycled packaging materials in the majority of their products. Additionally General is devoted to producing consumer friendly and safe products which are tested and certified under both the PMA Seal and under the Art & Creative Materials Institute (ACMI) Program.

Blackberry X Monocle

Monocle has teamed up with BlackBerry to produce 100 unique Bold 9700 handsets. They have created our own wallpapers for the screens and each device comes pre-loaded with Monocle’s 25/25 travel guides to the best business cities and resorts in the world. They have also created a special strap. They have 16GB cards and are also supplied with battery, charging pod, world charger, media player headset, USB and gift packaging.

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Sit and Read.

This month Unis doing a collaboration with Sit and Read Furniture. Sit and Read will be curating the Unis Flagship store starting this week with various furniture and objects including a series of vintage chairs that have been reupholstered in remnant fabrics from our Spring collection. All of the items will be available for sale.

Please join us Thursday, April 22nd at 7pm for a launch party at our flagship store located at 226 Elizabeth Street.

Muir Woods

I’ve meant to post these images from a hike I did in Muir woods with my good friends, Jay Carroll and Chad Chamberlain, while I was in San Francisco a few months ago.

Enjoy.