The Material Review
Issue 102: Japan By Classic Car, Driftwood Shacks, America's Most Popular Declining Sport, Appliance Death, Your Tennis Bag, Spotlight On: Aloha Shirts and Some Links.
Stories worth reading. Stop indexing the internet.
Forget the bullet train – the best way to see Japan is by classic car
“The Peninsula Driving Experience delivers a perfect joy ride” [FT]
Driftwood Shacks
“Anonymous Architecture Along the California Coast” [Lloyd Kahn]
Changing Lanes
“America’s most popular declining sport” [The Baffler]
The Real Reasons Your Appliances Die Young
What Your Tennis Bag Says About You
“Your bag is closer to a clown car than tennis gear. A vehicle for getting your trickery from A to B, before you park her on the sidelines so the real work can happen. The bag you bring to court exists on a scale of form and function for which you are the architect.” [Racquet]
A shortlist of things we’ve got our eye on.
DC White X Atlantic Field Training Jacket
Campfire Pottery To-Go Mug
Chef’s Mate Pepper Mill
EasyMoc Rambler - Coach Waxed Elk
Field Mag Print, Issue 01
Aloha Shirts
Freenote Cloth Dean Double Pocket Aloha Red
Kahala Duke’s Pareo
VTG Patagonia Pataloha
Vintage Aloha Blue Hawaiian
Kona Bay Duke Border
Sig Zane Niu Kāhelahela Pullover Aloha Shirt - Chocolate
Links
1. The Cosmos from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory
2. An Ocean in Motion
3. Donato Dozzy | Boiler Room: Rome
4. The Landmark Trust
5. NTS Guide to: Texas Prison Rodeo Bands
Sig Zane's aloha shirts are amazing. Beautiful, creative and very comfortable.