SMOKE Journal
Vol.15 — Shooting the Same Corner, Every Day
On noticing what only repetition reveals. The shop sits on a five-way intersection in Shimogamo. Every day we are open, before we unlock the door, we stand at the same...
Vol.15 — Shooting the Same Corner, Every Day
On noticing what only repetition reveals. The shop sits on a five-way intersection in Shimogamo. Every day we are open, before we unlock the door, we stand at the same...
Vol.14 — The Same Hands, Different Names
On Chêne, Himalaya Lion, and the one rule behind everything we sell. SMOKE began as a shop for one thing. kitt — a sweatshirt made in Wakayama, on machines older...
Vol.14 — The Same Hands, Different Names
On Chêne, Himalaya Lion, and the one rule behind everything we sell. SMOKE began as a shop for one thing. kitt — a sweatshirt made in Wakayama, on machines older...
Vol. 13 — The Second Visit
When Clothing Becomes Part of Daily Life It was a cold day, not long after we opened SMOKE in Kyoto. A customer stepped inside by chance while walking home. They...
Vol. 13 — The Second Visit
When Clothing Becomes Part of Daily Life It was a cold day, not long after we opened SMOKE in Kyoto. A customer stepped inside by chance while walking home. They...
Vol. 12 — How It Lives With You
On the second life of a good sweatshirt. Something happens, over time, that we did not plan for. A customer buys a kitt hoodie. They wear it to work, or...
Vol. 12 — How It Lives With You
On the second life of a good sweatshirt. Something happens, over time, that we did not plan for. A customer buys a kitt hoodie. They wear it to work, or...
Vol. 11 — Four Years
On a sweatshirt with a burn hole, and what that means. The oldest one has a small hole in the left sleeve. It happened at a campfire — a spark,...
Vol. 11 — Four Years
On a sweatshirt with a burn hole, and what that means. The oldest one has a small hole in the left sleeve. It happened at a campfire — a spark,...
Vol.10-3 — Why Kyoto: On Sending From Here
On what a city means, and why it matters where things come from. I am an architect. Perhaps because of that, I tend to pay attention to the structure behind...
Vol.10-3 — Why Kyoto: On Sending From Here
On what a city means, and why it matters where things come from. I am an architect. Perhaps because of that, I tend to pay attention to the structure behind...