Trends Are Announced. Icons Are Discovered.
I don’t drink Coca-Cola. I study it. Not as business. As an object. In 1886 it was just a drink at a pharmacy counter. Five cents. One formula among many. Nothing suggested perma
Secrecy as Creative Freedom
Secrecy used to mean distance. Something closed or inaccessible.Now it feels almost necessary. We live in a time where everything asks to be explained immediately. Ideas are shared
Primal Fear
Boxing is the only sport I still occasionally watch on television. Yet over the past several years—perhaps longer—the world around it has grown increasingly strange, gradually
The Night Above the Desert
The story begins somewhere across the Sea of Japan (???????? ????). Why this title? What is it about? That part remains a secret—for now.
A Place Called the Bluff
There is a singular place in Japan known as the Bluff that holds historical significance. Perched atop cliffs...
Hardcore Farm Chic in 17 Seconds
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Kate Moss by Patrick Demarchelier (1997)
These images photographed at the Sheats-Goldstein Residence are what inspired me to make the fragrance California Snow. I was never a photographer, and It took me almost 20 years t
Ropion Trilogy: Prologue
A LONG BEGINNING This is personal. Ever since my teenage years I’ve kept a small journal for sketching, jotting down interesting words and phrases, and dreaming of my future. Eve
A BLVD. CALLED SUNSET: Maurice Roucel, The Doors
This article is in Japanese & English.