February 2012
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Ye Olde Pizza Joynt
The pipe organ pizzeria was one of America’s strangest restaurant fads. It all started in the early 1960s, when a California restauranteur bought a big old Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ from a closed silent movie theater, installed it in a strip mall restaurant, and named it Ye Olde Pizza Joynt. The instrument was huge. It was crazy looking. It played music that was the perfect accompaniment to...
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Cameron Carpenter
Cameron Carpenter is a 30-year old organist virtuoso and showboat. He takes classical music and arranges it into wild pipe organ performances with flair and pointy white shoes. He’s also one of this afternoon’s speakers at TED Full Spectrum. Check out this video of him rocking Chopin at Trinity Church Wall Street.
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A Tale of Two Briefcases: A True Story
Reuben Margolin was about to graduate from Harvard, and needed to decide what he was going to do with his life.
Then one day he found a big block of wood on the sidewalk with an uncanny resemblance to a briefcase. So Reuben took the wood home with him and stuck a handle on it. He began to carry the wooden briefcase around with him wherever he went.
People asked him, “Why are you carrying it?”...
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Reuben Margolin
JACK SPADE is a proud supporter of the 2012 TED Conference. Since we can’t go to Long Beach, we’ll be highlighting some of this year’s speakers all week long.
Reuben Margolin makes fantastic sculptures that are inspired by the shapes of waves, the walks of caterpillars, and other undulations of the natural world. He’s one of this afternoon’s speakers at TED Full Spectrum.
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JACK SPADE is a proud supporter of the 2012 TED Conference, which begins today. For the second year in a row, we have created the exclusive bag given to TED Conference-goers. We worked with artist Tim Lahan to illustrate this year’s theme of Full Spectrum.
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New Arrivals at Greene Street
1. File Cases in Drill Nylon, Blackwatch Waxwear & Grey Plaid 2. Murphy Work Boots 3. Dipped Industrial Canvas York Briefs 4. Postcard Wallets
1. Nesler Utility Jacket 2. Theodore Open Patch Herringbone Blazer 3. Franklin Crewneck Sweater 4. Adler Plaid Shirt
1. Work Twill Swiss Brief with Flap 2. Work Twill Haversack 3. iPhone 4 & 4S Cases
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Post Cards from the Madonna Inn
The Madonna Inn is the wild fantasy hotel in San Luis Obispo, California envisioned by Alex Madonna in 1958. Here are some early post cards from the Madonna Inn featuring a few of their 109 unique rooms.
From top to bottom: “Sweepstakes” — Room 101; “Time of Your Life” — Room 102; “Flintstone” — Room 139; “California Poppy” — Room 172;...
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A short conversation with Tim Lahan
Tim Lahan is a New York-based artist and designer born and raised in central Pennsylvania. He operates as Trademark™ for both commercial and independent creative projects. In his spare time he enjoys eating, walking, and collecting stickers.
Tim recently illustrated our Valentine’s Day Gift Guide and he was gracious enough to answer a few questions for us.
Name some strange things you...
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For Sale: A Child Hood Memory United States State...
“Auction is for a child hood memory United States State pencil collection. These are unique and vintage from the early 1970’s. All 54 pieces are new and un-sharpened. These represent 33 different states of the United States. Each pencil is a state which reads ‘ADMITTED’, then the date that state was admitted ‘1819’. For example, ‘ALABAMA Admitted...