Seeds.

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I was in Orlando for a thing that ended up not happening so I went to see my friend Jason Gregory who runs a wildly successful leather goods company called MAKR.

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He’s been doing well, so he had to bust down the wall of the space next to him and expand into this tasty realm.

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Jason was actually the inspiration for the creation issue. He sent me a text that said, “You should do an issue of Annalemma that’s all about making things.” I texted him back, “That’s a great idea.” And here we are.

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I’m jealous of Jason’s wild success with his brand and his beautiful space with his antique mid-century furniture.

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But whenever I get jealous I remember a scene from Seven Years in Tibet where Lhakpa Tsamchoe’s character says to Brad Pitt’s character, “A friend’s good fortune is a blessing. I’m sorry you resent ours.”

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The workshop.

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The bookshelf. Well, well, well. What do we have on the bottom shelf

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Jason will need something, like a coat hook, and make a design, get it a limited run manufactured and then sell them all. Once they’re sold, they’re gone, never to be made again.

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Enough gushing, you get the idea. The dude makes rad stuff. We had an editorial meeting and it went well, gave us a lot of focus and I’m very excited about the direction of all this. It’s making me feel real good inside.

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The man and his big ass desk.

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Unrealted: new Brice at Stardust. Thanks, Orlando, for being rad.

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