The Casio A-168

The Casio A-168, an old-school classic timepiece, that is still very popular to this day.  It will set you back a mere $20, and last you a lifetime.  It is too indeed very minimal it does what you need displays the time and date.  An original piece that will never fade away.


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Imaginary Foundation

 I came across this clothing company through a friend of mine who owns his own clothing company BigDiceDLR.  What i liked in particular with these guys is their pieces are very unique.  Also to the blend clothing, art into one each piece with its own story.  The two in particular that i picked, are very interesting with great symbolism.  The top one shows transition , going from the old being the grey parts, and walking into the new, full of colour, symbolizing creativity, adventure, a new beginning.  The second being someone walking somewhere, creating his own path as he goes, with no expectations of what to expect, making is own way in life.

All of t-shirts this company has a different symbolic meaning, a interesting twist on t-shirts.

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Imaginary Foundation

The Fixie

This style of bike is typically known as a 'Fixie', why?  The reason being is the gear connected to the rear wheel hub is fixed to it.  Hub and gear are one piece, that means no free coasting no take a rest from pedalling.  If the bike is in motion your legs are moving.  Also as shown in this picture this bike typically runs with either one brake, always being the front brake.  This is more control of braking power, a rear brake on a bike like this only cause for the rear end to slide left and right.  Or no brakes at all, people who know this style of bike very well can ride with no brakes.  As well as your pedalling controls the speed going forward, you also have control of stopping by pedalling forward as you have no choice but to do so, but with putting backwards momentum on the pedals.  This all sounds very confusing and all will make sense when you get on a bike of this sort and try it out.

I have explained the operation of this bike too many people in many different ways, and it is hard for them to grasp, as they are so used to a normal bike they find it very hard to see anyway a bike can be.  So instead now of explaining i just let them hop on to my own, and watch the very confused looks on their faces changing too 'ahhhhhhh now i get it' type looks.

So why a bike with one gear, either one brake or none at all?  your typical bike has numerous gears and 2 brakes, that involves a lot of cabling, derailleurs, which leads fine tuning, and constant maintenance, a minimum of twice a year.  Also too these extra pieces stick out from the bike and are prone to damage.  With a bike like this the only things really prone to go really wrong, is for your chain to snap, which is very rare.  To get a puncture in your tires, which is something that will always happen, and if you ride bikes you will always be well prepared.

There you have it a bike with the geometry of a road bike, the strength of a dirt bike, and the functions of an urban bike.  With an initial fixed cost at the beginning, with very minimal maintenance/repair costs in the future.  A great investment to last that is for sure, it makes the ride a lot more dangerous as some people may view it.  As i am sure though most will agree it takes the ride to another level of adventure.

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Nooka

Now this style of watch totally takes the one from the previous post do a 180 spin and shoot.  Right now too you may be thinking hold in how is this any way tie in with the trend of minimalism.  Well yes of course when you look at these watches and yes they are watches, your thinking this is very very confusing, wrong!  At first glance it looks like something from outer-space.  Which in fact was the aim of the guy who started this company, and a young company and that in 2004.  His name Matthew Waldman, a New Yorker, his aim being to design a watch with innovative design with a futuristic look, both of which he nailed very well.


Once you take the time too look at these watches, it is actually very easy to tell the time on them, he has a few different designs, but i picked out these as they were the most interesting to me. 


The first 2 lines, in total there will be 6 bars on both, adding up too 12, there are your hours, 3rd line is divided into quarterly sections , there are your minutes and same for the 4th that being your seconds, and the 3 dots at the bottom one indicating am, the other pm and the other for an alarm.  So in the picture the time is 5:45pm


The 2nd you count the dots which come up too 9, and the minutes are at the bottom, and the same goes with the 3 dots for am, pm and alarm, so in this picture the time is 9:47am.


It may seem very confusing to do at first but once you are used to it, you will be able to tell the time just as fast as glancing at an analog watch.  As they say do not judge a book by its cover, all of us have been brought up by knowing how to tell the time via, analog or digital faces.  This is just an eccentric way of displaying time, giving it some edge, it also acts as a great conversation piece too.


Enjoy!!


Nooka