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KDU & Michael Venker release new Fashion Book

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:29:30 +0000

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Hello - I wanted to personally share a new KDU project with you.
This is for a new NYC fashion designer Michael Venker… launching in Japan next month.

The book is constructed out of 70 year old linen paper and uses real platinum and 24k gold as details.
Hand stitched binding. 18 x 22 inches big.

best viewed at 100% !!!!!!!!

regards,

David Gensler
The Keystone Design Union
dg@thekdu.com

www.thekdu.com
www.svsv.net

KDU WELCOMES ALEXANDER FIELDEN from the Netherlands

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:16:22 +0000

Recruited by the mad scientist Sruli Recht - we are proud to have Alex in the expanding fashion and craft sect of the KDU core. It is an honor to be surrounded by true craftsmen that merge the worlds of art, design and craft. As he world rushes to find and adopt new trends - true innovators simply produce what their heart tells them too and allows “the others” to rush by.

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From a Child

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:07:56 +0000

Ethnology / Studio

admin — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:19:38 +0000

FUTURECRAFT QUILL

admin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:34:07 +0000

navaho

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:07:57 +0000

rubber tree

admin — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:14:11 +0000

FUTURECRAFT™ Identity by Alex Trochut

admin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:38:00 +0000

We proudly present the new SVSV - Futurecraft LVX logo designed by Alex Trochut (link).

We live among great kings [6]

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:16:56 +0000

“African Kings” by Daniel LAINÉ

EL HADJ MAMADOU KABIR USMAN
Emir of Katsina

Nigeria

The Emir of Katsina is a passionate follower of polo, and his family has contributed many champions to Nigeria.

In the twelfth century, Katsina was a Hausa village, governed by the Durbawa, which was a royal dynasty that had emigrated from a region whose name tradition has lost. One of the Durbawa kings, Janzawa, married a Daura princess from another Hausa state. The Queen Katsina, gave her name to the village which became the terminal of the commercial transsaharien route from Tripoli( Lybia ).

Before the Jihad( holy war ), the prosperity and security of the inhabitants of Katsina depended upon the goodwill of the Sarki( king ). If the soverain-god showed signs of mental or physical weakness, the lords of the palace would choose his successor, that they would place beneath a black ox whose throat would be cut. The new Sarki would therefore be purified and washed in the ox’s blood, while one of the lords strangled the fallen soverain.

The deceased Sarki was then envelopped in the ox’s skin and burried standing up.

VICTOR OSBORNE x FUTURECRAFT x SVSV at Bread & Butter Barcelona

admin — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:05:39 +0000

At BBB we will be debuting a taste of things to come. We recently began a collaboration with New York, bespoke Milliners, Victor Osborne. If you are not already aware of their brand, please check out their work. http://www.victorosborne.com/ True, fine crafted hats and accessories. We will be exploring a full collection in the coming months - but thanks to Zach and Victor we will be showcasing a special vicuna piece, along with other original design using special leathers from our partner Otabo. Ostrich is the new black.