Diego Segura
@diegosegura
designer, writer, founder. currently obsessed with monetary theory, high finance, corporate law, regretting dropping out of high school, and sudoku. author of a 2018 book, “the dropout manifesto.”
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“I think any work that celebrates women indiscriminately, solely on the merit of their womanhood, is condescending and a cultural liability.”
Adam Lehrer • Who’s Afraid of Elena Velez?
Proenza Schouler’s first big business win was the launch of its PS1 bag. Introduced in 2008 on the back of an investment, the schoolboy satchel — often rendered in a matte, worn-in leather — became a foundational piece in the wardrobes of thousands of women. For several years following the launch, the bag accounted for 80 percent of handbag sales,... See more
The Nine Lives of Proenza Schouler
Hong, 48, had no experience in luxury. She was, however, a Proenza Schouler customer, and had specific ideas about how to crystallise what the brand stood for.
“My observation was that there was zig-zagging; an inconsistency,” she said. “Even as an outsider to this industry, I knew that... See more
“Inconsistency made it difficult to build a business.”
“My observation was that there was zig-zagging; an inconsistency,” she said. “Even as an outsider to this industry, I knew that... See more
The Nine Lives of Proenza Schouler
One thing that could help us close that remaining gap is a carbon tax—something universal, fair, and relatively simple. Paired with positive incentives for renewables, a price on carbon creates a negative incentive to generate emissions. I recently tuned in to a training session from Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which made a strong case not just for... See more
America’s Carbon Bill Is Coming Due
taxing households so beyond political suicide — adding yet another tax that will impact citizens rather than corporations — and is exactly the sort of thinking that the climate lobby will fail for
Untangling the Mystery of the World’s First Rooftop Solar Panel - bellingcat
Foeke Postmabellingcat.com
nothing really to gain from this article, just very interesting, and i had no idea that there were even mentions let alone prototypes of solar energy like this as early as the 1880s. also hilarious that at the time, they said it wouldn't be commercially viable for some of the same challenges we face today: energy storage.
also cool that this all happened on Nassau and Maiden Lane, just a few blocks from my apartment — “FiDi”, as we call it now, is the epitome of Lower Manhattan, as it should be called, and it's a beautiful place, with massively rich history
maybe this is some reference imagery for “Lower Manhattan”, the brand
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Aesthetically, it was clean and crisp, but also felt fun. It ran in parallel to the rise of Instagram, and it photographed really well. And then they had the backing of Into the Gloss, which they crowdsourced ideas from. And built-in fans, since there was a culty excitement about the site and the people who worked there.
After the Gloss: What’s Next for Emily Weiss
What if you and your friends had your own little internet, the size of a room? No outside influence, no outside information, no viral trends, no content-suggesting algorithms; just the machines and the people within the physical space. What would you do on your little internet?