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You’re shopping in a store, and see something close to what you’d like to buy. “Do you have this in red,” “an 8 1/2,” or “a size medium?” you ask.

“Let me check in The Back,” the clerk says. Customers in retail stores hope that “The Back” is some kind of magical Narnia, where all sizes and colors are stocked and neatly organized, ready to be whisked over to us. In reality, if you ever get to poke your head back there, it’s often a cinderblock room cluttered with boxes and giving off a very ransacked vibe.

When Palmer West and Jonah Smith set up the new San Francisco retail outpost of their Aether clothing brand, there would be no cinderblock room. In fact it’s not even clear if the store has a Back, as the space is comprised of three stacked shipping containers. So they came up with a wicked inventory system: A huge, rotating rack–like what they’ve got at a dry cleaners–except it’s vertical, and runs three storeys high. With styles organized by both style and color on a single segment of the rack, stock can quickly be brought right to the consumer.

As you can imagine, a system like this isn’t exactly the type of thing you order from Staples, and there were some attendant design/fabrication challenges. Check out how they solved them:

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Core77’s Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club is absolutely thrilled to bring you Arnon Kartmazov of Portland’s Bridgetown Forge who will talk about his extensive experiences hand-forging Japanese chef’s knives.

Tonight’s talk starts at 6 at the Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!

Arnon Kartmazov
Bridgetown Forge “The Hand-Forged Chef’s Knife: The Japanese Perspective”
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR, 97209
Tuesday, February 5th, 6PM PST

Bridgetown Forge was founded by Arnon Kartmazov after many years of practicing his craft. He served his first apprenticeship with the last working blacksmith in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1985. He then spent 12 years in Japan, where he was apprenticed to a knife-maker, then a sword-maker, and then opened and operated his own shop in the hills of Northern Kyoto, where he specialized in both hand-forged chef’s knifes, as well as architectural pieces designed to blend with both traditional and modern Japanese architecture. He also trained with many smiths both in Japan and in other countries, including Uri Hofi of Israel, an internationally renowned master smith.

Arnon Kartmazov’s presentation will give a historical background in blacksmithing covering both traditional methods and contemporary applications and processes. Using modeling clay, Arnon will demonstrate the ancient yet still relevant techniques used to create a variety of forms in modern blacksmithing. Arnon will give a general outline of what it means to forge a quality knife, and explain the Japanese approach to creating high-performance, hand-made cutlery. The talk will conclude with a question and answer session, as well as an opportunity for hands-on time with some samples of Arnon’s hand-forged pieces.

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Focus sur le photographe Bruxelles5 qui nous rappelle avec diverses photographies à quel point la culture de la tulipe en Hollande permet d’obtenir des champs colorés d’une beauté incroyable. Une superbe série et compilation naturellement intitulée « Tulip Fields » à découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.