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Regent’s canal at night

Light and shadown on Regent's Canal at night

by wolfgang haak on September 3, 2011

in Cool Photo,environment,London

A thick cover of duckweed floats on Regent’s Canal this summer. It forms such a thick carpet that even the occasional passing barge can only temporarily clear the surface in its wake, before the green carpet once more looks as undisturbed as if had been laying there for months.

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Urban Clothing Jacket -idea

by wolfgang haak on November 4, 2009

in brainstorm,DIY,London,making stuff

I’ve had an idea for while now for urban clothing. I’m not a very fashionable person and my idea is lesser rotating around looks for urban clothing but more about functionality. I’ve been living in London for a number of years now, and I have seen London’s cool, fun, innovative, funky, Hackney-cool, welcoming, curious  and endearing sides as much as I have witnessed and experienced the crime, hardship, randomness and cruelty that governs life in this city.

Functionality in this context is to means cultural and social functionality, clothing that helps to reduce stress, controls the flow of information(visually, audibly , and electromagnetically) , reduces exposure to crime, while remaining functional and inconspicuous.

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