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  • Openbook draws attention to the information Facebook makes public about its users via its search API. Facebook exposed this service on April 21st, 2010.

    Our goal is to get Facebook to restore the privacy of this information, so that this website and others like it no longer work.

  • To riff on psychoanalysis, a pair of jeans is never just a pair of jeans. It's more like a diary of what you do and where you've been, a physical subconscious collecting memories in the form of stains, scents, and scars. Which is probably why UNIQLO cares so much about making quality denim. For them, every single detail needs to be absolutely perfect - from the color and cut to the threads and denim itself.

    I went down to Hiroshima to visit Kaihara, which the man behind the denim described not modestly as "the greatest denim mill in the world."

    Kaihara is hidden far to the northeast of Hiroshima, up twisting mountain roads and through tiny antique towns. When I arrive, I was met by Kaihara-san himself, the owner of the mill; he was wearing a custom-made denim tuxedo. Before I could even ask him a question, he said, "Japanese denim is a big industry now. But before Japanese denim, there was Kaihara denim."

  • Danish brand Wood Wood has set up this unique Pop-Up Store at Russian boutique and creative space, Messto. Products on sale until its the store’s closure on May 31 will include selected pieces from its 2010 Spring/Summer Collection. Have a look if you’re in the area!