🧦 Portugal Is All The Rage
New Collection from Portugal, Designer Adam Ho, Gear Patrol Golf picks, Vancouver Island clear cutting👎, AI in Plain English
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Arvin News
Happy Sunday
Busy week over here at Arvin Goods. We launched a new collection this week made in Portugal, and Fathers Day is fast approaching. You know what dads wear? Socks!
We got a couple emails this week talking about how much people love Portugal, and asking how we ended up making socks there. I (Dustin) went there for a family vacation in 2018 after some friends of ours relocated to Lisbon for work. We were traveling with another family and we all fell in love with this beautiful country called Portugal. The environment, the people, the food… the wine! It was all just wonderful.
I learned quickly that the fashion, and apparel manufacturing space in Portugal is a huge part of their economy. Our recycled yarns come from Spain, this seemed like a much easier trip from Spain to Portugal rather than Asia. We located a factory that was willing to do some testing with us, and started developing product. A year or so later Covid hit, and the entire project was shut down for almost two years. We stayed in touch, once everyone was healthy and back to normal operations we re-engaged the developments. We could not be more pleased with the outcome of the products, and the improvements this creates in our impact reduction goals. Please hit www.arvingoods.com and check out the new collection. Please also follow our IG feed as we will be posting more content around this new collection and more.
We would love to hear from you. Comment here on substack, hit us on social, or email us info@arvingoods.com. Have a great week. Cheers,
Harry & Dustin (Team AG) ✌️🧦
Stories Of The Week…
Design
Designer Adam Ho on trusting your gut during the creative process - It’s Nice That
It’s Nice That has become our first stop for design knowledge and news. This profile of Adam Ho dives into his life, his process, and his story of how he became the go to designer he is today. From big branding, to small personal projects the designer takes an intuitive approach to all his work.
Fashion
These Are the Best Golf Apparel Brands in the Game Right Now - Gear Patrol
We don’t really make any decisions without consulting Gear Patrol. Fathers Day is around the corner, and this week they shared the best golf brands to look at, so here’s an assist to help speed up your shopping. 🏌🏽♂️👕🧦
Environment
Vancouver Island, Before and After - Environment by Impact
Photographer TJ Watt worked to capture some amazing images an old growth forest on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island during and after industrial clear cutting. These images are shocking. 📸🌲💔
Podcast
The AI Revolution - Plain English: Spotify
Derek Thompson’s podcast, “Plain English” is brilliant. He takes complex topics that are in the news, and breaks them down in understandable “plain english” for the rest of us to digest. This episode is about AI. Lets be honest, we make socks, so Chat GPT is out of our range. A simplified explanation is welcomed. 🖥️🤖
Music
LoFi Girl Afternoon Jazz - YouTube
If you are looking for a relaxed mix for some background music while studying, working, cleaning, or whatever, this is your answer. Lofi Girl on youtube has some of the best mixes around, all set to these animated video’s of a young woman doing her thing. 🎧🙇🏻♀️
