Happy Sunday,
We don’t really run on the “fashion calendar”. We run more on a timeline of, when it’s ‘right’, we get it out. And when you’re a small team building things the best way possible, that’s exactly how it should be.
Spring ‘26 is almost here, and it’s the best collection we’ve ever made.
Read this on our site + shop the socks
Same shapes. Same high-quality, made in Portugal product you’ve come to expect. Nothing about the foundation changed; it just keeps getting better.
What changed is the color. We pushed harder this season. The palette feels right for where we are headed as a brand, grounded but fresh, considered but not overdone. New crew socks and ankle socks, all made in Portugal, all dropping later this month.
As always, thank you for reading! Enjoy the news below, and we wish you a great week!
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AI Will Not Replace Designers. It Will Expose Them. - Neighborhood Cult (Substack)
For the past year, the creative industry has asked the wrong question about AI:
Will it replace us?
This framing assumes a simple swap: machine in, human out.
But technological shifts rarely operate through replacement. They operate through compression.
History shows us that when a system can suddenly produce more, faster, and cheaper than ever before, it’s the middle that collapses.
Average work becomes abundant.
Abundance drives price toward zero.
And zero is where differentiation goes to die.
What follows is not extinction, it is stratification. Because AI won’t eliminate creatives, it will expose them… brutally. 🤖👨🏻💻
“A poster is a bit like a song”: Jakub Zasada’s geometric works are a thing of beauty - Itsnicethat
Jakub Zasada’s posters feel like they’re from a different era – specifically, the midcentury era of design that was ruled by the likes of Saul Bass and Paul Rand. But, what sets Jakub’s works apart, is the fact that they’re made digitally, with the humble mouse and keyboard.
Jakub never learnt how to draw, and he treats software and old graphics programs like editing tables; only using a couple functions in these applications: layering, contrast and changing colour. It’s scanned materials that give Jakub’s work its angular, geometric style – pieces of paper and cardboard that create large blocks and text. “For me posters are functional; I believe they should be printed, hung and should function in public spaces, on walls or doors in our homes, offices and garages,” says Jakub.🖱️✌️
Nestlé chief blames Trump for the company going quiet on sustainability - Financial Times
Nestlé chief executive Philipp Navratil has partly blamed Donald Trump for the company’s failure to talk enough about sustainability, as the US president dismantles the country’s environmental regulations and labels climate change “a hoax”.
At an event for Nestlé employees in December, Navratil said, “It’s a bit of a pity” that the world’s largest food company isn’t more vocal on sustainability issues.
Nestlé’s chief said that while he should bear some of the blame, it was “also President Trump’s fault”, according to video footage of the event seen by the FT.
“If you think about it in hindsight, five years ago or three years ago, if you go and meet investors, you would get plenty of questions about sustainability,” said Navratil.🍫👨🏻✈️
De La Soul: Tiny Desk Concert, NPR - YouTube
Bobby Carter | March 3, 2026
The humor of De La Soul has always been one of its calling cards. When DJ Maseo tells the Tiny Desk crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, we're a new group called De La Soul," he means it as a joke. But, in so many ways, one of the most influential groups in hip-hop is new: the duties have been reassessed, the focus has shifted and the newness of The Plugs is laid plain here at the Tiny Desk.
De La Soul came to us to celebrate a few milestones: its latest album, Cabin in the Sky, and year three of the De La catalog back under the members' control. This Tiny Desk releases on March 3, which is known as De La Soul Day. It's all a bit bittersweet as David Jolicoeur (aka Trugoy the Dove, aka Plug Two) isn't here with Pos and Maseo. Dave passed away in 2023, just weeks before the group's music was finally made available on streaming platforms after a decades-long legal battle.
Throughout the planning process for this show, both remaining members were candid about what Dave would and wouldn't approve of creatively, but remained open to ideas to honor him. The result was a thoughtful balance of classics like "Stakes is High" and "Breakadawn" with highlights from Cabin in the Sky.🔊🎧
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