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I Knew Jim Knew: Jim Walrod knows a thing or two…

May 27th, 2014
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//Jacket photograph Terry Richardson with shots from Walrod’s Instagram feed//

Design authority Jim Walrod wears a deep and wide-ranging understanding of his subject – specifically that pertaining to modernism in furniture, interiors, product design and architecture  – lightly.

This is refreshing in a field populated by bloodless experts and humourless know-alls. The founder of important 90s/00s store Form & Function, Walrod –  described as “the ultimate design raconteur” by André Balazs and “the furniture pimp” by the Beastie Boys – is above all an enthusiast.

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Things get out of hand at a book event

Feb 25th, 2011

This was shot by GilW the other night at a punk-rock veterans’ book event in Berkeley. The gentlemen sitting left to right are Mike Hudson, Cheetah Chrome and Bob Pfeiffer.

For other, calmer interludes from the in-store, visit here.

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