Posts Tagged with "Poland"

DIY Tractor Culture: Poland

February 13, 2008

During the 60’s, it was near impossible for independent farmers in Poland to get their hands on a tractor because the socialist government allocated most of the agricultural machinery produced to state-owned businesses.
Out of necessity, and to spit in the governments face, so to speak, farmers got imaginative and made their own machines using engine [...]

Comme des Garcons “Guerilla Shops”

November 27, 2007

Comme des Garcons has been killing the pop-up shop scene since 2004 with their self-dubbed “guerilla stores”.
They’ve had shops in swanky locales like Barcelona, Singapore, Athens, Reykjavik and East Berlin, just to name a few. Each location stays open for one year only, and advertising is kept grassroots. Unless you come across a poster [...]