Hypebeast Feature: Essentials – Vancouver Design

by Staff, December 10, 2008

Matthew Miyagawa – Finale Design | Founder & The Guy Who Picks Up The Shirts From The Printer

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Marathon Field Watch
My man Brian from Wings and Horns put me on to this. This watch meets military standards and is manufactured by a Canadian company named The Marathon Watch Company and they supply both the Canadian and American military. The hands and hour markers contain a radioactive chemical called Tritium which provides the constant lume to the watch. If you look closely, you can see the radioactive logo on the face. According to the company, the radiation output is really low. My left hand hasn’t started to glow yet, so I think I’m OK.

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Glasses
Like many Asians I need corrective eyewear. I think nothing changes my look more than my specs so I own a wide assortment. Now that I see them all together, they kind of all look the same.

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Cameras
I contribute to two blogs (Finaledesign.com and Vancouverslop.com) so I have to take pictures. I tote my Holgaroid around when I can, it is the size of stack of textbooks but there is something about Polaroids that girls love so it makes the camera worth having.

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Footwear
Here is a picture of some of my favorites. Air Max, ACGs, military shoes, and some dress shoes peppered in. Common Projects, vintage Bally boots, and Padmore and Barnes Wallabees.

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My Bike
This is a little piece of Vancouver’s history that I purchased on Craigslist. Cramerotti is an Italian built frame but designed by a local bike shop, Campione in Vancouver. I was getting a little fat earlier this year and this bad boy helped me lose some weight. It is the gift that keeps on giving.

* I bet my partner Vince is going to be a nerd and put up a picture of his girl.

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10 Responses

  1. Posted by: Daylan on December 12, 2008 at 3:57 am

    Awesome stuff guys!

    haha that was a funny comment matt

  2. Posted by: Chu on December 12, 2008 at 1:34 am

    More of these!!! DOPE stuff

  3. Posted by: jeff on December 11, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    thanks you guys!

  4. Posted by: awesomeawesomeness on December 11, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    Awesome! A very slept on but amazing city full of talents and good food.

  5. Posted by: jo on December 11, 2008 at 3:31 am

    Good job Jeff!

  6. Posted by: SOULD on December 11, 2008 at 3:22 am

    Mr. Hamada’s the real deal… super talented, hard working and equally grounded… if you didn’t know, now you know.

  7. Posted by: Vince on December 11, 2008 at 12:55 am

    I can always count on Matt to break my balls

  8. Posted by: jeff on December 10, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    haha vince – matt called you out sucka

  9. Posted by: jc on December 10, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    gd stuff

  10. Posted by: HypeQuest on December 10, 2008 at 5:48 pm

    the authentic is 10years older thant the era. The era has a reinforcement at the collar ;)