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Business of HYPE

ICYMI: The Business of HYPE With jeffstaple, Episode 1: Hiroshi Fujiwara of fragment design (REDUX)

Business of HYPE

HYPEBEAST

Society & Culture

4.8789 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

While Business of HYPE takes a brief hiatus, revisit our interview with the fragment design head honcho where he explains how he makes lightning strike twice, over and over again. 

This episode contains references to the following: 

(02:28) Undercover (02:29) Louis Vuitton (02:50) Fragment Watchband (04:15) Headporter (04:16) GoodEnough (07:19) Park-ing Ginza (07:20) Pool Aoyama (07:45) Jun Japan Corporation (12:13) Balmuda (12:37) Bonjour Records (12:48) WTaps (12:50) Vanquish (12:51) Burton (12:54) Retaw (13:29) Honeyee.com (13:33) Ring Of Colour (16:06) Kiyonaga / Soph (16:07) Hiroki Nakamura / Visvim (20:06) Sk8thing (20:52) Sacai (22:26) Starbucks (22:28) Levi’s (24:33) Nike HTM Court Force (24:36) Nike HTM Sock Dart (30:30) Hiroshi’s Hometown, Ise, Japan (32:56) A Cold Wall (33:53) StockX.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, this is Jeff Staples. As you might have heard from last week, we are on a short break

0:04.9

after an amazing season one to gather up new content and new interviews for season two. So this week,

0:11.3

we're going to replay a past episode. In fact, our first episode ever with Hiroshi Fujiwara of

0:17.2

Fragment Design. If you've never heard it before, it's definitely an instant classic.

0:21.6

And if you've heard it before, I encourage you to listen again because it actually gets better with age.

0:27.6

One of the things I noticed after multiple listenings is the nuance gaps in between my questions and Hiroshi's answers.

0:35.6

You can tell his responses aren't canned. He's actually giving each

0:39.4

questions some considerable thought. And while that makes it a bit awkward for me as the interviewer,

0:45.9

it does make some amazing content for you, the listener. Oh, and also don't forget to tell a friend

0:52.7

about the show. Subscribe.

0:54.8

Tell others to subscribe.

0:56.6

Leave a comment on iTunes.

0:58.4

Because the more feedback we get on iTunes, the more likely it gets featured.

1:02.8

And the more it gets featured, the more financial support we can get.

1:06.8

And the more financial support we can get, the more likely we can get better recording equipment

1:11.3

so that I don't have to record this on my iPhone in my bathroom.

1:16.8

No, really, I am.

1:18.4

So please give a shout.

1:21.0

And finally, we're getting ready to do a quasi-Ask Me Anything episode where you, the listener,

1:31.2

gets to ask anything you want about business, finance,

1:33.7

hype beast, culture, anything really.

1:40.6

So send questions via email to questions at businessofhype.com, or you can send them to me via Twitter at Jeff Staples and make them tough ones because that always

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