Apparel Technical Designer are primarily responsible for creating tech packs, modifying current specs if needed, and working with the apparel sourcing staff to provide manufacturers with garment specifications and fabrication instructions. Candidates should have a BA/BS or certification in Apparel Design, Garment Engineering, or Technical Design with 3+ years’ experience.
View the full design job hereTo use a finely built handplane is a pleasure. The tools themselves are beautiful, with an industrial aesthetic borne of pure form-follows-function. But there are a handful of craftspeople who can make them even more beautiful by applying an art largely reserved for the firearms world: Decorative engraving.
Indiana-based Michael W. Dubber has over four decades of engraving experience, which explains why he is able to do things like this:
Louisiana-based Layne Zuelke is another gun engraver who's turned his skills on handplanes:
Finally, New-York-based Catharine Kennedy also does beautiful work in this field:
Kennedy has snagged some high-profile clients from the woodworking world. Below are custom planes she's done for Jameel Abraham, the chap behind Benchcrafted, and Christopher Schwarz of Lost Art Press.
Up next we'll show you another trick that can be borrowed from the gun world, this one conferring an ergonomic benefit.
I'm going to keep calling Colin Furze "Britain's blue-collar Tony Stark" until the name sticks. Nut-job Furze, a self-described man with "no engineering qualifications and no experience of flying," has nevertheless created a DIY flying hoverbike:
Here's who sponsored the project and where Furze sourced the motors from:
Furze's design and prototyping process is, as always, as fascinating as it is ad-hoc:
Here's the all-important thrust test. This is fun to watch, you feel like you're seeing Henry Ford in his garage the first time he got the engine to turn over:
We've gotta give props to Ford for sponsoring this as part of their "Unlearn" campaign (whereby they asked makers to unlearn, i.e. re-think, mobility). It takes balls for a major corporation to open the checkbook for a guy like Furze and let him do whatever the hell he wants! If every American corporation was open-minded enough to sponsor top makers, we'd see some truly incredible things. We do hope other corporate entities will take note of Furze's traffic, as the hoverbike video just went live yesterday and quickly shot past the million-view mark.
Ankle braces are often very uncomfortable to put on and wear underneath your shoes (not to mention an eye sore). Why can't athletic shoes have ankle braces built into their design to eliminate the need for separate supports? I set out to address this problem.
During the research stage, I spoke with Joseph Crisco, a Brown University professor of Orthopedics and Engineering Research who also has expertise in musculoskeletal biomechanics, to discuss the legitimacy of my idea. From there, I researched lower body anatomy, learning the nuances of a sprain verses a strain or break, and conducted a user survey at my club basketball team's tryouts. From that survey, 73% of the players said they had suffered an ankle injury at some point while playing, 100% of those players wore an ankle brace after the injury was sustained (McDavid was the most common brand used), and 50% of those players said they still wear braces today.
Next, I began sketching—making paper templates and muslin models, designing in CAD, creating a velcro strap that will wrap around the ankle to mimic the function of figure-eight straps seen on medical braces, and finally moved on to the final iteration.
AliExpress, which is something like China's counterpart to Amazon, has been accused of hosting design pirates before. It's unclear if this is related, but Spencer Chen (AliExpress parent company Alibaba's VP of Marketing and Business Development) Tweeted this earlier this week:
Those are reportedly images from a 1989 book called Trademarks & Symbols of the World: The Alphabet in Design, and their original creators, dates and clients are printed right beneath them. Let's put them side-by-side with their modern-day, er, "equivalents:"
So, what do you think? "Parallel thinking" or shameless cribbing? The Medium and Flipboard logos seem pretty innocent to me, but I have a hard time looking at the AirBNB and Beats logos.
That being said, as an industrial designer who's solely worked on three-dimensional products, I've never designed a logo in my life. Graphic designers and art directors among you, is it reasonable to believe that the latter logos were created without ever having seen the black-and-white images?
Core77's editors spend time combing through the news so you don't have to. Here's a weekly roundup of our favorite stories from the World Wide Web.
The future of New York is currently under construction in the Hudson Yards neighborhood on Manhattan's west side—spanning a mere seven blocks yet proposing to create a "model for the 21st century urban experience." In this illuminating look at the epic project, Shannon Mattern traces the people and powers who are now creating "the largest private real-estate development in United States history and the test ground for the world's most ambitious experiment in "smart city" urbanism."
—Alexandra Alexa, editorial assistant
This week I'm reading the application to buy a new Ford GT. Not because I can afford to buy a $450,000 supercar, but because the questions asked during the vetting process to even make it onto the list are highly amusing.
—Rain Noe, senior editor
Do tailored 'scent messages' have the potential to be the emojis of the future or is this simply a wacky retrovision of what's to come?
?Allison Fonder, community manager
As a writer (and a human), I spend a lot of time thinking about the words I use and the weight they can carry. A friend recently introduced me to the writings of Sam Escobar, who identifies as non-binary and has been writing on their experiences and the impact of problematic, gendered language. This piece marks just one of the great articles coming from the Femsplain channel on Medium— a worthy subscribe.
—Carly Ayres, columnist, In the Details
The 21st Annual Triennale di Milano housed a number of exciting exhibitions that explored the cultural dimensions of design rather than material experimentations, (a common theme of many other shows on view during Milan Design Week). Focused on topics of gender, humanity and subtlety, the Triennale delved into our human tendencies and philosophies through thoughtful displays of the material objects that surround us. The sprawling "Women in Italian Design" exhibit analyzed the role of gender in a male-dominated creative industry, while "Neo Prehistory," an epic display of objects both ancient and modern, guided viewers through a strange and fascinating look at humanity. Overall, the collection of shows managed to give the viewer an appreciation for the presence of design in society over thousands of years while also imparting a certain sense of wonder and inquisitiveness that lasted long after leaving.
Ron Paulk has been optimizing the on-board storage in his Rolling Toolbox, and here he shows us how he executes an important task: Decluttering the workspace so that all of his tools are right where he needs them. Ron recognizes that this is an ongoing process and is tackling it one section at a time. Here he starts with a single drawer, showing you what the problem is:
Here in Part Two, he shows you his solutions:
Talk about upcycling! This week Jimmy DiResta takes a rusty, otherwise worthless chunk of metal from an old piece of farming machinery and turns it into one burly-ass knife:
Izzy Swan has been hesitant to give a shop tour, for fear that those who possess less tools might be intimidated out of trying to make stuff. But as he points out, you only need a few items to get started. A surprise bit of news at the end inspired him to finally walk you through his shop and all of the items in it. We also get a look at a mysterious snakebot-looking thing he's been working on.
For months now, the Samurai Carpenter has been showing glimpses of the carved jewelry box he's been working on for Mrs. Samurai Carpenter's upcoming birthday. Well, the big day is here, and he finally gets to present it:
Frank Howarth continues experimenting with geometry, this time combining both his CNC mill and lathework to create a finger-jointed turned bowl:
Here Steve Ramsey runs down the basics of a crucial ingredient of projects involving wood: Wood glue. He also covers the adhesives you'll need to join wood to non-wood materials like plastic, metal or glass.
Applying finishes is definitely the black art of woodworking. Here Marc Spagnuolo demystifies the process a bit, explaining how you can actually get an oil-based finish to color the wood to your liking, then actually get a water-based finish on top:
This week Jay Bates builds a beautiful dining table, and in addition to seeing his construction methods we also get to see him adding some design accents. I love that the table is sized specifically to he and his wife's needs, which he explains at the end.
There's not a lot of detail in this one, but if you've ever wondered how you can build a simple bed with under-mattress storage, here you go. Ana White shows you her simple design, which relies on two gas struts to make lifting the platform a breeze:
Here Cactus Workshop creates a chisel rack made out of pallet-wood. There's one mid-project failure and a quick recovery:
This week we see Bob Clagett do a rare piece of client work, creating a floating desk and installing it on-site. Some things don't go as planned, but that's always the nature of on-site work:
Sandra Powell bangs out an impressivly-authentic looking distressed beam, using nothing more than cheap lumber from the home center and some Briwax:
Wood geeks: Has your budget got you stuck with domestic species, while you dream about working with exotics? Live vicariously here through Linn from Darbin Orvar, who this episode turns handles made from African Blackwood, Black Palm, Bloodwood, Desert Ironwood and Orange Osage:
Candidates will be the owners and creators of physical design and must embrace the Bose brand to make it relevant. Exceptional sketching and rapid visualization skills in the analog and digital world a must. 3D solid/surface modeling skills and an eye for rendering “photogenic photorealism” from CAD data is required.
View the full design job hereCore77's calendar of New York Design Week events is now live! Our editors have collected the best exhibitions, events, talks and parties taking place over the next couple of weeks in a handy, mobile-friendly map. You'll be able to sort the listings by date, neighborhood or event type for easy, on-the-go navigation.
This year we look forward to celebrating the inaugural edition of Downtown Design Festival as part of the newly revitalized Seaport Culture District as well as the new Design Pavilion taking over Astor Square Plaza with nine days of robust programming and temporary exhibits. Tribeca Design District is coming back for the second year and downtown gallery Colony has lined up a series of (actually fun) design activities to give you a rest after running around the city to see all the trade shows—Design Dim Sum, anyone? And of course, we can't wait to see what some of our favorite anchor events, like Sight Unseen OFFSITE and BKLYN Designs have to offer this year.
Jumpstart your week with our insider's guide to events in the design world. From must-see exhibitions to insightful lectures and the competitions you need to know about—here's the best of what's going on, right now.
Pratt is hosting a discussion between acclaimed artist Vik Muniz and Surface editor-in-chief Spencer Bailey. The two will will focus on Muniz's body of socially conscious work, including the Waste Land series (pictured above) he worked on with Brazilian garbage pickers.
New York, NY. May 2, 2016 at 6:30 PM.
We all strive to strike a balance between being creative and actually following through on our ideas and being productive. In the presentation Fighting Fires and Lighting Fires, creative leaders will gather to share their experiences and provide insight into creating systems and structures that allow us to give shape to our ideas.
New York, NY. May 3, 2015 at 6:30 PM.
New York Design Week is kicking off this year with Collective Design, a destination we look forward to each year for its unique mix of experimental art and design pieces. We're excited to check out the new collaboration between Bower and Studio Proba at Sight Unseen, pictured above.
New York, NY. On veiw through May 8, 2016.
If you're interested in outdoor apparel and equipment, Struktur 2016 is the conference for you. The three-day event will bring together topics of user experience, trend research and materials science to explore the best ideas shaping the outdoor design industry.
Portland, OR. On view through May 6, 2016.
BKLYN Designs always offers an exciting mix of collaborative exhibits, pop-up shops, hands-on demos and robust presentations from a wide variety of Brooklyn-based creatives. The vibrant show will kick off on Friday with an opening night party with the usual food and drinks as well as a pretty epic cornhole tournament with unique boards designed by American Design Club.
New York, NY. On view through May 8, 2016.
The Museum of Arts and Design and PIN—UP Magazine present Seeding, a day-long conference exploring environmental issues from a holistic point of view. After an hour of "rise and shine" yoga, attendees will be able to enjoy a not-to-be missed presentation by Bjarke Ingels, an ikebana workshop and a keynote address by eco-architect James Wines (even Pamela Anderson will be in the house, promoting her new short film, Connected).
New York, NY. May 7, 2016.
I think we can all agree that tacos are delicious. We can probably also agree that single-pod, single-serving machines like Tassimo, Nespresso and Keurig are some of industrial design's worst gifts to humanity and could be single-handedly destroying the world.
Flatev is a new product that combines both of these pursuits (eating tacos, destroying the world) in a single-pod, tortilla-making robot of the future.
The idea for this device originated from the company's co-founder, CEO and chairman, Carlos Ruiz, who missed the fresh, homemade tortillas he grew up eating in Mexico while he was living in Switzerland. Fresh tortillas were hard to find, but Nestlé Nespresso machines were (of course) ubiquitous—and that's where he noticed the opening for an opportunity. Taking a page from Nestlé's book, Ruiz decided to try producing tortillas using a pod system.
"What we wanted to be known for is changing the way people eat bread," says Sandro Meyer, who joined the Flatev team in 2013 as the company's CMO. "Today, most people eat something along the lines of toast or grocery store tortillas, and they mostly have a lot of [additives] in them which is not what bread should be."
Essentially the Keurig of tortillas, Flatev hopes to commoditize tortilla making by streamlining it to the push of a button. Although the team is still determining the final makeup of their pods, they say that they're working with ecology experts and environmental scientists to make their pods in a manner that ensures they won't contribute too much waste to our environment. Since they don't have any filters (unlike many others in this newfound pod ecosystem), the possibility of recycling is much higher. Users will be able to pick from three different disposable dough pods (flour, corn and blue corn), quickly pop in their choice and churn out a tortilla—piping hot and ready to eat in less than a minute. Each pod produces one six-inch tortilla, requires refrigeration and has a two-month shelf life. Highlighting the company's commitment to offering a fresh, preservative-free bread, Flatev's FAQ says that their ingredients for a flour tortilla pod include flour, water, baking soda and salt, while their corn tortillas only have corn flour, water and "a dash of lime."
Ruiz, his co-founder and CTO, Jonas Müller, and Meyer chose Fred Bould of Bould Design to help bring their idea to reality. "We were really looking for people that redefined categories," Meyer says. "People who created iconic products." With previous experience building products and brands like Nest and GoPro, Bould was a natural choice.
"We really clicked immediately," Meyer says. "This was supposed to be a one hour meeting and it became a four, five hour meeting where we brainstormed all the things we could do. Not only did we see what he already created—products that changed entire segments like Nest or GoPro—but what Flatev could be." As part of Bould's process, the designer took three weeks to familiarize himself with the competitive landscape. He first looked at the broad category of kitchen appliances as a whole, then bread makers and finally, zeroed in on the flatbread market specifically.
"After those three weeks, we came up with the concept of keeping the tradition of bread," Meyer says. "If we talk about tortillas specifically, they're 2,000, 3,000 years old. Bread is one of the oldest man-made foods, so we wanted to keep that tradition in there with the design, but also mix it with this innovative part, the quickness, the convenience of today's appliances." That balance between heritage and sleek, contemporary design ended up looking like an off-white box with two rounded edges, two buttons and a stainless steel exterior.
With a background in engineering, Bould was able to work directly with manufacturers, creating designs that could be easily executed by Flatev's partners. "That was an important part because a lot of times you get crazy ideas from designers and then in the end you can't actually realize them," Meyer says. "So this is an area where Fred was very, very strong. I got the feedback from our engineering and manufacturing partners, who said they got a design that was almost doable right off the bat without having to circle back a couple times."
As with any design, there were plenty of compromises along the way. While the Flatev team initially wanted a machine that could churn out several tortillas in a row, Bould encouraged them to stick with just one at a time, reducing the parts necessary and cutting the price down by $150. "He advised us that there are a lot of things we can do later with accessories," Meyer says. "It doesn't always have to be in the first version. I think a very hard part about being an entrepreneur [is] to [be able to] focus on what you really need right now, something the customer is happy with. There's always more you can do, always more features."
As for the form, Bould says it was "derived from usability and product function requirements and our desire to express the essence of the company and the culture of tortillas." Although the Flatev team wanted a rounder form, technical restrictions and internal components required a boxy shape. Under the hood, Bould describes "a pod carriage, cooking plates and a tortilla drawer connected by mechanisms for opening the pod, transferring the dough from the pod to the cooking plates and then transferring the finished tortilla into the tortilla drawer."
Although the device seems like it might take up a significant amount of real estate on any counter, Meyer argues that the device shouldn't take up any more space than your standard rice cooker and—although not cordless—is actually very mobile. "When you look at the machine, it's really something you can hold almost like a little piggy," he says. "We call it 'carnitas' at the moment. It's a fun tech name. So, it is like a little piggy that you can hold … We made sure it's easy to transport. You can grab it on the bottom and then carry it around or carry it outside on the porch or to your kitchen table. We don't want this to be a very stationary device, per se."
If walking around your next social gathering with a tortilla maker nicknamed 'carnitas' gets you excited — then hold onto that because, although Flatev first announced the product in 2013, the product is still under development. On May 3rd, the team plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the final leg of production and secure early orders before opening it up to retailers in mid-2017. It's expected to retail for between $250 and $300.
Insects are an extremely efficient and healthy source of daily protein and nutrients, already historically consumed by 80% of the world's cultures - but uptake has been slow in the western world. Why is this?
Pezt attempts to normalize insects in the kitchen - as with most fears, our distaste from insects come from familiarity. We simply aren't familiar enough with eating insects, especially in the form that they currently exist. By taking traditional mealworm-farming techniques and compressing them into a white-goods appliance, we can understand and better relate to the facts of insect consumption instead of letting phobias rule our eating habits. 90% reduction in waste feed, 93% reduction in land use, and a 99.95% reduction in water usage.
If you care about design you've probably caught yourself sighing at a coworker's trite inspirational post, or a friend's Etsy-sourced hand-lettered reminder to Live, Laugh and also to Love. But maybe you (like most people cursed with good taste) should take it down a notch. Why? It looks like we've had needless uplifting imagery and aestheticized reminders to Be Here Now for as long as we've had the self-impressed humans to make them.
In 2012, archeologists working in Turkey uncovered a beautifully tiled floor featuring a seriously chill looking skeleton and a surprisingly modern message. The triptych is thought to have been part of a wealthy private home (or possibly public soup kitchen?) from the Roman Empire, likely as part of a dining area. The skeleton, in comfy repose, seems to be eating and drinking wine peacefully.
The Greek caption can be translated as "Be cheerful and live your life."
Cheery messaging, right? This guy has it figured out, and this guy is literally within us all. So empowering!
Even if you loathe positivity kittens and those ubiquitous "Keep Strong & [whatever stupid thing you're into] On" signs like I do, their implications might be good for us. Next time you see a doozy, mentally add "Or Else…" and see if what you come up with isn't more motivating. Another reading of this skeletal scene translates it: "You get the pleasure of the food you eat hastily with death," which is just so inspiring, you know?
Via the forever inspiring History Blog.
I just stumbled across Reed Hansuld's beautiful take on Hans Wegner's Valet Chair:
Hansuld has gone with a more conventional four-legged design and an impossibly brave bridle joint to affix the back to the seat.
Designer/builder Hansuld hails from Canada, is now based in Brooklyn, and is shockingly not even yet 30 years of age. Despite the tender years he's obviously got the experience, given his portfolio, and it's his Rocker No. 1 chair that really blows me away.
It's not just that the form is gorgeous, with not a line or surface out of place. It's not just his impeccable grain selection, exposed fasteners or details like the exposed floating tenon joinery. It's just so gorgeously airy.
As with the Valet Chair, the joinery seems too impossibly thin to support weight. But look closely at these photos and you'll see the elegantly-integrated steel skeleton that makes the whole thing work.
For years Hansuld has maintained a blog where he detailed his struggles, successes, processes and the state of ongoing projects, but he stopped updating it last year. With any luck he'll start it up again. Until then, there's his Instagram.
German designer Thomas Mayer underwent the carpenter's apprenticeship we discussed here, but afterwards he pursued a degree in Interaction Design. The result is that he can not only build furniture, but can imbue it with technology-based UX enhancements. As an example, check out his Interactive Table Tennis Trainer:
That was shot in a darkened room to emphasize the projections. But even under regular lighting, it holds up:
Mayer produced the table as the thesis project for his Bachelor's Degree in Interaction Design from the Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd. You can read technical details of the project here.
We maintain that the most beautiful staircase in the world is in this bookstore in Portugal. But a close second, if it were still standing, would be the grand staircase in this now-defunct 19th-Century Parisian department store.
This was the interior centerpiece of Les Grands Magasins Dufayel, a massive structure unlike other Parisian department stores of the 1800s in that it was located in a working-class neighborhood. The egalitarian concept here was that non-elites, not just the bourgeoisie, ought be able to shop in style. Entrepreneur Georges Dufayel's department store offered this radical new thing called "credit," where a buyer could put down 20% up front for an item, then pay it off in installments.
At its peak, Dufayel had some 15,000 employees serving 3.5 million customers. After World War I the department store declined, and it closed its doors in 1930. In the decades since, parts of the massive building were demolished, and today the building parts house a bank and several retailers. It's not clear if the staircase survived, but given the fact that there are no modern-day photos of it, we assume it met the wrecking ball. And that's a damn shame.
Don't merely break the rules, change the game: This self-starter should demonstrate a strong understanding of construction, graphics, color and materials in creating compelling themed-based designs that are trend relevant. They should have a BA, BS, BFA in Industrial Design, Graphic Design, or Fashion/Apparel and 3-5 years of footwear experience.
View the full design job hereIs this carbon road bike rack a good idea? My one person jury is hung.
To use the proper tool for the job is a great guiding principle, but one that people seem to chuck out the second they get a bicycle. Is it wrong that folks try to do triathalons on knobby-treaded mountain bikes, or that be-spandexed weekend warriors want to lug groceries on their twitchy carbon steeds? Of course not, but it's uncomfortable. And that type of awkward, self-centered, everything-looks-like-a-nail determination is often what fuels human innovation. The Tailfin Rack system is an interesting, inventive and stymying solution to just such an avoidable need: a lightweight pannier rack that fits even super lightweight road bikes.
The apparent pros: the Tailfin's form and attachments appear simple, secure and quite sexy, as racks go. Carbon does keep weight down, at ~9.7oz total, and keeps integrity up with a maximum load of 40lbs. The frame attachment system avoids common fit and stress issues by mounting to a proprietary skewer instead of the frame. And by anchoring to the seat post with a single hinged stay, it stays more versatile than most road racks. It's quick to mount, and looks like it would fit a decent array of mid-size frame types.
The Tailfin rack works with the company's carbon-stiffened proprietary bags, but you can add extending pins to use other brands of (Ortlieb style) bags too. The strength, security and design of these pins is a little vague, but the attachment position seems traditional.
The cons: it's difficult to tell whether the mounting systems are secure enough to avoid wobbling or destabilizing weight shift when the bags are loaded. It's also hard to see if the bags mount far enough back to avoid heel interference. And on larger bikes, the top stay looks… a bit aftermarket.
But first, last and foremost: racing bikes aren't made for this. It's explicitly not their job to hold anything more than your sweaty body, and forcing them to do so often creates serious issues, from unstable rides, to failing rear wheels, to serious frame damage from rub or load. This design skirts around some of these by being carbon-conscious in its seemingly elegant attachment system, but an overall increase of load will still affect delicate road parts and drastically change ride quality.
And, to reiterate, high end road bikes are defined by their focus on the ride. They feel light and responsive and are intended to go fast and long. If you want to do more than that, hybrid, cyclocross and touring type bikes blend road biking elements with more utilitarianism, adding different attachment options and durability features. If you know you're going to want to carry stuff, why would you get a racy bike? Because humans shop erratically, emotionally, and we change our dang minds. Clearly, because many, many people want this thing to exist, despite its structurally awkward inbetweenness.
Assuming you weren't going to use your race bike to lug your textbooks and jugs of water every day, does this solve an important design issue? Is the Tailfin the right type of tool for road warriors who bike shop on the weekends? A comfortable middle path for people with long fast commutes and very light work clothes? Would you use one?
The Tailfin campaign runs through May 31, 2016.
Once upon a time American teenagers pushed lawnmowers all summer, slowly amassing a bundle of singles that they'd use to buy themselves a coveted item. It's been a long time since we've heard of any kid doing this anymore, which makes Alex Jason's story all the more surprising. Maine-based Jason, just 15 years of age, has spent five years cutting grass and pouring the savings into a rather unusual project: Alex's Apple Orchard, a self-curated museum of Apple-designed goods.
"I realized these computers are being thrown away," Jason told Cult of Mac. "That's kind of how it snowballed. I wanted to create a collection, share it online and create a museum."
While older, unused Apples aren't worth much and can be had for a song, Jason went much further. By meeting other collectors he managed to gain the attention of ex-Apple engineers, some of whom had saved old prototypes they'd worked on—many of them housed in transparent plastic or, it seems, whatever color was still in the injection-molding machine at the time—and got them to part with the machines. Here are some of these rare prototypes:
Jason's collection, currently laid out in the 1,000-square-foot family basement, contains over 250 items including not just computers and devices, but advertising materials, posters, schematics and Apple signage. Perhaps what's most impressive is that Jason has developed an eye for design and a talent for narration: Peep the following video, where he chooses one of Apple's more outside-the-box designs—the gooseneck G4 iMac—and runs down why the design is significant:
Obviously the family basement cannot be opened to the public, and Alex, along with his supportive dad Bill, are planning to move the collection into a defunct library that has been donated for the purpose.
Here's Alex's collection in its current state in the basement, providing a hint of what you'd get to see when the real museum is ready:
There is only one Apple computer Jason has not been able to source: A Lisa 1, pictured below, the rare dual-floppy-disk predecessor to the original Mac. If any of you have a line on one, please drop the kid a line!
