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The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
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I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.
— Ray Bradbury
Easy reading is damn hard writing.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
Creativity is an act of defiance.
— Twyla Tharp
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
— Henry David Thoreau
You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
— Maya Angelou
Writing is a struggle against silence.
— Carlos Fuentes
Be obscure clearly.
— E.B. White
Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.
— Anna Freud
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Jack Spade / Collection Catalogue
To launch a suiting collection developed with Southwick tailors, Jack Spade created this catalogue featuring creative director JP Williams and his many collections. JP and I are long-time collaborators and I also edit his blog, amass, so the interview copy here reflects my understanding of his aesthetic and our fluid communication.

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“A collection often begins with just one object”

In the catalogue, JP Williams wears Jack Spade suits, but the copy focuses on his personal theories about collecting.
“To the educated designer, each of these shapes must reveal its necessary purpose.”
Among the eclectic collections featured are pumpkin stems, calligraphy pens and vintage pencil sharpeners.
