Tag Archives: Tyvek

Fashion Featured Gallery Pushing the Envelope: Unstitched Utilities

by Barbie Brady and Dustin Downing
February 16, 2011 - 8:09 am

3 of the nicest men you’d ever want to share a beer with, (insert your favorite uncle image here) got sick of the machinery of corporate fashion. Having all worked together at one point in their illustrious careers or other, Jack Steinweis, Mark Kane and Kevin Crowley finally decided to put up or shut up and Unstitched Utilities was found. Hailing from New Jersey, Baltimore and New Hampshire, the men connected to hatch a vision that their individual talents, know how and charisma might be the building blocks to launching a truly environmentally thoughtful brand.

Step one, find a truly remarkable, environmentally friendly, durable material for manufacturing footwear.

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Music Tyvek: A Smack On The Ass and A Punch In The Face

by Ryan Patrick Hooper and Dustin Downing
June 1, 2010 - 2:35 pm

Tyvek at Movment 2010

The culture of Detroit does not rest solely on the shoulders of the Movement festival. Like any major American city, Detroit hosts its annual beacons of pride and popularity — the lauded Detroit International Jazz Festival, downtown’s chilly Winter Blast, the prestigious North American International Auto Show. But often, the shadow cast by these behemoth weekend attractions hides a bustling culture that breeds year-round. Last Thursday evening, as the stages were being erected and the carnival food carts were still jockeying for position before the start of Movement 2010 in Hart Plaza, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) was offering a small sampling of such sophistication.

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