May. 21 2011

Questions for Jimmy Lai, Asia’s Rupert Murdoch

You made your fortune with Giordano, one of the largest clothing brands in Asia. Why the name “Giordano”?

In New York, I was very hungry one day and somebody gave me a couple of cookies. I didn’t know that they had marijuana in them. I became very munchy. I walked into a pizza joint called Giordano and thought: Hey, people would think that this is an Italian brand name. Why not? So I put the napkin in my pocket, came back to Hong Kong and asked our graphics people to copy it.

“very munchy.”

see kids, it really doesn’t take hard work to make it.  just get high and write shit down.

Oct. 16 2009

Cooking Momofuku (via zoe)

“authenticity is overrated.”

success, focus and making something good is, thankfully, subjective and relative.

boring shit comes from trying to please anyone but yourself.

Nov. 26 2008

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill (via jackcheng)

Oct. 31 2008

The more specific a design idea is, the greater its appeal is likely to be. Being nonspecific in an effort to appeal to everyone usually results in reaching no one.
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School (via danw) (via slantback)

Aug. 18 2008

I found every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point. The turning point was when they made a clear, specific unequivocal decision that they were going to achieve success. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50, and most people never make it at all.
Brian Tracey (via onherway) (via peggyanne) (via peterwknox)