JournalFB·J
Dispatches.
Essays on method and material — written from the foundry floor, on the discipline both production lines share.
- FB·J·01Foundry
One standard, two lines.
Why a company that writes software also cuts cloth — and why that is less strange than it sounds.
June 20, 20264 min - FB·J·02Foundry
What a specification is for.
A spec is not paperwork. It is the cheapest place to be wrong, and the only place an argument is free.
June 12, 20265 min - FB·J·03Wares
On 480 GSM.
Weight is the most honest thing about a sweatshirt. Here is what the number means, and why we chose a high one.
June 5, 20263 min - FB·J·04Wares
Drawing before the photograph.
Why this catalogue shows you technical flats instead of studio shots — on purpose.
May 28, 20263 min - FB·J·05Systems
Inspection is the point.
Anyone can build. The discipline is grading what you built against the spec it came from — and refusing to ship what fails.
May 20, 20264 min