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Me Leaving Guangzhou Past Huadu Thinking to Myself: How Do These People Live Without Jianshe Liu?
The Idea Lab
Jun 26
6 min read
Me When My Supplier Tells Me China Is Very Safe. I’m Dodging E-Bikes on the Pavement Trying to Listen.
The Idea Lab
Jun 25
6 min read
Me When My Supplier Tells Me Not to Flip the Fish at Dinner as It’s Bad for Passing Fishermen. We Are in Xinjiang. The Nearest Lake Is 4-Hour Drive Away.
The Idea Lab
Jun 24
6 min read
Me When My Supplier Tells Me Not to Give Clocks for Gifts in China as It’s Bad Luck. I Got a Pair of Socks.
The Idea Lab
Jun 23
6 min read
Me When the Supplier Asks Me if I Chi Fan le Mei you? It’s 10:30 am. [start a clothing brand]
The Idea Lab
Jun 22
6 min read
Me in Zhongshan with a Supplier Reading the Characters for Middle Mountain and Not Knowing Who Sun Yat-Sen Was.
The Idea Lab
Jun 21
6 min read
We’ve Spent Hundreds and Hundreds of Dollars. And They Ask for a 50 pc Order.
The Idea Lab
Jun 20
7 min read
Me Asking the Lanzhou Lamian Guy Drunk AF at 3 AM if He Has Lao Qingdao.
The Idea Lab
Jun 19
7 min read
The Sushi, The Price Tag, and the "Fish" That Cost Me My Sanity (and Turned Out to Be a Salamander) [garment sourcing]
The Idea Lab
Jun 18
8 min read
Me When I Find Out from My Supplier Taiwan Is Actually in China. He Hasn’t Been Yet Because He Doesn’t Have a Visa [start a clothing brand]
The Idea Lab
Jun 17
4 min read
Me When My Supplier Asks If I’ve Heard of Wuhan. I Haven’t. Never Heard of It. [start a clothing brand]
The Idea Lab
Jun 16
4 min read
Me at 3:30 AM After Half a Bottle of 白酒 in the Taxi to the Hotel Agreeing with the 司机 Why 湖南 Is the Best. I’ve Never Been to Hunan. [start a clothing brand]
The Idea Lab
Jun 15
4 min read
Me When I Hear 不可能 for the 100th Time Today. I Want to Smoke by the Fire Exit. [start a clothing brand]
The Idea Lab
Jun 14
4 min read
Me When I Get in the Taxi and He Says 打表坏了。It’s an Hour from the Airport to 天河 [start a clothing brand]
The Idea Lab
Jun 13
5 min read
Me Doing the FRI and the Zippers Are Branded YKY [start a clothing brand]
The Idea Lab
Jun 12
5 min read
Me When They Ask If It’s a Sweatshop — We Have AC Now (Start a Clothing Brand, They Said…)
The Idea Lab
Jun 11
3 min read
Me When They Ask If I Pay the Workers a Fair Wage — They Want a $3 T-Shirt(Start a Clothing Brand, They Said…)
The Idea Lab
Jun 10
3 min read
Me When They Ask If I Use Slaves in the Factory — They’re at Home, Not in the Workshop(Start a Clothing Brand, They Said…)
The Idea Lab
Jun 9
3 min read
Me When They Ask Why They Need a Tech Pack — They Sent Me a 6-Year-Old’s Pencil Sketch(Start a Clothing Brand, They Said…)
The Idea Lab
Jun 8
4 min read
Me When They Ask Me to Sign an NDA Then Want to See Similar Work I’ve Done
The Idea Lab
Jun 6
2 min read
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