141 Community Thank you very much for the continued support! Shu-Chu and I were featured in today’s Oregonian. Ms. Boule did a great write up on 141. If you have a paper, we are on the front page of the ‘How We Live’ section. Otherwise, check out the article here. Stay Glassy, Kyle kyle@141eyewear.com
Posted in Community | Leave a comment141 Community, First of all, thank you very much for the support! We have been receiving numerous inquiries regarding the availability of our product line. Let’s fill you in… If you happen to live in Portland, Oregon, you are most certainly in luck! Our collection is currently available exclusively at The Eye Studio in the Pearl District (339 NW 9th, PDX, 503-219-0023). We are planning a national release in the early part of Summer 2010. … Read More
Posted in Community | 16 CommentsEntering Jiasian was an experience. We could see the aftermath of the August 2009 typhoon along the way. Roads that were once two roads were now condensed to only one serving both ways. You could see where the mudslides hit parts of the town the hardest. There were written signs up along the way warning visitors and passerby’s that they are forbidden to cut down trees and that conservation of the land’s trees was pertinent. … Read More
Posted in Community | 4 CommentsWe are just about to start the third day of our trip. Yesterday, while walking around one of Taipei’s shopping district, we couldn’t help but notice the large amount of teenagers wearing glasses without any lenses. Even one of the check-out guys at the local 7-11 was wearing a pair of black frames…with no lenses. Check out the pick below. Could you tell that she is not wearing any lenses? Hmmm… I can’t help but … Read More
Posted in Community | Leave a commentRight now we’re sitting on the plane heading towards Japan (we have a quick layover in Tokyo before heading to Taipei). Shu-Chu and I are both incredibly excited about this trip because we will be hosting our first ever 141 Eyewear Clinic. When we initially discussed the whole notion of starting an eyewear line with a one for one business model where we would give a pair of glasses away for every pair we sold, … Read More
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