ケンゾーミナミのインスタグラム(kenzominami) - 7月12日 23時07分

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Kenzo Minami
artist & designer

What are 3 of your favorite small businesses in New York?

Dimes @dimestimes

I’ve known the Dimes girls for a long time - we met before the restaurant existed, actually, and they were working elsewhere. Having watched Sabrina and Alissa work so hard to get Dimes off the ground, I can’t help but respect how much they put into making it real. They started small but have steadily taken over a couple of larger spaces on the block - it’s been awesome to watch them grow and add new dimensions to what Dimes is. I’m there practically every day.

Metrograph @metrographnyc

I’ve been a big film buff since I was a kid, and it’s hard to find a theater (let alone an independent one) with curation that’s more spot-on than Metrograph’s. There’s a super obscure animated film that floated around Japan when I was a kid called The Belladonna of Sadness. I’d heard about it as it made its way through the underground, but I never managed to catch it during those years. It speaks to how great Metrograph is that I was finally able to watch the film in the LES in 2016.

Mast Books @mastbooks

In a time when stores that deal with tangible products are closing faster than ever, it’s really impressive that Mast Books continues to thrive. Like Metrograph, I think Mast’s secret weapon is their really unbelievable curation. You can always find something that you didn’t know about when you visit the shop. I also respect how they emphasize the visual quality of books as objects in their presentation.

Why is it important to support independent businesses?

It’s about variety, right? Variety’s basically how we survive from an evolutionary perspective - the more variation you have, the stronger a species is. The same principle applies to culture and cities; the more homogenous they are, the weaker they become. To me, independent businesses really bring that variety, that strength, to cities. There’s a parallel there for sure.

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