Netherton Foundry Shropshire

Netherton Foundry Shropshire
Classic cookware, made in England

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

New year's Honours

This is a list; a kind of New Year’s honours list, but not THAT list.  This list has been compiled by David and Clare Hieatt, founders of Hiut denim, bringing a Welsh town back to life, one pair of jeans at a time.
On this list there are architects, scientists, IT innovators, artists, writers, sportsmen and women, academics, chefs, writers, musicians, communicators, charity workers - people you have heard of, people you should have heard of, people you will definitely hear more of.  They are innovators, entrepreneurs, trailblazers, visionaries, empowerers, influencers, activists
They will change the way you think, see things, interact, consume, challenge your beliefs and expectations.
And on that list, in a section simply called Product, you will find Netherton Foundry.

Hiut Denim Co:   100+ MAKERS AND MAVERICKS — 2017.

Each year we compile a list of the one hundred+ people that got us to utter those words ‘I wish I had done that, made that, invented that, thought like that, changed that’. These are the people who have shone the brightest for us in 2017.




We are thrilled and humbled in equal measure to be on this list.  It is a genuine honour to have been selected and to find ourselves in the company of greats.
Please read about all these amazing people and then go and find out more about them and also about Hiut denim. 
You have already found us, but take a few minutes to read about who we are and what we do.
  
It must have taken a huge amount of effort and self discipline to compile this list, who do you add, who do you leave out?
We are shaken, stirred or otherwise moved by everyone on this list.  Some are new to us; some are so far out of our world as to be alien to us; some are familiar; some are part of our everyday lives.  What unifies them is, as Hiut say, the phrase that starts, "I wish I...."

I have picked 10 from the list, trying, as best I could to demonstrate the breadth and depth of talent contained therein.  It took a long time to settle on these 10 and their selection in no way diminishes anyone else on the list.   If my sample intrigues you, read the full list.  In fact, read the full list anyway.
  
1. Satochi Nakamoto -  founder of Bitcoin   https://bitcoin.org/en/
2. Boyan Slat -  The Ocean Clean UP http://www.boyanslat.com/
3. Lauryn Morris – design lead, Snapchat https://www.snapchat.com/
4. Linda Sarsour/Tamika Mallory/Carmen Perez/Bob Bland/Janaye Ingram/Breanne Butler/Mrinalini Chakraborty/Emma Collum/Mariam Ehrari, Cassady Fendlay, Alyssa Klein, Sophie Ellman-Golan, Jackson Hyland-Lipski. - https://www.womensmarch.com/
5. Keller Rinaudo - founder of Zipline, delivering blood products in Rwanda  http://www.flyzipline.com/
6. Massimo Bottura -  chef and founder of Food for Soul http://www.foodforsoul.it/
7. Yvon Chouinard/Melinda Chouinard -  Co-founders of Patagonia   http://eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/home/
8. Anna Jones - author, cook, stylist   http://annajones.co.uk/
9. Chance the rapper, chosen by NFS daughter http://chanceraps.com/
10. Ashima Shiraishi  - rock climber and boulderer  https://www.instagram.com/ashimashiraishi/?hl=en


When you have read up on these guys, take some time to read about Hiut Denim, whose philosophy, "Do one thing well", resonates so strongly with us.  
This is all about making something good, making something good happen, making something good feel good.

Help us and Hiut Denim to make the world a better place.

Netherton Foundry Shropshire 2018 


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