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Latepost has learned from several independent sources that Didi has started the project, led by Yang Jun, vice president of Didi and general manager of Xiaoju.He is also the chief product officer of D1, a customised ride-hailing service launched jointly by Didi and BYD, and the team has already started poaching people from car factories.However, Latepost has not yet learned the specific form and path of Didi's car construction.

Zhu Jiang, former vice president of user development at Nio, is likely to join Didi, a person familiar with the matter said.Zhu Jiang has many years of experience in automobile industry, and has worked in BMW Brilliance, Lexus, NIO, Ford China and other companies.

In addition to the new developments, Latepost has learned from inside Didi that its self-driving subsidiary plans to try new paths beyond its own research and start a new self-driving truck business.

Didi declined to comment.

Didi has several car-building projects in the works

In November 2019, Didi and BYD set up a joint venture, Beautiful Chuxing (Hangzhou) Automotive Technology Co., with BYD holding 65% and Didi 35%, and BYD as the controlling shareholder.The two subsequently launched a customized ride-hailing service, D1, in November 2020. At that time, Didi was also directly involved in the cooperation with Xiaoju.Didi's car service business started in 2016 and became Xiaoju's car service independently in 2019. At present, it includes Xiaoju youche (car rental platform), car maintenance, second-hand car, charging and refueling.Didi wants to focus on renting from the front end to the back end, with services such as maintenance, insurance and energy.

In June 2020, Didi Autopilot, a subsidiary of Didi, announced a partnership with BAIC, in which the two sides will jointly develop high-level self-driving customized models for RoboTaxi (self-driving taxi) operations.

And this time Didi started to build a car, is likely to be along the D1, the further exploration of customized online car hailing.

Analysts in the industry say Didi's new car plan will be different from the car-company-dominated approach it took when it launched the D1.This time Didi will be more capital-intensive and more engaged.This echoes Didi's message when it launched D1, which stressed that it was the "first" custom ride-hailing service.

According to the plan previously mentioned by Cheng Wei, founder and CEO of Didi at the D1 launch, Didi's customized ride-hailing service will continue to iterate, and by 2025, the customized version of D3 will be popular on Didi's platform, with more than 1 million units. By 2030, the D series aims to eliminate the cockpit and achieve full driverless driving.

On the other hand, although Didi has made more efforts to build cars, according to industry analysts, it is not possible for Didi to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary to build cars like Xiaomi, because its capital may not be able to keep up with it, and its model may be lighter than Xiaomi's.

One investor believes that it is a more economical choice for Didi not to build cars by itself. At present, the production capacity of car companies is too large, and Didi, as a big customer, can completely eat a part of the upstream profits.But building your own can tell a better capital story and keep drivers further on the platform.

Didi has partnered with third-party car rental companies in many places, allowing drivers without cars to hire cars to join Didi's platform to pick up customers.But aggregated car-hailing platforms such as AutoNavi, Meituan and Hello are also courting local car rental companies to compete with Didi.By providing its own operating vehicles, Didi could reduce its reliance on third-party rental companies and reduce the cost of securing drivers.

Whether it was D1 last year or the new plan now, there is a clear logic behind Didi's entry into the custom ride-hailing service.Currently, the cost of the online car hailing market based on fuel models is too high, which directly leads to the limited scale of the online car hailing market and low profit.

Customizing ride-hailing is one way for Didi to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency.In 2018, Didi and Ideal had previously planned to cooperate in this area and set up a related subsidiary, JudianChuxing, in which Didi held a 51% stake and Ideal 49%.

However, Latepost previously reported that Didi's cooperation with Ideal has been terminated and that Judian plans to become an independent OEM-travel company with new strategic shareholders.

Since then, Didi has established joint ventures with BAIC, BYD and Volkswagen.But Didi's tie-up with Volkswagen and BAIC has yet to materially develop.

Li Xiang, founder of Ideal Auto, said at the time that the future evolution of the mobility market will be in line with the logistics industry standard, which means the lower the cost the better and the more efficient the better.The partnership between Ideal and Didi is aimed at further reducing costs on the premise of safety.According to Li Xiang's calculation, the cost of the new car may be 10~15% more expensive than that of the ordinary fuel-powered car, but the battery life will double, and the amortized cost per kilometer will drop 0.5~0.6 yuan, or nearly 20%, compared with that of the fuel-powered car.

What's more, customized online car hailing can also improve user experience and produce cars that are more suitable for driverless driving, making preparations for the landing of driverless driving in the future.

As a result, custom ride-hailing could also become a connection point between Didi's ride-hailing platform service and its Robotaxi business, which its self-driving subsidiary is building up.

Didi's self-driving business may also be changing

In addition, a person close to drops autopilot told the late LatePost drops autopilot company is currently in the research of automatic driving route, is also considering to try the second route, the route may be combined with vehicle road new "Robotaxi ping's", namely the side access Robotaxi enterprises with operational vehicles, access to the passengers.

But given that Didi itself is doing Robotaxi, if it takes this route, the short-term drag will be persuading other Robotaxi companies to work with Didi.Currently, Chinese companies such as Baidu, Xiaoma Zhixing and Wenyuan Zhixing all have their own taxi-hailing apps, while AutoX can use AutoNavi to take taxis. The biggest challenge for the autonomous driving industry is technology and product maturity rather than competing for passengers.

Meanwhile, Didi Autopilot has also started experimenting with a self-driving truck project, which is being led by Didi Autopilot CTO Wei Junqing, confirmed by Late Latepost.

On Friday (April 2), two days after the official announcement, the Huaxia Alumni Association, attended by many entrepreneurs and investors, was held at the Xiaomi campus. A photo of Lei Jun with Wang Chuanfu, Li Bin, Li Xiang and He Xiaopeng was widely circulated.

Cheng Wei, the CEO of Didi, was also at the table with Li Xiang and Li Bin, but in the group photo, Li Xiang were on stage and Cheng Wei and Yang Jun were in the audience.

Mr Cheng has previously said Didi does not build cars and is not seeking to become the biggest car operator in the future.Didi's core competence is to serve its users and car owners well, and to keep investing and making breakthroughs in big data and technology.

Mr Cheng may have to eat his words. He and Didi will also be in the car building business.But from the business logic, it is good news.

Didi has more on its plate than just building cars.Didi plans to go public this year. In order to achieve better market valuation, Didi has carried out more diversified business expansion, including "Orange Heart Preferred", which is now a key business community group purchase.Community group-buying is also a capital-heavy track, and brings together the giants with the strongest financial strength at present -- Meituan, Pinduoduo, Ali and Jingdong all regard it as an important direction.

Bloomberg had previously reported that Didi had plans to inject about $3 billion into its preferred unit.Didi is also working with financial advisers to raise about $1bn from outside investors.

More deeply involved in and led the launch of customized online car hailing, into the self-driving truck, into the community group buying market, Didi will be listed this year, the new moves continue.Didi, which has always been considered by the market to be relatively cautious in making decisions, showed a sharper ambition on the eve of its listing.

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Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems (born April 20, 1953) is an American artist who works with text, fabric, audio, digital images, and installation video, and is best known for her work in the field of photography. Her award-winning photographs, films, and videos have been displayed in over 50 exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and focus on serious issues that face African Americans today, such as racism, sexism, politics, and personal identity.

She said, "Let me say that my primary concern in art, as in politics, is with the status and place of Afro-Americans in the country." More recently however, she expressed that "Black experience is not really the main point; rather, complex, dimensional, human experience and social inclusion ... is the real point."

Early life and education

Weems was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1953, the second of seven children to Carrie Polk and Myrlie Weems. She began participating in dance and street theater in 1965. At the age of 16 she gave birth to her first and only child, a daughter named Faith C. Weems. Later that year she moved out of her parents’ home and soon relocated to San Francisco to study modern dance with Anna Halprin at a workshop Halprin had started with several other dancers, as well as the artists John Cage and Robert Morris. She decided to continue her arts schooling and attended the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, graduating at the age of 28 with her B.A. She received her MFA from the University of California, San Diego. Weems also participated in the folklore graduate program at the University of California, Berkeley.

While in her early twenties, Carrie Mae Weems was politically active in the labor movement as a union organizer. Her first camera, which she received as a birthday gift, was used for this work before being used for artistic purposes. She was inspired to pursue photography after she came across The Black Photography Annual, a book of images by African-American photographers including Shawn Walker, Beuford Smith, Anthony Barboza, Ming Smith, Adger Cowans, and Roy DeCarava, who Weems found inspiring. This led her to New York City, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, where she began to meet other artists and photographers such as Coreen Simpson and Frank Stewart, and they began to form a community. In 1976 Weems took a photography class at the Museum taught by Dawoud Bey. She returned to San Francisco, but lived bi-coastally and was invited by Janet Henry to teach at the Studio Museum and a community of photographers in New York.

Career and work

In 1983, Carrie Mae Weems completed her first collection of photographs, text, and spoken word, called Family Pictures and Stories. The images told the story of her family, and she has said that in this project she was trying to explore the movement of black families out of the South and into the North, using her family as a model for the larger theme. Her next series, called Ain't Jokin', was completed in 1988. It focused on racial jokes and internalized racism. Another series called American Icons, completed in 1989, also focused on racism. Weems has said that throughout the 1980s she was turning away from the documentary photography genre, instead "creating representations that appeared to be documents but were in fact staged" and also "incorporating text, using multiples images, diptychs and triptychs, and constructing narratives." Sexism was the next focal point for her. It was the topic of one of her most well known collections called The Kitchen Table series which was completed in over a two year period, 1989 to 1990 and has Weems cast as the central character in the photographs. About Kitchen Table and Family Pictures and Stories, Weems has said: "I use my own constructed image as a vehicle for questioning ideas about the role of tradition, the nature of family, monogamy, polygamy, relationships between men and women, between women and their children, and between women and other women—underscoring the critical problems and the possible resolves." She has expressed disbelief and concern about the exclusion of images of the black community, particularly black women, from the popular media, and she aims to represent these excluded subjects and speak to their experience through her work. These photographs created space for other black female artists to further create art. Weems has also reflected on the themes and inspirations of her work as a whole, saying,

... from the very beginning, I've been interested in the idea of power and the consequences of power; relationships are made and articulated through power. Another thing that's interesting about the early work is that even though I've been engaged in the idea of autobiography, other ideas have been more important: the role of narrative, the social levels of humor, the deconstruction of documentary, the construction of history, the use of text, storytelling, performance, and the role of memory have all been more central to my thinking than autobiography.

Other series created by Weems include: the Sea Island Series (1991–92), the Africa Series (1993), From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried (1995–96), Who What When Where (1998), Ritual & Revolution (1998), the Louisiana Project (2003), Roaming (2006), and the Museum Series, which she began in 2007. Her most recent project, Grace Notes: Reflections for Now, is a multimedia performance that explores "the role of grace in the pursuit of democracy."

In her almost 30-year career, Carrie Mae Weems has won numerous awards. She was named Photographer of the Year by the Friends of Photography. In 2005, she was awarded the Distinguished Photographer's Award in recognition of her significant contributions to the world of photography. Her talents have also been recognized by numerous colleges, including Harvard University and Wellesley College, with fellowships, artist-in-residence and visiting professor positions. She taught photography at Hampshire College in the late 1980s. She was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2013. In 2015 Weems was named a Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow. In September 2015, the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research presented her with the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal.

The first comprehensive retrospective of her work opened in September 2012 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, as a part of the center's exhibition Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video. Curated by Katie Delmez, the exhibition ran until January 13, 2013, and later traveled to Portland Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Cantor Center for Visual Arts. The 30-year retrospective exhibition opened in January 2014 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. This was the first time an "African-American woman [was] ever given a solo exhibition" at the Guggenheim. Weems' work returned to the Frist in October 2013 as a part of the center's 30 Americans gallery, alongside black artists ranging from Jean-Michel Basquiat to Kehinde Wiley.

Weems' work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Portland Art Museum, the Tate Museum in London and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Weems has been represented by Jack Shainman Gallery since 2008.

A full-color, visual book, titled Carrie Mae Weems, was published by Yale University Press in October 2012. The book offers the first major survey of Weems' career and includes a collection of essays from leading and emerging scholars in addition to over 200 of Weems' most important works.

Weems lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Syracuse, New York, with her husband Jeffrey Hoone. She continues to produce art that provides social commentary on the experiences of people of color, especially black women, in America.

Weems is one of six artist-curators who made selections for Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection, on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from May 24, 2019, through January 12, 2020.

Select exhibitions

Presentations of her work have included exhibitions at:

Women in Photography, Cityscape Photo Gallery, Pasadena, CA, 1981

Multi-Cultural Focus, Barnsdall Art gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1981

Family Pictures and Stories, Multi-Cultural Gallery, San Diego, CA, 1984

People Close Up, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1986

Social Concerns, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD, 1986

Past, Present, Future, The New Museum, New York, NY, 1986

Visible Differences, Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA, 1987

The Other, The Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 1988

A Century of Protest, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1989

Black Women Photographers, Ten.8, London, England, 1990

Who Counts?, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1990

Biological Factors, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1990

Trouble in Paradise, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston, MA, 1990

Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1991

Of Light and Language, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991

Pleasures and terrors of Domestic Comfort, MOMA, New York, NY, 1991

Calling Out My Name, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY (traveled to PPOW gallery, New York, NY), 1991

Disclosing the Myth of Family, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1992

Schwarze Kunst: Konzepte zur Politik und Identitat, Neue Gesellschaft fur dingende Kunst, Berlin, Germany, 1992

Dirt and Domesticity: Constructions of the Feminine, Whitney Museum of American Art, at Equitable Center, New York, NY, 1992

Art, Politics, and Community, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Mansfield, CT (traveled to Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA), 1992

Mis/Taken identities, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (traveled to Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria; Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen im Forum Langenstraße, Germany; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA), 1992–1994

Photography: Expanding the Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1992–1994

Sea Island, The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, 1993

Carrie Mae Weems (traveling exhibition), The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, 1993

And 22 Million Very Tired and very Angry People, Walter/McBean gallery, San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA, 1993

Enlightenment, Revolution, A Gallery Project, Ferndale, MI, 1993

Fictions of the Self: The Portrait in Contemporary Photography, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC; Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1993–1994

The Theatre of Refusal: Black Art and the Mainstream Criticism, Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA (traveled to University of California, Davis, CA; and University of California, Riverside, CA), 1993–1994

Women's Representation of Women, Sapporo American Center Gallery, Sapporo, Japan (traveled to Aka Renga Cultural Center, Fukuoka City, Japan; Kyoto International Community House, Kyoto, Japan; Aichi Prefectural Arts Center, Nagoya, Japan; Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Arts Center, Japan; Spiral Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan), 1994

Imagining Families: Images and Voices, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1994–1995

Black Male, Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, and The Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, 1994–1995

Carrie Mae Weems Reacts to Hidden Witness, J. Paul Getty Museum of Art, Malibu, CA, 1995

Projects 52, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1995

StoryLand: Narrative Vision and Social Space, Walter Phillips gallery, The Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada, 1995

Embedded Metaphor, Traveling exhibit, curated by Nina Felshin, 1996

Inside the Visible, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., international traveling exhibition, 1996

Gender - Beyond Memory, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan, 1996

2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Africus Institute for Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1997

Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African-American Artists, traveling exhibition, 1998

Taboo: Repression and Revolt in Modern Art, Gallery St. Etienne, New York, NY, 1998

Tell me a Story: Narration in Contemporary Painting and Photography, Center National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, 1998

Recent Work: Carrie Mae Weems 1992–98, Everson Art Museum, Syracuse, NY, 1998–1999

Who, What, When, and Where, Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, New York, NY, 1998–1999

Ritual & Revolution, DAK'ART 98: Biennale of Contemporary Art, Galerie National d'Art, Dakar, Senegal, 1998–1999

It's Only Rock and Roll, traveling exhibition, 1999

Claustrophobia: Disturbing the Domestic in Contemporary Art, traveling exhibition, 1999

Histories (Re)membered, The Bronx Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1999

Carrie Mae Weems: The Hampton Project, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, 2000–2003

Looking Forward, Looking Back, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2000

Material and Matter: Loans to and Selections from the Studio Museum Collection, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY, 2000

The View From Here: Issues of Cultural Identity and Perspective in Contemporary Russian and American Art, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2000

Strength and Diversity: A Celebration of African-American Artists, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2000

Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present, Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and culture, Washington, DC, 2000

History Now, touring exhibition beginning at the Liljevalchs Konsthall and Riksutstallningar, Stockholm, Sweden, 2002

Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More... On Collecting, traveling exhibition curated by Independent curators International, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2002

The Louisiana Project, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2003

Cuba on the Verge, International Center of Photography, New York, NY, 2003

Crimes and Misdemeanors: Politics in U.S. Art of the 1980s, Lois & Richard Rosenthal center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, OH, 2003

Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, 2004

Beyond Compare: Women Photographers on Beauty, BCE, Toronto (traveling exhibit), 2004

African American Art - Photographs from the Collection, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, 2005

Figuratively Speaking, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL, 2005

The Whole World is Rotten, Jack Shainman gallery, New York, NY, 2005

Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005

Out of Time: A Contemporary View, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 2006

Black Alphabet: Contexts of Contemporary African-American Art, Zacheta national gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, 2006

Hidden in Plain Sight, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2007

Embracing Eatonville, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, 2007

The 21st century, The Feminine Century, and the century of Diversity and Hope, 2009 International Incheon Women Artists' Biennial, Incheon, South Korea, 2009–2010

Colour Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today, Tate Liverpool, UK, 2009–2010

Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic, Tate Liverpool, UK, 2009–2010

From Then to Now: Masterworks of Contemporary African American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, 2009–2010

Carrie Mae Weems: Estudios Sociales, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain, 2010

Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 2010

Slow Fade to Black, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY, 2010

The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, Nasher Museum, Durham, NC, 2010

Myth, Manners and Memory: Photographers of the American South, De La Warr Pavilion, East Sussex, UK, 2010

Off the Wall: Part 1 – Thirty Performative Actions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010

The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973–1991, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, New York, NY, 2010

Posing Beauty: African American Images From the 1890s to the Present, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, 2010

Stargazers: Elizabeth Catlett in Conversation with 21 Contemporary Artists, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY, 2010

Unsettled: Photography and Politics in Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2010

Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, 2012

This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2012

La Triennale: Intense Proximity, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2012

Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba, 2012

The Maddening Crowd (video installation), McNay Art Museum, Sa Antonio, TX, 2012

Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford, CA, 2013

Feminist And..., The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013

Seven Sisters, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2013

Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, NY, 2014

P.3 Prospect New Orleans, The McKenna Museum, New Orleans, LA, 2014

Color: Real and Imagined, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, England, 2014

Carrie Mae Weems: The Museum Series, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, 2014

Wide Angle: American Photographs, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2014

The Memory of Time, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2015

Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy, 2015

Winter in America, The School (Jack Shainman Gallery), 2015

An Exhibition of African American Photographers from the Daguerreian to the Digital Eras, Marshall Fine Arts Center at Haveford College, Haveford, PA, 2015

Represent: 200 years of African American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2015

Under Color of Law, The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art and Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, 2015

30 Americans, Detroit Institute of Arts, 2015

Grace Notes: Reflections for Now, Spoleto Festival, Spoleto, Italy, 2016

The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art. Cambridge, MA, 2016

Viewpoints, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (February 18–June 18, 2017)

We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (April 21–September 17, 2017)

Blue Black, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO (June 9–October 7, 2017)

Matera Imagined: Photography and a Southern Italian Town, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy (2017)

...And the People, Maruani Mercer, Knokke, Belgium (August 5–September 4, 2017)

Medium, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA (August 29–December 3, 2017)

Carrie Mae Weems: Ritual and Revolution, Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (September 12–December 10, 2017)

Dimensions of Black, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA (September 17–December 28, 2017)

Posing Beauty in African American Culture, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL (October 6, 2016 – January 21, 2018)

We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 13, 2017 – January 14, 2018)

Edward Hopper Citation of Merit in the Visual Arts Recipient Exhibition, Carrie Mae Weems: Beacon, Nyack, NY (November 10, 2017 – February 25, 2018)

Making Home: Contemporary Works From the DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (December 1, 2017 – June 6, 2018)

We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (June 27–September 30, 2018)

Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection, Light Work, Syracuse, NY (August 27–October 18, 2018)

Carrie Mae Weems: Strategies of Engagement, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, MA (September 10–December 13, 2018)

Family Pictures, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (September 14, 2018 – January 20, 2019)

Heave, 2018 Cornell University Biennial, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (September 20, 2018–November 5, 2018)

Carrie Mae Weems: Strategies of Engagement, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (January 13, 2019–May 5, 2019)

Carrie Mae Weems II Over Time, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (September 7, 2019–October 5, 2019)

Awards

2005: Distinguished Photographers Award

2007: Anonymous Was A Woman Award

2013: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award

2013: MacArthur Fellow, "Genius" Award

2014: BET Visual Arts Award

2014: Lucie Award

2015: ICP Spotlights Award from the International Center of Photography.

2015: Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow

2015: W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard University

2015: Honorary Doctorate from the School of Visual Arts

2016: National Artist Award, Anderson Ranch Arts Center

2016: Roy and Edna Disney Cal Arts Theatre

2016: College Arts Association

2016: DeFINE ART

2016: Art of Change Fellow, Ford Foundation

2017: Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University

2017: Inga Maren Otto Fellowship, The Watermill Center

2019: Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, Bristol.

Publications

Carrie Mae Weems : The Museum of Modern Art (N.Y.), 1995.

Carrie Mae Weems : Image Maker, 1995.

Carrie Mae Weems : Recent Work, 1992––1998, 1998.

Carrie Mae Weems: In Louisiana Project, 2004.

Carrie Mae Weems: Constructing History, 2008.

Carrie Mae Weems : Social Studies, 2010.

Carrie Mae Weems : Three Decades of Photography and Video, 2012.

Carrie Mae Weems: Kitchen Table Series, 2016.

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Photoshoot of the Week: March 23rd-29th 2020 - Biljana & Audi A3

The Geneva International Motor Show is among the automotive sector’s glitziest, with a high proportion of luxury and sports models, prestige brands and wild concept cars on display, and this year - despite a lower-than-usual roster of brands - looked to be following suit. Anyway the 2020 edition, which was to start on 2 March, was cancelled as a force majeure after the Swiss government banned public gatherings of more than 1,000 people in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The virus reached Switzerland in the last week of February and neighbouring Italy reported hundreds of cases. The viral outbreak that began in China has spread to 52 countries and territories, with Italian cases centered on northern provinces that border Switzerland. Geneva, home to the World Health Organization, which is fighting the epidemic, is a 3-hour drive from Turin, where Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV has an operational base. Audi AG understandably said they supported the organizers' decision, but after the cancellation of the 2020 Geneva Motor Show, the German company had quickly to figure out how to arrange the 2020 Audi A3 Sportback worldwide debut. In the end Audi decided to livestream Audi A3's reveal on March 3rd, which was set to be the first day of the Geneva Motor Show: basically the date of the A3’s reveal hasn’t changed, only the venue has. Now, though, it’s arguable even better because the world gets to see it live, rather than having to wait for members of the media to show it off. Nonetheless buying a car might not be your major concern right now. However, we will eventually get back to normal life and work, so you should take into account the new generation of Audi A3. The fanciest of the lot, the revamped A3 will continue to command a premium over its siblings, partly because of its badge, but primarily due to the extra sophistication it brings compared to its counterparts. Ater all the A3 was the forerunner of the hatchback genre: this car remains a stylish icon that is going to be hard to match even in the future. Just look, for example, at the sexy and amazing photos made by the terrific cargirl and socialite of Bosnian Serb origin and naturalized Swiss citizen Biljana Lazic with her beloved A3: what can you say? A perfect girl with the perfect car. You know, Swiss governemnt can shut down a motorshow, maybe the quarantine will be widened to all Swiss cities, but it will take much more than that to split Biljana from her obsession! *** *** *** The 2020 Audi A3 ranks in the middle of our luxury small car rankings. It has a well-equipped cabin and a range of powerful engine options, but most of its classmates offer more trunk space and much better predicted reliability ratings. The Audi A3 has been one of the most popular small executive hatchbacks for a long time, but this generation’s time in the limelight is fading as more advanced rivals bring more technology and desirability to the segment. Nonetheless the A3 is still a good all-rounder despite the increasingly aggressive competitors: strong, efficient engines, stable, confidence-inspiring handling and the ever-appealing option of quattro four-wheel drive mean there’s a lot to like about Audi’s Volkswagen-Golf-related hatchback. The Audi A3 is a handsome premium hatchback that shares its engineering platform, powertrains and technology with the Volkswagen Golf and VW group stablemates the SEAT Leon and Skoda Octavia. They’re all built on a shared MBQ platform, but the Audi A3’s price premium means it’s generally the most expensive of the bunch. Because the Audi A3 has been engineered to use lightweight parts, particularly up front, it has a lithe lightness on the road that the old A3 never had. Seriously – the handling is light-footed and playful in a way no mainstream Audi has yet managed. It grips hard, hardly understeers, even generates a semblance of feedback through the steering. Audi also offers three levels of suspension stiffness plus a trick magnetic ride option that’s well worth spending the extra on. The 1.4 TFSI and 1.8 TFSI petrol engines are effective, and more recent additions are the 1.2 TFSI and 1.4 TFSI ‘cylinder on demand’ motors, which bring a bit of diesel economy to the cleaner, quieter world of petrol cars. Most will still go for a 2.0 TDI, though there’s loads of choice if the post-Dieselgate world has put you off. The Audi A3 is a very smart looking car on the outside, with a bold grille and handsome profile, as well as the sharply angled headlights. You get a similar look on the other A3 models on sale – the A3 saloon, open-top A3 Cabriolet and rapid S3 and RS3. The Audi A3 is practical and easy to live with, too. Front passengers get plenty of seat adjustment and a good view of the road ahead and behind. Adults sat in the rear will also be comfortable with enough head, leg and shoulder room. Boot space is on a par with a VW Golf and a Ford Focus. All versions of the Audi A3 share one thing: an absolutely gorgeous interior, with top-level, class-defining fit and finish. The old A3 was, despite its age, at the top of its game in this area: the new one simply extends this leadership further, while bringing new features to the table too. These include on-board internet, fingertip recognition sat nav entry and Audi drive select. As for practicality, the hatchback ones are more flexible but the saloon has a huge boot. In the end the Audi A3 founded the premium hatchback genre, and it remains the best one. While a Mercedes A-Class prioritises comfort and a BMW 1 Series focuses on sharp handling, the A3 strikes a great compromise between the two. It doesn’t cost much more than a VW Golf to buy, either, making it a better value proposition than you might imagine. And with loads of petrol engines to choose from - not least the quite barmy 400bhp RS3 - you’ve plenty of options if you want to avoid diesel. This generation of A3, while updated, has been around since 2012, yet it’s still a mightily strong contender. #AClass #AudiA3 #A3#cargirl #fastcars #cargirls #carporn #RidinGirlsBlog #drivergirl #femaleriders #sexycar #AudiRS #RS #Audi #luxurycars #carchick #suvlady #suv #speed #roadracing #ridingsexy #carracing #truckgirl #sportcar #Audination #richgirls #Audilove #Audigirl #AudiRS6 #AudiRS3 #RS6 #BAE #RS #RS5 #AudiTT #AudiRS4 #quattro #RS3 #coupe #sportcar #Audir8 #Audigirls #rs7 #Audigirls #instacar #Audimotors #audiworld

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Fall 2020 Ready-To-Wear

Friday, 28 February 2020

Photo: Vogue

With only four more days to go at Paris Fashion Week, I decided to review my top 3 favourite designers from across the Big 4 cities so far as Fall 2020 rapidly draws to a conclusion.

Best Atmosphere - Gucci (Feb 19)

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Gucci opened Milan fashion at 3 PM on a Wednesday afternoon with a major bang. Alessandro Michele has always been insistent about creating live experiences but this show is evident that he has not ignored the demands of this modern digital age.

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Michele sent his show invitation via WhatsApp, an attention grabbing yet sustainable move that is a green alternative to the tons of waste created by show production.

Photo: YouTube

Michele stripped the show of walls, exposing the hair and makeup crew as they prepped 60 models, giving the crowd access to the action behind the scenes.

Photo: The Straits Times

The show was staged on a giant rotating platform which provided the audience with a full 360 degree view of the process that typically went behind a runway. “You were our show, and we were your show,” quoted Michele.

Photo: Marie Claire

For Gucci’s last season show, Michele took inspiration from the Tom Ford era during the 90′s. However, he seemed to go further back this Fall, seen in looks influenced by the clothes of young girls - school uniforms and pinafore dresses.

The avant-garde nature of Alessandro Michele that has become a captivating essence of Gucci, evident from his casting of modern models which were a stark contrast from the traditional clothes that they wore. There seemed an majority of overly thin models onstage, however. Truer body diversity would have made this show more resounding.

Best Design - Marine Serre

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“The hardest part is to keep calm in the eye of the storm,” quoted Marine Serre backstage a day before her 10:30 AM show on Tueday in Paris. “Things are changing so fast... But I am trying to keep calm and focus on creativity,” she added.

Photo: Vogue

Serre has always been attentive towards global issues and her description of the chaotic world today - from environment disasters to the recent coronavirus outbreak, rang crystal clear in her Fall 2020 collection. Her collaboration with Swedish face mask company Airinum took on a whole new meaning in light of the insecurity caused by the virus.

Marine Serre takes creative ideas from the world around us and the burning planet was a plight reflected in her signature moon logo, which looked as though it had been distorted by heat.

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Much of the collection focused on her label’s commitment to upcycling, which now accounts for 50% of her business, according to Serre. Intricately constructed outerwear was constructed out of leather and faux fur bedspreads and different looks utilising white lace-trimmed tablecloths.

Best Emerging Designer - Peter Do

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Peter Do flouts industry norms —avoiding the runway but that hasn’t stopped the industry from embracing him. His label is less than three years old but he counts Net-a-Porter, Dover Street Market, and Bergdorf Goodman as stockists.

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Fall is his fourth collection, a tribute to the final girl in horror films. “She’s the one who survives the journey and comes out stronger at the end,” he mused.

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There’s been a lot of tailoring in the Fall 2020 collections, but nobody’s jackets are as dynamic as Do’s: strong-shouldered, fitted through the waist, and elongated past the hips. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, as tailoring is Do’s forte at FIT. He prefers the expressing his aesthetic as “clean” compared to “minimal,” a trait he honed at Céline, helmed by the beloved Phoebe Philo.

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Do launched shoes for fall and he said they instantly became one of his best-selling categories. He’s making his shoes at the footwear factory that Ann Demeulemeester and Rick Owens use, with Do’s square-toe boots sharing an extreme profile with Owens’s especially.

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John Robertson Architects: Architecture Office

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Contemporary British Architecture Practice: UK Design Office News

31 May 2022

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John Robertson Architects Practice News, chronological:

JRA appoints new associate directors to its board

New associate directors at JRA (from left to right): Mark Wibberley, David Magyar (director), Kerri Cooke, Nathalie Bergvall, Angela St Clair-Ford, John Robertson (founder & director), Etain Fitzpatrick and Festus Moffat (director): photograph © Debra Hurford Brown

John Robertson Architects (JRA) has confirmed the appointment of five new associate directors.

The new associate directors – who between them bring almost 50 years’ experience of working at JRA – are Nathalie Bergvall, Kerri Cooke, Etain Fitzpatrick, Angela St Clair-Ford and Mark Wibberley. Their industry expertise ranges from office, residential, education and mixed-used schemes to undertaking client monitoring & compliance services and advising on heritage-related designs both in the UK and internationally.

Bergvall oversees design across all JRA’s projects, as well as bids and competitions. Cooke has a particular expertise in workplace refurbishment and reuse. Fitzpatrick’s experience focuses on delivering high-end developments which integrate public realm and infrastructure, often on constrained sites. St Clair-Ford specialises in workplace consultancy and fit-out of interiors for a range of educational and commercial occupiers. And Wibberley is an expert in client monitoring (CMT) using his extensive knowledge and project experience to ensure that technical requirements are contract compliant both in terms of design and during construction.

New associate directors at JRA (from left to right): Angela St Clair-Ford, David Magyar (director), Etain Fitzpatrick, Kerri Cooke, John Robertson (founder & director), Festus Moffat (director), Mark Wibberley and Nathalie Bergvall: photo © Debra Hurford Brown

The practice – founded in 1993 – has been involved with some of the most high-profile projects in London during the past decade including the Bush House and Aldwych Quarter, Great Arthur House, Bracken House, 33 King William Street and the recently completed Bloom, Clerkenwell. The appointments come at a time when the practice is looking to build on its existing portfolio of retrofitting Grade A office and mixed-used developments – particularly in London – while growing new workstreams in the workplace, sustainable retrofit, educational, residential, civic and other sectors.

Founding director John Robertson said: “The practice has built a strong reputation in the marketplace over the past three decades. The promotion of these five exceptional individuals recognises JRA’s evolution in recent years towards creating a portfolio of projects which places sustainability, diversity and wider ESG issues at its focus. It also reflects, I believe, our flexibility as an employer and our ability to nurture and encourage a committed team of top-quality designers.”

JRA is an award-winning AJ100 architectural practice with offices in London and Edinburgh. It employs around 60 people and its work has been recognised in recent years by organisations including the RIBA (National and London), the BCO, NLA and the Civic Trust.

More office news and design projects by John Robertson Architects – JRA online soon

Buildings by John Robertson Architects

Major Building Designs by JRA on e-architect – selection, chronological order:

22 Sep 2020 Frederick’s Place and Old Jewry, City of London, England, UK photograph : Peter Cook Frederick’s Place and Old Jewry London JRA has completed the sensitive refurbishment and restoration of 1-3 and 7-8 Frederick’s Place, and 35 Old Jewry, as part of its master plan for the Mercers’ Company.

6 Mar 2020 Skanska Headquarters, 51 Moorgate, City of London, England, UK photo © Peter Cook Skanska Headquarter in Moorgate The Skanska Headquarter premises will provide the world-leading project development and construction group with a new regional headquarters for its London projects, as well as offering additional sustainable Grade A office space to other occupiers.

6 Sep 2019 Cannon Green workplace design, near Cannon Street station, London, England, UK photo : Peter Cook Cannon Green London Workplace JRA has revitalised an existing office building in the City of London with a prominent new entrance hall and retail podium. Briefed by client Ocubis with creating “Clerkenwell meets the City”, Cannon Green provides a contemporary workplace environment complete with hot-desking and co-working spaces, as well as bike storage, showers and a cycle workshop.

3 Oct 2018 Bureau, Fetter Lane, Midtown, London, England, UK image courtesy of architects practice Fetter Lane Bureau in London Workspace Evans Randall Investors is pleased to announce the completion of Bureau, its high quality development at 90 Fetter Lane in London’s Midtown, which has created a signature building comprising more than 60,000 sq. ft. of offices and around 13,000 sq. ft. of flexible retail and office space. Evans Randall Investors is also pleased to announce that 40% of Bureau is under offer to a multinational company and owner of major consumer brands, which is planning to move its UK headquarters into the high specification accommodation.

26 Aug 2015 Broadgate Quarter Refurb, 1 Snowden Street, London, England, UK image courtesy of architects practice Broadgate Quarter, London Office Refurbishment John Robertson Architects (JRA) has completed the refurbishment of 1 Snowden Street at Broadgate Quarter, on the border of the City and Shoreditch in London. Completed on behalf of the building owner Hines, JRA’s work repositions the eleven year old building, bringing it up to the standard expected of office accommodation in this dynamic and changing area of the City.

Location: London, England, UK

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John Robertson Architects (JRA)

Since its formation in 1993, JRA has designed and delivered buildings that have established the firm’s reputation as innovative architects who consistently realise client’s ambitions and resolve complex problems with purpose and flair. Guided by founder John Robertson, the practice is led by Festus Moffat, David Magyar and Smita Bhat, supported by an accomplished team of associate directors. Together, they have wide ranging project experience in the UK, EMEA and international markets, and in masterplanning exercises across conceptual and detailed design stages. The practice’s portfolio spans the office, residential, heritage, education, hotel, compliance monitoring and residential sectors.

JRA is currently undertaking commercial, higher education and residential projects in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh, adding significant value through creative, sustainable and thoughtful design. JRA’s recent completed projects include the environmentally outstanding workspace Bloom Clerkenwell for HB Reavis, a historic complex of buildings at Frederick’s Place as part of the Mercers’ Company’s Estate, the prominent repositioning projects Bureau and The Ludgate, the new workplace concept at Cannon Green, and the redevelopment and fit out of Skanska’s headquarters at 51 Moorgate.

Website: https://www.jra.co.uk/

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Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme photograph © UK Parliament Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal

NoMad London, 4 Bow St, Covent Garden, WC2E 7AT Design: Roman and Williams photograph : Simon Upton NoMad London Hotel, Covent Garden

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One of the world’s largest chip makers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is reportedly set to increase costs, making it likely that smartphones and other devices will become more expensive in the future. Serving over half of the global foundry market, TSMC is already the microchip and semiconductor supplier for many industry-leading companies, including Apple and Nvidia. Microchips are one of the most important parts of a smartphone’s motherboard and can be stockpiled easily, leading to companies often ordering more than then need to ensure any demand can be met.

Prices for semiconductors and microchips have been steadily increasing since 2020. Some of the factors explaining the recent price inflation include higher costs for materials and logistics as well as device makers stocking up on as many chips as possible to compensate for the global microchip shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the continuing situation, there has already been a number of industry warnings made suggesting the price of devices could remain high for some time.

Related: Don’t Expect Chip Shortage To End In 2022, Warns TSMC

According to a report by Nikkei Asia, TSMC is preparing to increase production fees. Considering the dominance of TSMC in the market, the effects of the price increase could result in electronics becoming more expensive for the consumer. As Apple and Nvidia are some of TSMC’s clients, the next generation of iPhones as well as graphics cards could suddenly spike in price as the burden is passed to consumers. If the price increases do occur, they would likely begin from next year, with TSMC still currently fulfilling existing contracts and orders.

The price of wafers, the essential material microchips are printed on, is set to rise as well, further increasing the likelihood of a potential price spike. According to the report, Qualcomm, NXP and Nvidia at the chip level are likely to pass the price increase on to their own customers, including Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, HP, Dell, and Ford. In turn, this may result in these companies then passing the higher costs to their customers. Of course, many of these companies make a variety of different products with the suggestion being that those more heavily reliant on semiconductors, such as smartphones and PCs, could see a rise while less reliant products don’t increase in price at all.

The report also suggests that the price increase could impact on how companies view the importance of their varied products. For example, Nikkei citing Counterpoint Research, suggests that companies may opt to focus more on expensive electronics than cheaper ones due to the generally limited profit margins that are available to begin with. With the suggestion that some components could increase in cost by an eye-watering 500-percent, price hikes are looking like an unfortunate necessity of the smartphone and general electronics markets at the moment.

Next: World’s Top Smartphone Brand Debuts Budget-Friendly Flagship

Source: Nikkei Asia

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New Album: Troy Redfern - The Fire Cosmic

Release Date: 6 Aug 2021

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Troy Redfern's new album, The Fire Cosmic, is a Blues Rock masterpiece. It follows five unprecedented albums that he released in 2020.

Troy enlisted one of the best rhythm sections in the UK to record this album, including the legendary Darby Todd on drums (The Darkness, Robben Ford, Martin Barre, Paul Gilbert), virtuoso bass guitarist Dave Marks (Hans Zimmer), plus guitarist Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal (Guns ‘N Roses, Asia, Sons of Apollo) on the song On Fire. Troy describes this as “the ultimate dream team”.

The album was recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in North Wales. Troy says, “I chose Rockfield Studios because so much of the music I grew up listening to was recorded at this legendary studio (Queen, Black Sabbath, Mott The Hoople). The studio is hallowed ground for every musician, and the rooms there are charged with so much magic and history of all the iconic, classic albums that have been produced there.

“It was important for me to capture the raw energy of three guys playing live in the same place, at the same time. That’s something that you just can't get if you’re sending files from different locations, it doesn't have the same vibe or feel if you do it that way.”

Troy has cut his teeth and refined his style over the last few years, playing festival main stages and blazing a trail across Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia. He’s also become a well-known draw on the UK Blues Rock festival circuit, playing alongside rock luminaries including Robert Plant.

The forthcoming studio album is the culmination of everything Troy has learnt so far on his musical journey, and, more importantly, brings into sharp focus a much tighter song-writing and more visceral, muscular production style.

Rockfield’s vintage mics, mixing desk, and analogue outboard gear gave Win options to capture the dynamic performances on the album. Troy says, “It was important for the album to sound massive. It was a much bigger sound than anything that I’ve released before. As soon as we heard the first takes in the control, we were blown away. We knew that we captured something special. It sounded fantastic.”

Troy Redfern will be supporting Robert Jon & The Wreck on their UK Tour in September.

Robert Jon & The Wreck, support from Troy Redfern - September 2021 Thu 16 Sep - Cardiff, The Globe Fri 17 Sep - Sittingbourne, The Bourne Music Club Sat 18 Sep - Chester, Live Rooms Sun 19 Sep - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club Mon 20 Sep - Newcastle, The Cluny Tue 21 Sep - Manchester, Night & Day Wed 22 Sep - Nottingham, The Bodega Thu 23 Sep - London, The 100 Club Fri 24 Sep - Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms Sat 25 Sep - Aberdeen, Cafe Drummond Sun 26 Sep - Hartlepool, South Durham Steel Works Club

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Bitcoin Price Drop: The ‘Death Cross’ Comes for the Cryptocurrency.

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Bitcoin had a rocky weekend. Blame it on hash rates and death crosses.

Since Friday, Bitcoin has dropped about $ 3,000, or nearly 9%, to about $ 32,500. Bitcoin traded below this level on June 9, but it hasn’t closed below $ 33,000 since January.

China is the number one problem. The “hash rate,” which is essentially the amount of computing power used to mine Bitcoin, is falling as China cracks down on miners. China wants electricity for other things. China is responsible for much of the world’s bitcoin hashing.

Less mining means fewer coins, of course, and fewer coins could be a good thing for pricing in the long run. But for now, the specter of government interference outweighs supply / demand considerations.

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Bitcoin’s fall on Saturday created what market technicians are calling the “death cross”. This means that Bitcoin’s 50-day moving average has fallen below its 200-day moving average. A death cross can signal that the buying momentum is coming from a stock, market, or cryptocurrency.

With the declines on Monday, Bitcoin is about 50% down about 50% from its 52-week high from April of nearly $ 65,000.

What’s next is, frankly, everyone’s guess. Bitcoin is volatile and the lack of fundamentals makes it difficult to predict what’s next.

We’re not even going to try, except to say, buckle up.

—Al Root

*** Visit Barron’s on Tuesday lunchtime when corporate and philanthropic leaders consider initiatives to reduce the wealth gap. Viewers hear from executives from the Ford Foundation, BofA Securities and Exelon.

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Amazon’s Prime Day 2021 is here

Amazon.com‘s

Prime Day runs from today through Tuesday with 2 million deals for Amazon Prime buyers in 20 countries, but is being postponed in Canada and India. It’s the first time the event takes place in June. Last year’s Prime Day in October got Christmas shopping going.

The annual promotion is usually nothing for Amazon investors because of the e-commerce giant does not disclose financial details about the event, sales milestones only.

Amazon says its second-quarter revenue forecast of $ 110 billion to $ 116 billion, up 30% from last year, includes forecasts for Prime Day. Last year Amazon called “the two greatest days of all time for third party vendors“Instead of the biggest shopping event in the company’s history as before.

The lack of microchips can be too less discounts on personal electronics such as Sony PS5s, Nintendo Switches, and high-end computers, retail experts told MarketWatch.

While retailers overall saw a rebound in their sales, Amazon’s $ 26 billion in pandemic profits was more than the amount for the past three years combined. First quarter earnings tripled to $ 8.1 billion.

What’s next: The success of Prime Days has led Amazon’s rivals to offer membership-free promotions such as: Walmart‘s

Deals for Days (until Wednesday), Targets Deal Days (until Tuesday) and Best buy‘s

Larger offers (until Tuesday).

—Eric J. Savitz and Janet H. Cho

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Americans are 65% vaccinated

On Sunday, Virginia became the 16th state, as well as the District of Columbia and Guam meeting President Joe Biden’s goal of vaccinating 70% of adults with at least one vaccination. Overall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 65.4% of American adults are partially vaccinated.

The US administered more than 300 million vaccinations in less than 150 days, Biden said on Friday, days after confirming 600,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths.

According to the CDC, 149.6 million Americans are fully vaccinated. or nearly 56% of adults and 77% of people 65 and over.

Confirmed coronavirus cases averages around 12,000 per day, according to the CDC, 95% less than 252,000 in early January. Hospital stays on average about 2,000 per day and deaths about 286 per day, the lowest since March 27, 2020.

The coronavirus death toll in Brazil was second only to the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University. Brazil has fully vaccinated 11% of its population. India, where only 3.6% of the population is fully vaccinated, has reported more than 386,000 deaths, the third highest number.

What’s next: The Israeli Ministry of Health ordered on Sunday that all visitors to a performance last week after the recent outbreaks of the Delta variant there must be quarantined for 14 days, including people who have been vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-19. Israel lifted all of its coronavirus restrictions on June 1.

—Janet H. Cho

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With FTSE Russell Rebalancing, meme stocks come and go

FTSE Russell will rebalance its US stock indices after the market closes this Friday, an annual exercise that will impact benchmarks, which Bloomberg says are linked to $ 10.6 trillion in investor wealth, and a potential boost for stocks that have caught the attention of retailers this year.

Changes in the index members were determined on the basis of market values from May 7th. To switch to the large cap Russell 1000 index, an existing one Russell 2000 The stock required a market cap of more than $ 7.3 billion on that day.

GameStop had a market cap of $ 11.2 billion on ranking day, while AMC Entertainment had $ 4.3 billion The paths diverge on the two best-known retail meme stocks.

On June 28th, all Russell 2000 funds will have to sell GameStop as it leaves the small-cap universe while Russell 1000 funds will buy it.

The Barron’s Future Focus Stock Index was rebalanced after last Friday’s close of trading. City group,

Capital One Finance,

Southwest Airlines,

and Raytheon Technologies were added while five stocks were removed.

What’s next: Three times as much money is invested in passive funds that track the Russell 1000 indices, which huge companies like. belong Apple and Microsoft,

than those who track the Russell 2000 indices. Historically, stocks that moved from the small-cap 2000 to the large-cap 1000 will lag their old index for the next year.

—Liz Moyer

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Goldman Sachs

Expansion into transaction banking in the UK

Goldman Sachs said Monday it would launch transactional banking activities in the UK and offer cash management and treasury services to corporate clients to help expand its presence and diversify its operations in the country.

The decision is coming a year after the bank launched a similar service in the US Its TxB platform has since attracted more than 250 clients and over $ 35 billion in deposits. Goldman said.

The US financial services group launched its online retail bank Marcus in the UK in 2018.

rival JPMorgan Chase said it last week closed a deal to buy UK online wealth management platform Nutmeg 700 million pounds.

What’s next: Regardless of Brexit, the US investment banking giants seem to think that the UK market still offers serious growth opportunities, if only as a basis for further European expansion.

—Pierre Briançon

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UK retailer Morrisons rejects $ 7.6 billion takeover bid for US private equity

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who was with her suitor forced by British regulations to confirm the offer After media leaks last week, its board of directors said that on June 17, its board of directors rejected a “very conditional non-binding proposal” of 230 pence per share.

Morrisons is the fourth largest retailer in the UK, with 100,000 employees.

The company’s share price rose to nearly 235 pence on Monday, suggesting markets are expecting the U.S. private equity firm to improve its offering. or another suitor to start a bidding war.

What’s next: The Morrisons management team does not appear to be generally hostile to a sale. According to the UK takeover rules, Clayton, Dubilier Rice now has until July 17th to submit a firm offer.

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Biden to Address Chip Shortages With Executive Action

WASHINGTON— President Biden will sign an executive order Wednesday directing a broad review of supply chains for critical materials—from semiconductors to pharmaceuticals and rare-earth minerals—with the aim of spurring domestic production while strengthening ties with allies.

A chip shortage is squeezing auto makers in the U.S. and world-wide, and Biden administration officials have been working with industry to free up supplies. Cars use chips for numerous systems, including engine management, automatic braking and assisted driving.

The executive order calls for a 100-day review of supply chains for four areas: semiconductors, used in products from cars to phones, large-capacity batteries used in electric vehicles, pharmaceuticals and rare-earth elements that are key to technology and defense. For example, neodymium is needed for the solid-state lasers used to designate missile targets.

Bags of rare-earth concentrates at a California mine. China dominates the market for rare-earth elements.

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Mr. Biden’s order will also call for a separate, one-year review of supply chains covering six broader sectors, from technology to food production, said Peter Harrell, senior director at the National Security Council for international economics and competitiveness.

The executive order wouldn’t fix the near-term chip shortage, White House officials acknowledged, but the hope is to produce a longer-term plan to help the federal government prevent future supply-chain problems.

In a letter to Mr. Biden Wednesday, Sens. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Chris Coons (D., Del.) praised the 100-day supply-chain review. They said Mr. Biden should also take faster action to address the chip shortage, recommending he invoke the Defense Production Act to “incentivize or, if necessary, require American companies to retain their domestic capacities during this time.”

Matt Blunt, president of the American Automotive Policy Council, said the administration is showing leadership on the problem but the industry needs faster results. “We definitely would encourage continued focus on what can be done to encourage suppliers to meet all of the automotive orders, which right now is not being done,” he said.

Administration officials said the government intends to encourage domestic production with incentives such as job-training programs and business loans, in addition to using the federal procurement process for more American-made purchases. The administration will also explore limiting some imports, officials said. But no specifics were offered Wednesday.

The officials said the administration could use the Defense Production Act, which Mr. Biden is using for vaccine production and securing more Covid-19 equipment, to spur more domestic manufacturing of critical products. The government is expected to also look to public-private partnerships while aiming to shore up relations with allies to address common supply vulnerabilities, such as semiconductors, they said.

“This problem was decades in the making. We can solve it by making smart investments that are long term in nature, that reach families and workers in all of America,” said Sameera Fazili, deputy director of the National Economic Council.

While White House officials said the executive action isn’t aimed at one particular country, it comes as U.S. interest rises in combating China and fostering ties with other supplier countries. China dominates the rare-earths market and is a major player in other supply areas, including pharmaceuticals.

A handful of suppliers from Europe, Japan and the U.S. dominate the global auto-chip market, while China largely relies on imports. Shortages in the auto industry, one of the largest consumers of computer chips, were first noticed in China.

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The current global chip shortage is driven by the pandemic and increased demand for products used while people work at home. The shortage has hampered auto production around the world. Ford Motor Co. recently said that it would cut production of the F-150 pickup truck—one of its most profitable and popular models—because of the chip shortage. General Motors Co. has extended shutdowns at some North American plants into March.

The White House has asked U.S. embassies to identify ways foreign countries and companies could help address the chip shortage, and it has held meetings with auto companies and suppliers to urge them to look for steps they could take in the short-term to alleviate the crunch. Among those involved in the push are Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, and Brian Deese, Mr. Biden’s top economic adviser.

In a statement Wednesday, Ford said it appreciated Mr. Biden’s efforts to resolve the short-term crunch and to review longer-term ways to improve supply chains. “It is incredibly important for our labor force, our customers and our business that we have a commitment to end this shortage as soon as possible,” the company said.

The Semiconductor Industry Association also welcomed the efforts while urging the president and Congress to invest more in domestic chip manufacturing and research. “Doing so will ensure more of the chips our country needs are produced on U.S. shores, while also promoting sustained U.S. leadership in the technology at the heart of America’s economic strength and job creation, national security, and critical infrastructure,” the group said.

Last week, a group of associations representing technology companies, the automotive industry and other business interests sent a letter to Mr. Biden calling for action to improve supply chains, including promoting the construction of semiconductor-manufacturing facilities and investing in research.

“We believe the need is urgent and now is the time to act,” the letter said.

Before signing the executive order Wednesday, Mr. Biden is scheduled to meet with a bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers to discuss supply-chain issues that have grown more visible during the pandemic.

Mr. Biden will link the executive order to his overall plans to create U.S. jobs, particularly in manufacturing that has lost ground to foreign competition, such as China. The administration believes spurring new manufacturing would create jobs in communities of color, officials said. The White House views it as an issue that will allow Republicans and Democrats to work together to create jobs in the U.S.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said Tuesday that work had begun on a bipartisan package to address competition with China, including new investments in domestic semiconductor manufacturing.

“Right now, semiconductor manufacturing is a dangerous weak spot in our economy and in our national security. That has to change,” Mr. Schumer said, citing the auto industry. “We cannot rely on foreign processors for the chips. We cannot let China get ahead of us into production.”

The tech battle between the U.S. and China has battered TikTok and Huawei and startled American companies that produce and sell in China. WSJ explains how Beijing is pouring money into high-tech chips as it wants to become self-sufficient. Video/Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal

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Williamson is USMNT's late bloomer making up for lost time

9:15 AM ETPatience is an attribute that can both help and hinder a player. Careers are short, so there is value in constantly pushing for more minutes and more responsibility. Standing still can waylay a career. But there are moments when it helps to bide one's time, lay a foundation of work and shore up weaknesses in one's game, which can then result in success down the road.Throughout his career, Eryk Williamson has had to navigate this duality, although you would never know it watching him now. With the Portland Timbers, Williamson has become a mainstay in midfield, providing a valuable link between the defensive-minded skills of Diego Chara and the more dynamic play of Diego Valeri.The 24-year-old has now parlayed that into his first forays with the U.S. men's national team. Last Sunday Williamson made his international debut, helping the U.S. to close out a 1-0 victory over Haiti in the Gold Cup. He followed that up with his first start in a 6-1 win against Martinique, showing well in midfield and adding an assist on Miles Robinson's goal.But Williamson has been anything but an overnight success. Along the way he's learned that even when he's pushing for more, there are no shortcuts, and that means there are moments when he needs to bide his time."I think we get caught up in the bigger picture a lot of the times, especially as athletes. 'I want to be where Tyler Adams is. I want it to be tomorrow'. But there's so many steps," he told ESPN. "You're talking to the Tylers, you talk to the guys and it wasn't one day where, boom, you flip a switch. It's chipping away at it every day, and I think that's the mentality we have here . One day at a time and make sure I can put myself in the best position."- Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) - Don't have ESPN? Get instant accessWilliamson claims to have been pretty easygoing growing up. It was only when he got older that he seemed to be in a rush. But his mother, Nicole Brisco, who raised Eryk and his three siblings on her own, isn't buying it."Eryk was very impatient. He always wanted something to happen right away," she said to ESPN. "I noticed when he tried out for the first year for , and he didn't make the national pool, he wanted to give up soccer. It just tore him apart. And I just said, 'You've got to be patient.'"She adds with a laugh, "I guess he eventually got there. But that was the roughest trip back home from Pennsylvania I've ever had to do in my life. I don't know who cried more. I think I did."Williamson did indeed get there, although there were some blind alleys that he went down. A native of Alexandria, Virginia, he stood out in the talent-rich area of the DMV. His time at D.C. United's academy, as a youth international and at the University of Maryland had him pegged for great things. This was a player who could do it all in midfield, be it carry the ball into attack, set up scoring opportunities, as well as defend, giving him a distinct profile among American midfielders.Then his career hit a wall. A trade for his Homegrown rights from D.C. United to Portland in 2018 was expected to provide an opening to take the next step in his career. Instead, Williamson found himself stuck with Portland's reserve team. A loan spell that same year with Santa Clara in Portugal was hoped to provide some additional playing time, but resulted in him playing nary a minute in six months. Upon his return to Portland, his prospects didn't improve all that much. While he was handed a smattering of first-team minutes, he largely remained outside the reckoning.2 RelatedIn the view of Portland manager Giovanni Savarese, he saw a player in Williamson that wasn't doing everything that he could."I think when you are so talented, things are so easy, and you can get by with the minimum," Savarese told ESPN about Williamson. "You're still very good, but I don't want the minimum of you. I want the best of you."It was in that period that patience proved to indeed be a virtue for Williamson and forced a reexamination of his approach to his career. Rather than focus on the broader picture of what he didn't have or why he wasn't in the lineup, he put his energy into the little steps that it took to improve his game."For me, was an eye-opener," he said. "I think once I got back from there, it was, 'This is what I need to go out and do every day.' I got into a routine of: Can I be the best player on the field? Can I set the goal that Gio was going to come up to me and say, 'Yes, you're the best player in training this week, this month.' I took that into 2020."What emerged was a motivational mosaic. Williamson went down to Costa Rica for the 2020 preseason determined to leave Savarese with no choice but to put him in the lineup. He studied more film and took advice from the likes of longtime friend Jeremy Ebobisse and Chara. He began to feel more confidence from Savarese as well. The goals then expanded, from being the best in practice to getting into games, to influencing games, to excelling.Then the pandemic hit, and the league was shut down.Eryk Williamson has made a strong first impression with the USMNT, making his senior international debut at the Gold Cup. John Dorton/ISI Photos/Getty Images"I started the year so well, and then I thought all that preseason, all the work, the video, all the little technical things I was working on was all going to waste," he said.Another emotional hit came when his grandmother, Aileen Ford, died that April. The two were close, with Ford among Williamson's go-to supporters when times got difficult."They had such a great relationship," Brisco said about her son and mother. "Eryk doesn't talk about a lot of stuff like that. But I really think that that really pushed him last year, and he really, really came on."Savarese isn't sure what changed, but when Williamson returned for the MLS Is Back Tournament (which the Timbers won) he looked like a different player."I think something right in the pandemic clicked," Savarese said. "It's like something he understood. 'This is what I'm missing. This is what I need to do.' Then when he came back from the pandemic I was like, 'Wow, he got it.'"

The beautiful game lives here. Unlock world-class coverage of top leagues, tournaments and teams. Sign up now to stream soccer on ESPN+SATURDAY, JULY 17 • Club Brugge v Genk (2.30 p.m. ET) • NY Red Bulls v Miami (7 p.m. ET) • Cincinnati v Montreal (7:30 p.m. ET) • Columbus v NY City (7:30 p.m. ET) • Toronto v Orlando (7:30 p.m. ET) • Philadelphia v DC United (7:30 p.m. ET) • Nashville v Chicago (8:30 p.m. ET) • Colorado v San Jose (9 p.m. ET) • Vancouver v LA Galaxy (10 p.m. ET) • Portland v FC Dallas (10:30 p.m. ET) • LAFC v Salt Lake (10:30 p.m. ET) Williamson was soon borderline irreplaceable, but that was by no means the end of his arduous journey. Called into the January camp, an ankle injury slowed his progress. U.S. manager Gregg Berhalter cited that as a big reason why U.S. U23 manager Jason Kreis left Williamson off the roster for the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. It was a move that raised eyebrows from the moment it was announced, and given the way that team struggled in attack, there has been no change in the sentiment that Williamson would have helped a side that ultimately failed to qualify for Tokyo.But Savarese's observation that Williamson made things look so easy is revealing, almost as if there was trust that needed to be built up over time that he was giving his all, as well as an understanding of which buttons to press and when."I think you have to get to know because he's a very smart kid, very clever," Savarese said. "You need to make sure that you have a good conversation, for him to understand what is asked for him to do. You need to create a relationship, you need to understand what he's capable of, you need to understand the moments to push him a little bit more."By then, Williamson had learned to be able to handle the snub, and how to move on from it. The style that Kreis' team played is similar to Berhalter's and added to his experience in January. That made coming into this camp more seamless."Just figure out what is being asked of me and what I need to do to be into a team knowing that there's so many different ways to play in this midfield," Williamson said. "And there's so many competitive players that I'm competing against. So it's just a lot of what's being asked and also taking what I'm doing in Portland and my skill sets and transferring it into performances with a national team."Now Williamson has found some equilibrium in his career. He's still ambitious, but knows to keep his focus on the present. Is there some regret that this realization didn't come earlier? Williamson muses that if it had maybe he would have broken through when he was younger, but also notes, "Maybe I needed to shape myself as a pro."The reality is for some players that light of doing the little things never turns on. For Williamson, it's now illuminating the way to a brighter future. Read the full article

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EVs Catch Fire. How To Pick Winners: Arrival Channels Henry Ford’s Ghost

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EVs Catch Fire. How To Pick Winners: Arrival Channels Henry Ford’s Ghost

Electric Vehicle (EV) startups have been on fire. (Poetic and cautionary.) How to pick the long-term winners?

Beyond pioneer and leader, Tesla, who will emerge as a winner from amongst 100s of new competitors? … [] Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during an event to launch the new Tesla Model X Crossover SUV on September 29, 2015 in Fremont, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Setting aside Tesla, the undisputed leader, a good start would be to focus on EV makers with revenues, such as Chinese players like NIO and XPeng (ticker: XPEV), or booked orders with commercial customers, like Lordstown Motors (ticker: RIDE). Customer contracts are always a great sign.

However, when an industry faces fundamental transformation, refer to history. Winners in the original automobile revolution weren’t distinguished simply by making great cars. Many did. Nearly all failed.

What Won The First Automobile Revolution? Innovation Beyond The Car.

From 1895 onward, at least 1900 automobile companies percolated in the USA alone. The few who prevailed brought industry-level vision to the battle. General Motors won by aggregating automakers to serve every customer, from Chevrolet’s bargain dependability to iconic 20th Century luxury brand Cadillac.

1928: American inventor and industrialist Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) and his son, automobile … [] executive Edsel Ford (1893 – 1943), sit in ‘The Fifteenth Millionth Ford’. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ford brought mass production to a new level. While not the first to the assembly line game, Ford played biggest and best. When completed in 1928, Ford’s River Rouge complex became the largest integrated factory in the world. It inspired scale within industrial enterprises worldwide. They drove down prices and created the automotive mass market.

Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge Complex, the largest industrial facility in the world when it … [] commenced operations in 1928.

Leading The New Mobility Revolution

Who of the current swarm of EV players has vision beyond the vehicle— and who’s making it happen?

I expect UK-based EV manufacturer Arrival to be one of the winners. Benefitting from two colliding investment maelstroms, SPACs and EVs, Arrival recently announced a merger and reverse listing with Special Acquisition Corporation (SPAC) CIIG Acquisitions Corporation (ticker: CIIC). CIIC shares have vaulted over 50% in the past WEEK, though 10% to 30% daily swings aren’t unusual in this SPAC EV cohort.

(I’m not making a stock recommendation. If you’re interested, consider waiting for a pullback. Many SPACs surge following news of a merger with a compelling private company, then pullback for a while before nearing the actual re-listing event.)

Three of EV company Arrival’s prototype vehicles.

In addition to $1.2 billion in confirmed orders from customers such as UPS, the company offers a grand strategy beyond most of their peers.

Arrival focuses on commercial customers, which offer potential for large contracts. While that’s not unique, the company goes further by configuring their entire business— development, production and go-to-market— around customization.

Commercial vehicle customers often require far greater customization than consumers. A UPS (an Arrival customer and investor) delivery lorry requires different features and configurations than a Snap-On Tools truck or city bus.

Arrival’s solution enables customization at scale. Henry Ford drove standardization— for years, Ford’s Model-T was only available in black— to drive down prices. Arrival proposes the opposite: to dramatically enhance customization and response time for commercial customers, at costs competitive to traditional internal combustion and diesel versions.

Their “microfactories” leverage robotics and automation to achieve greater customization and do so physically closer to demand. Via material choices and modular design, Arrival optimizes its product platforms for distributed manufacturing. The company explains, “Designing vehicles for Microfactory assembly is core to our product development process.”

Part of Arrival’s robotic, automated production facility. Small, flexible facilities enable … [] introduction of production closer to demand. Each facility will be able to produce economically at volumes far lower than traditional vehicle production capacity.

In addition to better responding to customer demands, such a capability could help shape them. The ability to produce low volume runs of custom vehicles could support customer experiments in the field. They could try various options, then scale up what works, faster and at lower cost than ever before.

If Arrival’s strategy works, it’s liable to be far more responsive to local demands and perhaps even local politics. “Each Microfactory serves a city or its community— sourcing from the local area and developing custom vehicles for the region they’re in.” Imagine bidding for government contracts with locally produced buses, contributing valued-added jobs to the mix— while your competitor sources from overseas.

A visual of Arrival’s planned microfactory, to open in South Carolina in 2021. The installation … [] includes a $46 million investment, far more cost effective than typical automotive production facilities.

In addition to its original plant in the UK, the company plans to open a microfactory in South Carolina by mid-2021.

Proximity: The Future Of All Business

Arrival illustrates one of the essential dynamics driving change across all industries: proximity. (See my Forbes article from 2017, The Future of All Business.)

Digital technologies enable us to distribute capabilities from sensing, data collection and analytics to decision making, production and service at more precise, granular locations across the economy. As a result, digital technologies push the production and provision of products and services ever closer to the moment of demand.

Literally pushing production closer to the point of demand in time and space.

Imagine if you could produce exactly what each individual customer wants at precisely the time and place they’re ready to pay for it. Customization opportunities explode. Waste, production overruns, excess inventory all collapse. Transportation and logistics costs decline. Sustainability metrics improve.

Arrival’s strategy manifests this trend. Decades from now, we will still have massive plants where it makes most economic sense. But we’ll also have mid-sized facilities closer to demand, small-scale plants in urban areas and even desktop printer-sized capabilities on your kitchen counter. 3D printing company Desktop Metal, also going public via a SPAC (Trine Acquisition Corp ticker: TRNE), foreshadows this future.

3D printing equipment maker, Desktop Metal, planning a merger with a SPAC, Trine Acquisition Corp … [] (TRNE), in late December, 2020, offers metal additive manufacturing equipment from desktop to factory production scale, shown here.

Global supply chains will become hybridized, thus far more flexible and resilient to shocks such as pandemics.

While it’s impossible to know for sure how Arrival will perform long term, they have far better foresight than most of their peers. Major investments from Hyundai, Kia and BlackRock suggest that vision has a shot at reality.

Take a cue from Arrival and Henry Ford. Build your business around the future, not the past. Consider how proximity relates to your offerings, customers and markets. Chances are your competitors— existing and upstart— already are. And expect some well-funded SPACs to be hovering, too.

(Disclosure: At time of publication, I do not own shares in CIIC but do have a small position in TRNE.)

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