Adam O'Neill
A survivor of the untamed bushland of rural Australia, Adam escaped for the safety of Sydney the day after he graduated high school—a date that happened to coincide with his eighteenth birthday. As so many young people do, however, he fell in with a rough crowd: a sword-wielding, armour-wearing, pipe-smoking gang of medieval battle re-enactors. Soon after he met his wife, Chana, he lost the armour but kept the pipe.
Fast forward a decade and Adam combined his love of pipes with a newfound passion, photography, which is how we found him and dragged him, kicking and screaming through customs, to South Carolina. During his three and half years with Laudisi in the US, Adam worked as a copywriter before making the transition to photography, then combined the two roles to become our first social media specialist.
Given his deep knowledge of the secrets of Smokingpipes’s marketing department, not to mention his experience navigating an international move, Adam was a natural choice to lead our marketing efforts here in Europe. In addition to taking care of our marketing — including copy, site photography, and social media — Adam leads our customer service department, liaises with our US programmers, and helps out with general administration.
L'assurdità dell'aspettativa
28 May 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Fatta eccezione per quelli abbastanza fortunati da essere nati con una pipa tra le mani, una copia malconcia de "Il buio oltre la siepe" in tasca e una testa piena zeppa di aforismi, molti di noi hanno attraversato una sorta di seconda maturità passando da giovani adulti ad adulti veri e propri. Per quanto mi riguarda, l'aver varcato la soglia della maturità alla fine dei vent'anni ha comportato una perdita di quelle aspettative sociali che alimentavano la mia ostilità nei confronti di chi mi circondava.
La folie de l'expectative
27 May 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Hormis ceux qui ont eu la chance de naître avec une pipe dans la main, une vieille édition de "Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur" dans la poche et la tête pleine d'aphorismes, la plupart d'entre nous traversent une sorte de seconde maturation, passant ainsi de jeune adulte à véritable adulte. En ce qui me concerne, le passage au vrai âge adulte, vers la fin de la vingtaine, a requis de lâcher prise sur certaines expectatives sociales qui alimentaient ma rancœur envers les personnes qui m'entouraient.
The Folly of Expectation
25 May 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Excepting those of us lucky enough to be born with a pipe in hand, a battered copy of "To Kill A Mockingbird" in our pocket, and a head full of aphorisms, most of us go through some sort of second maturation from young adult to full-fledged adult. For me, graduating into real adulthood in my late 20s involved letting go of social expectations that fueled ill will toward those around me.
Peterson Pipe Of The Year 2019
13 May 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Con una storia che risale al XVI secolo, è inevitabile che alcuni aspetti legati all'arte di fumare la pipa si siano persi nel tempo. Materiali, tecniche, metodi tradizionali di lavorazione e forme sono così caduti nell'oblio nel corso dei secoli.
Pipe de l'Année 2019 Peterson
13 May 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Les archives relatives à l'art de fumer la pipe remontent au XVIe siècle et il est par conséquent inéluctable que, dans ce domaine, bien des aspects se soient perdus au fil du temps. Matériaux, techniques, méthodes traditionnelles de préparation et formes de pipes sont ainsi tombés dans l'oubli.
Peterson's 2019 Pipe Of The Year
10 May 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
With a recorded history stretching as far as the sixteenth century, it's somewhat inevitable that some aspects of pipe smoking have been lost to time. Crafting materials, techniques, traditional methods of preparation and yes, shapes, have all at some point been lost.
I primi sfondi di Smokingpipes Europe
30 April 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Se sei nostro cliente fin dall'epoca in cui esisteva solo il sito americano e se sei, inoltre, un lettore del nostro blog, ricorderai che abbiamo proposto di tanto in tanto alcune delle nostre immagini come sfondi desktop.
Notre première série de fonds d'écran
30 April 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Si vous êtes un de nos clients depuis l'époque où seul le site américain existait et si vous consultiez le blog, vous vous rappelez peut-être que nous proposons occasionnellement une sélection de nos images en format fond d'écran.
Our First Batch Of Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds
29 April 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
If you've been a customer of ours since it was just the US site and, more specifically, read the blog you might remember that we'd occasionally offer some of our library of images as desktop backgrounds.
Journée internationale des fumeurs de pipe 2019
20 February 2019 by
Adam O'Neill
Il n'y a encore pas si longtemps, fumer la pipe était en somme considéré comme une pratique solitaire, si tant est que cette dernière était considérée tout court. Comment sommes-nous donc passés de la pipe en tant qu'objet utilitaire à une compagne chérie et honorée et, de plus en plus, à une œuvre d'art en soi ?