Local favorites Death Shred‘s new fall-winter collection up for grabs in their store. Great new stuff amongst their line of tee’s, sweaters, … Digging the direction their heading into with the latest collection’s designs by the way.

Also, check them out on facebook in order to keep posted on future stuff from them. Keep it up! Buy while their stock lasts

 

Kid Robot & Swatch have been a favorites of mine for a while so I could not have been more delighted to see yet another collab as this take place. I had been longing for one of my own for a while … et voila

Its Frank Kozik‘s (his name by creating full-color silk screened posters for various legendary rock bands of the 90s) contribution to the collection. ”I wanted to make the designs as clean as possible,” he explains “I like Swatch for its plastic future sense.”

As Flava Flav‘s iconically states “What time is it?!”

What happens when you set up a four day paint jam somewhere in the English countryside? Supremebeing set it up and captured it all in the clip below which features live painting by artists David Walker, She One, Mr Jago, Will Barras and Bue The Warrior.

There’s a new ipad app in town. For the natives, you can read all about it on Freaky.

“HeyHey Colors brings the colorful world of street artist Bue the Warrior in an amazing iPad coloring book to your child’s fingertips. Bue the Warrior’s iconic figures have been bringing joy and color to cities around the world. Now everyone has the chance to dive into his amazing universe.”

Nothing but love for this kids’ colouring app and the people behind it. I tested a beta-version of the app a while back and was blown away by its simplicity & great design. If you have kids, or to be honest even without kids, I would suggest you buy it and start colouring right away.

The Pool was more than a BMX comp, it was one of the most extra-ordinary gatherings of the BMX community this century.

From the draining of a soon to be demolished local authority swimming pool in Dagenham, East London, into a world class park in less than two weeks was a feat in itself, but to see the diversity and level or riding on display at the launch event was truly remarkable.

40 international riders with a brand new team format saw non-comp riders, veterans, street destroyers and park animals all throw down into something far better than we could have dreamt of.

Last week I happened to hear see that Sneakerpedia (which we previously had mentioned) draw lots of attention as it finally got launched. Love the project & idea behind it as it finely illustrates the sneaker mania that is picking up momentum everyday. A great idea and way of documenting this phenomenon anyways.

Besides the authentic collector pur sang there are also a lot of sneaker addicts out there who will do just about anything to show off their love for sneakers. Having said so, over the past few weeks videos featuring sneakerheads doing some extraordinary things have emerged online. Amongst which this great example of sneaker street art in Paris.

It has been inspired by Foot Locker, who in order to celebrate the global Sneaker Movement and capture all of its enthusiasm, has set up www.itsasneakerthing.eu, a hub for passionate people to come and share their passion for sneakers! I have gone through some pretty awesome contributions/content and must say I favourited the Lace Street Art most until now.

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It didn’t snow in Tahoe for almost the entire month of January. Out of curiosity and boredom Corey Smith decided to attempt to build some handmade snowboards. He was interested in long boarding style in surfing and exploring similar concepts on snow. He wanted to deconstruct contemporary snowboarding down to its simplest element and find beauty in simply turning.

So he ended up building some experimental snowboards. When it finally did snow record amounts in Tahoe he was glad it did. These boards provided a completely unique snowboarding experience and opened up a world of terrain previously inaccessible on traditional snowboards.

COMUNE // SPRING BREAK from COMU?E on Vimeo.

[through MashKulture]

Be part of something.

I’ve been a fan for a while now and know how much hard work and offert the Guys from DeadSerious! DeathShred put into their work. Great stuff, like their spankin’ brand new video featuring team member William Spencer (aka the skate ninja).

Take a time-out, have a look and definitely check out their other stuff.

“Heart over head. Inclusion over ego. United by passion, we go all in. Go all in.”

After having teased us for a while with a battery of short clips, Adidas dropped their latest worldwide campaign and we are digging the whole Gavras x Justice x Adidas collab. Just like their previous ones, Adidas calls in a couple of friends with Lionel Messi, B.o.B, Beckham, Katy p Perry, Ed Banger and Derrick Rose amongst many other.

Great to see mixed reactions amongst several mad men when it comes to the new Adidas campaign. Maybe they have got a different mindset as Adidas definitely slam-dunked this one in my opinion.

Soundtrack is “Civilization” from the new Justice album which should drop in April.

Charlie Sheen got the interwebs buzzin’. Got to love the man! Anyone remember Hot Shots?

The fastest certified twitter account to reach a million followers and he’s destined to make a whole lot of money with it.

I can’t help but wonder how this elaborate marketing stunt came to be and guess its about time someone gave the man his own reality tv show. You’re either in Sheen’s-Korner or you’re with the trolls and right now he’s winning. Definitely check/follow his Ustream casts, they are hilarious.

The project was created by Joris Debeij, a European currently residing in LA, who wants to document the city through portraits of intriguing and unique personalities living there. Each single one on people who found a specific niche for themselves in a city of millions.

Enjoy the selected clips, we know we did.

Salvador Preciado has lived in East LA for most of his life. Growing up, he always was impressed by the tattoos worn by local gang members and he later decided to become a full-time tattoo artist. Sal is now the proud owner of El Clasico Tattoo, a tattoo shop in Echo Park.

Sean Martin has been riding bikes for over ten years. He started out on a BMX and now feels “one” with his fixed-gear bike while riding through the streets of LA.

Imagine this: There are mature fruit trees planted and cared for all over your neighborhood, so you can just pick fresh fruit and enjoy it as you walk down the street, without ever needing to go hungry. The guys of Fallen Fruit started 7 years ago as a one-time project that involved mapping out the locations of public fruit trees.

Besides making great products they also make great content such as the following clip of an expedition this past September in which TNF Snowboarder’s Xavier De Le Rue , Lucas Debari , and David Porchron ventured down to Chile with the Transworld Snowboarding crew to shred some long forgotten lines inside a volcano.

Strange we had not picked this up before. A great production showing the city we live & work in from another perspective.

For those amongst you who had not previously heard about POSTRmagazine, its a free quarterly magazine printed on an A1 size poster which then gets folded and distributed all over the world to selected art centres, concert halls, shops and certain restaurants as a free magazine. An authentic concept which comes as a poster because they would like you to put them up. On your front door, your kitchen window, your bedroom ceiling or even nailed to the door of your local city hall. You can read their extensive mission statement/about overhere. I suggest you do, as its something to ponder upon.

Now the latest issue, nº 8, has been published:

“This time we decided it was time to talk about design and who’s behind all those objects that surround us every day. Why, we hear you ask. Indeed, the dandy designer does not stand tall when placed amongst a line-up next to the international gunrunner, the money laundering politician and child-molesting arch bishop. He is a luxury problem, a man pilfering only from the pockets of those who don’t know what else to spend their hard-earned money on.
On the other hand, design might also be the field that holds the key to the creation of our future as it constantly raises our standard of living with every new idea that is conceived. In fact, when asked about who might be the ones to save us from premature extinction our thoughts go to designers like Jacques Fresco, visionaries who consider the design of something better as scientifically inevitable, a part of evolution, the next step towards living in the future. In that sense, design is the embodiment of our evolution as an intelligent species. That’s why these counter-culture Monkeys dived in, head first and talked to a few of these culprits to see what they had to say in their defense.”

I try and pick up each issue and really should take up a subscription #notetoself. So should you, so keep your eyes open in stores near you. I even heard they’ve found their way to Berlin, Amsterdam & Paris. Now go out and play in what remains of the snow

The greatest sneaker archiving project is about to start as footlocker is going to attempt to unite sneaker fanatics across the globe.

All I know is that I want an invite! @Sneakerpedia give me a damn code

We had mentioned the trailer for INFLUENCERS, a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. a while back. Now the full length doc has been released. Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today’s pop culture.

Placed on order over at Death Shred as they’re offering a new line of cotton. You should to!

Death Shred are the guys we formarly knew as Dead Serious! but due to some f*cked up laws the guys had to change their name. But hey, what;s in name right? Soon we will be sporting some new apparel straight out of laundry basket.

When it comes to gaming consoles I stopped at the SuperNintendo (although we once also had a Nintend0 64 & Sega we had found lying around on the curb) and I must admit the SNES still rocks anno 2010. Nothing fancy, the simplicity of the games and the hunt for new games. I have spent a lot of time walking around flee markets, surfing the interwebs for the best games and its still all hooked up to the TV as we speak.

I must admit though, there is nothing that beats a good fight amongst friends with Honda, Blanka or any other Street Fighter character or some classic Mario. All for the love of NINTENDO

Discovered Derek Hess‘ artwork years back through Gigposters.com (which we’ve talked about before).

Hess’ work is well-known within certain scenes as it has been used for concert posters, album covers, … but also way too cool tattoos which pop up every now and then.

Have a look at his work and in the meantime stay out of trouble.

One of the greatest instant food services the Dutch have to offer for them occasional munchies

The following clip reminded me about the documentary we featured on NY sign/advertising painters a while back. Up There followed several artists while they were working along the side of a New York building, producing a timelapse video for Stella Artois. It demonstrated a dying craft in times of digital printing and online advertising.

David A Smith is another one of those craftsmen, someone who has become synonymous in Sign-Writing and Glass gilding circles as he produces high quality, hand crafted reverse glass signs and decorative silvered and gilded mirrors. The following mini documentary reveals how it all works and gives us the opportunity to witness the process of signs being made out of glass.

I remember growing up we had an original Coca Cola glass/mirror piece at home. Had, as one day I decided to drop it. Man were my parents pissed and I seem to understand why right now . Oops!

One of the things I picked up a while back was this tour of Brooklyn he did in the lead up to the World Basketball Festival. For this Nike wanted to connect the Five Boroughs of New York City in a celebration of hoops, culture, and its iconic Air Force 1 sneaker. Five ambassadors from each of the five boroughs were asked to participate in 1LOVE, an online documentary series amongst other things as they also held a basketball tournament and a Manhattan block party.

First up is Brooklyn-raised rapper, songwriter and producer Theophilus London, who gives a little tour of the Brooklyn neighbourhood he grew up in and uncovers what makes his borough unique.

Besides Theophilus the other borrows got to do their thing also. Have a look as it gives you a great view on different communities & cultures which make p the wonderfull city of New York.

Episode 2 for instance features Harlem-raised rapper and XL Recordings artist Ms. Banks. In his short-film Banks discusses the streets she grew up on and takes a close look at the original stomping ground that inspires and influences her.

Episode 3 features Cory Gunz, a Bronx based rapper and Young Money Entertainment star in the make it seems. He gives us a tour of NYC’s northern borough, and according to Cory “The Birthplace of Hip Hop.”

Episode 4 takes us on a trip through Queens with FORMAT: a lifestyle and BMX shop owned by pro BMX rider Nigel Sylvester.

And last but not least, episode 5 features Emilio Sparks of Staten Island.

This reminds me I have to put “visit NYC” on the TO DO list for the next years. Out.

I grew up among denim. My father has been working for one of the world’s largest denim companies for like forever. It gave me an edge on many, a close viewing point of changes within the industry throughout the passed decade or so.

I remember visiting factories and being amazed by the process, the huge washing machines for stone wash effects or sandblasting denim for that rough/used look. I remember being asked to go fit new models and other clothes for the designers, doing summer jobs within the company, …

Come to think of it there’s a lot I have always loved about denim. I love its smell, its feel and its look. You can never go bad with a good pair of jeans in my opinion. Come to think of it I have an almost denim exclusive closet, sponsored off course

Now I know you must be wondering where the hell I found the inspiration for this post?! Well, it was the following clip that triggered everything for me. A clip I just on Matix, a company that recently launched its Capital Collection, which is a premium line of made and sourced in the USA denim, T-shirts, and cut-and-sew pieces. Each item in their line is hand made by American workers in the USA, something rare in this day and age of low-cost sewing facilities in Asia & Africa. Something to ponder upon when you consider blue jeans were born in the US of A originally.

Anyways, time to iron some jeans straight out of the dryer.

Mentioned the documentary & project a couple of times before (here & here) and happened to remember that I still had to feature the entire 12 minute clip.

Next level craftsmanship, showcasing another spectrum of street art. Keep you eyes open at the end as the credits contains the final time-lapse. Out.

Always loved the Nike Air Max 90 and own a couple of pairs myself. Lots of prejudice when it comes to this model as in Belgium and the Netherlands it is mainly known as the shoe associated to harder dance styles. Yes, also know as the gabbershoe A pity, as it can be considered as a great piece of design.

As the Nike Air Max 90 Infrared has just been released, Primitive shoes asked Justene Jaro to show them off. Good choice Out.

Through IllegalAdvertising & also a high five 4 Appelogen. Thnx Mommy

Coca Cola released three short films, Ride, Playground, and Peepshow, to kick off their new campaign for their energy drink Burn. What makes them great? Well, the subtle way they position the brand in it, a different approach from the in your face Redbull ads/clips we all have gotten used to throughout the years.

The first clip is probably the one which will be popping up everywhere, as it features burning skateboarders and shizzle, but definitely also take a look at the other two clips which in my eyes are even better

Ride (above), was directed by Garth Davis in Mexico City. It features a group of skateboarders, who actually were set on fire during the shoot, in order that they left flaming trails in their wake.

The other two films are more straight-up documentaries. Peepshow follows the exploits of a group of young female snowboarders, while Playground focuses on a young Philadelphia rapper who’s speciality is creating beats by hitting and beating objects around him An eye-opener worth watching/listening to. Out.

As promised, part 2 offf what we saw the passed days in Paris. You can read all about the first day overhere.

Friday – Big beamers keep on beaming

An experienced person is just someone that’s made a lot of mistakes. Hoss is very experienced. This is your opportunity to listen to Hoss do his first ever ‘acoustic set’ ? An intimate sharing of lessons learned, punctuated by the odd bit of work, including his latest collaboration with Rob Chiu, and a very simple explanation of how to be profitable on Apple’s App Store. . That’s what the description stated and I regret that we only caught Hoss Gifford‘s presentation halfway true.

Pity as his Things I have learned was really interesting. Not a shocking keynote but a collection of insights & stories that anyone who’s good in what he does should already have experienced but it was nice as I considered it a little fresh-up course.

“Don’t do anything for free and do not give discounts to new clients as you will never taste the same afterwards” is the one that stuck to me the most. An ongoing discussion I have had with a couple of people lately and his comparison was great. “Its like going to the supermarket, buying 6 yoghurts for the price of 4 and afterwards not finding the same deal.” A wise & bold statement. One to ponder upon amongst others!

Hilarious was also the fact he made an iphone app which has paid his lunch every day. An app that gives you the time, more or less

“Unicorns farting glitter metal band names”

He was soon followed by Tara Mcpherson. I bet you have seen work by her already! A great artist besides being a hot girl with tats (something you do not see a lot on stage at #offf) I am all for more girl designers, … taking the stage next time around

Tara is an artist based out of New York City. Creating art about people and their odd ways, her characters seem to exude an idealized innocence with a glimpse of hard earned wisdom in their eyes. She exhibits her paintings and serigraphs in fine art galleries all over the world. Named the crown princess of poster art by ELLE Magazine, she has created numerous gig posters for rock bands such as Beck, Modest Mouse, and Melvins. Her array of art also includes creating toys with companies like Kidrobot, Dark Horse, and Toy2R, painted comics and covers for DC Vertigo, advertising and editorial illustrations for companies such as Wyden+Kennedy and Spin Magazine, and teaching a class at Parsons in NYC. A lot of stuff you can know her from and worth a look at

The program states that Firstborn came after her? Can not really remember from the top of my head what they showed us, so I will just refer to their website

Knife Party I do remember vividly. It was the point were a little voice inside my head yelled “finally” as our visual appetite had grown more hungry. ‘Coalition of the Willing‘ is an animated film about an online war against global warming in a post-Copenhagen world. It was written by Tim Rayner, who is the brains behind the campaign in this digital struggle against global warming following the failed summit. Bare in mind that the following animation is a collaboration between lots and lots of people who ech took upon themselves a part of the film.

Universal Everything continued to nurture our longing for great stuff. These are the guys who did the international MTV rebrand which means that all you guys have seen their stuff passby. I will let the following clip speak for itself but google them!

MTV / International Rebrand Overview from Universal Everything on Vimeo.

They also did some short reveal films for AOL’s relaunch for instance. These got used in web video, mobile, digital campaigns and outdoor LED displays. Nice stuff to say the least

You can find more stuff on their Vimeo which is worth going through.

Goodby & Silverstein are the big boys who took the stage. They are the agency who brought us the awesome HP ads with Jigga, Gwen Stefani, Jerry Seinfeld, … But they also did this campaign/viral for Häagen-Dazs in order to draw attention on their bee program. Hilarious Homebees

Then something totally different followed: SoSo Limited. These guys take word clouds to a master level as they are specialised in interactive installation and audiovisual performance. They create immersive works that play on the immediacy of live media by creating word art by the analysis of what is said. I can not describe it all that well bt the following clips will emlighten you I guess. The first one for instance is a four minute edit remixing the ministerial debates from the UK.

Sosolimited – Prime Numerics (Taster) from FutureEverything on Vimeo.

Prime Numerics (3 of 10) from Sosolimited on Vimeo.

We ended our Friday at the Wooster Collective meet-up near de Quai de Jemappe by the way. Great to meet Marc & Sara amongst others IRL. We we’re amongst great company to say the least

Saturday – The return

We had to skip the festival Saturday. Other stuff called. Pity as I heard it was the best day. Crowd seemed enthusiastic and some of the previous organisational problems belonged to the past.

That being said, it is a great festival with a good vibe, but we have some liner notes for the band

• communicate better, it is clear that this is not the organisations cup of tea
• queues ain’t good, if you say you can pick up passes earlier stick to it (we travelled a day earlier to the venue for nothing!)
• good WiFi = a must have
• more sanitary provisions
• venues? how about signposting these or at least getting your organization to know where what is
• check peoples tickets, we met a couple of people who got in for free where we paid full price #sad

Btw, its 2010 and we’re in a post-digital time as you all know. Organising means to get all digital communication streamlined can be great. Tell people what tags to use for their pictures, … and give them the tools at the venue in order to share their experiences.

Do not want to end negative though as I had a great time and will recommend the conference to anyone who’s interested in this kind of stuff. Maybe we should finish with the end titles for the sponsors. Yet another great piece of work! See you next year so Out.

Oh yeah, one more thing. Thanks to On Point & Eckelwood for the company and great talks/laughs thoughout the days.

You can still check part one of our report overhere.