Colette was the setting for the debut of Etnies founder Pierre Andre Senizergues and Gil Le Bon de Lapointe's Case Study Houses inspired Skate Study House project. The art and design driven exhibition highlighted a series of unconventional uses for skate related hardware. Los Angeles' Blends will have the opportunity to exhibit the event on May 8th in a small gathering. Skateboard is Design... - Skate Study House May 8th, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Blends 125 W. 4th St. #106 Los Angeles, CA 90013

To help promote EA Sports' latest video game FIFA Street 3, a promotional ball was issued. The game which follows in the footsteps of previous "street-level" sports interpretations of NFL/NBA Street to offer a more raw and freestyle-esque version of the beautiful game. Art director Ryan Geez had a hand in the design with this soccer ball made to look like a basketball. I can't see die hard soccer gamers trading in their Winning Eleven for a game that instead of a step-over for a move is replaced with a player doing some capoeira before biking it from half.

Huf SF relaunched their website today. The website has a very different look and feel from the last one, but retains the usual green Huf color. You can scroll through all their products from the home page with ease, and because it is all picture-based, you will find everything you're looking for without knowing the names of the products. The online store is not yet launched, but it does have a very cool countdown clock that tells you exactly how much time is left. You can check out the website at www.hufsf.com.

Here's the new Jordan commercial which is now broadcasting on TV and on other media outlets like Youtube. In this commercial, Michael Jordan starts off by saying "Maybe It's My Fault" and leads on with several "Maybes" before telling the watcher that perhaps we're just making excuses for not being as successful as he was. Even though the commercial was just a commentary, the mood it gave off was inspiring. Another nice piece of work from the folks at Wieden + Kennedy and Jordan Brand.

Editor-In-Chief of Transworld Surf, Chris Cote has teamed up with retailer Univ in the creation of a special collaborative surf board. The allover print detailed board comes complete with a four-fin double ender set-up for the ability to ride it both forward and backwards. Look for this board under the feet of some of the world's top surfers as well as in an upcoming feature in Transworld Surf with the subsequent release of a t-shirt and art project.

The international design and furniture fair Salone Internazionale del Mobile recently began on April 16th creating a venue for the latest and greatest in innovative and creative furniture design. The atmosphere is as much a showcase of upcoming furniture as it is an exhibition of art as the curators place a strong emphasis on the aesthetics of each piece, carefully manipulating lighting and colors. Here's a small highlight of the last few days. The show will run until Sunday, April 20th. For more information check Designws.com.

With masterful bike builder Giovanni Losa at the helm, Italian boutique SlamJam and Stussy Milan have teamed up for a special project to commemorate the upcoming Milan leg of the Bicycle Film Festival. The black frame is heavily accented with gold and bears both Stussy and SlamJam imagery.

The new Bape Harajuku store which opened up in January is another masterpiece from the design firm Wonderwall. On the Wonderwall site, they state: "For the Bape store, after discussions with Nigo, we decided to create a store that felt like a town within a building with an American diner flair. However, for the top floor, a sense of playfulness was added with a colonial style resort inspired space." Bape Harajuku4-28-22-B1F Jingumae,Shibuya-ku, Tokyotel: 03-5474-0204 Source: HS

RVCA got together with Barry McGee and Cinelli to produce a fixed gear bike frame. This will be a very limited edition with only 50 bikes on sale, coming in 3 different frame sizes. It has graphics placed on various places of the bike with a RVCA and Cinelli badge on the front and different facial expressions down the middle. There will be a RVCA x Cinelli exhibition in June showcasing the bike. It's always fun to see clothing brands put their spins on other products. Source: La MJC

With the recent release of the Honeyee x Fragment Design DS Lite, now they have a matching case to protect the precious console. The case is manufactured by Head Porter, and has a similar black and white design to the DS. It has two different compartments, one for the console and one for all your games and maybe an extra stylus or two. It seems like everybody is carrying a DS around nowadays, and this will definitely be a good buy to make yours just a little more unique. Source: Honeyee