Hailing from Indonesia’s Bandung West Java area, Airplane Systm began back in 1998 amongst a group of creatives inspired by music, pop art and film. Their brand concept encompasses products which offer their own insights into various societal issues with numerous themes at their disposal. The latest designs each feature high quality and detailed prints alongside some interesting concepts.
Skate retailer Bored of Southsea alongside design company ilovedust has teamed up with the lifestyle division of Carhartt to release a t-shirt inspired by the Southsea’s dockyard on the south coast of England. The black and gray print pays tribute to the workwear heritage Carhartt has possessed since 1889. Available exclusively at Bored of Southsea.
We have previously shown you the t-shirt and Polo shirt offerings from this new label. Today we bring you the New Era caps from their Spring/Summer 2008 collection. There are three in total, two logo driven offerings and one of them using the monkey/worm image that appears on the Polo shirts. Each cap have nice little details and are available now at www.boundlessny.com.
One of HYPEBEAST’s favorite artists Kanye West just released a new music video for “Homecoming” featuring Chris Martin of Coldplay. “Homecoming” is the 4th single off of Kanye’s recent Album “Graduation”. The video is directed by veteran Hype Williams, and was filmed in Chicago using the always dope and classic black and white tones. Exclusive behind the scenes images can be seen at kanYe Live!.
While hybrids designs incorporating the physical characteristics of popular sneakers has taken some time to become respected practice amongst sneaker brands, Nike has taken another slightly off beat approach. They’ve looked to a much heralded running line which never mind the performance aspect has yielded some of the most aesthetically pleasing colorways throughout the sneaker world. Some of Nike’s most resonating and re-referenced styles over the years would make a return, not as a retro but reincarnated through Nike’s most popular style ever the Air Force 1. The styles look at three distinct categories of performance styles. These categories include ground-breaking use of materials in the Safari, Spiridon and Talaria. The functionality of the ACG collection, the Mowabb and the Wildwood and finally rounding out with an Air Max series devoted to the OG colors of the Air Max 90, Air Max 95 and Air Max 97. Watch for these to hit select Air Force 1 dealers this summer.
