Medicom Toy has announced their ‘08 exhibition event which takes place at the Parco Factory in Shibuya starting June 21st. It will be interesting to see what goodies the toy producer will showcasing this year. Perhaps a preview of some upcoming KAWS figures? We’ll just have to wait and see.
Medicom Toy has announced their ‘08 exhibition event which takes place at the Parco Factory in Shibuya starting June 21st. It will be interesting to see what goodies the toy producer will showcasing this year. Perhaps a preview of some upcoming KAWS figures? We’ll just have to wait and see.
Thanks to Sneaker Freaker, we have a look at the upcoming Nike SB P-Rod High. Unlike the usual P-Rod model, this will be one of the first P-Rod sneakers coming in a high top version. The P-Rod High also features Nike’s signature elephant print and a Michael Jordan inspired colorway. Available in stores in August.
At the risk of incurring the wrath of millions of guitar, drum and bass enthusiast all over the internet I’m going to make a controversial prediction. In the future (no clear date) the use of live instruments will take a backseat to computer based programmed music. Now before you get your angry all caps responses ready, hear me out. Electronic music in the last 10 years or so has grown in both popularity and skill in leaps and bounds. All over the world, kids hear a kick, snare or a computer bleep on a song and immediately take to their laptops with the thought of “I can do that.” Much in the way rock did decades ago, and hip hop has more recently.
The electronic, hip hop, alternative duo Ratatat is living proof of this phenomenon. Although their group does incorporate bass and guitar, they are only there to compliment the electro heavy sound coming out of their laptop. As their critically acclaimed genre busting first four studio albums show, they are a perfect example of a group that is influenced by several types of music and may more easily incorporate them into one sound by the use of a computer. Ratatat’s penchant to throw sweeping epic sounds with a twist of hip hop onto a single remix has allowed them to collect fans that have an allegiance to several different types of music. This is why Ratatat’s video for their first single “Mirando” off of their soon to be released album “LP3” is in itself a remix video. The video takes slices and clips from an old Schwarzenegger (that’s Governor to you) movie and turns them into odd visuals and weird choreography that matches with the video game bleeps and blips over jungle drums.
10 Corso Como Comme des Garçons created for Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons line with the help of Milanese lifestyle guru Carla Sozzani will be celebrating their 6th anniversary this year. To celebrate this event, a 400% Bearbrick as well as a Tote bag was created by Medicom Toy for this occasion. The Bearbrick will retail at 8,190 Yen while the Tote bag will cost 7,350 Yen. The items will be available very soon.
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Since its inception, Nike’s footwear technology Free has represented the brands technological offering in the face of growing evidence that less support yields healthier foot. However, the technology has also been applied in other facets infiltrating the market on a lifestyle level. The Nike Free Hybrid Boot represents yet another upcoming application of the Free sole. Once marketed for those looking for stronger feet and enhanced performance, the Free consistently teeters between the realm of performance and the everyday. The Free Hybrid Boot’s upper boasts one of Nike’s most focused initiatives in the Considered movement which creates footwear on a sustainable level, devoid of toxic glues and environmentally unfriendly materials. The two models seen here include brown leather and black quilted leather. The flexible sole, moc styled toebox and mid cut makes us reminisce of skirt-less Visvism FBT Lhamo. If these interest you, stay patient as they aren’t slated until the Holiday ‘08 season.
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This past Friday, Footlocker’s exclusive joint retail venture, Te House of Hoops yielded an ultra limited release featuring a Kobe Bryant player edition release of the Hyperdunk. 24 pairs of the Nike Air Zoom Hyperdunk PE were on hand in 12 home Lakers colors of purple/white and 12 away colors of black/purple. Each pair came partnered with a display case including special numbering and technical specs of the sneaker. The Hyperdunk has garnered much attention as of late for not only its innovative use of Nike’s latest technological advancement, Flywire but also a strong promotion campaign spearheaded by Kobe Bryant himself.
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Bape has given their two most popular footwear styles the Roadsta and Bapesta the metallic treatment in this latest pack of sneakers. Using gold and silver, the uppers of the sneaker are made of metallic leather with little in the way of contrasting colors. Available now at Cliffedge.
Last month, Nike’s campaign for the all new Hyperdunk basketball shoe kicked off with a campaign featuring the NBA’s 2007/2008 MVP Kobe Bryant leaping over a speeding Aston Martin. Following up on this, Kobe and the Hyperdunk’s latest spot also incorporates the Jackass crew with the backdrop featuring a pool filled with snakes. Of course with the inclusion of Jackass, it’s more then safe to assume there’s some added comedic value involved in the video.
In the March issue of the Japanese version of music magazine Fader, hip hop artist Twigy was featured in a spotlight interview. With a strong legacy behind him, Twigy has been among the pioneers on Japan’s hip-hop scene. To pay homage to the artist, Fader Japan, Twigy and Applebum teamed up to produce a limited edition t-shirt seen here. Unfortunately there are no plans to release this tee to the general public.
Pharrell Williams has teamed up with furniture designer Domeau & Pérès to create this chair called Perspective. According to Pharrell who designed the chair, Perspective represents the love between a woman and a man. He says,
“I had often wondered what it’s like to truly be in love, not lust for once.. So I decided not to ask what it was like in someone else’s shoes or what it was like to sit in their seat.. I decided to sketch out my own experiment; the perspective chair.”
Perspective will come in several colors with only four chairs per color being sold. If you want to check out the chair in person, you will find it showcased at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris from October 21st 2008 until January 10th 2009.
Kanye West’s original Flashing Lights video which was co-directed by Spide Jonze along with Kanye himself, could be considered one of Kanye’s most controversial music video. In it, Kanye is driven off into the desert by a women who bludgeons West to death for supposedly cheating on his girl and being caught by the paparazzi’s “flashing lights”. Here is a look at a new video for Flashing Lights which is much less violent but still portrays the essence of “Flashing Lights”. In this video, you follow a girl (presumably a model) and her glitz and glamorous lifestyle which ends in nothing but tragedy.
