Category: Art and Culture
Perched at the west end of the interior is a 16-foot tall sculpture with its head hanging in its hands. With X’s on it’s eyes, hands, and feet, the artist behind the massive fiberglass and metal installation should be well known to you. Companion (Passing Through), the incredible work of the legendary KAWS now makes [...]
Reebok introduces the City Classics collection curated by iconic graffiti writer Stash for Fall/Winter 2013. Stash assembles a dream team of international graffiti writers to design a capsule collection to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Classic Leather silhouette. The 12 artists featured are: Wane (NYC), Eklips (LA), Pose (Chicago), Mad (Philadelphia), Tati (Miami), Totem [...]
KAWS sub brand with Medicom Toy, OriginalFake is ending it’s run soon. But before the end we are seeing a lot goodies coming out to fill the void when they no longer exisst. We see the brown version of KAWS Companion “Passing Through” vinyl figure being released. In a coordinated release toay, both OriginalFake flagship [...]
Our 48 minute Unused Footage Edit from Pretty Sweet is now available on iTunes. Here’s just a taste.
A full length film by Mike Manzoori & Bill Weiss – Available on iTunes and DVD May 27th
Upper Playground has released this book showcasing the striking cholo art style of Mike Giant. The hardcover book is a must-have for fans of Mike’s work as a tattooist, street artist as well as his graphics for Rebel8 clothing. It contains 680 illustrations spread out over the 304 pages and is a steal at the Upper [...]
Arguably best known for his flamboyant style with signature hair and cap, ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash is more or less immortalized in this truly unique bust by Ron English. Based on the popular album artwork this artpiece is made in collaboration with prestigious Hong Kong sculpture house Garage Works in a limited run of only [...]
The newest sneaker gas mask from Freehand Profit is another crazy one. This time the rarely seen Air Jordan V “BIN 23″ turned into a piece of sneaker art. “Even I cringed at the thought when my buddy Henry, known as the artist- DeathVSLife, suggested sacrificing his ‘Bin 5′s to the Chopping Block last summer. [...]
Covered this week is Tthe Superhero Pack from Nike Sportswear, the Reebok Court Victory Pump, and the new Nike Twitter RSVP.
New Balance invites Those NB’s for a up close and personal tour of the New York New Balance Flagship Store. Shoes, apparel and in-store shoe making all in the heart of NYC.
Interview with RDQLUS, creator of Connoshoer
At this year’s MAGIC trade show in Las Vegas I had the privilege to finally meet and talk to Steve Gordon also known as “RDQLUS”. I have followed RDQLUS’ work with the famed OSD cast and his own top of the line brand. I was delighted to hear that one of his biggest projects [...]
Interview: Reebok Designer Jeremy Sallee
This last week, we spent some time in Las Vegas for the MAGIC/Project Trade Show. One of the highlights was the media event held by Reebok Classics that brought out some of the creative influencers that are helping bring the brand back to its previous glory from the Nineties, which include Swizz Beatz, Dominique Wilkins, [...]
Behind the Kicks: Ms. Solemate
This week I had the pleasure to chat it up with Ms. Solemate. Hailing from the fresh windy city of the Chi, Ms. Solemate has been in the sneaker community for quite some time. A very genuine and articulate female that lives and breathes this culture. She has an extensive collection of fresh kicks and [...]
Sneaker.St x Uncommon LeBron “What the MVP” iPhone Case
Perfect timing. LeBron James just won game 1 of this years Easter Conference Finals, just another accolade to his MVP year. To commemorate the years Sneaker.St and Uncommon team up once again for iPhone case nicknamed “What the MVP” inspired by the LeBron X MVP sneaker. “The idea of the design is that the left [...]
Nike Launches the “Air Max Hunt” in San Francisco and New York
Nike gears up for Summer with a campaign involving some reinterpreted Engineered Mesh Air Max styles as part of its limited-edition Sunset pack. To add to the excitement and set fans on a literal run for their dollars, Nike will be introducing them as part of an event, no doubt inspired by the success of their previous [...]
Watch as Chaz Ortiz, Dave Willis and Brandon Westgate visit the world famous Yankee Stadium in epic fashion.
