Thursday, May 22, 2008

Graphically Describing a Place


Having a background in Resort Apparel Graphic Design, I understand that creating a fresh design specific to a location can be a daunting task. For instance, when confronted with the job of creating a t-shirt specific to New York, all the obvious imagery and text have been used countless times over (just think of the statue of liberty and empire state building alone). This is why a piece I discovered while browsing the selection at Reed Space really resonated with me. This 3sixteen shirt merely has Canal St. placed in a street sign looking rectangle with the (in)famous Louis Vuitton monogram pattern in the background. The economy of the design is its strength, communicating that Canal St. is the main strip where knock-off designer bags are sold with the LV monogram bags making up the largest percentage of these faux bags.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

SICK SNEAKER


Some new Y-3's!

Grabbed the image from the blog of a cool clothing company, Kill City, who I just bought 2 shirts from below...

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Can't Touch This


I saw this on a favorite blog, Passive Aggressive Notes, and thought this was a fantastic idea. What about "STOP, drop and roll," or "the beat don't STOP." What else?

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Nice To Meet You

[Image taken from: HighSnobiety]

Though I have yet to personally meet these shoes, I will soon, if there's any left. The "Nice To Meet You" Y-3 Limited Sneaker was just released to commemorate the opening of the new Manhattan
Y-3 store. With only 50 pairs made at $500 a pair, I will not get to know them as well as I would like.

Anyway, saw them on HS via
Cool Hunting and thought they were sick, Sick, SICK!

By weekend's end I need to stop by and do a "meet and greet."

Monday, February 4, 2008

What's Lifelike?

Last June I found a song by relation called, "Your Tiny Mind," remixed by Lifelike. This remix officially put Lifelike on the map for me. Though reading the bio on his website I've learned that Lauren Ash is a veteran of EDM, who first started producing in the mid 90's in France. In addition to producing and remixing, he is responsible for the 2005 underground dance anthem, "Discopolis," which has since been re-released with remixes by the likes of Chris Lake.

In the last year it seems that Lifelike has been releasing remixes left and right, including the popular remix of "Needy Girl" by Chromeo, as well as an original catchy single called, "So Electric," that just oozes of Italo Disco.

Lifelike will be visiting the US with an appearance (still to be confirmed) at Studio B in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on April 25th. For a preview, download the DJ Set Lifelike just posted in January on his website.

Relation - Your Tiny Mind - Lifelike Remix [via zshare]
Originally Posted by OurTalk

Friday, January 11, 2008

IRAK Fresh Kicks


There are countless shoe collaborations released every month. The new IRAK NY x Adidas RMX Equipment Sport Runner caught my eye so much that I headed down to Alife Rivington Club in LES to get a pair of the 2007 before they sold out.


I definitely like the flashier 2007 edition (I wish they had neon blue laces). The 2008 are also flashy but the large amount black (esp. in the heel) makes them look understated when compared to the 2007. Apparently the original idea was to release the two versions further apart, but the 2007 version was released late December and the other in the first week of January.
Though I'm not super crazy about any other stuff IRAK has on their website, these sick shoes more than make up for the other typical "graffiti cheese" gear. However, they did just release a new line of t-shirt designs that look promising. I might have to stop by Alife again to pick up a shirt to go with my kicks.