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I was digging through some old images, trying to clear some hard drive space when I spotted this one. This was from last year when isps, Dunny, Athe, myself and a few others got together in Hermosa Beach. I think it was around July 4th and we were going to check a game at the HDC, but stopped off at the beach to catch up with some friends first. I ...

I'm a big fan of packaging and how things are presented and Nike often times gets this really, really right. I wasn't home when a visitor dropped by late last week, but what I found waiting for me when I got home was a rad presentation / invite that Nike Sportswear had put together inviting me to the Futebol Arte Brazil event this Thursday in ...

At the instigation of Colombian jeweler Carlos Sotelo, the world's biggest event is borrowing inspiration from America's biggest events. For the first time ever, the World Cup will offer FIFA-sanctioned rings to the Cup's MVP, and additional rings will be available to those willing to spend from $2,500 to $250,000 for gem-encrusted souvenirs. (more...)

There has been a lot of talk and excitement about what Mister Cartoon did for the US part of the Nike True Colors Collection. Here we see a sneak peak of what Kronk did for the same pack for South Africa.

Nike Sportswear commissions LA based Mister Cartoon to handle the art direction for the USA in their True Colors pack. Mister cartoons influences are based deeply in Los Angeles, graffiti, and tattoo culture. It's an interesting direction for Nike to take as Mister cartoon would not typically be connected with soccer, but maybe that's what makes this ...

Been a busy week around here. We have a lot of projects that we are either currently finishing up, in the middle of or are in the early stages of planning and execution. The week has seen us in Palm Springs to get a few hours of sun, deep in South LA for production meetings, downtown to explore some new projects and back to the bat cave to make sure ...

Yohji Yamamoto turns out some very interesting and high end product for his adidas Y-3 line. These sneakers inspired by soccer boots are no exception. Not only are they visually interesting, but he makes sure and uses the highest quality materials possible. This leads to his goods being extremely high priced and out of the range of most people, but I ...

PUMA thought outside the "proverbial" box to, well, design a new box for their shoes. It seems that shoe boxes are a huge waste on society and create masses of trash, pollution as well as using up valuable resources and water. So they teamed up with Yves Behar to figure out how to build a better box. Seems they found out they didn't need a box at all. ...