Aaliyah Dana Haughton
(January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001)
Jesse Boykins III – I Care 4 You (Aaliyah Cover)
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Jesse Boykins III – Lauryn Hill/Erykah Badu Cover – The Mystery of Iniquity
Performer, Joker, Self-Proclaimed Conceptualiser, I truly consider Jesse as part of my family in New York, honestly one of the funniest people I know, as well as one of the most talented and driven. All personal bias aside, I really believe that as a songwriter, singer, musician and engineer, he’s one of the premier talents in music and I’m extremely proud to see that the work he and Woo have done over the past couple of years is starting to bear fruit and he’s beginning to get the recognition that he deserves.
The sky is the limit, just make sure you bring a stepping stool to the Grammys, that podium is pretty tall.
LIGHT UP
Jesse, Woo, Bobby and Luduh...Light Up Family
ASICS x 24Kilates Gel-Lyte Speed – Interview from ASICS on Vimeo.
Another Interview from Berlin Fashion Week. This time with Rickard and Pol of Barcelona-based sneaker boutique 24Kilates.
Onitsuka Tiger x SEVENTYFIVE Lay-Up ’72 from Onitsuka Tiger on Vimeo.
Hattrick for the interviews, thanks to all three of these guys. You get a sense that this was a real collaborative effort, and I’m sure they had as much creating the sneaker as I had doing the interview. One thing I can’t forget is a special thank you to Ken-Tonio and Deniz for putting in overtime to make all of these pieces happen, there are many more to come.
Sneakers are available at SNS
Family and Friends Recap from Onitsuka Tiger on Vimeo.
Video of the event, and some looks at the upcoming collabs.
Koi Koi – “Intense Love” x Onitsuka Tiger from Onitsuka Tiger on Vimeo.
Great interview that we did with Yoske of Koi Klub about the Koi Koi Lay-Up ’72′s which are now available online at SNS. Nice in depth look at the inspiration of the sneaker as well as his artistic inspiration in general. One thing about Yoske-san is that he is an artist in everything he does, and I think the interview brings across the humility, sincerity and creativity at the heart of his personality. The shoes are hot too.
A couple of weeks back, I talked about an event Onitsuka Tiger was having to celbrate the release of our collaboration with SEVENTYFIVE at their store on Haarlemerdijk. The event was great, I think everyone that attended got all of the mileage possible out of the Bacardi sponsorship so shout out to them for keeping everyone very social. Of course after the show is the after party and Bitterzoet played host to some of Amsterdam’s dopest DJ’s including the hometown hero, Flexican. Special thanks to Chris Noorda of SEVENTYFIVE who not only let me walk away with a pair, but also bought me a drink at the afterparty, pretty much the definition of a Stand Up Guy. More photos below
Fear/Love from Rob Chiu on Vimeo.
Back in May I shared the trailers for Fear/Love, a film by Rob Chiu aka The Ronin for the I Care Revolution. Rob has now shared the complete link via his Vimeo page and it delivers on the promising trailers. It’s interesting how a lot of the trademarks of his style have carried over from his motion graphics work to his film work, the key attribute here being strong visuals with little narration and a lingering sense of tension. I’m extremely happy to see him progress to the creation of film without any graphics, and I’m excited to see him develop as a filmmaker. Best of Luck Rob and congratulations on an incredible piece
The liner notes below:
Three lives, three identities, three points of view. Set against the harsh backdrop of inner city London, Fear/Love interweaves the lives of three adolescents as they struggle with who they are, who they want to be and who they are becoming.
Directed, Written and Edited by Rob Chiu. Produced by Lincoln Waldron. DoP Paul O’Callaghan. Graded by Jamie Wilkinson @ The Mill NYC. Soundtrack by Ben Lukas Boysen + Lucio Amanti. Casting by Susana Santos. Starring Lani Jackson, Fraser Everitt & Anthony Edwards. Produced for the ‘I Care Revolution’.
Final post about Berlin trip last week, these are better–much better–photos of all of our collaboration partners’ installations at the Family and Friends exhibit. Props to Yoske for curating it as well as all of our partners for dedicating time to doing interviews about our projects which will find their way onto the interwebs soon enough.
Professional Photos this time, thanks to everyone that came through, as you can see a good time was had by all, partially fueled by the 24Kilates bota bag and the Germany-Spain World Cup Semi Final
Young Boy
Sees World
Becomes Man
