ASICS/Onitsuka Tiger will be back in Berlin this summer for Fashion Week to show off our newest collections, highlighted as always by our collaboration projects. As you can see on the flyer, collabs with Hanon, Shoes-Up, Tillman Lauterbach and more will be present at this summer’s gallery.
I also PROMISE some surprises at our closing night party.
Big, BIG surprises
Straight out of Brooklyn, NY Raval & Knight is an up-and-coming Menswear brand that was created “to move past national boundaries and manufactured conflicts in design and style.” Founded by my friend Man Hoang and his partner Samuel Hubler, the line features detailed, handmade pieces inspired by 1970′s American style but constructed with British fabrics and techniques. To see two 20-somethings create such focused and mature work is truly inspiring.
Visit their website and buy something from the store here
TweetFor those that don’t know, my full-time job is working on the Digital Communication team at ASICS Europe. Specifically, I work on digital strategy, production, and content distribution for Onitsuka Tiger, our lifestlye brand. Read the rest of this entry »
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My song from our Midori game created by TEAMLAB. TEAMLAB is a group of Ultra Technologists that have been active in Tokyo since 2001. The group consists of a wide diversity of specialists including; Programmers, Network Engineers, Designers, Robot Engineers, Architects, CG Animators, Mathematicians and more. TEAMLAB carries out activities across a range of media, from developing web and robot technology, to installation art, video art and spatial design, making the border between Technology, Art, and Design more ambiguous.
We did a little interview with their leader Toshiyuki Inoko to explain the project, see below:
What is your approach towards “interactive design”?
People often say that men who are good at listening are popular with women but people actually enjoy talking more than just listening “if they could speak well”. To take it one step further, people enjoy expressing something more than just viewing a representation produced by someone else “if they could express it well”.
In the era of the mass media, the job of a designer was to attain a form of expression that was perfect in its quality. That was because the only point of contact with consumers was through mass media channels. However, the advent of the Internet and the networked society is changing the role of the designer. Since consumers enjoy expressing something if they could do so well, I believe that design should be about creating tools that enable people who are not professional creators to create things that make them want to “share it with friends”. It should be about tools that make the process of expression itself, something that they once struggled with, into a process that’s fun and enjoyable. It should be about constructing an environment that allows users to share their creations with friends. That is what I think interactive design is.
TweetI had the chance to see Odd Future at a free concert at Amsterdam’s famous Paradiso on Queen’s Day this Saturday. About 2 minutes into the set a single thought ran through my mind:
Holy.
Fucking.
Shit.
I would call the show a mixture between a Punk Rock gig and a Southern Baptist revival. The floor was filled with rabid fans whose energy never wavered, and the OFWGKTA members present gave them everything they could.
I’m not a huge fan of the music, but after watching these kids create an international grassroots movement with a wordpress blog, I’m incredibly impressed by the movement.
Some great photos here:
Don’t usually re-post Nahright stuff, but this pretty much made my day.
Phonte of Little Brother fame and Zo! of I-Have-Never-Heard-of-You fame come together to cover the classic by Mark Morrison.
So much hilarity ensues:
Phonte’s Lil B impersonation vs. his Mark Morrison impersonation
“More Ad-libs!”
“I’ll stop now!”
“Nigga Please!”
Photos from my trip to Salone Del Mobile in Milan this Saturday. My first trip to Italy, and my first visit to the world famous design festival. I was actually in town to research the festival’s affect on the city and its commercial culture, so I didn’t get to visit the tradeshow itself, but I was still able to take in some great exhibits around the Duomo area. Baccarat, Armani Casa, the Res Sapiens Project, Daniela Gerini, and Droog were the biggest highlights.
See more images below:
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