Saturday, June 30, 2007

ELECTricDOOR MAGaziNe


It's been ages since the last time we've read such an interesting magazine like Electric Door. Check their site and download the pdf of the magazine. In there you'll find articles about Stüssy Tribe (with a damn good interview with James Lebon), Supreme, Idiom and much more. Very well done!
Thanks to Adam at The Wire for the info. Grazie Mille.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

::: SLamJam SIte IS BRANd NeW :::







Cosa sarebbe la scena streetwear in Italia se non ci fosse Slam Jam? Probabilmente non ci sarebbe. Nomi come Head Porter, Medicom, UnderCover, Neighborhood, Unrivaled, Resonate, Visvim, suonerebbero strani, nuovi, lontani. Sin dalla sua comparsa, parecchi anni fa, SlamJam ha avuto un duplice ruolo: commerciale e, per così dire, didattico. Commerciale in quanto distributore dei brand succitati e non solo, basti pensare a Carhartt, Stüssy, Freshjive ed in generale a tutti i brand legati al mondo dell'active sport. Didattico perchè ha avuto la capacità e la caparbietà di "educare" un pubblico, come quello italiano, abituato ad altro. Educare significava, per esempio, proporre una serie di marchi che si portavano dietro un'attitudine ed uno "stile di vita" del tutto nuovi nel panorama italico. Uniti alla consueta, spasmodica e per certi versi maniacale ricerca del dettaglio e dell'altissima qualità dei materiali. Educare significava, soprattutto, supportare e dare vita ad eventi culturali seminali, dalla mostra di Glen E. Friedman dell'ottobre '98 a "Beautiful Losers" alla Triennale di Milano l'anno scorso, passando per le instore exhibitions come "The Changes" e Kostas Seremetis a Milano, Futura e Delta a Ferrara, Boogie a Verona.
SlamJam oggi è tutto questo e molto altro ancora. Continua ad avere una deriva nel mondo reale, attraverso i 3 SlamJam Stores di Ferrara, Milano e Verona, e continua ad avere una vita nel mondo virtuale della Rete, attraverso un sito tutto nuovo che presenta una serie di contenuti che prima non aveva. Ora si può trovare una sezione Featuring dove vengono fotografate le persone amiche e vicine a SlamJam, una sezione Music con una selezione delle migliori cover di sempre, una sezione Fashion con le ultime release che potete trovare nel nuovo store online e per finire, una sezione Culture, per presentare le iniziative in corso e tutto quanto di interessante capita nel mondo della street art, tra libri in uscita ed exhibitions da non perdere. Un sito che merita di essere navigato in lungo in largo e di essere subito aggiunto, qualora non l'aveste già fatto, nella lista dei vostri Preferiti.

What would be the streetwear scene in Italy without Slam Jam? Maybe it wouldn't exist. Names such as Head Porter, Medicom, UnderCover, Neighborhood, Unrivaled, Resonate, Visvim would sound unfamiliar, strange, distant. Since its inception, many years ago, Slam Jam had a double role: commercial and, as to speak, educational. Commercial as a distributor of the above brands, but not only, just think about Carhartt, Stüssy, Freshjive and in general all those brands related to the active sports world.
Educational because it had the ability and obstinacy to "teach" an audience, as the italian one, used to other. To educate meant, above all, to support and to give life to seminal cultural events, from Glen E. Friedman exhibition in October '98, to last year Beautiful Losers at the Triennale in Milan, running through instore exhibitions such as The Changes and Kostas Seremetis in Milan, Futura and Delta in Ferrara, Boogie in Verona. Today Slam Jam is all of this and so many other thins. It continues to have drift in the real world, with the 3 Slam Jam stores in Ferrara, Milan and Verona, and it carries on in having a life in the virtual world, with a brand new website that showcases a series of contents that it didn't have before. Now you can find a Featuring section where friends and people that gravitate towards Slam Jam are being photographed, a Music section with a selection of the best record covers ever, a Fashion section with the latest releases that you can find on their new online store - and to end with a Culture section that offers the ongoing initiatives and everything that's interesting in the street art world, from unmissable exhibition to coming soon books. A website to explore highways and byways, and if you didn't do it already, to add to your Bookmarks.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

StrEEThing x SOLe ObsesSion VIdeO

JESuS & JUDaz



FUSShop, one of our fave online store, has now in stock an exclusive t-shirt made in collaboration with WRONGWROCKS. The quantity is damn limited: just 20 pieces for each colour and it's been hand printed and hand numbered.
You'd better be really quick. More info and pics here.

Friday, June 22, 2007

UnderCoVer GIVeAwaY


Just seen this on TK's blog. They're necklaces that will be given to friends and customers during the preview of the upcoming A/W 07-08 Undercover's Collection at the Undercover Store in HK next 30th of June.

Info and pics via Think Silly.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

If You GO Black...


... You won't go back!
Now available: "The Rocking Machine" by Medicom Toy x Hysteric Glamour. Just 126.000 Yen
Info and pics via Hysteric Glamour.

10TH AnnUAL GUArdIAN ConTESt




























Are you a Hot Shot? If you think you are a good fashion photographer, enter the contest that Suface Magazine is launching: 10th Annual Guardian Contest. This project has launched many photographic careers in the past and one of last years finalist, Kurt Iswarienko, won a PDN award this year for his Avant Guardian story.
So, be quick, because the deadline is next 9th of July.

More info at: SurfaceMag.
Pics are referred to the last edition finalists.
Big Up to Jamie for the info.

WTF!?!




Pazzesco. Non ci viene in mente nessun'altra parola...
Crazy. We don't have any other word. Simply crazy....

Thanks to SuperTouchBlog for the heads up.

Memorabilia: Bjork, Isobel


Directed by Michel Gondry.

NikE x Wk


Per celebrare degnamente i primi 25 anni di vita, W+K (ossia Wieden+Kennedy, una delle più brillanti Agenzie di Pubblicità e Comunicazione al mondo) ha messo in cantiere una collaborazione con Nike. Ecco così la Trainer Dunk Low W+K. Esiste in 6 colorazioni diverse, 6 come gli uffici che W+K ha sparsi per il mondo. Questa che vedete è quella di Amsterdam ed è stata postata dai ragazzi di Patta su SlamxBlogs.
This year W+K (the infamous Communication Agency Wieden+Kennedy) turned 25. In order to celebrate this event, W+K has collaborated with Nike and they've created this Trainer Dunk Low. There gonna be 6 different makeups, one for each office that W+K has worldwide. This one is the Amsterdam one, just posted by the Patta crew on SlamxBlogs.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

RubaMAzzo DeLUxe


Mai più senza. Design by Fragment.
Info and pics via Inazuma Blog.

Art on Foam

Surf meets Art at Iguapop Gallery!

With Will Barras, Flying Fortress, Mr Jago, Dave Kinsey, François Lartigau, Lucy McLauchlan, Jean Linnhoff, Reg Mombassa, Adam Neate, Randy Noborikawa, Marcie O’Neill, Travis Parr, Jeff Raglus, Nicolas Thomas, Tinho, Peter Webb, Jono Wood, Ozzy Wright, Caia Koopman, Andy Howell, Mike Parillo and Andrew Pommier.

Opening: June 21th, 8pm.
Until Saturday June 30th.

The exhibition will travel across Europe:

London, Elms Lesters Gallery - June, 7th - 17th
Biarritz, during the Roxy Jam - July, 11th - 16th
Milan, Trienale - FIAT Café - August, 1st - 10th
Rotterdam, Centrum Beeldende Kunst - August, 15th - 25th
Moscow, during Ispo Russia - September, 6th - 8th
Zurich, during Freestyle CH - September, 21th - 23rd
Berlin, location TBD - October, 1st - 10th
Warsaw, location TBD - October, 15th - 25th

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

ResPeCt



via WoosterCollective.

ViSvim on HK5STudIO




Su HK5Studio le immagini del nuovo catalogo di Visvim per lo Spring/Summer 07. In piu' le foto della prossima release in collaborazione con Fragment: Visvim Serra.
Check HK5Studio for the pics of the Visvim Spring/Summer Catalogue and the new upcoming Visvim Serra x Fragment.

With one big shout They all cry out

A dangerous criminal gang is riding the net. They act in the dark, exploring the most sinister places, in search for the bloody heart of talent and creativity. Their favourite victims are banality, conformism, lack of humor and good will at any cost. Killing Bambi is a good metaphor for their mission. They are unarmed, actually, but they can still hurt.
So be careful...

Million Dollar Vandal

Nike Spiritroom Berlin & Also Known As presents Million Dollar Vandal - Part of Backjumps III - Sat. June 23rd - 8pm.

Monday, June 18, 2007

Comme des Garcons_Guerrilla Store in Basilea






Some pics from the CdG Guerrilla Store in Basel, Switzerland. Great, as usual.
Pics and info via Dezeen site, via Jeansnow.

"AuTOBaHn", KraftwerK



11 minuti di PURA GRAFICA.

HAnD JoB


Mike Perry ha pubblicato questo bel libro tutto incentrato sui suoi lavori da illustratore e graphic designer, specializzato appunto nel disegno "al tratto". I lavori sembrano davvero interessanti e il titolo è da dieci e lode.
Mike Perry has just launched his book all about his graphics and illustrations called "Hand Job". We like his artworks and we think that the title of the book is so damn funny. Isn't it?

Check the site for more pics and info.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

SuRRendeR x DIta E=Mc2





If you're after a pair of super glasses, so these ones are for you: Surrender x Dita E=mc2
We like them so much, we think they're damn good. What do you think about them?
If you'd wanna buy them, they go for 345 USD. Not so bad...

Thanks to xymon for the info.

OuT OF minD, SHAWn MorTenSEn


Il prossimo 21 giugno il fotografo Shawn Mortensen presenterà il suo secondo libro "Out of Mind" presso la Gallery Melt Down di L.A.. Se siete da quelle parti, innanzitutto complimenti, in secondo luogo non potete perdere l'evento. Il libro spacca e i drink sono gratis...

Thanks to Erik Brunetti for the info and pics.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Bare QUESTionnAIre



Bare has just published a Questionnaire all about toys. We'd been asked to partecipate. Check it out for all the answers!
Thanks to Bill for everything!

Memorabilia: STaSh



Che belle le immagini di Stash da monello... We like these pics of a young Stash in action...
Le abbiamo trovate sul nuovo sito creato dai ragazzacci di SlamxHype: SlamxBlogs. Dateci un occhio perché merita.
Troverete anche le foto dell'opening del New Era Store a Londra, scattate dal grandissimo Fats.
Just seen them on the new website by the great fellas of SlamxHype: SlamxBlogs. Check it out: it's full of interesting news, including the London New Era Flagship Store Opening by our fave man: Fats!

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Nike True Skool, Milan, 2002



September 2002: Nike celebrated a shoe that is an icon: Dunk. A terrific line-up of djs: James Lavelle, Trevor Jackson, Fraser Cooke, Michael Koppelman, Bobbito Garcia aka Cucumber Slice and artists: Futura, Delta, Mode2. An unforgettable event.

Friday, June 08, 2007

BAGjACk STore_BerLIn


Artoo has just posted the news that the infamous Bagjack is opening the first flagship store in Berlin next 23rd of June. Artoo will be playing there, for the Opening Night Event. Check the flyer for all the info. And check the Artoo blog as well, for a million of other amazing news... Bravo Artoo!

Have You Got ENouGH MOneY?



11.000,00 USD and the auction still goes on...
Read all the complete history on ebay...

ISSey MIyaKe WebSIte




Check the latest update of the Issey Miyake website: great! In particular the animation called "A-Poc Inside" is so simple and so terrific!
Thanks to Jeansnow for the heads up.