Having been produced in the UK for more than 100 years, and with a ‘no major sponsorship’ mantra that affords them this luxury, New Balance are a unique brand in a big-money, cheap-manufacture sportswear market – and that’s as refreshingly admirable as it is remarkable for this day and age. Showing at this month’s Bread & Butter Berlin trade show, their Flimby shoebox factory pays homage to the real Cumbrian factory that still churns out classic styles with modern materials and commemorates the brand’s core beliefs. Oh, and it looks rather cute too…..
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New Balance’s Shoebox Factory
classic footwear brand's UK factory gets the shoebox treatment....
July 15th, 2010
KNVB Supporter Shirt by We Are Bas & Daan
Dutch students' wonderfully inspired t-shirt concept....
June 7th, 2010
Long at the forefront of using their supporters as the 12th man, The Netherlands’ famous sea of orange is an iconic a sight as you are likely to see in world football. With the 2010 World Cup only days away – we can barely contain ourselves now – we were pleasantly amused with this inspirational concept from Amsterdam based creatives Bas van de Poel and Daan van Dam, seemingly inspired by Fabrizio Ravanelli’s famous goal celebration….
Update: Thanks to @discuit for pointing out the similarities between this and Spanish side Getafe’s official kit…..
Nike World Cup Advert
'Write The Future' beautifully epitomises the world's expectations....
May 21st, 2010
We, like so many others around the world, are struggling to contain ourselves with excitement about next month’s carnival of football – or ’soccer’ for our US readers – and you can always heavily rely on the heavyweight champions of marketing to come up trumps with a piece of advertising/entertainment that perfectly sums up the feelings of the footballing world. Nike’s 2010 World Cup advert focuses upon the expectations of a nation and the potential for greatness that each of the competing athletes feels…. moments of glory snatched, shared and stolen. Sensationally shot, beautifully edited and perfectly written, the Oregon based sportswear giants have once more provided a golden moment of marketing that will be on everyone’s lips for the coming months……
Nike World Cup Advert
Soccer City Photographs by Rasmus Norlander
beginning the World Cup frenzy already....
January 4th, 2010
It’s a New Year, a new Decade and probably most importantly, it’s a World Cup year… and what better way to begin the road to South Africa with a quick look at the updates of their landmark Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg in some arresting images from celebrated Swedish photographer, Rasmus Norlander. Having been published in the likes of Wallpaper, Monocle, Dwell and Arkitip, Norlander is a photographer with an exquisite eye for bringing a breath-taking honesty and realism to engineering and architecture. Not quite as outstanding as Munich’s Allianz Arena or Beijing’s ‘Bird Nest’, Johannesburg’s Soccer City, an existing stadium steeped in history, should nonetheless provide some momentous occasions at this summer’s competition.
It might not be quite the right time of year to be throwing out posts like this, but if you’re heading off for a bit of winter sun and feel you can pull off some wonderfully kitsch swimwear designs then you couldn’t do much better than these wonderfully borderline tacky prints from Sydney based artist Jeremy Somers and swimwear designer Indhra Chagoury. Being individually made from high grade Italian Lycra and printed with high density inks, We Are Handsome’s collection is suitably limited edition, meaning that if you’re bold enough to make the statement then you’ll no doubt be rewarded with exclusivity.
You know where Raleigh bikes went wrong? They should have called the re-invented Chopper the Thunderfucker 2. That’s a bike we want to ride. And we could, if we had a spare £1,700. Fast Boy Cycles lovingly crafts bikes (such as the Thunderfucker) out of their NYC studio to order. But this is no assembly chain operation, the driving force, Ezra Caldwell, crafts no more than 20 bikes a year. He’s a man with a mission: bikes aren’t just eco-alternatives for clogged city commuting, they should be objects of beauty too. His signature slender wooden handlebars see to that, as do the sleek contours of the frame itself. It may look like it’s straight from the set of Heartbeat, but make no mistake – with full disc brakes and racing tyres, this is a psycho-cross machine well up to the challenge of eating up those city streets.
Specialist air brushing guru(s) ‘Death Spray Custom‘ are fairly elusive, or maybe it’s just that he/she/it/them are more inclined to let their work do the talking than big themselves up. Whatever it is there is little or no information about the London based artist(s) on their website, but what there is a lot of is obscenely high quality custom paint work, primarily in the biking/sports domain, which is where this new collaborative piece comes in. This witty custom painted Davida motorcycle helmet shows everybody just what the helmet is supposedly protecting and DSC proclaim that it will make the wearer ‘69% more intelligent, 71% more fascinating at dinner parties and 136% better at rolling stoppies’, whilst we can’t confirm just how accurate these figures are, we hazard a guess that it will make you a good 200% cooler than any other bikers out there.
Back in the 40’s and 50’s, roller racing brought huge crowds to ballrooms, cinemas and even luxury hotels such as the Savoy. The event, which essentially features two cyclists battling it out on fixed racing bikes, has been given a contemporary twist by ‘Rollapaluza‘, who have turned this vintage practice into a modern, vibrant and exhilarating experience with their self-promoted events featuring DJs, drinking and lots and lots of shouting as the team encourage the audience to participate in commentary and general frivolity.
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We caught up with New York based artist Devin McGrath who, in his beautifully crafted, unique style, bashes out darkly inspirational artworks with an enviable ease……
Clean and crisp, thoughtful illustration is a strong presence in the delightful portfolio of Welsh, Manchester based graduate Gareth Hughes.....
They love fellow Bristolian Banksy – in no small part due to making them a lot of money – but rate Tracy Emin as “nonsensical shit”. Here's our studio spotlight on Taxi Studio.....
The Dead Photos is an inspiring collection of macabre, touching, humorous and enlightening images that offer a delicate insight into the fragility of human life.
Half English half Japanese, London-based Jiro Bevis knocks out record covers, club flyers and editorial pieces with a ridiculously cool, 1980s retro vibe to them....
It’s great to see a company have a strong visual identity running throughout their brand – and that’s just what Stockholm based Bedow Creative have achieved for Sweden’s largest organic grocery store, Eat! Ekoaffären.
Founded by the rather talented duo of Mark Tappin and Simon Gofton, Tappin Gofton is a London-based studio that knock out some wonderfully distinctive work
We asked the Portland studio some questions, which they blindly ignored – instead providing us with a delightful insight into their wonderfully twisted minds. Enjoy…..
Decidedly Brazilian, thanks to it’s colour and vibrancy, Rubens LP’s style is the perfect accompaniment to summer – and anyone who uses bulldogs in their work is sure to receive high precedence with us…..
Rolling out across Europe in coming weeks is this, rather difficult to watch, advert for Sony’s new range of 3D TVs – courtesy of Sexy Beast director Jonathan Glazer....
Devin McGrath
Gareth Hughes
Taxi Studio
The Dead Photos
Jiro Bevis
Eat! Brand Identity
Tappin Gofton
The Official Manufacturing Company
Rubens LP
Sony 3D TV Advert
