Designed by Wilson Brothers and Brinkworth, the layout of Berwick Street’s Foot Patrol is every bit as unique as the perfectly curated stock inside. The understated, street-side façade paves way for a brilliantly conceived ’store within a store’ – all recycled scaffold board and satin black steel fixtures – that seemingly floats within the ‘outer’ store. As for the stock, it’s high grade, sneaker-geek stuff… SMU (special make-up) versions of new and classic sports shoes, along with unique Foot Patrol products are handpicked by Michael Kopelman, original Foot Patrol owner and current Creative Director – needless to say, the fusion of cutting-edge interiors and top quality stock will ensure this is THE sneaker destination store for years to come…
Street style, haute couture fashion houses, alternative trends and fresh, inspirational designers from both the globes hottest fashion destinations.
Lazy Oaf ‘In The Mix’ Rucksack’s
allow some eye-popping technicolor into your life...
August 17th, 2010
We’re big fans of East London’s super-cool creative/fashion label, Lazy Oaf, and have long been admirers – we featured their Southend-on-Sea, trashy seaside SS10 Look Book back in May – of their wonderfully bright graphic tees and über-kitsch stationery and accessories. It’s no surprise then, that we’re suitably impressed with the latest additions to their collection, and our favourite by far has to be this wonderfully over the top, rainbow coloured rucksack. If you really couldn’t give two hoots whether or not brown is the new black and are yet to look up the dictionary definition of refined – and let’s be frank, that’s just no fun is it? – then this super statement of happiness and easy-going attitude is most certainly for you…
Pushing the envelope with authentic sub-cultural streetwear cool since 2006, London based collective toomuchposse! are a passionate boutique label with a “love affair” for street culture, design and creativity. We’re loving the effortlessly cool designs that adorn their latest tee collection, delivering an unabashed late 70s, early 80s counter-culture vibe that’s completely infectious….
New Balance’s Shoebox Factory
classic footwear brand's UK factory gets the shoebox treatment....
July 15th, 2010
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…..
Sepp, Football & Fashion Magazine
Karl Lagerfeld draws Rooney in an unimaginable combination....
June 14th, 2010
Seemingly as disparate as could be, high fashion and football meet in a bizarrely engaging manner in Sepp Magazine, where the beautiful people meet the beautiful game, and where – even more bizarrely – you’ll find Karl Lagerfeld drawing the likes of Rooney, Drogba and Ribery. Beautifully art directed by the brilliant Munich-based Mirko Borsche, the hefty publication – which is printed every 2 years, to coincide with World Cup’s and European Championships – is a must-have for any style obsessed football lover…..
Via: MagCulture
Lazy Oaf SS10 Look Book
wonderfully trashy seaside shoot showcases label's latest collection....
May 25th, 2010
We love East London’s über-hip outfitters, Lazy Oaf and we also love the vividly brilliant photography of Dan Wilton – we were therefore suitably blown away when their latest Lookbook – their super-cool SS10 collection, shot on Southend-on-Sea’s seafront by Wilton – dropped into our inbox. Kind of a wonderfully “fuck you” Brit alternative to those preppy New England shoots you see in GQ, the label’s beautifully illustrative style – bright, bold graphic prints – looks better than ever with the backdrop of the brash, trashy British seaside, so perfectly captured by Wilton…..
A.F. Vandevorst, Guerrilla Store Aktion 1
heavy dose of art & drama injected into the cult of 'pop-up'.....
May 6th, 2010
As many of the larger brands around the world continue to deliver staid, unadventurous – often undecorated – ‘pop-up’ stores, the once stimulating cult of guerrilla stores has been written off by many as somewhat of a fad… a tired one at that. It’s enlightening then to see the concept presented with style, energy and a distinct hallmark of class. Belgian fashion label, A.F. Vandevorst, have done just that here with their world war era field hospital concept for this Antwerp pop-up… the intention of the ‘Aktion’ guerrilla stores is to present the installation within unoccupied premises around the world – including boutiques, laundrettes and bakeries – for a maximum of three months at a time. The Antwerp store has recently closed, however it’s thought that Brussels could be next….
Our obsession with the moon and it’s phases as a guide of time, human behaviour and natural patterns date back to prehistoric and ancient cultures, and it’s this emotional relationship with the moon’s cycle that is explored in this conceptual piece from internationally diverse industrial design studio, The Emotion Lab. Hailing from México, Australia and Spain, The Emotion Lab is a four strong collective of up and coming designers that share a passion to “generate and provoke emotions and experiences which you will never forget” through their products…. unique, mysterious and beautifully enigmatic, their ‘Moonwatch’ delivers on their promise to provoke emotion perfectly…..
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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
