today and tomorrow

Mirror Mirror is the title of the adidas spring summer 2008 lookbook. The still life compositions where shot by Maurice Scheltens. A simple but very nice visual concept!

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The Reebok Timetanium Ventilator could have been the ultimate product for me: computer generated graphics by John Maeda combined with a sneaker! Unfortunately the sneaker looks … well I’m really disappointed. 100 pairs will be available on RbkCustom on November 13th.

Reebok posted a video on YouTube with John Maeda, at least the source code is on the insole.
More pictures of the sneaker here and here.

Sneakers turned into art by Jethro Haynes.

Adidas is going to release a Stan Smith City Series, one of them is Brussels! It has the Atomium on it! Let’s hope that my local dealer next doors, the adidas originals store, is going to carry them too!

On with todays theme on seduction. Style.com did a video interview with Christian Louboutin, a famous womens shoe designer. This quote just says it all, he stays true to his design principle.

I wanted to do shoes that were purely for seduction, for pleasure, for sex. That’s it. A shoe that you cannot run, you cannot even walk. If you want to run in these shoes, buy sneakers.

It’s been a while since I was excited about some new Nike Air Force 1 releases … ok, I’m still waiting for these Supreme Berlin ones. But these Supreme Canvas ones, damn hot! This picture doesn’t really do them any justice, the detailed ones at the Nike1Love blog do.

This is the FAC51-Y3, it’s not just an other adidas Y-3 sneaker, this one has real story behind it. Adidas Y-3 is opening a store in Manchester and to celebrate that event they teamed up with The Haçienda, Manchester’s most legendary club which is having its 25th anniversary. The FAC51-Y3 is not really my kind of sneaker, Y-3 has better ones, but I think the design fits the club. The name is just like a record catalog number, FAC51 stands for a record release on Factory Records and Y3 … that’s self-explanatory. The sneaker was a collaboration between Peter Saville, once graphic designer for Factory Records, Ben Kelly, the architect responsible for the interiors of the now legendary club, and Peter Hook, bass player of Joy Division / New Order. The whole package looks amazing, the shoe box resembles the shape of the club’s dancefloor. Of course this is a strictly limited release, only 250 pairs will be available. You’ll have to cough up €500 if you want to lay your hands on these.
I have praised the Y-3 website before, the 360° feature is so well executed! It’s so much fun browsing that I’ve just found a new must have, that Hodded blouson.

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Isn’t that great … right. Until I saw these brand logos on their website.

Mmmh … Guggi.

No, this isn’t related to Harry fucking Potter, it’s Turbo doing some breaking to Kraftwerks ‘Tour de France’. Hell yeah, 2 news items combined in one!

Apparently Nike doesn’t care anymore about its logo … Ever logo on the tongues in the collection on Nike Vintage Running, is mirrored. Spotted by an eagle eye on the Crooked Tongues forum.