UK based Lazy Oaf are moving out of their Kingly Court shop, and moving to the spanking new Fouberts Place shop… Don’t worry, the shop is just up the road from the old location! To celebrate this moment, Lazy Oaf are inviting us all to join them at their shop opening tonight. These are many reasons to attend tonight, like meeting designer Gemma Shiel, or the 10% off… But I want the 50 goodie bags sponsored by Jelly Bellys…..
On March 6th Meet The Streets will celebrate their 5th anniversary with a killer party at the place where it all started, the Maassilo in Rotterdam.
It was a typical rainy day on the Nieuwe Hoogstraat in Amsterdam, but this didn’t stop the fans and on lookers to start moving to the beats of Dret&Krulle. This was the first of six instore concerts “The Suede Road“, from Puma, will be held in the coming months. The sneakers store SeventyFive, provided the location for the real-life manaquins to blast their latest tracks, including the hit, “Verder“, and share their ‘De Bijlmer’ life in rap.
Here is proof that skateboarding can reach across the globe and speak many languages. In central Africa lies the country of Uganda, which like most African country has to deal with vast poverty, where kids are learning to master the mini ramp and rails. You are probably asking yourself, “A Skateboard ramp in Uganda?”, the answer is yes and here is how The Uganda Skateboard Union all started.
The Suede Road goes on and on…. Puma are celebrating their 40 years of the Suede with a new campaign called Suede Road. Suede Road takes us on its musical journey through time, by releasing six new colourways which pay tribute to the different musical styles and cultures which welcomed the Suede over time: hip hop, acid jazz, punk rock, skate grunge, reggae dub and britpop. Along with the new colourways, Puma will be hosting six instore concerts, 6 limited edition mini-fanzines, and have also launched their very own blog.
Into The Pixel is an exhibition which features some of the best original videogame artworks. Every year the collection is auctioned off with 100% of the proceeds put towards the Starlight Children’s Foundation. This non-profit organisation helps seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities. Previously the auction was only avaible to members of the game industry as part of the annual DICE summit. However this year, for the first time ever, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) have opened up the bidding to the public by putting it on Ebay. The collection features works from the artists of “Halo Wars”, “Little Big Planet”, “Fable II” and the likes.
A few weeks ago saw Egypt be African Football champions for the third time in a row. Something during the tournament that caught my eye was Puma’s universal third kit for African countries in 2010 in partnership with the United Nations, which will be worn by all African teams sponsored by, you guessed it, Puma. These kits were designed to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity . Read the rest of this entry »
On March 6th Meet The Streets will celebrate their 5th anniversary with a killer party at the place where it all started, the Maassilo in Rotterdam.
I was invited to the AW10 show of one of my favorite brands, Wood Wood , who put up their show at Hotel D’Angleterre in Copenhagen during this past Fashion Week. Afterwards there was the party at Den Roden Pimpernel, but I guess leaving those pictures out is for the best. Thanks again Malin!
So there wasn’t really anything that stood out at the CPH vision fair, except for the Responsible Design I told you about in the previous post, and this Swedish designer “Fraulein von Hast”.
February 19th will be the kick off of Appelsaps 10 year anniversary.
The hiphop-festival that started 10 years ago in the Oosterpark, Amsterdam, now is one of the most well known and most popular free festivals in The Netherlands.
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