The first exhibition will be held at the London flagship store Godwin Champs Namuyimba’s exhibition at the London flagship store Source: Art Gallery Project offering international support for creativity and craftsmanship Establishing Tiger Gallery™ In celebrating ASICS Onitsuka Tiger’s Tiger Gallery concept, there is an opportunity to discuss why the combination of sneakers and…
Source: ROUGE x ULTRAMAGNETIC MC’S White/Green/Yellow Ewing Athletics, founded by legendary New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing, is heating up the summer with the release of a classic HipHop inspired sneaker. The vintage sneaker company just released the ROGUE in collaboration with the Ultramagnetic MCs—one of the most innovative and lyrical rap groups from Bronx,…
Track and field is bankrolled by large athletic footwear and apparel companies. What happens when the track and field devotees who founded the big companies age out? Source: Sneaker companies loom large at Oregon22: ‘Lifeblood of the sport,’ but for how long? I actually paid for Peacock to watch Oregon22. I didn’t need or want…
While hip hop established itself as more than just an underground phenomenon, the Wallabee became the uniform for artists like Run DMC, Slick Rick and KRS1 who wanted to stay true to the genre’s Caribbean diaspora roots. The 90s saw an explosion for the style in New York and on the hip hop scene,…
I received a press release from Red Ball Jets announcing their wholesale relationship with Fred Segal. While this could be overlooked as an expansion by RBJ to retail, it’s worth discussing as we continue to see other digitally native brands who opened their own doors but stayed away from wholesale in many instances. In today’s…
The leading creators of virtual sneakers, collectibles and experiences, born in the metaverse, join the NIKE, Inc. family Source: NIKE, Inc. Acquires RTFKT I initially discovered RTFKT in February of this year while researching Beeple’s success with NFTs. I did a video requesting questions to present to the founder of the site SneakerCred, Cash Patterson….
ASICS is announcing the ASICS SUNRISE RED™ NFT COLLECTION – a first-of-its-kind footwear release that will be available via digital auction starting on July 15th 2021. Source: ASICS GOES DIGITAL WITH LAUNCH OF FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND NFT FOOTWEAR COLLECTION| ASICS Global – The Official Corporate Website for ASICS and Its Affiliates Instead of attempting to dissect this…
For the launch of his new signature shoe, the Why Not? Zer0.4, Russell Westbrook and Jordan Brand commissioned six talented artists to create pieces inspired… Source: Russell Westbrook Elevates Two More Artists With The Why Not? Zer0.4. air.jordan.com This isn’t a detailed post on the Why Not? Zer0.4. It’s a celebration of the colorways dropping….
Source: 33 HI Black/White/Royal x TONY TOUCH Before SoundCloud, before the internet, and before radio was playing the iconic rap music we know and love, there were mixtapes. Tony Touch flooded the streets of New York with these hand-picked sonic curations throughout the ‘90s and quickly became one of the biggest mixtape DJs in the…
My website is a working design portfolio and blog (pictured REIGN MAN). Source: KIMANHI BOLDEN CREATIVE SPACE Anyone who knows me, is aware of my dream to open an art gallery. We were married in my brother Herb’s Gallery 504 and I hosted open mics at the venue. That place was my soul and I…
After connecting with Adam Port I attempted to do as much as possible to shed a light on the talented artist. It makes me feel really good that smaller channels on YouTube are reaching out and interviewing him. For a person with such a storied artistic career you would think he wouldn’t have a problem…
Nike’s latest retail concept opens at nine locations worldwide before 2021. (San Antonio Location Source: Nike Unite Retail Concept If Nike wanted to ramp up store openings, they could. I’ve written continuously that retail should really consider themselves as dialysis patients and Nike is the machine that cleans the body. At any moment, Nike could…
While you know arch as a discussion site for the sneaker industry, arch is also a media company with a small record label, video and photography services. Our connection to the sneaker industry inspires us to work with musicians, brands and labels to create an opportunity for the promotion of apparel companies and the artists….
In the turbulent times of 2020, everyone seems to be looking for a way to protest or speak out; whether it be for equality, representation or justice. While I don’t mean for Women’s World Wednesdays to be political or some self-proclaimed crusade of social justice, I thought it was important to shine a light on…
In the turbulent times of 2020, everyone seems to be looking for a way to protest or speak out; whether it be for equality, representation or justice. While I don’t mean for Women’s World Wednesdays to be political or some self-proclaimed crusade of social justice, I thought it was important to shine a light on…
In the turbulent times of 2020, everyone seems to be looking for a way to protest or speak out; whether it be for equality, representation or justice. While I don’t mean for Women’s World Wednesdays to be political or some self-proclaimed crusade of social justice, I thought it was important to shine a light on…
Social media and websites for Adam Port: https://adamport.com/ https://www.instagram.com/artofadamport/ https://youtube.com/artofadamport https://twitter.com/@artofadamport A few weeks ago I did an unrolling and framing of my print from Adam Port. The views haven’t been crazy and it showed me that my appreciation for art and sneaker culture is a bit different than most people. This probably stems from…
In the turbulent times of 2020, everyone seems to be looking for a way to protest or speak out; whether it be for equality, representation or justice. While I don’t mean for Women’s World Wednesdays to be political or some self-proclaimed crusade of social justice, I thought it was important to shine a light on…
I didn’t really dive into a lot of the terms for marketing and I didn’t write a script for this video. I was in a YouTube rabbit hole last night watching music videos, and remembered that a few weeks ago I saw the Drake video and thought, “This is one big Nike ad.” The video…
Song used in the video: D. Original by Jeru the Damaja Jeru on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeruthedamaja Jeru’s website to shop merch: https://jeruthedamajastore.com/ Jeru on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGAogciBoFztW0nCI14Yy-g Stream the music you love, buy the music you love, but more important support the artists you admire by buying merch. Think about this, Jeru has been dropping gems since…
In the turbulent times of 2020, everyone seems to be looking for a way to protest or speak out; whether it be for equality, representation or justice. While I don’t mean for Women’s World Wednesdays to be political or some self-proclaimed crusade of social justice, I thought it was important to shine a light on…
In the turbulent times of 2020, everyone seems to be looking for a way to protest or speak out, whether it be for equality, representation or justice. While I don’t mean for Women’s World Wednesdays to be political or some self-proclaimed crusade of social justice, I thought it was important to shine a light on…
