The studio has been preparing for the ARKIV GO! project for the past week.
Character designed by Indonesian artist ARKIV, this would be the first colorway we’ll be dropping this summer.

Surfed the net a bit on this sunny Saturday afternoon, and found this photo.
Visual creativities come in different forms. This is brilliant.

Source: izismile.com

Spent a great afternoon chilling with YY at KABB in Xin Tian Di district on this sunny Shanghai Friday.
Is a bank holiday, so we didn’t go back to the studio until 9pm. Not much work was accomplished tonite though, our minds just weren’t there.

KG hooked me up with these. Thanks man.
SuperTeam33 from New Balance. Very cool.
Is sad to hear that NB stopped this collection though.

I’m a huge fan of the GI Joe character Snake-Eyes, and I try to collect all the action figures of him out there. And Hasbro just kept coming out with new ones… so, that’s the game huh? Ok. “The Rise of Cobra” edition… can’t wait for the movie to hit this summer. Should be good. Any fans out there? Or am I the only geek here??

Streetwear outfit INVOKE threw a party at Club DKD last weekend.
Minimal placements, kept it quite lo-key.
A few logo hits here and there, that’s it.
Nicely done by Mr. Box

Our good buddy Tim Wu took the stage to perform for the crowd.
His new single sounds like a winner with the crowd.

INVOKE, another fresh collection to watch out for in the Mainland scene.
MC Tim Wu, he has enough fans to pack this place as it is.
Can’t wait to see his upcoming album in summer.

CUT & PASTE Digital Design Tournament Shanghai took place this past Sat.
This was the first time the tournament came through China in its 5 years history.

I was asked to be on the judge panel for the 3D part of the competition, and I had no idea what to expect walking into it.

Each participant was given 15 mins to compose a 3D piece following one given theme. 15mins, to me, is not alot of time, and to do this LIVE in front of about 400 people, I can’t even imagine the pressure the participants had to bare during the competition.

All 4 participants performed amazingly well. It was a pain to rate them with simply a 1-4 scale. But that was the deal, and ranked them we did.  My attention didn’t really went to the final piece,  but more towards the work process each of these 4 designers had, their behavior.  It was fun to watch.  They all had 15mins to use, all shared the same theme/topic, it was up to them as to how they use that time wisely.  One person spent about 3 mins to fidle with his iPod before he started work while the others jumped right in there. And still, he was able to finish his amazing rendering under that 15mins mark. He didn’t win, but he ranked right up there, I can tell you that!

The event was well recieved.
Attendance was very good. I can see that many had a great time watching the competition unfolded. I take my hat off to the organizers (Panthea, Beck and the rest of the crew) and of course, the brain behind CUT & PASTE, John Fiorelli.

See you in Shanghai again soon.

(Photo credit: Kosuke Sato.)

Last week, CASIO hosted a new product conference in Shanghai.
Of course, my first stop was the G-Shock booth above all else.

They showed a series of collaborations the watch giant did over the past 2 years.
And also announced that the G-Lide 5500 model will arrive the Mainland market within the next month or so. Very good news.

Within the CASIO family, there’s a sub-brand named EDIFACE.
The story I got was that EDIFACE was originally made just for the Mainland market, but since it sold so well, this brand is now being brought to other Asia countries as well.
I actually like these models in the EDIFACE line, but frankly, at these prices, I might just go with NIXON.

Speaking of “G”, how about a little sneak-peek on this beautiful Monday morning?
G-Robot, by Jukai, got down-sized!
These bad boys are 9cm tall, and comes in various designs by different collaborators.
These are in production right now, so, July? TTF?

Is Friday here, let’s show you what we have been working on.
No dates, no nothing though.
Is a sample.

Designed by Oliver Hibert, here’s a character we have been working on for a while now.
Without giving too much away, I’ll just let the photo do the talking.
Hope you guys like it.

The new goodies from REVELATOR has just arrived ICONIC-1 this morning.
I personally love this label and Wade’s work, so it was without any hesitations that we ordered almost all the products in the catalog. The first wave for 2009 is looking fresh. I’m already looking forward to the next wave.

Seems like this Sat, May 23rd, is a good date on people’s calendar.
A few things will happen as to my knowing, and I’m sure tons of other events will happen in various countries as well.

CUT & PASTE Digital Design Tournament will make its Shanghai stop at Shanghai Sculpture Space that nite. I’ll be on the judge panel for the 3D competition.

And then, I’ll be off to INVOKE’s party at Club DKD.

INVOKE is relaunching its brand this season, and this is their first club event. I won’t want to miss this.

Over in Taipei, our good friends from INVINCIBLE will open its second store in the city also on that day. This time, Shi-men District, the West Side. They are set out to be THE sneaker boutique in town, so you’d definitely want to check them out if you are in Taiwan.

ONEWAY will be celebrating its 3rd anniversary in Taipei next month.
“Triple Threat” you say, K? Let’s see what those will be!

If you’ll be Taipei that weekend, definitely go to this party.
I’m making plans to go as well.

NOKIA x W+K London x adFunture

A while back, W+K London cooked this up for NOKIA in the UK. The theme surrounded NOKIA’s “Music Almighty” campaign, hence, the head phones and speakers. This collaboration was done on our YOKA platform. The Wieden+Kennedy London design team did the graphic design, adFunture produced. These weren’t made available for public sale. 300 people out there got these.