The blue used on the latest New Balance CM1600T is simply beautiful, but that’s not the only reason why this product was all sold out in Asia. Yup, all sold out, and this wasn’t even a “limited edition”…. Is nice to see New Balance finally getting some boost though, the brand has put out numerous great shoes as of late. The recent 997, 998, the 1300s, all very nice and well recieved by the consumers, but this 1600 took it to another level. Kudos!

So, you ready for the CAVS AJ4? I heard mixed feelings on the color combo, but really, to each his own. Call it “Air Lin 4″ for all I care, it is actually a nice looking shoe.

These kids’ rides, although old, are still everywhere in Shanghai. Weathered and rusted, I quite like the texture of them. This character is Captain Black-Cat, a Chinese cartoon series from the late ’70s. I had the pleasure of meeting its original creator a few years back when we were both on a judge panel for a design tournament. A very sincere gentleman, I’ve love to talk to him again if I’ve the chance.

Sunset-shot at the Shanghai Bund. Took this today actually, fresh~

Our Taiwan-connection, Bruce, came visit us in Shanghai this week. Really great to catch up with, as always, and of course, we went kicks shopping together.

He got the new Air Wovens on his feets walking into Shanghai though, so that was one less item to hunt for here. I decided to get myself a pair of Stan Smith, actually, my first SS ever. I opted the original colorways. Always stick to OG colors if available, that’s what I say.

Some nice G-Shocks arrived as well. I kept the all-white 6900 and the blacked-out 5600, one of each for myself. The white, I must say, doesn’t keep well, it has something to do with white resin material. Oh well, the one-tone looks nice though.

Lastly, one of my favorite shoes in the rotation lately; the JV Chuck Taylor. Like the weathered effect and the side zippers. Perfect for those too lazy to tie shoe-laces, someone like me~

It has been a good busy month with VEIL products rolled out on schedule, and moving into the hands of consumers at a reasonable pace. I now have time to turn my attention back to working closely with some media partners, hoping to launch a series of online features that will spotlight some personalities I respect in the Mainland China circuit.

New Balance’s care package arrived with this pair of USA-made 1300 inside. Really love the low-key colors, and I put them the very next day. I know there’s a grey colorway out there right now, you might want to check that one out as well.

Continued digging into my own kickz storage, I found these Fragment Design’d Nike Tennis Classics. With the Tennis Classics model seeing so much actions in the past 24 months, I forgot I have these put away. I decided to start wearing the blue colorway, and sent off the red pair to a fellow sneakerhead. All good.

You’ll see me keep digging up old releases if you follow my Instagram (id: eddiaft).

The adFunture brand has been quiet for a minute, but we’ll be coming back this year hard. Currently working on a few new figures, most of which I’m sure you’ll dig. This is the perks of running a small scale toy company instead of a corporate, I suppose. We never had to meet any annual target nor quantity, and that allowed us to not releasing products for the sake of releasing new products for our agents, or dealers. Sure, we made quite a few misses in the past 10 years, but who hasn’t. With the economy much fragile now, we will be even more careful on deciding on what to produce. If we don’t truly truly love it, then there’s really no point of making it. I hope this simple model will sustain adFunture’s lifespan. 10 years already, let see it till the end.

Here are a few random shots I took in the past week.

City of Shanghai, Pudong district.

Went to our friend’s, Eric Chan, new space opening. Eric offers furnitures and sound systems here in Shanghai, and I found this one quite interesting.

I never get tired from looking at Parra’s works. Noticed the 2 decks Parra designed for Enjoi when I visited BoFung’s studio last week. Just saw the news about Parra collaborating with Stussy this season, looking forward to those as well.

Care package from KENLU.NET !!! Hot looking collab they did with Li Ning recently. Kenlu.net x Li Ning CONQUER. Thanks for hooking it up, guys! Having worked with Li Ning sports brand in the past, I must say that they are definitely upping their game in terms of colorways and out reach.

Visited GuangZhou City quite a few times, mostly for work. This time I went for a buddy’s wedding, and was brought to some places I never went before, which was refreshing.

What looks to me like a space center (really, in outta space) was actually GZ’s opera house. I was amazed. I was amazed to see this as a government-owned structure.

This would make a neat office/studio.. ahem….

IFC building. So, Hong Kong, Shanghai and GuangZhou now each have their own IFC… Trying to out-do each other I see.

Amazing night view.
I’d like to go back to GZ again soon. I’m sure I missed a few beautifull venues. The food there is great as well, if you have a chance to visit China, GZ would make a neat lil’stop.

Shoes. Yeah, you guys like shoes. Let’s see what we have here.

Should I call these “dress shoes”? I don’t know what this type of shoes are called. Just leather shoes, I guess. I do like what APWS did with the blend of materials on this one though. APWS is an up and coming shoes label in Asia.

Woven Footscapes, us Asians love the Woven Footscapes. The latest collection have some nice colors, and this I like the best out of the 3. Love the leather texture on these.

I got these sent to our studio, which I found really interesting. New work by Visvim. Visvim is still pushing the boundaries, which I respect very much. I still wear my FBTs and 7-Holes Boot.

The UNDEFEATED x PUMA Clydes were officially released in Mainland China yesterday, finally. Shanghai and Beijing were the only 2 cities that had stocks to offer. I went to the launch event to check them out, and also took a look at the Clyde Exhibition PUMA had arranged at the venue. The UNDFTD Clydes are nice, there’s no question about that. 8 styles were available, and I could have walked out with at least 3 styles (black, white and beige, with the olive colorway being my fourth choice) if I was in a buying-mood. Respect to UNDFTD for their choice of colors and materials chosen. Check out some of the photos I took. Quite random though.

As previously introduced, adFunture worked with G-Shock on a series of 4 figures this Summer. The series titled “Master of G” has its design concept directly linked to 4 G-Shock iconic watch models; Gulfman, Mudman, Frogman and Riseman. Each character was inspired by the various functions of each G-Shock Master of G watch models. The figures can also serve as a watch holder, designed for those G-Shock collectors who would like to display their watches at home or the office.These figures were designed and produced by adFunture Workshop for G-Shock, and were given to consumers when they buy a watch at selected G-Shock retail stores.

These adFunture-designed-&-produced figures will hit the G-Shock stores nation wide in China on July 1st.

Am in Shanghai right now, actually, am in Shanghai most of the time. This is an amazing city, ever changing. Still have much to “improve” on, but is slowly getting there.

Sometimes, I do forget where I am though. I mean, the business that we do, the lifestyle we try to introduce, are still very green in this country. Grinding at our work everyday, sometimes I forget that most of the people in the country, in the city, see us as “odd”.


Taken from a local resturant, the moment I saw this wooden window frame, I paused. Yeah, I’m in “China”.

Because most of where I usually go in Shanghai, has new structures.

So much new grounds still in development. This is one of the spots I recently visited. Very nice, very clean. I wouldn’t mind putting our office on this street. (very expensive though, so, no.)

Most of the time, I look at Shanghai after the sun went down.
When the sun goes to sleep, another side of Shanghai awakes.

G-SHOCK’s SHOCK THE WORLD event came to Shanghai again. This one was even better than last year’s. Great party, met up with lots of old friends at the venue. As the watch for youths, even in Mainland China, G-Shock is second to none.

This was me with Chai from G-Shock, this was before I got drunk. Luckily, I am never a mean drunk…

Yoyo was rocking her pink Baby-G! Nice to hear that her JING Dance Studio is doing great.

Always a plus to any event, Sam Lee from SUBCREW was spinning at the event~