OUR HOMIE RUBEN SZNAJDERMAN CAME BACK TO STOCKHOLM JUS RECENTLY FROM HIS TRIP AROUND THE WORLD AND HE OFFERED TO COME SPIN AT MY B-DAY BASH TOMORROW!!!!!!!! WATCH IT CUS DAT ISRAELIAN BASS IS GONNA CATCH YOU TOTALLY OFF GAAAWD!!!!!!!!!
If you're in the area don't miss the Nike exhibition starting this saturday. It contains original Air Max sneakers and an illustrated timeline showing the Air Max 1 journey from jogging shoe in 1987, to the iconic sneaker it is today. Swedish Air Max 1 fans will be showing their favorite shoes, sharing their stories about the Air Max 1, and there will be photography by Fredrik Skogkvist.
The exhibition is free and will be up August 15-23 Studio is located on Åsögatan 115, Stockholm The exhibition will be open: Monday-Friday: 12 PM-7 PM and Saturday-Sunday: 12 PM-5 PM
The Chicago FootworKINGz (FWK) is an all-star dance ensemble featuring the best of Chi-Town’s footwork battle champs including members from local crews Creation and Heat Squad.
FWK was founded in 2007 by Leida “Lady Sol” Villegas as a professional dance company and website seeking to attract global recognition to “footworkin’,” a unique, Chicago born dance style. Footworkin’ evolved in the Black community as a response to House and Juke music (a sound developed from House music sped up to 160bpm). “This movement has been around for over 20 years and we want it to be exposed in the mainstream and all over the world,” says King Charles, co-artistic director of the FootworKINGz.
One of the boldest innovators I've ever met is Kaiti Pasqualotto. I got introduced to her in Paris and got to know her better when she spent some time in Stockholm on her European tour. Kaiti just made the leap from Calgary in Canada to NYC... after much work and collaborations with talented dancers, photographers, designers (props to swedish Hege!!) etc. she made her dream project come true... ADDICTED is an expression of the freedom to be YOU to be FREE to be BOUNDLESS...
House of Dangerkat presents "The Making of Addicted", following the House in New York City this past July (2009) while creating "Addicted" for their world premier at Tribeca Grand Hotel August 1 2009. Addicted is planning a European Tour in Spring 2010...
In 1987, Nike debuted a shoe that would forever change footwear. Designed for runners in need of maximum cushioning and stability, the Air Max 1 featured the largest air sole unit to date. Nike designer Tinker Hatfield whilst on holiday in Paris saw the Pompidou center, all the visible pipelines were an inspiration and he said to his design team “ why donʼt we just cut a big hole in the midsole and let the air bag be kind of exposed” they did and the Air Max 1 was born. It was not just the design, which was unique, but also the colour, regular running shoes of the time were neutral coloured but the Air Max 1 introduced a ʼSport Redʼ colour wrapping the shoes. This radically aesthetic shoe was soon adopted by people interested in the growing street wear scene, their avid collecting of the multiple colour ways, the further successful evolutions of the shoe (Air Max Lite, AM 90, AM 95 etc) created a shoe which they deemed and continue to deem iconic up to this day.
In 1987 Tinker Hatfield also introduced the Air Safari, what the AM1 revolutionized in running on air, the Safari took the Nike footwear aesthetic forward through its bold use of pattern and print. Revisiting the era of the Air Max 1 and the Air Safari, Nike Sportswear has remixed two iconic shoes to create something entirely new. This Air Max 1 collection makes use of the Air Safariʼs iconic leopard print pattern and teams the Safariʼs premium leather (orange & red/ men) with the Air Maxʼs Air Sole. A textile version in white & grey along with the safari print is also available (men). For the women The Air Max 1 comes in white leather and orange leather both with the safari print and ready to pair with some spandex leggings.
To celebrate the return of the Air Max 1's Nike is throwin a party in Stockholm August 14th for a # of invited sneakerheads... stay tuned for deets & recaps....
... in the making >> a documentary depicting the hip hop culture from a female perspective w/ Roxanne Shanté, Rokafella, Kimba, Indie 184, Veronica Star, dj Shortee, Bahamadia etc...
