CFL cornerback Tristan Jackson just did it what no NFL player can do. Taking full advantage of the Canadian League’s 110-yard field and 20-yard end zones, the Saskatchewan Roughrider returned a missed field goal for a 129-yard touchdown.
This photo reminds me of the days surfing when a big swell was on and the first surfer to see a HUGE set coming in would yell ‘Out the baaackk!!’ and the rest of us would paddle as hard as we could to get under it before it broke.
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All caps come with 100% linen uppers and feature an adjustable leather back strap and a white Norse Projects label on the front. Great choice of colorways.
In a matter of speaking, Blake Lethem is the man behind DOOM’s mask. Not that he is DOOM, but that he worked with the Villain to design his first and second disguises.
Lethem (also known as KEO and SCOTCH 79) is a Brooklyn-born graffiti writer, designer, MC, and raconteur whose stories go much deeper than his time spent with the Villain.
“I am attracted to things that are capable of transcending their own banality and materiality to become something else, something more. I like the way that videotape is simultaneously delicate and durable, since it’s meant to last. I can rip it easily with my hands because it’s so thin, but I can also stretch it. Videotape is made to present the world in color, but it appears purely black. It’s supposed to be this safe container of the past, but it is destined to vanish like a dinosaur, to become obsolete, pushed away by new technologies. It’s a familiar mass-produced commodity, but it can be surprisingly sensual and can look almost alive if set in motion. It can be seen as a solid, thick, black line, but it can also disappear right in front of your eyes if it’s turned on its side” – Zilvinas Kempinas
Louis Vuitton presents a look at its pre-collection of men’s outerwear for Fall/Winter 2012. Shot around some of Manhattan’s most well-known neighborhoods. Definitely feeling the use of furs and leathers.
Hennessy unveils an exclusive box set for its latest collab with New York artist, Futura. Unfortunately the sneakers will not be released to the public, but look for the Futura x Hennessy cognac bottle to hit select stockists soon.
To commemorate the final film release in director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, Stussy is releasing a special collaboration T-shirt collection in conjunction with the release of The Dark Knight Rises. I’ll be sure to pick one of these up from my local Stussy store.
Influenced by psychedelic art from the 1960s and 1970s, contemporary Los Angeles-based artist, Steven Harrington has built a following with his timeless pop-inspired style and mystical, contemplative imagery. Co-founder of California’s National Forest Design alongside fellow artist Justin Krietemeyer, Harrington’s latest works exude a decidedly West Coast influence of landscape and culture and include everything from screen prints and sculptures to large-scale installations, skateboards and more. In addition to recent collaborations with the likes of Ace Hotel Palm Springs and Generic Surplus, Harrington has also collaborated with Burton and Parisian label, Sixpack. While prepping for the debut of his latest exhibition, Harrington provided us with a glimpse inside of his sketchbook for the most recent edition of Pen & Paper. “Insideout” — Harrington’s upcoming show — is set to open at LA’s Known Gallery with a special reception on August 18 from 8-11 p.m. PDT and will remain on display through September 1, 2012.
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As someone who joined the chorus of people who thought that Apple (AAPL) would never be the same after Steve Jobs left, it brings me little joy to point out that two worms are already eating away at its core: an Apple innovation drought and the rise of price-sensitive buyers.
So don’t be surprised to see Apple’s stock begin a steady decline — interrupted by abrupt plunges when it misses earnings expectations or guides lower.
The deepest problem facing Apple is that it has yet to demonstrate that it can introduce a new category killing product — such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad – since Jobs departed. Sure, Apple defenders believe that Jony Ive, its senior vice president of industrial design, will be able to continue that trend. But he has yet to prove that he can.
In the past, Apple targeted big markets always figuring out how to get in at the right time and do so with a product that took the lead and usually kept it. To be fair, tackling new categories is not something that Apple did every year. But if it has such a next big thing up its sleeve, investors would certainly like to see it soon.
So what’s eating Apple? Here are two of the hungriest worms eating away at its core.
Lack of Social Leadership: Duller Innovation Edge
Sure Apple has had a tradition of acquiring small companies that helped fill in a missing product or technology gap. But during Jobs’s last stand, it never thought of acquiring another company to get thought leadership in a critical technology area.
However, rumors that Apple was seeking a stake in Twitter suggest to me that it is giving up on its ability to craft a social network that takes away industry leadership. Even though reports are that Apple and Twitter did not come to terms — the fact of those negotiations suggests that Apple may be running out of innovation steam.
CEO Tim Cook said that Apple has to get social and discussions of outsourcing that capability make me wonder whether the company has abandoned an in-house approach. After all, Apple’s Ping social music sharing network did not take off after Facebook (FB) pulled out of the deal, reports GottaBeMobile.
In the last decade or so, Apple’s business strategy has depended on building an ecosystem of providers that created low-priced Apps and content that, in turn, drove consumers to buy its high-margin hardware.
I take my hat off to the guys that designed this amazing building. I could just imagine presenting this concept to my client and it took some balls to push the envelope with this design. It’s a great example of the rewarding return to going outside the box. I want to see more of this architecture in the world.
Australian architect Zvi Belling of ITN Architects has recently completed the Hive Apartment in Melbourne. The architect developed the project with his neighbour “Prowla”, a respected Melbourne graffiti artist who contributed the design of the graffiti letters, which are inscribed in the external precast concrete walls of the apartments, along with other hip hop iconography. The graffiti relief panel spells “Hive”, in a series of external geometries which have been extruded into living spaces in bulkheads and wall shapes, directly determining the interiors of the space.
The new apartment is an intervention into the fabric of the block. Through apparent contradiction, the volume seeks to knit itself into a previously existing building on the site, forming an integrated new cultural type that reveals the site’s history, with glimpses of period material and detail.
The concrete relief façade, containing shapes such as letters, arrows, swooshes and drips, has been slotted into the exposed brickwork shell of an old Carlton tailor shop. The four-metre-high concrete letters bear the load of all four stories, transferring to the footing through the oversized letter E and simultaneously creating a visual entry to the apartment. Similarly, the punctuations in the façades allow interesting views and natural light opportunities within the habitable spaces.
Thanks Ellis for the great find.
