Nike Vapor Laser Talon: Football’s First 3-D Printed Shoes

Wish I was good enough at football to play with these beauties. 

Weighing only 5.6 ounces these are needless to say extremely light. 

In terms of the manufacturing and design process apparently their 3-D 

printing and laser (SLS) sintering methods are ideal for the creative/iterative 

process as you can test a boot within hours instead of months.

This Full-Sized Urban Bike Weighs A Mere 11 Pounds

It’s called the BlackBraid--what I imagine to be some long lost pirate, or maybe a pirate ship, or maybe a pirate ship named after its pirate captain. But it’s no treacherous, sea-oriented thing. The BlackBraid is actually a carbon-fiber bike designed for urban travel. And it weighs a mere 11 pounds, making it one of the lightest bikes on the planet. (fastcodesign.com)

Google Glass Commerical - How It Feels

Pretty cool video showing you what google glass can do. Impressive.

Nike Flyknit Lunar1+

Haven't had the chance to pick up a pair of Flyknits but the colorways are gorgeous.

The Nike Flyknit Lunar1+ features an innovative upper, constructed entirely of tightly woven polyester yarn that varies in density: more open in targeted areas that need greater flexibility or ventilation and tighter in areas that demand support.   (Nike.com - Running)

Federer and Nadal Commercial Outtake

Hilarious commercial by Federer and Nadal. Too funny.

Reebok 8K Skate

Picked up a pair of Reebok 8K hockey skates. Was really due for some new skates and wanted to invest in a good pair, something I'll keep for 5+ years. I got these for $250 (at Pro Hockey Life on clearance). There are only slight new features for this years 2012/13 version compared to the 8K 2010 model.

These fit amazing out of the box for me. I have pretty wide skated with EE (widest size available) and the heat moulding was even better. The pumps are just darn cool and offer some extra comfort/stiffness in the ankle. I do have some discomfort in the left foot on the side of my toe area. I had these heat formed twice to try to widen the boot more. Its more comfortable now but I get some pain here and there. Overall pretty happy with these skates.

David Beckham H&M Underwear Commerical, directed by Guy Ritchie.

Blackberry 10 Commerical Ad

A good video showing new features which BB10 is boasting.
Much better than their past campaigns, now focusing on the working business man/women while being hip and cool.

"Keep moving."



Blackberry collaboration project with Alicia Keys, Neil Gaiman and Robert Rodriguez.
To jump start the next generation...keep moving projects.

Kinda cool...documenting the design process in a way. Less cheesy than Windows phone ads anyway ;)

Nike Zoom Ites Snowboard Boots

    Customize flex in three ways.  
    Working with 'the Nike Innovation Kitchen' some sick looking boots.

    













The Zoom Ites boot is straight from the mind of Gigi Rüf. He wished for certain days or conditions he could  have a softer or stiffer boot, but even better would be a boot he could customize for any day or condition he may face.  Nike.com - Snowboarding

    

       

    Nike Bellevue SE Women's Snowboard Jacket

 

    

PSY Super Bowl Ad - Pistachios

All I know is I really want pistachios now.

Lindsey Vonn Super-G Crash

Crazy crash...don't do this at home kids.

Nike + FuelBand

Through a sports-tested accelerometer, Nike+ FuelBand tracks your daily activity including running, walking, basketball, dancing and dozens of everyday activities. It tracks each step taken and calorie burned. It also tells the time of day.

Adidas Original & B.o.B

Adidas and B.o.B team up for this ad with Champs. 

Deadmau5 Puma Sneaker Commercial

Commercial ad for Puma and Foot Locker shot around Europe (England, Berlin, Barcelona and others) featuring the Deadmau5 branded sneaker. more

Urbanized: A Documentary Film

Urbanized is Gary Hustwit's new documentary that is now reported to be released late this year/early 2012. Gary along with many other great speakers will be in Toronto for the DOT conference (Design Our Tomorrow) held in November, which I will be attending aimed to inspiring youth. {Kickstarter.com} more
The third documentary in this trilogy is about the design of cities.Urbanized looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design, featuring some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. -Gary Hustwit

Kaweco Liliput

I bought a Kaweco Sport fountain pen when I was in Berlin this summer, great looking pens from Germany. {Cool Hunting} more

Named for the diminutive island dwellers of Gulliver's Travels, Liliput is a petite new pen from heritage German pen-maker Kaweco. True to its name, the pen measures only 3.8 inches when closed, expanding to five when posed for writing. At first glance, the cylindrical capsule could be anything from an EpiPen to an elongated pillbox, but don't let its austerity fool you. Made from solid aluminum, it takes refillable cartridges and at only eight grams, weighs next to nothing. -Cool Hunting

Speculative moldmaking

A friend of mine (a computer science major) asked me if creating iphone cases is a profitable business? I said sure if you have half a million dollars laying around maybe (which is usually the costs required to get a steel mold created for the product). Anyway I came across this interesting article about the industry and sent it to him from {core77} more 
On the morning of Apple's Oct. 4 announcement, top managers at Palo Alto startup Speck huddled into a conference room filled with colorful MacBooks to watch the news trickle in. They had created several rough models of potential new designs for the next iPhone, but were far from committing to any of them. "We have no idea what's going to hit the market," says Irene Baran, Speck's CEO. "We listen to the rumors like everyone else does and make intelligent guesses." -core77

Easton S17 Composite Skate Design

What is Coil Technology™? A one-piece composite boot form that maximizes energy return to give you explosive speed on the ice.

Why do the top pros in the world choose to shoot with Easton composite sticks? More power, lighter weight, and better response. Now our skates offer that same engineered superiority. Coil Technology is twice as responsive as traditional skates which rely on plastic. Our one piece composite boot form stores energy and then releases it to help your foot spring back stride after stride. {Easton} more

New Reebok NHL Jerseys

This year Reebok has designed new jerseys for several NHL teams across the league. Some notables...the new Winnipeg Jets jersey (formerly the Atlanta Thrashers), and the new alternate heritage jersey for the Ottawa Senators. The Senators jersey is a replica of the old on warn by the Senators in the early 1900s. The original jersey was actually analyzed from archives to make sure the colors and graphics were accurate. {NHL.com}

Steve Job dies at 56

Steve Jobs is dead at the early age of 56 on Thursday, October 6th. Steve Jobs is the great man behind the success of Apple computers and the most iconic designs given to us in the 21st century. May his legacy live on and he rest in peace. Thank you Steve. {Gizmodo} more


"In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service."
                                                            Steve Jobs (1955-2011)