Delaware Unboxing
Coming at you from Ivan Orsic… I can definitely relate to this dude’s excitement!
Bricks
The highly anticipated Sneakerology Reverse Jams arrived at the warehouse last week. I spent a couple of days with Jimmy, Kane, and Jessie packaging and labeling pairs to be sent off to different cities around the U.S. “Everytime I look, I’m moving units of bricks” Jay-Z
Oh, it is so on!
Not really. This morning (8:00 AM PST) I had a webcam interview with Alexa Chung pictured below for an MTV show called It’s On with Alexa Chung. The show’s producer had contacted me last week about being featured on the show. They wanted to do a segment about this past weekend’s NYC Sneaker Pimps event [...]
Stomper Prototype
Stomper is the name I’m giving this contraption while I think of something better. This was the final project for a course I took called Digital Fabrication for the Arts. We installed all of the class’s final projects at The Frame, which is the student gallery here at CMU, last Friday. I designed this piece [...]
Sole Identity
So here is my final project for my Art That Learns course which we installed at the PIttsburgh Children’s Museum. My piece was entitled “Sole Identity” Here’s the official blurb about the project: What do our shoes say about us? Do they define us or do we define them? Sole Identity is a project that [...]
Guest Speaker: Octavio Lubrano
We invited a special guest speaker this past Monday to come talk to the class. Octavio Lubrano (CMU Industrial Design ’93) is a senior designer for Jordan Brand. On his way to NYC for a meeting with Derek Jeter, Octavio was kind enough to route his stop over in Pittsburgh just to come visit our [...]
Sneaker Mirror: Phase 2
I shouldn’t be blogging because of the huge amount of work I have, I know. But this one is a quickie! I’ve been working on my Sneaker Mirror to get it ready to show for Kicksburgh this Wednesday. I asked my professors about what might be wrong when replicating RGB colorspace with the collection of [...]
Sneakerology101 X Reebok
Man, doesn’t that title look sweet? Last night was the official announcement of our “Sneakerology Reverse Jam” – a collaboration we did with Reebok commemorating the first ever accredited course on sneakers. The concept is education and draws from aesthetics seen in traditional school settings. The slate nubuck, yellow side-stripes, and wool felt tongue pay [...]
Bobbito Garcia Recap
Bobbito Garcia rocked a packed McConomy Auditorium last night as he spoke on the beginnings of sneaker awareness. It was a great lecture from a guy who seriously has so much to say. He was blown away by the university setting and we were equally, if not more, amazed by him- mostly star struck. The [...]
Sneaker Mirror: Phase 1
I’ve been coding the past few days trying to wrap up this projection installation for Kicksburgh. It’s an interactive “sneaker mirror” that basically takes a live video feed and reproduces it as a mosaic of iconic sneakers. Below are some phase 1 screen shots. I’ve finally gotten it to where shapes are visible and representing [...]
Exploring Ideas
My mom told me that my thesis has become Sneakerology- I don’t completely disagree with her. That being said, I’ve dedicated all of my classes and their corresponding projects to Sneakerology, specifically Kicksburgh. For New Media Installation (the one we made the Butterflies for) I’ve been exploring what’s underneath our feet; the part of the [...]
Interview with Downtown L.A. News