[ak] Promo Film Part 1


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Neil Hartmann, a freelance photographer and film-maker, is working with Burton Snowboards to create some promotional film featuring the Japanese [ak] team.

[ak] Promo film part 1 made for Burton Snowboards in Japan, featuring the [ak] Japan team riding at various back-country locations from Hokkaido to Niigata and Gunma. Filming, Watanabe Norihiko, Edit, Neil Hartmann, Graphics, Etsu, Direction, Uemura Yoshinari. Enjoy the ride. Part 2 coming soon.

Next, Inside the NIKE iD Boot Room



While professional football players don’t have the same number of custom colorways as their NBA counterparts, nevertheless they play in the top flight is often rewarded with custom boots made by master craftsman.

Wallpaper* Design Awards 2009

Under the careful watch of a star-studded and influential cast, the likes of Kanye West, Jean Nouvel, Ines de la Fressange, Marc Newson, Sir Ken Adam and Stefano Pilati factored in for Wallpaper*’s Design Awards 2009. The categories include the best new domestic appliance, new restaurant, new private house, new or renovated hotel, new public building, city, men’s fashion collection, women’s fashion collection, new grooming product as well as most life-enhancing product and furniture designer of the year. The whole list of winners and runner-ups can be viewed over at Wallpaper.com.

Finally, Andy Warhol’s Still-Life Polaroids Exhibition

What can you really say about a guy like Andy Warhol...
By far one of the most influential artists of all time, Warhol constantly stepped it up, and his Campbells Soup works are by far some of my favorite works of all time, up there with Elephants by Salvidor Dali.
Which is why i was so trilled to see the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York displaying a selection of 70 Still-Life Polaroids by Andy Warhol.

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