nooka sightings: fallout boy [part 3]

courtesy of photographer todd owyoung, fallout boy's patirck stump (vocalist and guitarist) was pictured sporting a nooka silver zub zoo 20. on august 19th, falloutboy performed at the pageant and todd owyoung was able to get up-close and capture the band in action. known for their creative and enthusiastic love for music, it was a pleasure to see the band showing nooka love. be sure to pickup the nooka that patrick is wearing.

nooka is available at fine shops and online here.

also, don't forget to vote for nooka at pulchra. the voting process may seem a bit tedious, but it is actually really simple. simply drag nooka to the number 1 spot, if that's your choice of course and choose the other 9 objects until you have completed your list. In order for your vote to be valid, you will need to complete the details form. remember you can only vote ONCE PER DAY, so make sure to log on the next day and do it all over again. link is here!

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nooka sightings: todd owyoung

concert photographer extraordinaire, todd owyoung was seen sporting the nooka zirc nt. todd is known for snapping pictures of extremely talented rock musicians such as the lil wayne, bruce springstein, and radio head to name a few. it is a privilege to see someone with such an artistic background share their enthusiasm for nooka. to see photos of todd's work, check out his site http://ishootshows.com/.

to purchase the nooka that todd is wearing, the link is here.
also, don't forget to vote for nooka at pulchra. the voting process may seem a bit tedious, but it is actually really simple. simply drag nooka to the number 1 spot, if that's your choice of course and choose the other 9 objects until you have completed your list. In order for your vote to be valid, you will need to complete the details form. remember you can only vote ONCE PER DAY, so make sure to log on the next day and do it all over again. link is here!

nooka can be found in fine stores all over the world and here. follow nooka on facebook and twitter.

nooka look book for 2009-2010 preview

like all venerable brands, nooka produces a new look book each year. this exercise is always takes longer than scheduled and usually runs over-budget, but the results help add new visual vocabulary to the marketing materials [in our case, we use the images on the web site and print materials]

last year [the images on nooka.com as of this writing] we used a studio comprised of students still at carnegie mellon called the supervisory. they have since graduated and moved their studio to nyc and we have contracted with them for this years as well!

(though not necessarily apparent in the finished images) conceptually, we pushed a sci-fi inspired angle for 2008 with a nod to the aesthetics of both westworld and blade runner by treating the models as androids. with the new look book and moreover with messaging for the brand, i want to focus on the concept of universal language as this is a common theme in what motivates me as a designer. this line of thought brought me to contemplate the concept and how to explore it more...math is a universal language, as is music. what movie told this story better than 1977's close encounters of the third kind? and this became our conceptual jumping off point for the art direction of the 2009 photo shoot.

it is from that point the ball was in the supervisory's court to cast and direct the photography to create the images previewed here. the hair and make-up in many of the images is a bit 1970s, but then again, that was the decade that best presented the look of the future in its sci-fi and fashion (both things that inspired my aesthetic approach for nooka).

we will preview the new look book at our pop-up shop at den in the east village of nyc opening july 9th. more on that in a later post. this is where we will launch our belts, wallets and our something else that's very exciting!

more about the supervisory here.

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Nooka is an official sponsor of The Juan Maclean US Tour happening now!

cinnamon beaches

here is another installment of nooka color stories [let me translate into european for you: les nooka colour stories]. this one is from intern lesley griffith! she made the beach from brown sugar and sinnamon, you can almost taste the luxury! lesley is a recent graduate from carnegie mellon university in beautiful yet dull pittsburg PA. her portfolio website is here. nooka zub featured in this stunning photograph available here.

i should also add, the sky is from a super8 vacation film rear projected on the still life set. the chaise lounge was hand made for the shoot as well!