LDT magazine and NOOKA

check out the latest issue of LDT magazine [and the previous issue as well!]. nooka is poppin!:)

(LTD is the hippest underground street-wear magazine there is)

i always knew i was cool as sheet/hella-cool, but now that people are noticing, i'm too old to enjoy it! oh well....that's just life innit?

LTD site is here.

nooka france promotion for "skate or die"

nooka was worn by the principle actors in the film "skate or die" which opens in france on june 11th and there is a contest to win a nooka, skateboards, and film tickets for peoples in francia. check it here.

thank you claude in paris!

nooka sightings: big sean

he's wearing the ultra rare garbege collabo nooka zub! check out his music on his myspace here! i'll write more when i know more. peace and love, peace and love ya'll.

nooka spotting: britain's got talent!

andrew muir, a scottish plumber with a sexy accent is a current contestant on the UK's version of 'american idol' called 'britain's got talent', also hosted by simon cowell. last night, he sang 'last request' by paolo nutini wearing yellow shoes and a matching yellow nooka! sad to say, but the judges, especially cowell, spent more time badmouthing his shoes and watch than complimenting his singing! perhaps i should consider a libel/slander suit against him in the UK?

From the UK Press: You could have been mistaken for thinking that Paulo Nutini had dropped by, instead of the next act, as the Macca-lookalike singing plumber, Andrew Muir, delivered a great strong version of Last Request. Andrew was swamped by a smog of dry ice during his performance - but luckily he had on bright yellow show and a dayglo watch so that the judges could still see where he was on the stage! Then there was, well, a LOT of cheering!

"There were two problems for me - one you didn't tap dance and secondly, those shoes!" said Piers.

Ant choked: "Don't take style tips from Piers Morgan!"

But hopefully Piers is better at clairvoyancy. "I felt a bit of a Paul Potts moment. You were that good tonight.

Amanda said, "Great talent, great voice."

And Simon said, "I didn't think it was a great choice of song. The shoes and the watch are horrible but I think you've got a very good voice. I really like you."

this is all via my friend dan in brighton who was kind enough to send me the blow by blow via skype along with screen shots as britain's iTV doesn't allow viewers outside of the UK to watch the shows online. if you are in the uk, feel free to check it out here....as they say, all press is good press. UPDATE 5/30: internet video available worldwide here! thanks again dan!

thank you dan dumitriu for the heads-up. i also just found out that andrew bought the nooka on his own from street fusion!

the week of color, this time from boston

this time from a boston blog post of may 19th. original post here.

thanks to douglas of MOTLEY in boston for the heads-up.

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!

Cai Guo-Qiang at the goog

i went to see Cai Guo-Qiang at the guggenheim museum this past saturday – and what a mob scene it was. i ran into our swedish intern with his brother and sister in-law who were visiting the city for the week, and for me that was probably the highlight of the show. maybe i'm just biased against big shows at the goog as it's hard for me to imagine the work having any relevance outside their space, especially the cars suspended from the atrium – maybe they need to hire different writer/curators who can write believable/compelling stories to frame the pieces [paraphrased from memory: "stuffed wolves hitting a plexi wall: the plexi represents the berlin wall and the wolves represent man's tendency to repeat mistakes" was my favorite piece of garbage i read at this show], or maybe charging $18 to see a single exhibition [the permanent collection was closed] sets ones expectations too high?

i did LOVE the videos of his live fireworks performance/ethereal art projects. the rainbow in the east river and black rainbows were wonderful as it opens up the mind to think of the sky as a valid though ephemeral canvas for art. the black rainbows in particular are evocative of chinese and japanese sumi-e painting, but you can find these videos online for less money and bother:)