roisin murphy live in nyc

at the invitiation of lapo belmestieri, i was able to enjoy the roisin murphy concert in nyc last night! it was a great experience – i have never seen such an enthusiastic audience. her costume changes were spectacular, and she did 2 encores. after the show, i was able to personally give roisin a brand new retooled gold IP nooka zirc which she seemed to really love. thank you lapo!

nooka image video

i had wanted to blog about this only when i had an event planned to handle like a movie premiere, but unfortunately we are not terribly coordinated with anything other than fashion magazine press here at nooka.

this video was art directed and animated by futuretron infinity [it's a jewish name i think...maybe not], a young talented designer from melbourne australia working at my design studio, berrymatch. creative direction was by futuretron, myself and team utilizing photography from out latest lookbook art directed by the supervisory and yumi asai.

i am totally flattered that my best friend i've yet to meet in person, kanye west, has featured it on his blog! he calls it "DOPENESS" which is absolutely the ultimate compliment!

NOW view video in HD on the nooka site!! or on youtube and vimeo!





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nooka sightings: takashi murakami

i have been a big fan of takashi murakami's ever since i bought an issey miyake t-shirt stuffed into the head of a plastic figure in the marui men's kan on yasukuni avenue in tokyo a few years before he burst onto the art scene [i remember reading about him as a graphic designer for a brief moment]. it also came with a poster of a monster holding the character on a background of his signature eyeballs [that poster is framed and in my living room – i'd love to replace it with a real painting of his, but even when i went to gallery to try and buy one, they were all pre-sold!].

he truly is the andy warhol of my generation, so i was so happy to see these photos sent to me of mr. murakami wearing one of my creations bought at one of my favorite stores, ddc lab [locations in new york and los angeles, their site here].

caption: Takashi Murakami preparing for his 10/16/2008 appearance at Pratt University, where be was honored along with two other artists.

Styled by: Image Director: Alexander Allen.

if you are not in nyc or los angeles, watch worn is available here.

thank you alexander!

nooka in russia

yes, nooka is available in russia, and we are sighted on this photo-shoot in the october issue of ELLE magazine there.

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from the article in the link below: "It’s not just the economic turmoil, although the timing could hardly be worse. It’s that the pavilion sets out to drape an aura of refinement over a cynical marketing gimmick. Surveying its self-important exhibits, you can’t help but hope that the era of exploiting the so-called intersection of architecture, art and fashion is finally over."

it always surprises me when people write stuff like this! unless you go back to cave painting, i doubt there was ever a time when art, architecture and fashion did not intersect – moreover, for the financial gain of some or many! then again, it is probably the opinion of someone born into a rich family afforded the luxury of studying art and design as a purely academic pursuit (i am jealous!).

i myself am excited to see this perversion of art!


Photo: Michael Falco for The New York Times

nederlands and valerio zeno

valerio zeno is a rising tv star and mtv vj in the nederlands – and really really cute! moreover, he wears nooka, so you gotta love him even more. please go to esquire.nl and vote for him as the best dressed man in the nederlands. the link is here! the page is in dutch, but pretty easy to figure out. "stem op deze kandidaat" is "vote for this candidate" and click on the stars.

if you want to find nooka in amsterdam, check out bofd. i like that they are using the nookanookas to great effect.

from our nederlands rep: "In Amsterdam NOOKA is getting more popular everyday. Bofb, situated in the centre is crazy about NOOKA. This modern jewelry-store, not selling the traditional brands, but only products they like and their own amazing collection, started last year showing the metal NOOKA’s A little urged by their kids, they started this spring with the Zub’s….now one of their best selling items. Beside of that NOOKA gives a lot of traffic in- and outside the store, by a very diverse public, talking about and trying to find out what time it is. And moreover, all these new customers seems not worried about the economical crisis… Johan and Bertie of Bofb are very happy with NOOKA…and their kids too!"Bofb, Rokin 116, Amsterdam.www.bofb.nl

nooka sightings: pussy cat dolls [pcd]

here is a great photo sent to me by nooka germany of the pussy cat dolls. they are neither cats nor dolls, but rather a successful pop music act! i'm loving the louis vuitton wrap!

thanks falko and ben in berlin.