Art Trek #5

Expo for international illustrative art

August 2nd 2008 - 18 > 22h

Galerie Mekanik - St.-Jacobsmarkt 73 - Antwerp

www.art-trek.be

Bread & Butter Barcelona

Recently we visited the seventh 'Bread & Butter' trade show in Barcelona. 

The little pool in the open area was the place to be. Especially when the tempature in the Sports and Street hall was up to 35 degrees ! Yep, the airco was broke...

Converse celabrates this year its centennial anniversary, so they had to go big. There entrance was an impressive wall of speakers and big screens. 

Once again Reebok had the topspot in the Sport and Street Hall. Besides the amazing spring 2009 preview, there was a lot of stuff to see; a beatbox kid, artists who were customising sneakers, new John Maeda creations and some rare Reebok sneakers.  

The Reebok Court Victory Pump x Alife called "The Ball Out" from 2006 is fabricated by hand entirely out of tennis ball felt. The yellow version is limited to 48 pieces worldwide ! One of the most sought after kicks.

WAD magazine had these funny characters standing on their counter. These would look great in our garden.

In town we went to the opening of Gary Baseman's new show called "Knowledge Comes With Gas Release" at the Iguapop Gallery. 

A bit further up the street we visited the "Bloody Writers" exhibition at the Montana Shop & Gallery featuring international writers and tattoo artists. 

If you are in Barcelona, check it out, they are both worth a visit.

Our trip wouldn't be complete if we didn't check out the 24 Kilates- and Trust Nobody store. Barcelona's best sneakershops. At Trust Nobody a big elephant (painted in the now overused 'elephant skin' on sneakers) was standing at the entrance. Nice ! 

At the shop we were lucky enough to score one of the most awaited sneakers of the year, the second version of the Sneaker Freaker x Puma project . The SNKR FRKR Puma Blaze Of Glory also named  'the black beast' got released that day. Woohoo !

Adios Barcelona... till January !

WWF Graffiti Jam & CKZ EXPO 10 featuring ROA

Make sure you don't miss this...

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Reebok Freestyle Punk pack

The Reebok Freestyle has seen plenty of colors and designs applied to it over the years, and 2008 shows no slow down, as we feature here in a pack which is inspired by rebel music and punk. Watch out for the Hip Hop Pack which will be released later on this year.

Pump it

Reebok Court Victory Pump, Omni Pump and 2 Sir Jam's now available.

New Era Caps

These just dropped... Kaboom, Whoom, Fuzzy and Testcard

Personal stuff part 3

This time we have Adidas "Yoda's" on display in the shop. Part of the Star Wars x Adidas Super Star Consortium pack. Great attention to detail was taken by Adidas for these sneakers. The "Yoda" Super Stars feature a hemp upper much like something the Jedi Master wore on his home planet of Dagobah. In addition to the good choice of colors and materials, Adidas also covered the lace lips in the neon green color of Yoda's lightsaber. This pair was released together with "Darth Vader" Super Stars. Each of the Super Stars are limited to only 800 units and come in creative and commemorative packaging similar to the packaging of action hero toys.

The "Ad-At" toy is designed by Bill McMullen. This classic piece brings Adidas and Star Wars together in a brilliant crossover. 

Besides the famous stripes, the head of the toy is an Adidas shelltoe and it even has stiches on the side like sneakers... 

One of the most sought after vinyl pieces for Adidas -, Star Wars - and toy collectors !