Nike x St. Alfred’s x HYSTK™ – “Dream On”

Living in Chicago, I run into all different types of people from different career paths.  Chicago is most definitely home to some secret gems.  One of them is the  multimedia production company called HYSTK™.  HYSTK™ created this video in collaboration with the Nike’s St. Alfred’s pop-up store.  A nice concept and tribute to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.  Be sure to Follow HYSTK™ via Twitter for more great videos.

Nike 1/2 Eggplant & Cranberry Sneakers

Nike is continuing with new colourways of their popular ½ Cent hybrid sneaker by applying popular colours they’ve tested out on the original retro.  The two latest additions are the popular Eggplant & Cranberry that we’ve seen used on the Foamposite 1 sneaker.  No word on an exact release date as of yet, but be on the lookout during the Holiday season for an update.

Nike Air Force 1 Chanel Samples

What you are about to see is 100% authentic, not fake’s, b-grades, or anything of that sort.

Nike Air Force 1 Chanel.

They were a gift that was presented to Karl Lagerfeld from Nike.  It’s only a sample, and no further information is currently available about shoes.

SOURCE: Scorn Federation

AKIN Lincoln Park Grand Opening Party

AKIN is a sneaker boutique and sports apparel shop located near the UIC campus in Chicago.  Since their recent opening, this store has done some exclusive releases and amazing release date parties, gaining the respect from many Chicagoans.  Now, to take it to the next level there will be another stop shop location opening in the neighbourhood of Lincoln Park.  The store is called AKIN Lincoln Park.  A major celebration is going down this Saturday, May 29^th, 2010 at 2:00 P.M.  Congratulations AKIN Chicago Team!  Big ups to my homie Oscar Wreckz.  For more information check out the AKIN Chicago website.

AKIN Lincoln Park
2350 N. Clark Street.
Chicago, IL 60614
United States of America

Kronk x Nike Sportswear Air BW Gen II “True Colors”

South African artist Kronk was propelled into the global spotlight following his participation in Nike’s “True Colors” campaign which paired select nations with the theme of applying football-related themes through the Nike Sportswear channel.  Among Kronk’s releases is this Air BW Gen II.  Simplistic throughout, the sneaker features an all-white upper with minute colour hits.  Available now at Concepts.

Nike World Expo Pack | Detailed Images

As the Shanghai World Expo continues to attract tens of thousands from all over the world to fly into one of Asia’s quintessential international hubs, labels, countries, and companies continue to roll out special items and designs to commemorate the event.  Nike has created a pack of sneakers based on the Chinese Pavilion and rendered the minimal, geometric graphics onto an Air Max 90 and a Blazer Mid.  Check out detailed photos of the collection which reveal colourful insoles with matching graphics for the Shanghai World Expo pack.  Another interesting feature about these shoes are that they feature the Nike Grind outsoles that are made out of recycled components, so these shoes are extra green, and fall in line with the Chinese Pavilion them of “Better City, Better Life”. 

SOURCE: Freshness Mag

Nike Air Max 95 Dark Shadow / Total Orange

This new colourway recently landed at UK retailer JD Sports.  Just a little something to hold the people over until the release of the Nike Air Max 95 “Comets”.

Nike Music Shoe [Video]

Nike, the international sports brand has been known for creating incredible commercials. This commercials is for the NIKE FREE  running shoe campaign.In this video, the japanese group Hifana, put on a live performance using nike shoes as instruments.

The very rich artistic culture of Japan brings us a twisted flavor of hip hop breakbeats. The technology in this video is real and the sounds were installed in the flexible soles of each nike running shoe.  Checkout the speakers made out of nike shoe boxes!

Nike Air Foamposite Pro “Pearl”

Returning this year to a sneaker shop near you, but for those of you who can’t wait you can cop right now over at the O Sneaker online store.

Nike Air Max 90 “Na’vi” Sample

Nike seems to always seems to make colourways inspired by some of the biggest movies of past and present and they didn’t skip over Avatar.  Apparently these are inspired by the Na’vi characters in the movie.  These were produced sometime last year and it’s rumoured that less than 5 were produced, and at the moment it doesn’t seem like they’ll see a wider release, but MentalKicks got their hands on a pair.  For those interested, a size 9 is available through MentalKicks online store.