Scheduled to preview at various snow sport trade shows around the world, the Pirelli Pzero x Burton Snowboard Limited Edition is the most recent venture for both fashion label and snowboard label. A first for Pirelli Pzero, the fashion branch of tire industry titan Pirelli, the collaboration for Winter 2012 – 2013 consists a complete package of board, bindings, and a pair of 2013 Burton Ion Boots, the focal point of the collection. By utilizing Pirelli’s experience on creation of tires, the company formulated a specific rubber compound made for the demands of snowboarding. Burton then added the compound into the outsole of Ion Boots, thus made a performance driven yet extremely comfortable footwear. In addition, the Ion Boots will include special tread patterns designed for superior traction, another feature thanks to Pirelli’s extensive work on snow tires.

Aside from the Burton Ion Boots, this limited collection will encompass a Burton Mystery snowboard, each custom made to be the lightest on Burton product portfolio. Rounding off the pack is the Pirelli Burton Diode EST bindings, which is again the lightest among its peers thanks to its cutting edge construction. All will feature yellow-gold pinstripes and accents on polished black backdrop, in reference to the motorsports world of the 1970s era. Set to be available Pirelli Corso Venezia in Milan this coming August along with select Burton retail locations around the world.

Pirelli Corso Venezia
Corso Venezia, 1 | Map
20121 Milano, Italy

Release Date: Early August 2012

San Francisco’s FTC began its rise to the top of skate culture from in the back of a ski and tennis shop in 1986 and by the time they opened their first shop in 1994, FTC was strongly positioned to ride the rise of street skating as it grew its own personal, grassroots style. Over the years, FTC has also attracted and nurtured riders from all around the world and have showcased their skills through a steady stream of short videos and clips. Now for the first time FTC is working on a new full-length video that features its team from the around the world and has dropped a three-and-a-half minute promo ahead of its launch later this year. This promo features the likes of Jack Curtin, Brian Delatorre, Marquise Henry, Karl Watson, and Adrian Williams as they crash the streets of San Francisco, Barcelona, and Toyko. Check out the Part 1 of the promo after the jump.

With torrents of people heading for New York City’s downtown district to attend the NY Giants Super Bowl Champion ticker tape parade, a small legion of media and press made a detour to the unveiling of Air Jordan 2012. Aside from the much talked about design concepts and technical aspects that went into the Air Jordan 2012, the media event also debuted some of the early NIKEiD design samples of the shoe. In addition to the usual tumbled leather and patent leather options, the Air Jordan 2012 also includes suede, pebble leather, not to mention the wide range of color schemes and materials. Best of all, you need not to wait long to express your inner Picasso as NIKEiD Air Jordan 2012 iD goes online on Valentine’s Day, February 14th.

Release Date:
Air Jordan 2012 – February 25th, 2012 (Saturday)
Air Jordan 2012 iD – February 14th, 2012 (Tuesday)

While the name Michael Miller might not immediately ring any bells, the man has quietly moved through the hip hop world for the past 25 years cataloging the culture through his lens. His impressive portfolio includes a campaign for Stussy as well as over hundreds of album covers, with his work leaning West Coast what with Miller being an LA native. Cracking open his vault, his inaugural show West Coast Hip Hop, A History In Pictures consisted a collection of 43 black and white pieces that have never been seen by the public before. The imagery therein conjures the sinister scenes of Los Angeles’ lower class, capturing the likes of Ice Cube and Tupac as they rose through the ranks to become global icons. Follow us after the jump for a photo recap of the recent show that went down at Known Gallery. via Juxtapoz

Tired of your old, boring door-knob? One simple way to make things a bit more exciting–if not out-right intimidating–is to install the Bang-Bang Door Handle. Coming in black, gold, silver, and chrome, this one-of-a-kind door knob from Russian product designer Nikita Kovalev works by pulling the trigger, which is definitely easier to maneuver than traditional knobs when you’ve got Cheeto fingers. Modeled off of the Russian Makarov 9mm pistol, this may not be the choice for all families, but if you’re trying to make a statement with your interior design decisions, this is the way to go. Check out more photos of this unique design after the jump.

At the start of the year, we saw OriginalFake and fragment design team up to release the Girl Circle Pink T-Shirt. Here is the second installment from the Tokyo-based brands, and this time they have taken another piece of artwork from KAWS for their t-shirt graphic. The Girl Bending T-Shirt takes a similar route in terms of design, with the monochromatic artwork on the front and the fragment design lightning logo printed over it in blue. There will be limited quantities produced, and it will be sold exclusively at the OriginalFake store in Tokyo. The launch of the t-shirts will take place this Saturday, February 11th.

OriginalFake
5-3-25 Minami-Aoyama Oh Bldg. B1 FL | Map
Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan
TEL #: +81-03-3499-3333

For the first time ever, world-renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami will stage a solo exhibition in the Middle East. Qatar Museums Authority will host the show, entitled “Murakami – Ego,” featuring more than 60 works from 1997 to the present, as well as several new pieces created exclusively for the upcoming exhibition. Billed as the portrait of the artist as a cartoon, “Murakami – Ego” presents the artist as both a cipher and critic, exposing and commenting on pop culture and our consumerist society. Murakami has conceived the actual staging of the exhibition as itself a work of art, installing LED pedestals with digital animation, a circus tent that doubles as a cinema, and a new 100-meter long painting that wraps around the entire space. Curator Massimiliano Gioni likens the preparation of the show as “akin to building a little city.” The exhibition will also feature some of the artist’s most well-known pieces, including “Kaikai Kiki Lots of Faces” and “Pom and Me,” which will be presented in their entirety for the first time. “Murakami – Ego” will open at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, on February 9th and run through June 24th. Check out a behind the scenes video following the click, and for more information about the exhibition, visit the Qatar Museum Authority’s Facebook page.

Courtesty of Geoff Hollister & The Oregonian

Often called “Nike’s Employee #3″, Geoff Hollister passed away yesterday, just three days after his 66th birthday, after a long battle with cancer. The Oregon native was born on February 3rd, 1946 and was an Oregonian in every sense of the term. After graduating from South Eugene High School in 1964, Hollister went on to University of Oregon, where he ran under the tutelage of track & field coach Bill Bowerman. To optimize his runner’s performance, Bowerman often asked Hollister to run in his prototype footwear. Not long afterwards, Phil Knight offered Hollister a job at his start-up with Bowerman, Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS), then a distributor for Japan’s Tiger sneakers. After opening BRS West, the company’s first retail store, Hollister became ever more involved when BRS spun off a sub-label from Tiger in 1972. That new entity was Nike.

Thanks to Hollister’s intuitions as a runner and business acumen, Nike thrived in the then largely ignored running community. Seeing a need to develop next generation of track & field stars after a dismal showing in the 1976 Summer Olympics at Montreal, Hollister organized Athletics West, a sponsored program for athletes and coaches alike. His ability to think outside of the box helped to create innovative product like the Nike Aqua Socks. And when cumbersome track jackets weigh down Nike athletes, Hollister introduced the lightweight Nike Windrunner Jacket and its iconic 26-degree chevron design. During his later years at Nike, Hollister helped to secure the brand with a Swoosh a place in youth track & field programs across the U.S. When Bill Bowerman passed away in 1999, Hollister developed the Bowerman Project in honor of his former coach and mentor.

Geoff Hollister is survived his wife Wendy, who still works at Nike, 2 children from a previous marriage, his son Tracy, daughter Kaili, several grand children, as well as two younger sisters. Not to mention, the thousands who benefited from his programs and products

They are of different genders, races, religions, sports, interests, ages, even nations. Yet, they are connected by one reason – cancer. While grim, their shared afflictions, struggles, and grievances also gave them a collected strength and resolve to see the end of the disease. In bring hopes to the other 28 million cancer survivors and their love ones, Nike announced Team LIVESTRONG. Along with seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong, a group of world class athletes, each affected by the disease directly or indirectly, will join the fight in education, prevention, and research for a cure. You too can be a part of the movement, simply show your support or share your story via Twitter at @NIKELIVESTRONG or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/nikelivestrong. With the current advancement in treatments, a diagnosis is no longer the end but the beginning.

Designers Roy Norton and Tom Kasher were dreaming up a Triumph Motorcyle concept that blended a retro theme with modern elements while they were still in university. Once the two landed positions at motorcycle design studio Xenophya following graduation, they reached out to Triumph Product Manager Simon Warburton, who liked the pitch he heard. He subsequently drafted a brief requesting “a bike based around our 865cc air-cooled parallel twin, styled to appeal to younger riders.” The guys took inspiration from cafe racers, bobbers and past Triumph bike models and crafted a Speed Twin Concept with the base of a Triumph Bonneville, restyled and now featuring girder forks for a retro feel. Barbour cloth was used on the seat fabric and grips for an added dose of style, while the filler cap and instruments were also redesigned. The resulting motorcycle seen here was created using a combination of model board, foam and automotive styling clay. It has since been successfully remade into a full-scale model with Firestone tires, inverted levers and Thruxton brakes, ensuring that future designs by Roy and Tom are more than likely to reach the production stage. Click through for more looks. via: Bike EXIF

For many of us, Calvin and Hobbes miraculously transmuted the wonder of early childhood into discrete comic strip panels. And not just the sense of adventure and imagination, but also boredom, pathos, and most importantly, friendship, as the series chronicled the exploits of a spiky-haired moppet named Calvin and his stuffed tiger companion, Hobbes. The comic strip ran from 1985 and ended in 1995, when creator Bill Watterson announced that he had accomplished all he could within the parameters of the comic strip medium. And now fans of Calvin and Hobbes will have the opportunity to own an ultra-rare piece of original artwork by Bill Watterson through public auction, something that’s never before happened. The ink and watercolor illustration, depicting the titular characters napping peacefully under the shade of an autumn tree, will be part of Heritage Auctions‘ Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature event in New York on February 23rd. The piece is expected to fetch at least $50,000. via: Artdaily

The one who brought that signature guitar riff to Velvet Revolver and Guns N’ Roses, including the opening to “Sweet Child o’ Mine”, electric guitar wunderkind Slash has been on a tear since embarking on a solo career in 2008. As the new album’s release date, a follow-up to the 2010 self-titled album, draws near, the metal/rock legend opened his studio and recording sessions to Ray-Ban‘s Never Hide Films for an unique perspective on the process of music making. Episode 1 of a multi-part documentary short, Ray-Ban Never Hide Films presents Slash In The Studio.