You’re staring at sneaker culture.
A few weeks ago i made a trip up to Portland Oregon to connect with my roots, it was brief but quite productive. The little time i had was cautiously distributed between the lady, family, friends and of course Nike. The second day into my trip I met the footwear design legend, Tinker Hatfield. The meeting was brief but definitely MAGICAL. We spoke about our collaborations in the present and past, as well our backgrounds and interest! He’s probably one of the most humble and highly respectable figures in the design world!
This is the man who defined sneaker culture world wide, the reason you see tents in front of sneaker stores in the middle of NYC… filled with kids awaiting a Jordan release. You’re staring at the guy who designed Jordan’s 3-15, and some of the hottest AirMax’s around!
Source: Sneakernews
Tinker and myself! Rocking that CS medalion!
Tinker and Terry! Rocking that Earn your Stripes sweater!
An addict of his art.
Good Guy, Good Friend, Good Music
Our friend Blaze has released his Debut Mixtape titled: “Room & Board”. I met Blaze while I was in Oregon for the NW Sneaker EXPO. I’ve got to say I was surprised when he told me he was only 19, First thought was DAMN Full article →
The King Pin
When pinning up sketches, every so often we get little bloody pricks from digging our hands into pin-full cups. Full article →
A-1 rocking CS
Our good friend A-1 from the bay showing some love rocking CS GEAR!!!!
A-1 makes some hot music! Check em out: Full article →
Cut&Paste SF
I didn’t intend to make a video of the event. I brought Anh’s Lumix GF1 to take photos because his Micro 4/3 takes good photos in low lighting. Turns out Paul Vu of PaulVu Photography brought his equipment, so I used Anh’s camera to take 720p footage of the Cut&Paste event to put together a quick video to remember the night.
Here is the video with the limited data I have! ENJOY.
Anh T Nguyen | Cut&Paste SF
This was our first time attending a Cut&Paste event. The last time C&P was in town, we didn’t get a chance to come and spectate. It took an invitation for Anh Nguyen to compete for the whole team to come witness AN AMAZING EVENT.
Cut&Paste is a live design battle where selected designers face one another in a deathmatch freestyle battle. Winner holds bragging Full article →
Astro LOL
I was sent this photo from my brother today while working.!
(LOOK VERY CLOSELY!)
Look very close. There is something funny.
NGUYEN BROS!
Cut&Paste : Winner
Last night was awesome! Thanks Cut&Paste for putting on such a good show.
This was our first time attending a C&P event. The last few times C&P was in town, we never got to come and spectate. It took an invitation for Anh Nguyen to come Full article →
C.S @ Cut & Paste SF 2012
Anh T Nguyen of Creative Session has been asked to participate in the 2012 San Francisco Cut & Paste Design Show. Come hang out with us, check out other designers and watch live freestyle design battles! Dance, Drink and Go wild.
For more info check out. CUT & PASTE
Anh of Creative Session Participating in 2012 SF Cut & Paste
What’s It Like Onstage? from Cut&Paste on Vimeo.
Good Listening: Sixpack France for TWBE
Sixpack France Sound Advice 95 for TWBE
A mix put together for TWBE by Sixpack France
Sound Advice 95 : Sixpack France
01. Au pays des merveilles de Juliette by Yves Simon
02. Hard Coming Love by United States of America
03. It’s All Over Your Face by Ronnie Dyson
04. Operation by Yuck
05. Slow Jabroni by Surfer Blood
06. No Car No Blow Job by The Chinese Stars
07. Monk Time by The Monks
08. Concorde Square by Crispy Ambulance
09. Open the Wormhole in Your Heart by Warm Ghost
10. Shut Down by L.F.O
11. I by Labradford
12. Sporting Life by The Sea and Cake
13. I’m a Wonderful Thing by Kid Creole and The Coconuts
14. Kate by Ben Folds Five
15. No More Hot Dogs by Hasil Adkins
16. Deerfield Village by Rangers
17. Killin’ The Vibe by Ducktails
18. Get Around to It by Arthur Russell
19. End of time by The Black Dog
20. Endonesia by Above the Law
Jordan XI “Concords”
I remember the last time the Jordan 11′s came out I was a freshman in High School. During summer school my good friend Duy took me to the Nike employee store in Beaverton. His uncle had a design connect at the time. Back then when you had access to the employee store you were the coolest kid, Everything Nike was 50% of it’s MSRP value. I remember buying a pair of Concords for like 70 bucks. They had the all white colorway and the Black & White colorway at the time. — All i know is I regret not picking up two pairs at the time. One to stock and one to rock. —
Well the wait is over Nike finally re-released the Jordan Concords again at the end of last year! I managed to get my hands on a pair at full price. Here are some photos.
Jordan XI "Concords" Top
Jordan XI "Concords" Side
Jordan XI "Concords" Top
Jordan XI "Concords" Back
The bottom of these shoes are so ICEY!
Jordan XI "Concords" Cottom
Jordan X “Chicago”
These came out last month but we’ve finally got our hands on them. Sorta slipped on reminding our selves to pre-order a pair of the Jordan 10′s Chicago edition. But since we had an inside hook up. Went ahead and picked up a pair for our future baby.
Jordan X Chicago. Baby & Adult
Jordan X Chicago. Baby & Adult
Bottom of the Jordan X Chi
The late Eva Zeisel
The oldest living Industrial Designer- Eva Zeisel passed away the eve of 2012 but has left behind a legacy. She’s inspiring the least to say.
Good Listening: Active Child
"You Are All I See" Active Child
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Liu Bolin
I’ve been following Liu Bolin for a long time now. Hes really popular for painting on subjects to camouflage them into the background.
Liu Bolin Police officer
Bolin recently did a gig with Bazaar Magazine:
C.S GIVEAWAY!
So you’ve seen this Mayo colored beanie with the custom leather patch. Do you want it? Well CS is giving one away. We’ve finalize the design of the leather patch and have a sample beanie with the original patch design sitting around! So we’re giving this beanie out to our followers. — (this will be the one and only beanie with this patch design.)
Rules are simple-
1.LIKE us on facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/CREATIVEsession
2.Find this same photo and hit SHARE. Have your friends like the photo on your page.
3.The person with the most LIKES by sunday night. We will be sending them a beanie Monday Morning when we announce the winner.
CS Beanie. Modeled by Hoang M Nguyen
I’m over editing videos
So nearly a month from today I flew to Portland Oregon to see family and to attend the 2nd Annual NW SNEAKER EXPO at the Roseland Theater. We were invited to sell some CS gear and to shoot a feature video. A day ago I finally finished editing the feature and wrote a recap – summarizing our experience. Here is the video I made–
I’m literally done filming and editing for at least a month! HA!
Spotted in the wild
Bro and I went sneaker shopping this weekend. Its too bad we didn’t get a hold of those “CHI Jordan X” Wanted them so bad. So Sad. If anyone knows how I can still get a hold of a pair let me know.
Anyway, the benefit of hooking folks up with our sticker is that it’s refreshing to randomly spot it on the streets. Someone that knows about CS was here once. THANKS ANONYMOUS STICKER, STICKER.
Hoang rocking the "CS Autograph" crew neck. Spotted a CS sticker.
Beanie Business
So we’ve been sampling beanies from a few different resources. Working hard to really get what we like. I think we’re getting close to something we are proud of and can sell to the general public! stay tune.
Looks blue but it's black with a brown leather patch.
Hoang sporting that Mayonnaise colored beanie.
Keith sporting that Mayonnaise colored beanie.
