Artschoolvets.com – Kwon

last day at the three stripes

kwon — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:50:49 +0000

After almost three years it was time to finally say good bye and slowely but surely move to the next chapter.It was a pleasure working, traveling and having fun with so many talented and nice guys. In the last three years we have been traveling to all different places in Asia, US and of course Europe and working with so many young kids during traveling was such an unique experience which I will never ever forget.thanks for all and especially thanks for those nice kicks….on the tongue you can see my face and on top it, it says “haunse”…for us real berlin kids a normal and common word but for the franconias or bavarians a very unusual expression…….obviously the colors have been inspired by the berlin flag and here an even more obvious detail: thanks for the good timecheersKK

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ZX 450 Livestock

kwon — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:53:30 +0000

Last but not least Adi has come together with Livestock based in Vancouver and Toronto covering and representing the sneaker community in Canada. Garry and Kenta from the Livestock & Reigning Champ crew, two really nice guys have worked together on that specific design and did a really good job in bringing that nice silo to life.Both were inspired by military cloth which you obviously can see on their special execution.

The Livestock crew came up with two nice app pieces featuring the same inspiration as well as sharing same details i.e. livestock velcro label attachable on the shoe as well as on the hoodie and long sleeve.

cant wait to get my hands on those nice app pieces……….

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Patta crew action

kwon — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:36:49 +0000

………a never ending story. Patta based in Amsterdam got the chance to work on a ZX 7000 silhouette. We drove up to meet them and spend an entire afternoon in picking materials and colors. I really like the outcome of the shoe and it reflects the fun as well as the good realtionship to them.

It features a nice buttery leather with semi translucent pops on the ghilly, outsole and heel stabilizer. If you have a closer look at the nice silo you will realize The Patta logo on the outsole.

Thanks to Gee and Lee for the good time in Amsterdam.

and of course they celebrated the release in a proper manner.

Sad that I was not able to join

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ZX 500 Just be complex

kwon — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:19:50 +0000

here another drop belonging to the A-ZX concept. “Just be” is obviously presenting the letter J and the compound crew is based in Portland.It seems like they had proper fun in Pland showcasing their interpretation of a nice ZX execution.

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Tokyo queue

kwon — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:56:40 +0000

and here more pics showing the long queue in front of NBHD & UNDFTD in Harajuku before the official release of the ZX 700 Boat NBHD. Still a phenomenon to me seeing so many peeps chasing a pair of sneakers but it seems like the ZX NBHD is fucking worth it. Quality and detailwise the best one of all -

you can still get a pair at ebay for around $500…..

good luck

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ZX 700 Boat NBHD_A-ZX collection

kwon — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:51:34 +0000

And here a few more infos and details about the collab between adi and NBHD.They both together with Kazuki, desginer of the succesful company fragment well known for their collabs with Levis, had worked on the ZX 700 Boat design as part of the A-ZX colletion represeting the letter N. This style will be available on the 20th of september only in a few selected consortium stores worldwide in limited quantities. It features high quality premium leather and suede combined with subtle color pops as well as contrast N stitching at the vamp.

Personally one of the best designs within the entire A-Zx collection.

thanks and respect not only to NBHD and Kazuki but also to former adi color designer Matt Sleep and adi developer Winni Schieb who both did a great job on the entire A-ZX collection!!!!!!!!!

Interview of Kazuki and NBHD can be seen under following link:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.honeyee.com%2Fthink%2F2008%2Fazx02%2Findex.html&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

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Adidas craftsmanship

kwon — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:23:55 +0000

Here the current adidas og craftsmanship collection presenting a new concept which is based on bringing back the authentic colorways of the most iconic adidas silhouettes plus a re interpretation of all those nice sneakers. I know the market has been going crazy and we have never seen so many nice and uggly sneakers at the same time but this collection is a new approach from adidas and brings freshness as well as uniqueness to the industry.have a close look in the internet and realise how nicly the collection has been put together……… cheersKK

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food orgasm……

kwon — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:04:05 +0000

artschoolvetsbande……finally I got time to write a few things down and summarize what I have seen in the last 7 weeks while traveling …..I had to fly to Asia (HK, HCMC ) again to work on the newest adi ftw stuff coming sometime next year and took the chance to fly home to Korea Seoul and Busan to take off for a week and chill with family and friends.I totally forgot how amazing, diverse and unique korean food is and talking to a colleague of mine from Japan, korean food has been received big time respect from other asien countries and is gaining momentum nowadays…….we are not talking about the world famous korean BBQ….we are talking about things which are sooooo unusual and weid in a way that you guys cant even imagine how human beings were able to eat and invent those crazy flavour combos….starting from being in the plane on the way from HK to Seoul and getting korean bibimbop..have a look - (more…)

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cph, london and big time PARISNKRADKT

kwon — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:58:09 +0000

finally i’ve got a second to write and show you what i’ve done the last two weeks…..Kopenhagen, shitty pics due to iphone action:gallery a small trade show in the middle of cph town……and on sunday……millitary demonstration… Met the guys from norse projects……thanks Mikkel for the good time - peaceand of course the woodwood guys Brian…after that i head up to London and spend a good time there….tbc and the park are two small shows in bricklane…..we had beautiful weather…after that action in soho and govent garden…met up with CT guys and Footpatrol….nice one..thanks wes for hooking me up mate…final destination was Paris…..crazy nice host of Thomas from sneakeraddict and now he formed his new consulting/styling agency called Glab.checked different stores like CLVII…crazy gallery of customized sneakers from Stylist Pierre Navarro…respect….girls loved it!unfortunately you need to make an appoitment before you can enter the gallery and the crazy apartment behind the store…here a few pics after that we went quickly to opium and wallkicks….they have adapted the same concept as flightclub and as you can see there amazingly doing well( showcasing 600 different styles mainly Nike)…….here a few pics.. and thats it so far…..again thanks to Thomas from snkradkt…if you need a talented stylist or a sneaker guru who knows his buiz dont feel hesitate getting in touch with him…… btw what you guyz think of thoze beautiezzzzzz…. im outKwon

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