Wallpaper* City Guides for the iPhone

Wallpaper* guides are great, especially for City Breaks, Phaidon have now distilled their pocket books onto the iPhone App format and select cities are already available via the iTunes store...

Nike SB Bruin, Janoski and Blazer

The rise of the SB's, the Bruin, Janoski and Blazer Models were huge last year and that made them sure fire early 2010 releases. Needless to say the Janoski Army inspired theme looks great but I think there will be plenty more colorways hitting the shelves during 2010, you can never go wrong with the Bruin its a classic shape and in the mean green I might think about these. And finally Black/Red is my favourite colorway and this Blazer already has fiends drooling...

Berlin 2009-2010 New Year

I was in Berlin to see in the New Year, heres a few of the highlights, enjoy, Cue long and tedious slide show, jus kidding...

Graffiti - it's a way of life in Berlin...



The City - Reichstag, The Gate, The Holocaust Momorial



While I was out and about I managed to stop by at a few shops, shout-outs to the following stores: Wood Wood, Overkill and Solebox, I also got to see Adidas's Make Your Own Studio at the Adidas Store in Berlin...


Happy New Year Everyone and thanks for all your support, hope you like the blog and hope you have an awesome 2010, and don't forget to keep checking the blog ;)

Feature Update - Native American Influences

Check out the update from my feature last month on Native American Influences on trainer design...

Stefan Janoski Microsite

After launching into my Top 10 of 2009 the Stefan Janoski pro model gets its own microsite. Nice to navigate and explore, with plenty of shoe info and videos from Janoski's SB travels...

Balmain SS10 Lookbook

Balmain is obviously not the most affordable brand but looking at their SS10 collection the military theme seems to be sticking around for a while, the collection is great, especially the Long Parka that is quality, see more here...

Adidas Originals Spring 2010

These 3 come from the new OT Tech range for Adidas Spring 2010, I cant help thinking that this year could be the best yet for the 3 stripes, the Nizza low looks mean in black...

Shofolk Footwear SS10

Shofolk Foowear the understudy of Folk Clothing gives us a look into its Sprng/Summer 2010 footwear range, pastel colours and smooth simple shapes give this line a really nice feel, I'm sure there will be more to come from this brand in 2010, available via Oki-Ni...

TOP TEN OF 2009

10. SUPRA SKYTOP 2
This one sneaked into my top 10, the Skytop has been one of the most successful designs and the follow up was always going to be a challenge, they look great on the page i'm not sure what they will be like in the flesh but I just wish I had a pair...

9. KANYE WEST X LOUIS VUITTON
I had sleepless nights deciding wether to put these in my top 10, but despite Kanye losing his mind and despite the haters these look so good especially when I tried them on in the shop, the colorway is perfect and the detailing such as the lace tassles is bonkers but beautiful, wish i'd had the cash...

8. NIKE STEPHAN JANOSKI
This is my undercover champion of the year, so perfectly styled for this year bringing the boat shoe, outdoor and vulcanised sole aspects together yet still keeping its SB identity. They have flown off the shelves and expect this is be a staple SB for many years to come...

7. ADIDAS ZEITFREI
Fixed gear became a force during 2009 and this new model with its super clean, simple and futuristic design with 3M materials was a perfect match for its use, plis with a release of only 50 pairs to the public super limited, ive got my pair have you...

6. PATTA AIR MAX SERIES
Patta has not put a foot wrong all year, with so many colaborations it was easy to slip up but they were on point every single time, this series shines above the other Max's this year...

5. JORDAN III TRUE BLUE
CLASSIC, Nuff said...

4. TC AZ NIKE DUNK
If someone had told me they put a vulcanised sole on a Dunk I would have probably slapped them, until I saw these, this dunk is proof to all the haters this year, simple colorways still turn heads...

4. REEBOK PUMP 20'S
Reebok are back, and what better way than to prove it than celebrating argueably their best ever the Reebok Pump, 20 years, 20 companies, 20 designs, best campaign of the year...

2. SNEAKER FREAKER X NEW BALANCE 'SKIPPY'
Skippy bounced in at number 2 for me this year, this design is stunningly beautiful, they say its all in the details and this one has it all, even down to the extra padding in the tongue and the outmeal/white sole SF hits the spot...

1. NIKE AIR YEEZY
The Dream, The Hype, The Queues, The Excitement, 2009 was the Year of the Yeezy. Despite the inevitable Marmite effect over the design NO ONE can argue that this trainer has changed the game... Sorry...