“Everything is Practice”
Today Nike introduce the full length version of “Everything is Practice”, a short film with Spike Lee assistant coaching his sons soccer league at the Sara D. Roosevelt Park field in Chinatown, New York. Directed by Jake Sumner. Photography by Nabil Elderkin.
RESULT!
So a few days ago i was put on to a lil event that was goin on over at Reed Space by the giftd. It was only the official release party of the new Umbro England shirt… is that not crazy?? After numerous debates over the new shirt at England’s win over Slovakia on sat, after id watched the documentary and had knowledge of what had actually gone in the the process of this shirt, i was now in a position where i cud win one of these beauty’s! I went on the site, RSVP pronto and foot tapped anctiously all the way through the day till 6 o’clock.
Got there, wasn’t too busy and my mate Seany Mac had been there since the 4 o’clock opening, (free Carlsberg let me add) hence he was a bit worse for wear and was chin wagging the hell out of some poor photographer on my arrival. Soon after debs turned up and before you knew it the raffle was being drawn. I still foot tapping i sat staring at my “lucky” ticket hearing 5 or 6 random numbers and then realizing there were 2 more to go.. long story short debs won and i didn’t. 1 number away! Gahh!
After conversating with my new friend Niko, he firmly suggested i come back the next day for another bash at the raffle.. so guess what.. i did! i ran down after work, not as fast as the day before but i got there sharpish with the local celebrity smiler, karma-tastic. Beers in, raffle starts.. 3rd number in…209!! holy Fuck.. i won… cant believe it! Check out the pics peeps… you’ve godda love it! Lets just hope the shirt has the luck to take us all the way the the next star….
THE TALENTED MR.RIDLEY
Welcome to the mysterious orient. Welcome to Osaka Made.
“One may have supposed up until now that the very nature of ones own existence was in some way unique or perhaps “purposeful”. Do you look in the mirror when combing your hair and say “I am more special than the common Joe”. Well let me assure you that the journey featured in this motion picture is one way to dispel any such notion of self righteousness. The industrial sprawl, alleys ad infinitum and subterranean walkways silently exclaim one’s own existence as simply a minute portion of time within the Bellus Astrum.”
Mr. Ridley crossed my path in a small pizza shop in mid town, he was working on a spoken word x triphop colab with Geko Jones whom ive blogged about before. Im guessing it was back in 2004/5… he was a banker then, banker as in a person that works in a bank, not a word rhyming with banker that starts with a “W”, lol. Honestly ive met no other like him, he inspires and fills you with creativity, floods your mind with wonderful ideas and just makes you want to tear the clothing from miss. Inspiration and ride her till the dinosaur`s come back!Hiis skills vairy from spray paint via print, web, photography, motion and film to all things music, beats, sound engineering, producing and spinng the wheels of steel… A true legend of a friend, super talented who quite literally masters everything he touches. keep it up rids!!
check out more of the Riddler here. Definitly check his Media work out too!
CONFID3NTIAL TUMBLR…
CONFID3NTIAL™ wanted to express more imigry… decided to create an image based Tumblr™ full of ideas, creatvity and inspiration… check it!
CONFID3NTIAL IN THE SNOW!
Ok so if you didn’t know we at Confid3ntial are die hard Leeds united fans, As well as our lil Fixie escapades we play Football, yes that’s Soccer to you non conformers. We play regularly on week nights and weekends down at Pier 40 in lower Manhattan with other friends ( I might name drop for the first time… Conal, Russ, Rolo, Karma, Chunk, leeds nik, woody and a few of the lads from Your Vegas, Jonny and Coyle) though the year and up until last year had a team in a league in Brooklyn called Pie N Chips F.C, who knew!
Well last night was a little bit different, a life experience if I must say. Strolling up to the pitch (field) i see Coyle with a snow shovel (the pic above is not a shovel, its a goal upside down trying to clear the snow more efficiently.. clearly did not work) attempting to clear what was once a field, no chance.. I almost turned around, after all the fukker was near 3″ thick of fresh, soft, fluffy white snow, after a lil jog around id warmed up and we all decided to do the unforgettable..
8 on 8, in the snow like beach football at -2, woke up as stiff as a wankers hanky but i honestly loved it.. lets avit! I had to post, I know its a little off from what Confid3tial normally do. Check the pics!
ILK™ AGAIN!
I just cant stop.. more mindblowing goodies from the french geeza`s ( ilk™ ) back in `06… there work seems timeless. Shoot over to Vista Nova to find out more!
WHATS UP “DUCK?”
A few months back i went to visit a few good friends of mine out in San Fran (bars close early, not my favorite place in the states) One afternoon while they were doing there thing i decides to take a stroll up some very large hills! After a while of heavy sweat and miles upon miles of trekking i stumbled upon a store called D-Structure. A very friendly fella and i got talking shot the sh*t discussed the uber differences between San Fran and New York.. i turned my head and this lil fella caught my eye.. its was only the “Gangsta” duck by Nigel Li. The lil quacker was part of Project 218 which is a cool idea where 15 alumni artists from San Jose State University’s Illustration/Animation program reunite to share their amazing work, and unique vision in a 30 day gallery exhibit. Unfortunately he was a tad to much for what i had in my pocket (how much is that ducky in the window??!..) and i had to leave the wee lil fella behind. I waved good by and carried on the rest of my very eventful day.
I arrived back at the hotel. hyped the lil duck up a treat…. to my surprise on my return “thegiftd” had got me a gift… there he was… sat right there… hes amazing!
Check out more pics from the “Duck” opening here.
LEAVE IT TO THE FRENCH : ILK DESIGN
Ive wanted to blog about these guys for years. I have full appreciation, use them a lot for personal inspiration and try squeeze there ways, techniques and ideas into my regular day job too. If you have five minutes, grab a kit-kat and open your eyes to the wonderful world of ILK™.
“iLK is a little freelance studio located in Paris, France. With two very cool guys, Ludovic Prigent and his cat, Pitou.
We make Graphic Design, Art Direction and few things like Illustration, Identity, Web, Print, Photography.
Sometimes, we can work with a Flash and Web Developer sebousan™, or an other Graphic Designer Tyrsa™.
Credits: website development by sebousan™, photography and content by iLK™”
These three imiges are taken from there personal work a series of flyer`s for “meilleurs voeux `07″ (best wishes `07), a great indication of individual style and design application, strengths in graphics and photography overlayed perficly… careful your eyes may need protection 
PS ABUSE!
After a hop, skip and a jump around the net this morning while sipping a freshly brewed cup of Yorkshires finest, i stumble upon these genius pieces of contemporary artwork… The project called (“dont forget…”) Pics taken in the subways of Berlin.
The crew behind this creative madness apparently is, (FTW) crew – Mr. Tailon, Baveux Prod., Kone & Epoxy!
THE BIGGEST BROTH3R… IS WATCHING YOU!
Check this pic that was snapped in London by “the littlest hobo goes to London” seems apparent for the ol`big bro approach in England.
GRRRR…..!
We’ve introduced a bit of security to the team, check out little miss below..
We now have the greatest excuse for late work (wink!)
SONY SHO3S…
Check out these bad boys… full control on the pitch, no pun!
This clever little ad delivered perfectly to you by New York`s TBWA. Theese fellas are of the top ten US-based agency networks and have a whopping 258 full service agencies around the world with expertise in all of the disciplines required for the positioning, launching and long-term management of brands such as, Sony, Nissan, Apple, Visa and many more. They have a cabinet full of trophies and surely they have wont the world cup a few times too.. be sure to get your season ticket!
AM3RICAN GENIUS™
Some quirky little fukker layin up American apparel ads around downtown NYC. Clever marketing or a true American genius?
take a peek below…
EVERY HOLES A GOAL!
Looking at this your gonna score at least once during the night, but it comes down to persission and aiming on this occasion. I love this whole new way to get your potential customer creativly interacting with your message, its a great example of well executed campaigne. It’s obviously not going to suit every type of product, but for a “macho type” sports event it’s going to get its message across in a very memorable way. However, I wouldn’t suggest you put it in a busy location, because challenge games could go on for a while. (though I guess most are playing with limited resources) But you know what boys and there toys can be like, it’s all about ego, and no ones going to want to quit on this one, dont even question the off sides or on the line cameras!