“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.
NIKE SHO3….. AMAZING!
I don’t normally post “randoms” but this is some pretty amazing work when it comes to advertising within music, sort and lifestyle. The master genius`s over at Nike execute what i would quite simply describe as ” breath taking”. thanks to out lil friend Karma over at KarmaWorks…
A BRAND, A LIFESTYLE, A TEAM CALLED…..
The infamous PIE N CHIPS F.C, so where it all began….. pie and chips you hear.. the giggles , the smirks.. “what”, “who”, “you cant name your team that” . Heard it all before.
Well it all began in the summer of 2006, a jobless summer of football, outrageous drinking (literally spent my redundancy in 2 months on beer) and meeting what has come to be a great bunch of folk i now call team mates. Through the natural up`s and downs on an international cup….. the laughter, the tears , the chants, cheers and heart break a natural bond is formed. Soon to arise after the Ronaldo and Rooney drama had dropped we all re-grouped and to cut it short pie and chips were established.
After a positive first season into a small league in Brooklyn we grew in stature and confidence. A nice feeling of the team to “fear” the team to “beat”. Reminiscing in my head hearing my grandad in the past quoting the lines from the likes of Don Revie and Billy Bremner when his team (Leeds utd) were the bullies of the game .. a team that relished upon this… with this said and my love, passion and admiration of Leeds united i decided the pies were to follow suit. Not a direct look alike or take on Leeds in the 70`s but a secret DNA.. an inner meaning to the choice of colour… the ball in the badge, font choice and layout. All from the era, all influenced by the “damned united”.
To show this i created a small mood board, referencing above and other attributes. From the ye old English grub where our name comes from to font and colour reference. All perfectly placed to create the new 2009 PIE N CHIPS F.C badge… GLORY GLORY PNC.f.C!
KNUCKLE UP!
Just a short and cheeky one, couple of swigs of coffee and i land on this lil beauty… i had to post! Check out the soap “dusters” over at spyedesign. A Harlem based design company that specializes in urban inspired design, product and accessories.
“Slip on a pair of our Soap knuckles and hurt some dirt. Casted from genuine brass knuckles this all natural glycerin soap is designed to add a bit of playful subversion to your soap dish. A great gift for the street tough germaphobe or hygienic hipster.”
2 soaps, 2 ounces, 2 fists for 15 bux… quality!
CONFID3NTIAL GETS TAGG3D
Confid3ntial syncs with a new form of internet stalking….
Microsoft Tag creates endless possibilities for making interactive communications an instant, entertaining part of life. They transform physical media (print advertising, billboards, product packages, information signs, in-store merchandising, or even video images)—into live links for accessing information and entertainment online. The Microsoft Tag application, Simplt snap a “tag” with your handy camera phone and within seconds you can access mobile content, videos, music, contact information, maps, social networks, promotions, and more. Nothing to type, (perfect for us dixwexics) no browsers to launch!
Download the free application to your phone and you’re ready to dabble within the digital world. See a Tag, snap it, and you’re effortlessly connected to more information, exclusive discounts, movie trailers, video clips, exhibit details, maps and directions, and much more. Tag means no more fumbling with URLs or texting shortcodes on annoying iphones when your fingers are just too big! Just launch the Microsoft Tag application, snap the Tag, and in a blink you can view the content! Go to gettag.mobi with your mobile phone, or click here to send an SMS with a download link to your phone.
P.S i just tried it on my phone and it bloody works wonders!
A.. WHO?.. A-TEX
A-TEX was established in a wee lil place called Herning (Denmark) in 1991 by Bent Povlsen. has grown and matured and now has 260 committed employees work together across many borders. All with one common goal: To do what is best for our customers. Extremely talented workforce work at a fast pace and love being challenged. Creativity and collaboration are keywords and thy subscribe to the ethos that ‘with freedom comes responsibility’. They have offices in 9 countries and logistic centres wherever our customers manufacture their products. They can muster up anything from Labels, hangtags and packaging. You will find there ideas and designs make a difference they aquire a task of actually conveying the customers’ story. Innovative thinking, beautiful design, inspiring collections, development, production and quality assurance makes A-tex one of the top players in there field. A huge client listing ensures you of there quality and great work ethnics, companys ranging from DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld, Urban Outfitters, Puma all the way through to me! Ahem.. Confid3ntial… was a great experience workin with theese guys, thanks again to Benny and Yonca. I still to this day get compliments on my buisness card, im pround to give out such a powerful and great networking tool, thanks again to the wonderful A-TEX.
SHROVE TU3SDAY
To all the fellow Brit followers wed like to wish you all a happy Shrove Tuesday (Pancake day) Oover indulge and enjoy it as if we were kids again! I must admit i do miss this day… sugar and lemon juice n`all that… So scouring around for an appropriate image i came across Becks n Posh.. Now run along and check it!
GEKO MEETS REMEZCLA
Confid3ntials Brother from another lover…Mother..Other…gets his name in lights from New Yorks very own Remezcla. Check his full write up and a mini mix here… Hes gonna knock your socks off!
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!
28 DAYZ IN AUSTIN……
It seems in Austin TX its not only fog and rain you have to watch out for on the motorway (highways)… Some cheeky fukkers.. very cleverly reprogrammed two city construction road signs near the University of Texas early Monday morning in an attempt to warn Austin of an imminent zombie attack. Messages that typically alert Lamar Boulevard drivers to a detour for Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard splashed several warnings like “Caution! Zombies Ahead!” and “Nazi Zombies! Run!!!” Amazing… it would certainly cheer up my early morning commute. This story appears to have inspired (re)publication of a bunch of how-to stories, like this one, in case you know of another strategically locate sign that needs to be put to proper use…
Check this quote from statesman.com
“No zombies have been seen in the area, and with any luck, Tuesday night’s cold front killed off any undead with ghoulish plans to invade the city.”
Thank you wooster for givin us a corker of a giggle.
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!
NOT SO CONFID3NTIAL…
Confid3ntial identity cards, created in 2006 when we launched… Very simple with a very clever concept, designed in the shape of a sim card ( all information contained with in) and black on black to represent its confidentiality , the choice of paper to interact through touch.. 330 gsm Black Plike™ with black foil and white screen. Cudos to the wonderful A-TEX for developing and producing, be sure to check them out!
GET IT ON!
Perhaps it would be best to call this an anti-viral, if only for the disease stopping potential. The new film for Durex, synonymous with the word condom in the UK, takes a decidedly comedic twist (um…position?) on encouraging the use of its products in the US. To create the animated frolic, agency, Fitzgerald+CO turned to the talent of Superfad New York who eagerly embraced the opportunity.
Thanks to Superfad for the pleasure of seeing the outtakes…no pun intended!