To Darrin Hudson

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I think everyone had a "Darrin Hudson" in their lives. Darrin Hudson was in my high school, back in Marlboro, NJ. You know, that person that you had to one-up all the time. Didn't matter what it was: Gear, hair, grades, sports, whatever...it was ON. Well for Darrin and I...it was kicks. Plain and simple. Oddly enough, in a school with over 1000 kids, me and him were the only 2 really into sneakers back then. This is my blog dedicated to Darrin. This is to tell Darrin that I'm still out there, and if he wants to battle, here it is son!! Bring it!! I've since lost touch with Darrin, but thanks to him, you all get to check out the kicks I have amassed over the years. So it is here, that I will archive every pair of shoes I own. It’ll include detailed photos, a grading system, a little tidbit behind each one and every single one will be available for purchase. (Simply POST A COMMENT with your offer). Some other little goodies sprinkled throughout also. Even if I updated a different shoe every week, it would take me about 3 years to complete this project. So sit back and enjoy! The project begins January 1st, 2006...

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

VAEL.

Its funny how the world works. I met Coleman Horn about a year ago at MAGIC. We shared a client. His company was doing the product development and we were doing the identity design. When we met with the client, Coleman was like "Don't you do Staple Design?" And I was like, "you founded Medium Footwear?!" (Medium was always one footwear brand I had my eye on. Really loved their take on footwear design.) So we both clicked and got a long right away. Fast forward a year and Coleman is out of Medium and is back in the kitchen creating some new footwear designs. Glad to see it too because from what I can see, he has something really different and interesting: VAEL PROJECT.
Imagine if Timberland and Arcteryx had a love child. It might look like this.
世の中は狭いです。僕がコールマン・ホーン氏に出会ったのは一年前のMAGICです。僕たちには共通のクライアントがいました。彼の会社は商品開発をやっていて、僕たちはブランディングをやっていました。コールマンは僕に「ステープルデザインの?」そして、僕は「あのミディアムフットウェアを創設した。。。」と彼に聞いたのがはじまりです。(ミディアムは前から注目していたブランドで、彼らのフットウェアのデザインが特に好きでした。)そんなこんなで、すぐに仲良くなりました。そして、一年が過ぎ、コールマンはミディアムを抜け、フットウェアデザインに再び取り掛かっています。彼がやっていることは個性があって独創的です:VAEL PROJECT。TimberlandとArcteryxをかけたらこんな感じになるでしょう。

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Smokin' Coleman...keep doin' it.
さすがコールマン。。。もっとやっちゃって。

2 Comments:

Blogger James said...

coleman's a cool cat. i remember him starting up Medium in his place in Oakland back a few years ago. Medium's are definitely the best dress shoes i have. Good to see him back at it.

2/26/2008 12:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm curious to know why you suddenly made your blog bilingual. I must say the translation is really good. English-Japanese translation is a difficult one.
-yuni

2/27/2008 10:43 PM  

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