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Daily Style & Design News: October 28, 2009

intern — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:05:09 +0000

Mini commissions KR to work on their Cooper S model, and the graf artist covers the sports car with his signature “drip” style. [High Snobiety]

Rocker’s Island Record Shop in Tokyo is still going strong in this age of iTunes and illegally downloaded music with a top-notch selection of reggae 7-inches. [Selectism]

JH Audio’s JH 13 Pro earphones have six built in drivers to deliver dynamic and detailed sound. But are they worth $1100? [Gizmodo]

The 12oz Pepsi can gets a Halloween make over. [Freshness Mag]

Have you seen the latest Jordan Brand commericial, “Break to Build”? Jumpman army. [Hypebeast]

KAWS JJP Flips Tokyo Police Mascot

dscott — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:09:01 +0000

When it comes to adding the “extra” to ordinary objects, our boy KAWS has the game on lock. All dude needs to do is slap his trademark X’s on something'hoodies, socks, poncho’s, whatever'and people go ape shit (no pun intended). And that’s exactly what happened when rumors of the his JJP figurine hit the ‘net earlier this week.

Scheduled to be released tomorrow on his website kawsone.com, KAWS’s newest vinyl figure is based on the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s official mascot named “Pi-Pokun” and will come in either yellow or black. If they sell out on his site before you get a chance to click over there (they will), don’t fret'they’re going on sale Saturday at his Original Fake store in Tokyo. We suggest you get someone to stand in line for you…. now. Check out larger photos below.

[High Snobiety]

Legos And Record Players Don’t Mix

jerwin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:34:18 +0000

Like all good ’80s (some ’70s) babies, we went through some pretty heavy Lego phases in our youth. And, given our hip-hop fascination, we have more than a passing acquaintance with vinyl culture. So when we learned that an inventor/blogger named Jose Pino had built a record player out of Legos, we were simultaneously fascinated and horrified. Sure, it mixes a couple of our childhood obsessions, but it seems to increase the dorkitude of both exponentially.

Alas, Pino’s Lego Record Player, which uses a batttery-powered Lego NXT and a coffee cup, doesn’t exactly do the analog side of the vinyl vs. cd debate any favors. First, it produces a really distorted sound, and second, it apparently destroys the vinyl (although you gotta give Jose props for warning us: “Do not build this project”). Still, it’s fascinating to watch Pino put it together. Check the video after the jump.

[Jose Pino via Ubergizmo]