Daily Style & Design News: February 4, 2009

DC taps French artist AKROE, Lakai drops Telfords for the Japanese, and Linge Roset is doing sick couches. All that and more in today's big stories.

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Check out this leak of a new DC shoes Double Label Project with the French artist AKROE. Maybe you've heard of his brand, Sixpack? Who doesn't like having some naked ladies under his feet? Coming in August (wow that's a long ways away). [Vagant Blog]

Say you're a footwear designer, and you're set with the task of creating colorways for some Lakai Telfords in Japanese SMUs. What colorways would you start with? Red and white? Gold and white? Sounds like a start. [Nice Kicks]

Ligne Roset always has an interesting take on couches, check the latest monochromatic/melty/rearrangeable/gummy sofa. [Design Boom]

Have you always wanted your friends to be able to know where you are, at all times? With this new mobile Google Maps "Latitude" Ap, now you can. [PSFK]

Speaking of your friends, what about Hipster Runoff? Ever check this site out? Wow. If you do, you might like this little interview with Carles. [Village Voice]

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