“My friend Ton came visit from Brasil for few weeks, last night we were talking about Futbol, the NY Cosmos, design, etc.
Athleta was the first brand to dress entirely the brazilian team, the company was gone for some time but now they are back and since the world cup is around the corner, they getting their thing together, i hear they will reproduce the vintage jerseys…cant wait to get a #10.” by Razauno
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We showed you the video. Here’s the recap. “PUMA and Kehinde Wiley have been a fixture on the artist meets sports brand scene in the first month of this year as they have been collaborating with a focus on football in Africa. The American artist’s iconic style typically places subjects against unorthodox backgrounds, with strong African and African-American elements to the work. An exhibition of his recently opened up in Paris which also featured some of his footwear and apparel capsule with PUMA. The exhibition runs until February 7th at the Space Topography of Art, 15 rue de Thorigny in Paris.” by Eugene Kan
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photos by Karl Hab
Nostalgia is addiction to some, a business to others. Here’s a book called “Enduring Performance: The New Balance Story.” A splendid 265 page brick about shoe and sole history.
“In the meantime, the NB Workington plant, responding to local interests, began to manufacture football boots (soccer shoes). For two two years, members of the Professional Footballers Association (P.F.A.) wear-tested the product. Then, in 1982 the P.F.A., with membership of 3,000 professional and semi-professional players, held a press conference in Manchester at which it announced its independent endorsement of the New Balance boot. Such an unpaid endorsement was unprecedented. With it came the P.F.A.’s granting New Balance U.K. the right to use its logo on the boots, boxes, advertising and promotional materials.”
Bryan Robson, English National Soccer Team Captain, collaborates with New Balance to design a series of high performance soccer shoes.
1985
The year 1981 brought agreements with manufacturer-distributors in Brazil and Argentina. The only international brand with a presence in South America, New Balance had no competition for a time.
photos by Patterson
Patterson, Max and Angelo joined Mount Royal FC a few months ago. The club plays every friday night at the Continental Elite League Saputo.
On Saturday, February 2oth, 9pm to 3am, the boys will host a fund raising event at the Off The Hook gallery. Photography, Music and Drinks. Lot’s of Drinks. More info.
In green, Patterson, Max (now a daddy!!!) and Angelo.
Luca missed Sunday’s game because of food poisoning. The Ringleaders have a hard time buying that one. Seen on Luca’s blog was this jacket. People say Luca parties too hard.
Just kidding. Luca is actually one of the most improved players of the club, since joining in winter of 2009. That evil “Pentagram” is just for fun. Luca is not involved in any sort of suspicious fraternities.
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It’s a homage to Otl Aicher’s work for the 1972 Olympics in Munich. He was one of the leading German Graphic designers of that period, and received a lot of acclaim for the set of pictograms (and posters) he create for the Olympics.
Here’s a sampling of his work: http://www.wallpaper.com/content/feature/aicher/
The games that year were also overshadowed by the killing of 11 Israeli athletes, represented here by the coloured pentagrams and hexagons.
The date of our matches for that week (7-2) were the inspiration for the theme.
Jano Arabaghian
Ours
“Artist Kehinde Wiley and PUMA jointly commemorated the Africa Cup of Nations 2010 with a series of artwork and products culminating with the PUMA Africa Unity Kit. In a video capturing the background of the project, the American artist took a trip to Africa to gather inspiration and converse with some of Africa’s biggest footballing superstars, Samuel Eto’o, Emmanuel Eboué and John Mensah. The journey includes a compelling look into the process of creating behind traditional African patterns, as well as strong aspects of Africa’s cultural landscape, such as music. The Africa Cup of Nations 2010 will conclude with a championship match featuring Ghana and Egypt on January 31st, 2010.” by Eugene Kan.
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Since joining The Ringleaders last fall, Ian Kennedy has really helped the club, both on and off the field. His offensive awareness is a force to be reckoned with. The streets call him Saucemang.
Ian posted this on Tiger Distribution the other day:
Swedish designer Klas Ernflo is the dude behind THIS Rad project!
I was talking to Vince a few weeks ago about Pep Guardiola. As far as style, forget Beckham, Pep is the real deal. As far as football, Pep is the future. First time I saw him play was during World Cup’94. After that, since there wasn’t any football on Canadian Television, Pep and many others faded.
Vince again, introduced me to Shimon aka SFC. Homeboy is into fashion and football.
“This section is where the sartorial side of football kicks in. Jose Mourinho, the often controversial but often victorious skipper established a name for himself by winning the Champions League with FC Porto – a considerate underdog in the competition – and his dominance in the English game during his three year tenure at Chelsea. His counterpart, Pep Guardiola is a relatively new face among the coaching profession but his name graced the pages of Spanish press during the 90’s as he spent over a decade donning the red and blue stripes of Barcelona. As both men continue their journey this season to capture their second Champions League titles they will do so in style.”
I’ve been cruising on Derived Thread, Johnny’s site, you know.
Interesting enough, Luca has his thing going on there too. I checked Gustavo’s recent trip to New York and saw this little magnet of Maradona.
A few things you should know about Gustavo:
-He’s a good kid. He’s from Paraguay.
-Paraguay will face Italy during this summer’s World Cup. If Italy loses the match, then Maura will punch Gustavo in the face.
-Gustavo should be playing soccer. The Ringleaders should sign him.
-Gustavo got me a World Cup 1994 official GREECE snap back cap, mint condition.
To view the rest of his blog post, click here.
