NIKE MOTIVATION BENCH

Nike did it again... Nice. If this campaign were any stronger, it would use a bull whip.

#ONSMASH /// LIVE.LOVE.A$AP

New York birthed another one. ASAP Rocky's mixtape is gold. Track 5 (with Schoolboy Q) is crack.
Google and download!

N.W.A.

Architecture. Hip-hop and Urban Planning. The Bonnie and Clyde of Design. 
What you know about that?

SUCCESS FOR THE SUCCESSFUL /// NIKE #KOBESYSTEM CAMPAIGN

What do Serena Williams, Landon Donovan, Jerry Rice, Hope Solo, P-Rod, Sir Richard Branson and Kanye West have in common?

Success, ladies and gentlemen. The extreme apex of human existence is where these people dwell.

But what do these successful individuals do when they dare become more than what they already are?

They book a lecture with Kobe Bryant.























Why you might ask? That's because Mr. Bryant knows a thing or two about adapting. Over the course of his 16-year career as a five-time World Champion, thirteen-time All-Star and gold medalist, he has learned the importance of motivation, attention to detail, preparation and leadership.

Friends, welcome to the #KobeSystem.



If you want in, check out the Nike Zoom Kobe VII System at your local Nike retailer and other Nike Basketball stockists such as Titan.

You're welcome.


Triangles.
In.
The.
Air.

DEEZ NUTS.

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SLEX Sucat Exit, North Bound

FREE AT LAST.

Remembering Dr. King. This is for all you dreamers.

PROJECT : GREATER LOVE

Got a bigger fish to fry... A bigger eagle to fly. About to get this off the muthaf*ckin' ground.

WE ALREADY! /// wL NIKE SB JANUARY RELEASE

 

Really? It's that time already? weLEGENDARY pops this year's cherry with a banger!!!
If this is a sign of things to come... Oh wow... We're in for an awesome 2012!

January 14. SATURDAY.
wL KAMUNING.
2PM.

Happy new year! :)

Check out the entire January 2012 line-up at our good friend's site, weLEGENDARY.com!

*Yo! please bring fold up chairs, umbrella, etc. if you plan to hang out early at the shop. The building admin won't let you guys in the driveway anymore. Sorry guys, we don't wanna do this but it is what it is. --wL

GLORY.

"Life just got REALLY good.

Hello Hello Baby Blue!

We are happy to announce the arrival of our beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, born on Saturday, January 7, 2012.

Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful, we are in heaven.

She was delivered naturally at a healthy 7 lbs and it was the best experience of both of our lives.

We are thankful to everyone for all your prayers, well wishes, love and support."

Beyoncé & Jay-Z

YOU'RE MY GIRL, BLUE!!!

BASKETBALL. #morefuninthePHILIPPINES

Kobe knows it!

AYALA MUSEUM DESIGNTALKS X WINI CAMACHO

With all the hooplah from DOT's new tourism campaign meme, it's hard not to be proud of your country and her children. It may be controversial and not-so-original, but you can't deny that its simplicity carries its realness. There is nothing more golden that the fact that it's more fun in the Philippines... Ask Kobe! LOL

I was telling my girl Cess on our way to Ayala Museum that the campaign was not so much about the tourist spots as it was about the citizens in it. See how one simple, borderline boring slogan became an interactive, collaborative and communal sensation... Whether we hated it or loved it, our people made it work.

Our people make our country fun.

One such Filipino is Winifredo Camacho, lead designer at Mercedes-Benz, and the dude responsible for the new generation E-Class.

Do you have any idea how bad-ass that job description is? LEAD DESIGNER FOR MERCEDES-BENZ... And yet he is one of the coolest cats in the industry of design. Very low-key and humble, despite the fact that he has every reason to brag about his dopeness.

Anyway, AYALA MUSEUM's DesignTalks hosted the event and invited industry people, design fiends, and motor heads to this rare opportunity to pick the brain of one of our generation's most influential automobile designers. My designer/architect alter ego went "0-60 in 2 seconds" crazy upon hearing the event - There is no way I'm letting this blow past me. Besides, I've been raised in a family where all grown men own and ride a Benz... So there's that deep-seeded admiration for anything Chedeng.

Of course, curating then blogging all the wisdom and inspiration I picked up from the lecture is next to impossible, but I took a few photos to show you how it went. I'll try my best to share with you the moment.

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The poster. Understated, yet powerful. Benz style.


Talk starts at 3:00 PM. It's already 3:10 PM... Pinoy time. HAHA All good, though! We were late ourselves!


The man of the hour... Wini Camacho.


Wini showing off his childhood sketches. Check out the middle panel. Yep! Those are sneakers!


A trike design he did when he was in college. Thought of the Nerf IVs!


A Vespa-inspired bike.


A biomorphic motorbike. Straight up weird, but right up my alley!


He did an interior study for a Mini Cooper... Design plate for school.


A conceptual roadster. Once again, when he was still in school.




A conceptual SUV/buggy. Made of pure steel and chock-full of technology.


A conceptual sedan he did for a Cadillac design plate. Just gorgeous.




Not sure if you can see it, but the aluminum strip that runs along the side of the car is just... WOW.




A rough tech sheet for a proposed Callaway roadster.


This was my favorite slide. He was telling us how they had to do hundreds and hundreds of schemes just to get it right. True in this industry.




Again... Hundreds and hundreds.


Front 3/4 view of the Callaway F-1/GT Hybrid.


Tech sheet for the Callaway Hybrid.


More renderings.


A 1:4 Scaled model of the Callaway Hybrid.


A view of his workshop when he was in design school.


After that part, he asked us to put our cameras away because most of the slides that he will show us are classified and are top-secret Mercedes-Benz designs.

The stuff he showed us made me really excited about the future. Let's leave it at that. :)

Q&A time, and Don Jaime is in the house!!! I want to be either one of those guys when I grow up.


Some of Wini's sketches for the E-Class.




Not sure if these are E-Class sketches or concept SL drawings. Either way, I want one!




It was an honor meeting this man. Your inspiration will not go to waste, sir!


And thanks to Mercedes-Benz Philippines/CATS motors for the dope swag bag.