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Architecture. Hip-hop and Urban Planning. The Bonnie and Clyde of Design. 
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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.

THEY NOW STAND ON THE HILL /// TITAN KATIPUNAN OPENING

The Brotherhood of the Locker Room recaps Titan Katipunan's very successful opening event. Aside from that, we also took time to show you the architectural detail that went into the new store.

Feel free to check out both entries to see what's up. Just click on the corresponding image jumper below.

Photos might be good, but it doesn't beat being there! So drop by Titan Katipunan now! They're up and running. Located at the 3rd Floor, Regis Center, Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Mad love and big ups to the Titan crew for a great event. Congrats!

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME.

FROM THE SUBURBS TO THE STADIUM /// TITAN KATIPUNAN INTERIORS

Here's a quick look at Titan Katipunan's interiors. It stood out because even though it shares the same mold with it's first two locations (Forbes Wood Heights and RONAC), this incarnation became the evolution of what any good ball player is hoping for.

Unlike the home grounded, warm, and almost rustic aesthetic of the flagship store at The Fort, Katipunan's exuded a "just got drafted / I'm playing in the league" semi-industrial feel... Symbolically taking their game from the humble suburbs, to the bright lights of the stadium.

Titan Katipunan went away with it's trademark red bricks and switched it up with grey. They traded their wood plank flooring for grey slate tiles. All wooden accents were still very masculine, dark and complimentary, but added a new wall feature that solidified it's concept: A brightly stained locker room/dugout style cubicle.

What I loved is that Titan kept the integrity of the barber stations. Being one of my favorite places, I have a very deep and religious respect for a good barbershop; and I'm sure most men do as well. Titan understood very well this unspoken male reverence so they kept it very understated and efficient. Premium barber chairs were once again utilized at both stations. And to add that home-style warmth that Titan is well known for, they posted great rustic artwork by SBTG around the area, and throwback photos of "The Jet" were mounted in the shampoo room; memories from days when he was still paying his dues on his way to becoming a legend.

I can safely say that the interiors were refreshingly new, but still very familiar. It was straight-forward, but not cold; effective, but not compromised.

See Titan Katipunan for yourself! Located at 3rd Floor, Regis Center, Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Here are the photos.

The facade.

By SBTG. Amazing job as usual!

Barber stations

Shampoo Room.

WALL OF FAME.

Dope peep window!

Cove lit display rack.

Notice the familiar backboard panel?


This wall accent is my favorite: Locker Room Cubes.


To see what happened that night, click on the EVENT RECAP image jumper below!

WE ABOUT TO GO B.A.M

I know some of you guys have been on The Locker for a minute, some have been with the me since DAY 1 (I am truly thankful for your OG love)... Some just stumbled upon Locker Room Legends a few months back, and have now become real good friends. Some folks who run the same circles are starting to get to know the site... Hope you're liking it so far!

But whether this is your first visit or you've been with us since "Rookie Card" - based on what you've seen and read here, this I'm sure you've understood: That the dude running this site is passionate about Basketball... and Design... and got Hip-Hop constantly on smash.

Propelled by the culture behind it, Locker Room Legends run on those things. Hoops. Art. and Hip-Hop. But before you judge this almost self-serving post (LOL it's starting to sound like one, I know), I'm actually driving at a point. And here it is.

It is with great enthusiasm and pride that I introduce you to an event, nah... a movement that embodies everything that LRL stands for.


Presenting...

LOCKED DOWN ENTERTAINMENT

in cooperation with NIKE x DAILY GRIND x JAM 88.3 x CHANNEL V

Presents: B.A.M.: BASKETBALL, ARTS, and MUSIC.
A day of Art, Design, Good music and Rucker Style Hoops (sans Terror Squad and Murda, Inc. LOL!)

December 12, 2011 at the legendary RONAC Art Center. Performances by Cambio, MC Dash, and LockedDown Ent.'s very own Ill-J and The Mighty Miscellaneous! A siiiick Art exhibit by TEAM MANILA will also highlight the event!

And of course: Brgy. Tibay, Team LockedDown, Phunky Juan, and Team Sunday will go at it to see which crew got the illest ball skills! Believe me, these dudes can ball as hard as they can spit rhymes!

Again, December 12, 2011 at RONAC Art Center!

NO COVER CHARGE! But anything that you can shell out goes to BANTAY BATA! Nice, right?

I know I ain't the only dude who's into Basketball, Art, and Music so I'm expecting to see you good folks there.

And yeah! Don't forget to holla! :) Kita kits!

NIKE HARAJUKU x WONDERWALL (MASAMICHI KATAYAMA)

NIKE HARAJUKU

Location: Harajuku, Tokyo

Year: 2009

The largest in the nation, NIKE's first flagship store in tokyo, designed by katayama measures 945.5 square meters. The experienced-based store with facilities such as the runner's studio - for selecting shoes that match individual's feet and running style - the NIKEID studio, and an interior layout which appears as if there are multiple sports shops coexisting within sports playground.

The design expresses the joy of athletics, by incorporating components associated with sports and which are characteristically NIKE, which include a running track, chandelier made of shoes, hundreds of runner's bibs and a wall made from the out soles of sneakers.

The store is well integrated into its surrounding environment, featuring a dual entrance located on both sides of the establishment which naturally invites consumers or even runners passing by, to come inside.

Check out the pictures and the design video after the jump.

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