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PENSOLE @ PARSONS 2011_Final Design

NOJ — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:53:29 +0000

PENSOLE @ PARSONS 2011_Sketches Round 5

NOJ — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:44:40 +0000

PENSOLE @ PARSONS 2011_Sketches Round 4

NOJ — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:23:49 +0000

PENSOLE @ PARSONS 2011_Sketches Round 3

NOJ — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:20:08 +0000

Ryoji Ikeda @ Park Avenue Armory

NOJ — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:41:04 +0000

Managed to check out Ryoji Ikeda’s installation over the last weekend. They were amazing. He creates a visual and sonic environment where visitors are submerged in an extreme illustration of projected and synchronized data. His work uses scale, light, shade, volume, shadow, electronic sounds, and rhythm to flood the senses. Check the video!

PENSOLE @ PARSONS 2011_Sketches Round 2

NOJ — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:18:23 +0000

PENSOLE @ PARSONS 2011_Sketches Round 1

NOJ — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:08:38 +0000

PENSOLE @ PARSONS 2011_Inspirations

NOJ — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:45:43 +0000

I’m designing a footwear for the consumers of Whole Foods Market, who are all about health and eco-friendliness. The piece of footwear will be modular, allowing the replacement of parts, hence reducing on our carbon footprint. Since its modular, it is also customizable!

PENSOLE @ PARSONS 2011_Day 5.

NOJ — Sun, 29 May 2011 15:29:31 +0000

So it has been a week into the PENSOLE program and it has been an awesome ride. To be able to spend 4 weeks hanging out with like-minded sneaker enthusiasts is something I will have never dreamed of prior to this, especially for someone like me from Singapore. Surreal.

Just a quick recap, this week we started with a great intro into the footwear industry by our main man, Dwayne Edwards (DE), followed by a 3-part SOLEcial Studies by Sean Williams of Obsessive Sneaker Disorder. He took us on a journey into the world of sneakers, starting with history, how the culture came to be, cause and effects, etc. Being a sneakerhead, sneaker culture is something that you constantly read or hear about via online or magazines. However, being able to sit in a room, listening to someone who is part of it all, sharing stories and insights – now thats an experience!

So Day 5, following the class feedback session yesterday, we presented our refined briefs and inspirations again. Today we had guests, Izzy (from NSW 21 Mercer) and Maze (from KixandtheCity.com). It was pretty cool to see Maze pop by since I’ve been regularly visiting his site and been tuning in to his online videos. Feedbacks from DE and our guests were insightful. I believe everyone in the class today gained some really good insights on their projects.

Now for the long weekend ahead, looking forward to some serious bonding sessions with my new found homies – out!

Supreme.

NOJ — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:28:19 +0000