Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Winter is finally here!

SY Design, resident office dog and total slacker, Jasper

We've all been on pins and needles wondering if this winter was going to happen, waiting patiently, putting of that new jacket purchase until the last minute, but now it looks like it has finally arrived nearly everywhere with a vengeance. My top wishes for this season: a trip to Mt. Baker, and some time at Whistler with my friends from Extremely Canadian.  If you have some extra cash and want to get the very most out of your trip to Whistler, check them out, they have the best freeskiers and riders on the mountain who know where all the best stashes are and take you there and beyond, and the apres' at Merlin's is one you won't forget with neverending beer and nachos mounded as high as you can see. Below are some shots of stuff, good stuff, you should take a minute and check it out, and then make plans to get outside, winter is here!


Priscilla Levac's snowboarding part from Ride Rats from Ride Snowboards on Vimeo.

Rome SDS rider LNP, love the colors in this shot. Below is a shot of just the sweet bus.



A recent shot from Mt. Baker, courtesy of Dog Lotion, oh how I long to be there.


Laura Hadar opened up her new boutique store FICE in Salt Lake City. A men's and women's snow, skate, street culture store, and art gallery, featuring apparel from companies such as WESC, ALIFE, Upper Playground, Insight, Nikita, Keep, Creative Recreation, Supra, Super, KR3W, MOB, Hellz Bellz, and more.

Sweet Nikita Down Jacket, the color and style are great.


I have to confess I've been thinking about this jacket since I saw it at ISPO last year, Burton's Women's AK 3L STATIC JACKET. I love it's simplicity, performance, and great style. I was very excited when I noticed today on the Burton site that it was on sale, just enough to reel me in, can't wait to try it out!

And last but not least there is a new snowboard shop here in PDX, Epic, 2318 NW Vaughn Street. Add them to the growing list of places to visit when you are in P-town again.







Monday, December 01, 2008

a great place for inspiration


It's always fun to share great resources for inspiration and design ideas, if it's not on your list already, you should check out designboom. The site is focused on industrial design, but in a "Wallpaper" sort of way that really goes across many different categories of design and products. Below are just a few images from the "Design" segment of their site.

This bent plywood chair makes me think about new ways to use laser cutting and moulding together on garments.




This Audi concept car provides inspiration for backpacks, bags, gloves, trims, and more.



There's something about the irony in this piece that is really intriguing.



They also recently had a green earth contest, where entrants were charged with creating a 'green' graphic that illustrated environmental protection and how human beings and nature could coexist in a greener world. And incorporating 'earth' by giving the gift of a greener world at christmas.... Here are some of the winners:







You can also check out DESIGN-AEROBICS for some affordable online courses that include topics like, self promotion, sport, textiles, childhood, etc. I like the classes because they encourage you to think outside the box and expand your horizons beyond your everyday comfort zone.

I always find architecture very inspirational in apparel and product design, here are just a couple parting shots until next time...