With a fun and true to life look at how boarders everywhere like to ride and enjoy life, HIP is delivering a small collection of lifestyle product while developing a more robust outerwear collection using sustainable and innovative materials like bamboo!  Check out the Bamboo Gaiter in the gallery.

Only question I have is,

Come on HIP, when’s the big stuff dropping?!

The website, blog and online shop are up and running. You can follow HIP on Facebook (win some free stickers!) and Twitter. As well as watch the HIP riders and crew on their YouTube channel.

A little bit of unofficial history on HIP. The brand was born in a barn in Austria where a group of friends decided to live for a winter season. The riding was great, the friends and parties were great, the barn was a death trap waiting to spring. Outdoor toilet, wood stoves, no insulation. But at least the farmers who rented HIP the barn made their own schnapps and were happy to deliver a few bottles up the hill. You got to keep warm!

The perfect place to start a brand.

It Looks like VANS is opening a PopUp shop at London’s Old Spittalfields Market just in time for the VANS Downtown Showdown.

Picking up on the Victorian era Pub and Jack the Ripper theme from the contest the store has the look and feel of a pub. A baby grand piano (I hear it actually plays!), travel cases and real wine barrels are all used in the shop to show a full and exclusive collection of VANS products.

The shop is open now for 4 weeks.

VANS PopUp | Old Spittalfields Market
73 Brushfield St
London
Greater London
E1 6AA
UK

Mon-Sat 10-7
Sun 12-7

The American design collective Object Design League is currently on exhibition in the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The group is producing balloons as a way to “demystify” the balloon making process and expose it to the public by their own means of research and exploration.  The week-long factory is part of the MCA’s current exhibition We Are Here: Art & Design Out of Context in the 12×12 gallery space of the museum.

Forms dipped into latex to create balloon skin

balloons form and color evolves through the week of production

Object Design League’s Balloon Factory will be in production until Sunday July 8, museum hours. Find more info and images through this article featured on DesignBoom.

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This time heading East to Berlin they are opening up the Lining Bar and this time with sponsors?!

No matter, clearly PopUp is growing strong and putting the parties on.

POP UP
Thursday 07.07.2011
At Lining Bar
Tucholsky Str. 34 (Mitte)
BERLIN

BOSSING GT
SERVE BLUNTED (U-Dox / LND)
HANSHU (Holy Berg)
POSH (Bambule)
JUMPYPOTATO (Istanbul)

POP UP the jam!
C-ya there…

sponsored by:

Parliament Vodka - http://www.parliament-vodka.de/
HEYHEY - www.wewantsneakers.com (coming soon)
Jumpypotato.com - www.jumpypotato.com

New York Fashion Week is in full stride and I must say Proenza Schouler’s textiles strike me with an awe powerful punch. Demure shades and sheen surfaces find each other well in a melodic Fall 2011 collection. Watch the show here

These bags are not in the budget of a girl like me or most of the population in the world; however, its ok to dream, and keep an eye out for similar items at thrifts and at the cheapies.

These are also their bracelet available for purchase. Great inspiration for your own creations.

Form and Function

Vista 3D Glasses
3D has become influential in the entertainment industry through Cinema, Television and Gaming.  Vista provides unique, vibrant and personalized eye wear to this industry internationally.

Vista jumped on a niche market with a fast response to the growing need for private in home 3D accessories. A variety of colors is a nice start but I would love to see these guys innovate frame sizes and shapes.
What about customization for fans and theme parties? Imagine having a 3D watching party for your favorite event or program…why not hand out ‘branded’ Vista glasses? This can be a useful tool for event managers, promoters and producers who have any contact with 3D.

Looking forward to seeing more out of Vista.

VISTA

MIMOSOPOP on the road…

Scott Schuman showcases the spirit of a man in love. The scenes walking the street with camera in hand are inspiring and courageous.

Patrice at Hirsch in Nürnberg

MIMOSOPOP is still rockin’ and now there are a few contributors on board! I started this site to bring together different creative and professionals to give them a space to share their interests and showcase their own work. It has been a struggle at times for me to put keys to board so a big THANK YOU Sophie and Neva, you both kick ass! Keep the writing coming and keep up all of your amazing design work.

Looking back on 2010 I see a wealth of experience and motivation towards the future. So many good trips, lucky me lucky me!

Moscow
Beijing
Shanghai
Tokyo
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Milan
Canary Islands – sunshine!
Austria – snowboarding!
Rio de Janeiro – New Year’s Eve!

So many photos, people, food, flights, hotels, business cards, parties, concerts, etc. to sift through I don’t know how long it will take me to catch up and post everything that has happened. But that’s ok, because we are about to start a new year full of exciting opportunities and change. More to come about that…

Check out some of what has happened in 2010 below!

Tianamen Square in passing

Erykah Badu in Brixton London

Cupcakes from the Broadway Street Market London Fields

Tiniriwaren playing in Nürnberg Hauptmarkt

Shanghai Huahai Road, just before National Day

Off to Tokyo, bye bye Shanghai!

Hello Japan!

Lost in Translation

Retail Concept Pitch – New Mannequins!

Nürnberg Christmas Market Fashion

Retail Concept Pitch – that’s right a live band!

Retail Concept Pitch – Mockup space, presentation complete. Bye Bye 2010…BOOM!

MIMOSOPOP on the road…