Milan has just hosted a Nike event showing the trailor to the next installment of Thibaut de Longeville’s AF1 Documentaries, for this years 25th anniversary. The event saw a number of special new shoes unveiled, a few of which will be revealed soon, thanks to Michael of LaMJC and Honeyee we have a sneak peak at the upcoming Bobbito Garcia AF1 High for now.

To showcase the recent works of Lee Quinones ‘Prelude’ exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art’s PS1 this summer, Quinones has colaborated with aNYthing to release a tee shirt showing one of his signature pieces from the show "Back in the seventies when New York City was one sprawling ghetto, Lee used to steal 12” records of the Funk grooves that inspired his subway paintings, and would then sell them to DJs. These songs were then played at jams, informal parties rigged illegally in city parks by the DJ and patron street gang; meeting places for the graffiti artist, performance space for DJ, rapper and break-dancer. Later these same records would go on to be sampled as the basis for classic period Rap hits. Therefore Lee fueled a growing street culture during its most vital stage, placing him at the fulcrum of the movement as it catapulted to great heights. The twelve paintings represent Lee’s juvenile music thievery, in itself a misdemeanor, but seen symbolically a phenomenon of profound import. In each frenzied tableau ghostly hands clutch at the object of desire and stash it within folds of cloth, to conceal his crime- poverty mixed with a love of art." - aNYthing.

Superfuture has grown into a website serving numerous purposes, famous for its Forum amongst Streetwear and Fashion fans, but of course playing host to so much more, the city guides, reviews and more? What was the sites initial concept and philosophy?

The site was born out of a basic need to navigate friends and colleagues around tokyo shopping zones [where we started this back in '99]. Wayne, the site designer/producer is an industrial/graphic designer so putting together a well designed set of online maps was right up his alley. We then started writing reviews of all our favorite shops. From there the site grew in popularity which sparked more maps, more content and we suddenly realized a monster had been created. What was meant to be a basic navigation tool basically exploded into an organism of its own.

And how did it progress into what we see today?

The more useful information superfuture provided, the more our viewers wanted. our overall aim was [and still is] to provide a well informed  destination for investigative and discerning fashion and design related professionals [and everyone in between] to get around the planet…minus all the fluff and taffeta. Supertalk was added as a way for everyone on the site to communicate on what was already being  discussed - rather than asking us directly via email. Supertalk has been a great addition to the site as a community forum for info exchange. Pretty entertaining stuff too.

What is the process behind putting together a city guide?

We find reliable editors with similar interests in each super city. Then we put together basic map templates [the same way we always have] and have our team add the relevant information.  Once that has been executed we then rely on submissions directly from our adoring audience or anyone who has an interest in the types of establishments we love to cover. So what you are getting essentially is information straight from the horses mouth.

Superfuture also offers other services such as its concierge services, can you explain this to us?

There are alot of companies/individuals on very tight schedules constantly travelling to cities such as tokyo, paris, shanghai and new york.  They really just need someone to take them to the heart of  things minus all the fuss. superfuture provides personalized concierge tour guides to these types of clients to get through each destination in minimal time with precision coverage. we create tours in relation to the clients main focus of interest - whether it be retail, architecture, design, art etc…

Do you think the Supertalk forum members demographic represents fairly the regular user of Superfuture?

Supertalk represents our ever expanding niche of brand obsessed, early adopters who look to us for information on what’s new, in fashion,  design, art, music, denim…you name it. also what’s happening on a global and national scale, what’s under construction and of course - who’s throwing the next launch event or sale! Supertalkers represent a large part of our readership, although we also attract a good portion of design related professional looking for filtered content on one of the many capitals we cover. Its a mixed bag…and we like it that way.

As far as providing a service, Superfuture, to me, is one of the most useful websites around today, what do yo think of other web formats within fashion, street culture etc, do you have an opinion on blogs,  street snap sites etc?

There are alot of really great and informative sites out there. as a matter of fact we are always looking at a variety of other blogs and editorial oriented sites for inspiration.  They do it really well and  so we leave that up to them. Our focus, content wise, is geared toward providing strategic navigation via our maps and fail safe monthly city guides. the selection of great sites out there really works for us in  terms of being a part of an overall generation of travelling urban retail junkies.

What next for Superfuture, can we expect any further development over the coming months?

Yep. The supercooker is bubbling over. you can expect to see some interesting renovations on our forums, advances in supertechnology, new supercities, awesome content additions and of course expansions to superfuture’s ever evolving caché of global navigation.

Superfuture offer a number of online services and you can join their forum, Supertalk, to have your say, you can also buy their excellent Superguides here.

Death of a President was a contoversial film released last year that documented the fictitious assasination of George W. Bush on October 19th 2007. The film comes out in Japan on October 6th, and Neighborhood will mark the release with a tee and badge set. The tee comes across a bit like some kind of morbid souvenir of the fictitious event.  The white tee goes on sale at Neighborhood outlets on the 6th, while the black version is a web store exclusive which is out on October 11.

The film won accolades at the Toronto Film Festival,  but critical reviews since have been mixed. I haven’t seen the film so I can’t possibly have an informed opinion on it. Reading some of the comments on YouTube at the film’s official trailer  page, what I will say is that the essence of freeedom lies in the right of others to express ideas that you yourself might object to. The movie sounds more like an exploratory work of fiction- a "what if" scenario rather than a partisan invective or an ideaological call to arms. Movies often depict tragic, horrible events in the name of entertainment. Sometimes these involve real historical figures placed in an alternate history. Often, it’s a telling of a possible future that’s grounded in our knowledge of the present. Is this clearly fictitious account of a political assasination any different?

News via Neighborhood.

Set to be released in the next few months, we don’t have any more solid info on this book written by Caleb Neelon and Roger Gastman. "Street Art - Urban Art and Culture from five Continents" is just that, a pictorial collaboration of works from numerous artists from around the world. From the sneak preview at 12oz Prophet, it looks impressive to say the least. More news as it comes to hand.

Could the more public acceptance of Street Art be forcing a change in the establishments mindset and stand point. I found this news at Wooster, after the recent public debate over Banksy’s work in Bristol, led by the Bristol City Council, other areas of the UK are also considering preserving Street Art. You can read more here. Leave a comment of your thoughts on the matter.

The CLOT x Madsaki collaboration has been a huge success especially with a variation of impressive colorways being released in recent times, now it is time for the the short-sleeve Alienegra camo parka to makes its comeback in red. A limited quantity of 180 pieces will make its way to Juice, Hideout, Somewhere, ACU and Collette on October the 3rd so expect a huge splash because the release is getting the usual Edison Chen treatment, if you can get your hands on the latest issue of Milk magazine be sure to see more.

Dave’s Quality Meat have come up with some very good accesories of late and this latest release is no exception, this Camo collection includes two very impressive and subtle camouflage colorways, each colour consist’s of a fitted cap and and matching bag. The pack will make its way to the store front at DQM in New York on October the 5th. Thanks to Chris Keefe over at Nimnim for the info .

For those who havent already bought it, Bad Brains have released a comeback Album ‘Build a Nation’, produced by Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys. All Music have published an interview with the legendary Rasta/Punk Band and Supertouch have coverage of this and the interview available to read here.

I just stumpbled across NL Architects who designed the Undefeated stores on La Brea and on Main Street. Their website shows some detailed photos of the stores and informs you about the concept. Personally, I think both spots are second to none … Sammy