Over the weekend, we opened Part 2 of Reach's exhibition in a department store in Shanghai; 7-Days. The location of 7-Days allowed us to attract much more eye-balls for Reach's art, which was very good. I personally believe that the art were made to be seen and admire. What's the point of hiding them from people. Share.
Eddi on 05.30.07 @ 10:59 AM CST [link]
So we threw a little private party to launch adFunture's new showroom #84, and our collaboration with REACH. About 200 individuals came through, didn't really get to talk to most of them. The 2 hrs party went by pretty quickly for me. It was a wonderful night shared with friends.
Thanks to everybody to showed up to support what we are doing. Hope to see you guys again soon.
Now, back to work.
Eddi on 05.25.07 @ 06:19 AM CST [link]
A 12 people dinner before the exhibition opened at #84. Reach and I stayed back to talk about future plans for this collabo. Greater things are yet to come. Stay tuned.
Eddi on 05.25.07 @ 06:14 AM CST [link]
It was our first the sneaker magazine SIZE, they picked the opening day of #84 to visit. Which was actually great timing. Anything about sneakers? No. It was a show about graffiti. But hey, they were interested in what we are trying to cook up in China, so that's all good.
Eddi on 05.25.07 @ 06:12 AM CST [link]
.... if you see these around town... it wasn't me!
Eddi on 05.20.07 @ 11:25 AM CST [link]
Going Pink-crazy lately. Thanks to Reach, of course. Here's an one-off G-Shock DW-6900. A sample of what's to come... more on this later (as always).
Eddi on 05.20.07 @ 12:16 AM CST [link]
Sneaker Pimps made its presence felt in Shanghai tonight, again. The sneaker exhibit brought over Dave White and SBTG to China as showcase artists. Good party, lots of sneakers, lots of beer, lots of good friends and familar faces. Another Shanghai party.
Will post some random shots later..
Eddi on 05.18.07 @ 12:45 PM CST [link]
Mesh caps have been a major part of my wardrobe for the past 2 yrs. It has also became a staple of the adFunture catalog. Here's a new sample for our upcoming releases.
Rock it.
Eddi on 05.17.07 @ 02:15 PM CST [link]
Aside from official adFunture releases, we continue to work with W+K on "pleasure projects". For the fun, and the hack of it all. PERK and our crew were there at the W+K Shanghai plant for a meeting yesterday, cooking up some good stuff. No, is not for sale. But so what? We like doing things like that.
Eddi on 05.16.07 @ 02:53 PM CST [link]
The new issue of M.Style Magazine arrived on my work table today. A very nice publication, rather new on the Mainland marketplace. Flip through the pages, you can find a 4-page interview article done on yours truly. The interview was done over a month ago. Nice to see how it turned out.
In the interview, we talked about the birth of adFunture, the origin of The Monkey Show, and how we view the designer toys industry on a global level and in the new Mainland marketplace. Didn't go in too deep, because I didn't want to drop too heavy of a ton onto the readers, whom might be their first time even hearing about "designer figures". Let's take it slow.
Thanks to M.Style for the opportunity, it was a pleasure. 
Eddi on 05.16.07 @ 02:42 PM CST [link]
The first peep at the new 10" Teddy Troop with skin designed by REACH. The brightest colored TT yet. Quite excited about its upcoming release. May 24th. Stay tuned.
Eddi on 05.14.07 @ 11:31 PM CST [link]
feelin' really dizzy with all the work lined up...
Eddi on 05.12.07 @ 10:19 AM CST [link]
Japan limtied edition of Jack Purcell, designed by John Varvato. To kick it up a notch for myself, of course, a pair of adFunture Lace Locks were added to the mix.
I like this olive green colorway. Suitable for smart casual wear. Not everyday one needs an air cushion between him and the ground.
Eddi on 05.12.07 @ 10:16 AM CST [link]
Was invited to be one of the judges in a "styling" pegant in Raffle City this afternoon. Didn't know what to expect, I prepared myself to witness yet another lame contest. I figured since a long time friend help prepared the whole campaign, I can at least help out when he invited me for 2hrs of my time. Why not.
The contest was broken into 3 parts; Hip Hop dancing, Rapping, and Styling. The boys and girls who entered the 2 months long pegant were very sincere, actually. I was impressed by their acts. It ended up being a 3 hr event...
Only one complaint. They didn't prepare a break time for the judges.... so... no cigarettes during the thing... that was the torturing part of it all.
Eddi on 05.12.07 @ 10:10 AM CST [link]
Paid an early visit to Red Dot Restaurant this morning, caught up on some events information. I try not to get involve so much since the current management team is doing a good job of keeping everything tight and progressive. But at times, I'm still interested to "know".
Came back to the studio as we have set up 3 interviews for Reach today. Trying to get the message out there that the exhibition will be opening at the end of the month. Folks will be happy to know there'll actually be 2 parties for the Taipei street artists in Shanghai that week. Stay close and see how it unfolds.
Eddi on 05.10.07 @ 09:34 AM CST [link]
The past 2 days saw many product samples for the upcoming season, including the apparel line we put together with Reach. Got some nice tees in the works. And of course, mesh caps are coming as well, as that has became my must-have accessories. With this collabo, we are trying a few new mediums. It will be interesting to see how they turn out.
As we have announced on our site as well, Jukai's G-Robot will have one of its 3 colorways set as Kid Robot Exclusive. That needs no explaination, I'm sure. This is not the first time we have produced special editions for this US designer toys boutique. Expect our partnership to be enforced this year. With that said, this also means the official release for the G-Robots are near. How near? I dare not say nowadays... just say "near". :-)
More samples to check out....
Eddi on 05.09.07 @ 01:42 PM CST [link]
The May holiday in China is killing us, most businesses were on vacation for 7 days. No production, no nothing. For real living people, that's good, but for us workacholics, that's a real pain in the ass.
We are now working on Reach's exhibition, his products for the season, and the regular adFunture apparel line. Beside these goodies, we are also working on 3 figure projects as well. The 3 new projects were all under the radar, so, we'll only show you pics when they are closer to ready.
Keep your eyes peel. (whatever that means)
Eddi on 05.07.07 @ 09:37 AM CST [link]
adFunture is at it again, this time with Gibson Guitars.. again. But this time, is back to our favorite medium; figures.
Cookin' it up.
Serving it up to a dealer near you.
Eddi on 05.03.07 @ 07:44 AM CST [link]
Over the weekend, Michael Lau held his Mr. Shoe Museum exhibition in Beijing, inside Nike's energy space Nike 706. What a crowd, and of course, what a display of vinyl Air Force 1s. Nice.
I was invited to a discussion group with Michael and Al (Nike designer). A very interesting and talkative afternoon.
Nike706 will have the show on display for the month of May. Check it out if you are in Beijing.
Eddi on 05.03.07 @ 07:41 AM CST [link]
