These arrived the studio. My gosh, these are nice.
Fragment x Visvim Serra that was exclusive to the recent VISVIM FIL event. Super clean. As usual by HF, low key, but on point. And it sports my favorite color; blue/black.
Thanks for the hookup.
Eddi on 08.31.06 @ 03:42 PM CST [link]
A fun little item I got from EMO+ in Beijing. A bottle-opener-key designed by SUCK UK. I am not much of a bar-goer, but this is still a nice item to have.
Eddi on 08.31.06 @ 03:38 PM CST [link]
Sammy and Sichi gave a headzup on Lupe Fiasco's latest MV, adFunture's own Wee Ninja was in it. Is not headline news or anything, but as a creator, you do feel happy seeing the stuff you made in situtations like this. Can't even imagine Shawn's joy at this moment. We do this for joy, and this is a taste of that.
Thanks Lupe for having Wee Ninja in there.
Eddi on 08.30.06 @ 01:55 PM CST [link]
2 more days to go, Jukai is working hard on his 768Squad Solo Exhibition. Opening this Sat, we are expecting to see great works coming out from the team of 5 members. Like the old saying goes "If you are in town, come check it out!"
As for adFunture, we'd better start preparing for our own show as well, we'll be up after Jukai's. How do we different ourselves from the rest of the pack, that has always been key to in most cases. We'll do our best to shock da hell outta you all. How? Well, we'll figure something out soon enough.
In the meantime, let's all pay attention to the 768 Squad, they put alot of heart into this exhibition. Expect this to be another above par setup in China. :-)
Eddi on 08.30.06 @ 01:19 PM CST [link]
Here we go.
Let's get these outta here.
Look out for the new Teddy Troops to hit your local dealers. We have waited long enough.
Eddi on 08.29.06 @ 12:15 PM CST [link]
Can't stay away from sushi for too long, so Julia and I hitted F-U Sushi for dinner. And during dinner, as ususal, ideas surfaced out from nowhere.
One of the topics was the direction of the company, and myself, even.
These discussions never ends.
Eddi on 08.28.06 @ 09:15 AM CST [link]
Yesterday was the Milk Magazine China debut party in Shanghai. Party held at Elite Bar, yes, the model agency's first club worldwide. And yes, it was full of models.
da>PEN Crew was invited to do the murals for the event, and also participate in the catwalk later at night. 
Lunching with PEN before we start the work. 
Inside the club during the daytime, setup time.
Nic Li was the MC for the night. 
Ming Wong, a music legend in HK, also came to support Milk's celebration. His performance was as expectedly outstanding. 
PEN's finished work. Great work, boys!!
Congrats to Nelson & Ken for the successful party.
Eddi on 08.28.06 @ 01:53 AM CST [link]
Digged this up from youtube. From a 1995 release, Natural Born Dub by Hiroshi with Mark Gonzales in the video as well.
Enjoy it.
Eddi on 08.26.06 @ 08:57 AM CST [link]
As we are set to ship off the Teddy Troops Series 2, a rather short series, we are already working on the next. Samples have been done and all. But before S2 leave our warehouse, there's really no point showing off the S3 yet.
Antoher issue that we are considering is the quantity of variants to be included in S3. We have said before that we actually have more than 15 designs in the process, which is true. But the change from blind-box to window-box changed our insertion plane entirely. Don't know the effect we'll see on S2, but that will ultimately prompt us which direction to go for S3.
Make people "chase" or let them "choose"? That's the question.
Is Teddy Troop a collectible item or an item that should serve a wider audience?
So here I was browsing the KR message boards, which I regularly do, I noticed what Frank Kozik said about our gendre:
"I know that 'exclusion/our scene is 'cool' but I find it thrilling when a person who has never seen these objects is exposed for the first time they are so blown away by them its amazing.
A very wide range of people come through my studio nad they are always just floored by the collection and immediately want to know where it comes from what is it wow thats so insane etc.
so,like it or not, these items appeal to a wide range of people, not just the ones you think deserve to have them
INCLUSION-not exclusion-what a concept." - Kozik on KR BBS.
"Inclusion". Agreed.
Kozik is one of the few artists on the scene right now who dares to speak his mind on various venues. We appraud Mr. Kozik for his opinions and attitute.
Cheers, Frank.
Eddi on 08.26.06 @ 08:35 AM CST [link]
A long time journalist friend, Zhang Sa, came visit me this afternoon. We met at least 2 yrs ago, when she was writing a feature for red dot. It was quite funny to sit in a totally different envirnoment interviewing me, but this time, about adFunture. She has since changed to a different magazine label, but still on top of things.
It was good catching up with her. Another long time friend, Tony, also came up in our conversation. Don't know how he's doing nowadays. Give us a ring if you see this, Tony. 
Eddi on 08.25.06 @ 12:29 PM CST [link]
One of the newest HF AF1... sweet huh?
Let's see what Hiroshi had to say about this (from his blog):
"WHAT IS THIS? I HAVE NEVER SEEN,, I HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS,,.FAKE? GENUINE? I HAVE NO IDEA,,,"
"これ、初めて観ました。なんでしょうか？偽物？本物？現時点では全くわかりません、、。誰か調べて下さい。"
..... now what da hell is this??
Maybe Hiroshi is joking with everybody, maybe he really doesn't know....
Who knows?!
Eddi on 08.25.06 @ 10:26 AM CST [link]
Quite a while ago, my good friend Karson Mak said "yeah, I'll start another new magazine soon. Named PRIMO." Knowing that Karson already had 2 magazine labels under his belt, I wasn't surprised that he wanted to start a third one.
PRIMO Magazine covers hi-end watches, fine art, pop art, cameras, supercars, it is basically a hi-end lifestyle magazine. Karson can definitely pull it off because he has good taste.
This evening, I was at red dot and saw a copy on my desk. It has been a while since I read an issue. This issue featured alot of good topics, including Maserati MC12 Corsa, Rollei 35RF, "INSTANT LIGHT", and a few brands of classic watches. It is doing very well.
Why I brought this up? Because I noticed the "issue number" on the book. This is issue #29.
The day Karson told me about this project was actually over 30 months ago..... Time really really flew by us. What did we accomplished in our life in the past 29 issues?
How many "magazine" ideas never made it to print? How many magazines didn't survive pass issue 2? Issue 10? Some folded because the public really didn't support it. Of course, there are many who went onto great success. I see that our friend has came along way already, and I sincerely wish him all the best, and many many great issues to come.
Karson, you did "good". I'm happy for you. Give me a ring when you are in town.
Eddi on 08.24.06 @ 11:31 AM CST [link]
Had one of these when I was a kid, but didn't really find the need for one until now. Victorinox: the Original "Swiss Army Knife" for the everyday use..... a saw, cork opener, a knife, cutter, etc etc... Not an expensive item, but does come in handy.
However, if you want to bring something like this on a plane, you might have to get the Swisstech Key that Hiroshi designed. That's if you can get your hands on one.
Me, I'll have to live with this one...
Eddi on 08.24.06 @ 11:17 AM CST [link]
Yansong Ma/MAD Venice news release conference
Yansong Ma invites you to participate the news release conference of MAD’s sole exhibition named “MAD in China”. The works “Beijing 2050” will be published at the same time.
Time: Aug. 25th, Friday 2006 at 10:30 am
Location: Embassy of Italy in Beijing.
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I wish I could participate, but have to stick around Shanghai this week. Sorry, Yansong. But for those who are in Beijing, don't miss this. You won't regret going to this. His stuff is ill. 
Eddi on 08.23.06 @ 04:06 PM CST [link]
Got an email from a supporter this evening, he sent over a photo from the China Contemporary exhibition in Dutch Photo Museum in the Netherlands. Sincere thanks. We knew about this exhibition, of course, but not directly involved with it, so we didn't get any photos from it. Thanks for hooking us up with this one.
Is actually funny how this came about. Me being Chinese made adFunture's works considered as "China Contemporary".... Figures shown in the exhibition were actually designed by Mr. Jago (UK), DOMA (Argentina), Shawn Smith (US), and WZL from Beijing (yes, China). I'm not trying to say anything really, just found that.. ironic... We still thank the person who put us in there, but with respect to our collaborating artists, adFunture is more like "International Contemporary".
Shout out to Bart!
Eddi on 08.23.06 @ 11:41 AM CST [link]
Check out this MV of John Mayer, there are alot of footage on Futura in it.
I enjoyed it alot. Way to go, Fu.
Eddi on 08.22.06 @ 12:00 PM CST [link]
So what are some of today’s headers?
Kaws is now blogging on Honeyee.Com Honeyee has some of today’s top cats in the community in its family of bloggers. John Jay started his over the weekend, and today, New York’s finest; KAWS. Bloggin’ is fun, ain’t it?!
Eblis Hungi Jeans will release its newest model H0008 this weekend. Seen it first hand this afternoon. Hot. Only 100 pairs made, and from past experience, these will fly out the doors. To catch yours.
Milk China will have its debut party this weekend on March 27th at Elite Bar. P.E.N. Crew was invited for the mural painting. Go boys, show them how its done.
Was stuck in traffic for 2 hrs this afternoon, because a huge ass traveling bus ramped into 4 cars in the slippery rain. I hope everyone is ok at the end of the day. Don’t know what happened to the 4 cars, by the time we got close to the actual accident scene, all was left was the seriously fucked up bus.
Long day, but not much really happened. Too much time was wasted on the road.
Eddi on 08.22.06 @ 09:22 AM CST [link]
Today started at 8am. I was barely, just barely, awake. 
Went to the venue with DTL, who was also flew in to Beijing to be on the judges panel. The event was hosted in Marco Polo Hotel, quite nicely set up, that we must give props to Ms. Fion Feng and her crew. I was later told that the setup started from mid-night til this morning. So if I thought I didn’t have enough sleep, they got it even worse. 
The MC was this pretty lady from TV, I really didn’t catch her name, I must apologize. (it was really a bit too early for me to get into the mood of things). But anyways, she got it all together, and did a great job throughout the day. 
Later in the afternoon, after our judging, the official press conference was hosted, the CEO of China Unicom, Li Kang, was on hand for the occasion. 20 winners were announced, and they get all expense paid trip to Tokyo. All 20 of them. Congratulations you all, you guys deserve it. Thanks for showing up, coming out to support such a design competition. 
Cheers to everything involved with this event. Lots of hard work went in the back. Wang Lu, Fion, and many others were the real heroes of the event. Cheers!!
Eddi on 08.20.06 @ 11:15 AM CST [link]
When I said DTL, you guys thought he was some hip ass Chinese rapper, didn’t’ you?! WRONG!
DTL is Master Dai Tie Lang. He’s the a much respected animation artist in Chinese history. He’s 77 years old this year. He is a healthy, humorous, down to earth chain smoker. I just named him DTL for kicks. Not many people know his name, but if we say the works (cartoon) that he did in the past, people go crazy. We said “Captain Black Cat was designed by Master Dai…” and people went “OH!!! YES!!! That’s was you?! WOW!!” I heard this a million times this weekend. He started animation in China around 1953 in China. “Captain Black Cat”, a story about this Black Cat Policeman chasing off bad guys, received foreign recognition in the 80’s. It became a cartoon series that many Chinese kids grew up watching.
Master Dai, thanks for spending so much time with me this weekend, teaching me the way of the force. Yes, I belong to the dark side as well. Hope to see you again soon. 
Eddi on 08.20.06 @ 11:05 AM CST [link]
The event ended around 5pm after the 2 press conferences. I hopped into the taxi and went to CHEESE to say hi. Almost got the pair of AFFA x Visvim Serra, but Zhang Chang was saying that he wanted to keep it for himself for the winter, so I let it go. Haha. It was good chatting with Zhang Cheng. After a long day, I wanted some sushi, so I paid a visit to the sushi restaurant in the same complex as CHEESE. SOHO area, in the number 9 building. Some serious sashimi going on there. The chiefs there were really cool. Thanks for the hospitality. I think I’ve found my new Beijing sushi staple. I’ll be back to this joint for sure.
Eddi on 08.20.06 @ 09:51 AM CST [link]
Took an one-hr cab ride to see Estelle at 47 Gallery. As mentioned, 47 is a gallery slash café. So Estelle setup another dinner for me and two other friends. That was my second dinner… But the food was good though, thanks Estelle. The conversations were more than interesting. Much ideas and collabo surfaced, which is always good. See you again soon, Estelle.
Eddi on 08.20.06 @ 09:47 AM CST [link]
On my last day in Beijing, I hooked up with Dino from PUR for tea. WZL joined us mid-way. Dino has the coolest jeans shop in the city. Definitely worth keeping our eyes on. These friends are reasons why I like going to Beijing nowadays, just chatting with them made the trip worthwhile.
I walked into the airport and some guy tapped my shoulder. It was Yansong Ma. He was going to Shanghai as well, too bad we weren’t on the same flight. See you in SH, Yansong.
Eddi on 08.20.06 @ 09:45 AM CST [link]
Off to the airport I went to catch the flight to Beijing. I have a feeling that this will become a common route for me soon, SH to BJ.
Beijing and Shanghai are actually 2 very different Chinese cities. Of course, both have their bright and exciting sides. Is nice to catch a breathe from SH, and BJ is only 2 hrs away. A nice change of pace, I guess.
Eddi on 08.17.06 @ 12:01 PM CST [link]
WZL came meet up with me at the hotel. Much talks about new concepts and stuff like that, that's usual. But also as usual, the ideas are getting better and fresher everytime.
Always exciting to brainstorm with the big guy.
Eddi on 08.17.06 @ 11:58 AM CST [link]
This is the reason why I'm in Beijing. Chinese mobile service provder China Unicom held a character design competition, and I was asked to be one of the 5 judges. So, I am in town for this thing tomorrow morning... and I mean morning... 8am.
Shoot me.
But this campaign has only started, much more to follow after this competition. Hope I can update you all as this progresses.
EMO+ Relaunch
Also got informed that tomorrow will also be the opening day of the new EMO+ shop. Congrats Linda! I'll try to swing by once I finish with Unicom.
I can already count 6 places that I need to hit up tomorrow, or at least before I leave Beijing on Sat. So rush.
John Jay on Honeyee
John told me months ago that he will have his own blog on Hiroshi's Honeyee website. And finally, today, is active. Check it out. Be assured that John can update us with all kinds of info via his blog.
Looking forward to reading it, John. Have a good time in Tokyo.
Eddi on 08.17.06 @ 11:56 AM CST [link]
More Teddy Troop samples came in,... but no, not showing them here yet.
Meanwhile, need to prepare another trip to Beijing...
Eddi on 08.16.06 @ 03:08 PM CST [link]
Some quality family time over dinner. Sweet.
Happy birthday, and best of health.
Eddi on 08.15.06 @ 11:45 AM CST [link]
Mainland sneaker headz will get this model on Aug 22nd. 2 days after the release of the Invisible AF1 on the 20th. The movie-inspired sneaker's stitching is what making this an interesting pair of kickz.
Eddi on 08.15.06 @ 11:43 AM CST [link]
#23. I always treat this as my lucky number. Ever since I was a kid. No, not because of Michael Jordan. New York Yankees' Don Mattingly wore this number, and he was my baseball idol back then.
Anyways. As I looked through our references in our studio, I found CREAM Magazine's 23rd issue. So I gave it a re-read. The feature on NIGO and his BAPE was very in depth, and quite interesting. Of course, his story is not new, but it was still interesting to read it in his own words. He started his own label 13 years ago, and his great accomplishments are undeniable.
As a brand owner myself, I have to respect those who made great success with theirs. You don't have to buy what they make, but you must respect their hardship.
Respect is earned, not given.
Eddi on 08.13.06 @ 03:11 PM CST [link]
So much happened with Faile coming to Shanghai for the event, we had so much fun, we actually forgot to post some real shots of the actual Faile Dogs that adFunture produced for the NY street art crew.
Some of them went up in New York, and I witnessed a few posted up in Shang-Hai. Seeing them going up on walls actually gave what we do here a new meaning.
Eddi on 08.13.06 @ 02:22 PM CST [link]
We are in the midst of preparing the next exhibition at da>space. As mentioned before, the next exhibit will be of Jukai's 768squad, which is promised to be a fun one. We have been watching what they are making for their first solo, which is quite exciting. Quite looking forward to it.
And at the same time, we are working on the next batch of adFunture releases. Progress has been slacking as of late, mainly due to the number of projects we have going at the same time. So at one point we have nothing coming out, and then the next minute we have soooo much stuff coming out they will break you. Don't hate us, folks. But I'm sure you can't resist them goodies. I was never good with secrets, but I have been good with at least 2 of them so far. I won't say much now, but trust me, you might want to line up for these ones.
No hype, no promos.
Eddi on 08.13.06 @ 01:24 PM CST [link]
DMC China was last night. And it was packed as usual. We saw some usual faces, and then witnessed the first female DJ participating in the DMC championship. DJ Yuki represented!
Mad props to the LAB and the man himself, DJ V-Nutz, for organizing the event.
Eddi on 08.13.06 @ 03:34 AM CST [link]
Angel just joined da family. We would like to welcome her and introduce her to all ya out there. Expect to see her more often here.
Don't worry, Angel, they don't bit.
Eddi on 08.10.06 @ 06:24 AM CST [link]
This is one of my favorite pieces from the recent exhibition.
Eddi on 08.10.06 @ 06:21 AM CST [link]
Here's the figure that we are producing for Jukai's Djebala; the G-Robot. A small batch of this bad ass piece will be available on the opening night of Jukai's exhibition in Shanghai on Sept 2nd.
There's a story behind this character and the exhibition, but I'll leave it to Jukai to tell the stories. I'm sure you guys will dig this one, it is cool.
Designed by Jukai, produced by adFunture, this item will go through adFunture's distribution channels, so expect to find these in US and Europe for sure.
Eddi on 08.09.06 @ 01:50 PM CST [link]
"I don't care much about the market, I just create what I like. That is the reason I try to keep my company small, I don't want to start too many production lines. And I won't sell my brand to any big corporation ever. Money is not my prime concern." - Jun Takahashi (Undercover)
Eddi on 08.09.06 @ 12:42 PM CST [link]
The boys will be leaving tomorrow, so we took today as the last opportunity for them to do some sight-seeing and shopping in China. We really went all out by starting early in the morning, went visit a few friends, and shopped many stores. 
We "ran" into a few FAILE-artworks on the streets...
Sat down with Chris for a quick bite and a short interview for YOHO Magazine at New Heights in 3-on-the-Bund. 
Took them to visit da>space, which is still going through renovations. Patrick left his mark in our WC-of-Fame, of course. 
To wrap up, we took them to the best Shanghaiese dinner in town, JESSE’S.
It was fun hanging out with them in Shanghai. I'm sure we'll meet up again soon.
Take care, and have a safe trip home, Partick(s).
Eddi on 08.07.06 @ 04:38 PM CST [link]
So, tonight is the night, FAILE exhibiting in Tiger Translate. In the exhibition, there were also works by our friends Perk, and Dishman. The "party" took place in Shanghai Sculpture Space, which is a big ass space. Huge. 3 floors.
Lots of Tiger beers, music and beautiful people.
The works by Faile were simply amazing. Not suprised, of course.
Masters behind the arts; 2 x Patricks from FAILE. 
Patrick Miller (FAILE). 
Julia with FAILE DOG.
Suzzy of adFunture.
Lianna kissing it. 
Shanghaiese graf writer Ker was there to check out the great works from New York.
Details from one of the pieces.... 
Sculpture by artist-duo PERK. I've been following their work for sometime now. Nice.
The party lasted til 2am almost. A great night with friends, surrounded by great arts. Mad props to Paul, Brian, and Anton for organizing this madness. Thanks for the good fun.
Eddi on 08.06.06 @ 07:05 AM CST [link]
Met up with the FAILE boys tonight. Yup, they are in Shanghai this weekend for the Tiger Translate. Nice to catch up with them. I haven’t seen them in 6 months. Their works are some crazy shit, must check them out if given the chance. This weekend, they will also use the Faile Dogs that we produced for them as installation in the exhibition. First time these dogs will be seen in Shanghai. Interesting enough for me. Ok guys, show them how it’s done.
Eddi on 08.05.06 @ 05:46 AM CST [link]
ADG has been taking some good photos in NYC. Keep it up, bro.
Eddi on 08.05.06 @ 05:38 AM CST [link]
We were renovating da>space this week, which was caused by expansion of the studio. What a mess. Only been there for 4 months, and the amount of stuff we accumulated in there looks like two three years’ worth.
By next Monday, da>space should be back in action. In the meantime, we are spending time outside the studio to meet with friends and contacts. Get a breath of fresh air. Is all good.
Eddi on 08.05.06 @ 05:27 AM CST [link]
On my to-do-list was to visit Yansong’s exhibition titled “Under Construction” at 798 over the weekend. Impressed, to say the least. 
Numberous design projects in the past. 
This fish-tank won an architectural award in New York last year. 
The new apartment project in Toronto. The city dubbed it "The Dress of Marilyn Monroe". To be built next year. Phase 1 sold out quickly.
Don't know how long the exhibit will be up for, but is worth checking out if you are hitting 798.
Eddi on 08.05.06 @ 05:19 AM CST [link]
47 Art Gallery is a gallery/bookstore/café in West District, lovely space, owned by Estelle Young. The recent “Beautiful Football” exhibition by Nike was also held here. We had a long talk about new ideas and all. Interesting place. This has to be one of my favorite places found during this trip to Beijing.
Eddi on 08.05.06 @ 05:09 AM CST [link]
Dino brought us to a restaurant in SOHO named “#4 Kitchen”. The food was fantastic. Of course, the interesting conversations during the meal played a big part. 
Dino runs the iconic denim shop PUR. The shop carries a number of denim labels, and he’s the man to go to if one’s hunting for authentic GOROS jewelries in China. Zhang Cheng owns the shop CHEESE. BAPE, VISVIM, Nike, Undercover, you name it, Zhang Cheng got them all from Japan to Beijing. Thanks for the hospitality, guys.
Eddi on 08.05.06 @ 05:04 AM CST [link]
One of the city’s most interesting concept shops. Stay tune for more news on EMO+. Photos are of the existing shop, but a new one is already in the works. I visited both locations. Loving it.
Keep it up, Linda!!
Eddi on 08.03.06 @ 10:30 AM CST [link]
Went hang out at Wei Xing Yu’s studio at SOHO area. Just a group of hard working creators at work.
Eddi on 08.03.06 @ 10:20 AM CST [link]
In Beijing, we paid a quick visit to the famous 798 art district. We were there for the opening reception of UNMASK’s solo exhibition. Kohl, one of the 3 members of UNMASK, was on hand to greet friends and visitors. They had much great works on display. 
Ran into Beijing artist, Wei Xing Yu, at the opening party, and was invited to his birthday dinner party in the evening. 
Here's Kohl, the master behind UNMASK.
Eddi on 08.02.06 @ 10:33 AM CST [link]
