Tag: movies

Adidas’ Upcoming 10-Year Anniversary with Y-3 Designer Yohji Yamamoto Features Rare Documentary on the Shy Designer and His Inspiration

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Adidas keeps Yamamoto on a pedestal, creating only the high-end collection Y-3. Strategically, it makes sense. In new short documentary, Yohji reveals his inspiration.

Ksubi Launches the Kolor Project -Beautiful Campaign for Colored Denim Incorporating Video and 80’s Muscle Cars

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Another excellent short video from the denim scene is Australia’s Ksubi using colored denim, models, and 80’s muscles cars in a very unique vignette.

Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards for 2011, Including Happy Happy, Like Crazy, and to.get.her for Best NEXT Audience Award

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For indie filmmakers, just making it into Sundance is an enormous success. As the festival came to a close last weekend and awards were announced, it also means cool movies are about to get distributed. Here’s the scoop.

Sundance Film Festival Launches 3-Year Plan with Kickstarter, Plus Top Films Connecting with Youth Culture, and Latest from X Dance

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Park City, UT is all abuzz with celebs and snow, but this year’s festival has a decidedly different vibe -greater emphasis on documentaries, funding for indie filmmakers, and outreach to connect non-attendees.

Banksy Packaging for DVD Release Stokes Design Fans

The frenzy is underway among street art fans for the highly anticipated DVD release of Exit Through the Gift Shop.

Influencer-How Trends and Creativity Become Contagious

A new short film by R I Creative gets into the concept of why and how people become influencers and trends are created.

Retail Round-up: American Apparel Appoints Former Blockbuster Exec as President; Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo Reduces Forecast; Sneak-Peak of Lanvin for H&M

Latest from the basics brand American Apparel and fast-fashion giants Uniqlo and H&M both of which continue to capture the attention of youth culture globally.

Action Sports Size of Market–Surf, Skate, Snowboarding, BMX, Wakeboarding, FreeSkiing, Motocross–Plus Preferred Sports Programming Show Shifts in Youth Preferences, Participation, Opportunities, and Decline

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To accurately quantify size of market requires data of youth that participate vs. those that don’t vs. those interested. Label Networks’ Fall Youth Culture Study includes fresh results for all action sports, plus shifts in programming preferences, viewing patterns, and crossover potential.

Kingpins of Culture Jamming, Improv Everywhere Spoofs NYC Subway Riders with Princess Leia vs. Darth Vader Scene

Star Wars has become so iconic that it’s one of the best to turn mundane tasks such as public transportation into a potential movie scene.