Coolhunts: Transforming Watch
June 17th, 2009
I swear I had this watch when I was a kid and if I didn’t I’m sure I wanted it! The transformer movie is definitely inspiring peoples creativity. I’m sure you can still find this watch on eBay somewhere.
Coolhunts: Transformer USB
June 04th, 2009
The Transformers USB line was designed by Japanese company Takara and Includes a 2GB USB storage drive, a 3 button USB mouse and a 4 port USB hub. The 2 USB drive designs transform into the Tigatron and Ravage cat. The mice are Grimlock and Trypticon dinobots and the Hub transforms into Blaster. They are available for pre-order at BigBadToyStore.
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Coolhunts: BlackBerry Bold Selfridges 100th Anniversary Edition
May 19th, 2009
The Selfridges 100th anniversary collection is pretty nice, this has to be one of my favorite items from the collection. I don’t think I will be getting my hands on this one! but it sure is pretty to look at. ( 12 yr old kid voice)
“Celebrating their 100th Anniversary, famed UK Department Store, Selfridges continues to showcase product from their Centenary Collection. Offering a plethora of various collaborative product already, this latest project finds the retailer paired alongside BlackBerry. Utilizing the Bold model in a Pantone Yellow 109 leather-bound colorway, this extremely limited edition phone features a production run of only 10 units, in the stores signature color choice. With a retail price of roughly $1,500 USD, the phones are now available through the Selfridges London location.”
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Selfridges
400 Oxford Street
London W1A1AB England
Coolhunts: DC And SE Racing Launch The PK Ripper Fixed Gear Bike Project
May 18th, 2009
Bikes seem to be a recurring theme in my coolhunt section! First it was limited edition sneakers now it’s limited edition bikes?! I really need a new bike in my life and this project seems very interesting. This bike drops July 15th which is right around the corner, I might need to get my hands on one of these. Pretty Dope!
Press Release
DC AND SE RACING LAUNCH THE PK RIPPER FIXED GEAR BIKE PROJECT
May 18, 2009 – VISTA, CA –DC is proud to introduce the PK Ripper Fixed Gear, the third installment in a series of limited edition bike projects from DC and SE Racing, all designed to embrace the heritage of the brand and the sport. A collector’s item, the PK Ripper Fixed Gear bike production will be limited to only 2,500 bikes worldwide.
The Fixed Gear collaboration mixes a touch of 1970’s bike nostalgia with modern bike performance features. Inspirations for the PK Ripper Fixed Gear bike‘s design aesthetic stem directly from the original DC x SE Racing PK Ripper collaboration. The new fixed gear bike design details are directly inspired from the classic PK Ripper BMX bike, complete with Floval tubing, Landing Gear fork and Looptail rear end. This blend of old school BMX and a modern fixed gear bike not only takes its cues from the PK Ripper BMX construction but also its colorways—Matte Black and Ball Burnished Silver.
DC and SE Racing first joined together in 2007 for their exclusive limited edition project “30 Years of Radness.” The project honored 30-plus years of BMX history, and DC and SE Racing celebrated with a re-release of the PK Ripper bike in its original aesthetic for an exclusive limited edition quantity. In 2008, DC and SE Racing joined forces once again with the release of the DC x SE Racing 24” Quadangle. The Quadangle, or the Quad Looptail as it was known, was a 1980’s freestyle classic, and for the second collaboration DC and SE Racing re-released the BMX bike in for the first time ever, in a 24” version the same classic frame.
The DC PK Ripper Fixed Gear bike’s Matte Black and Ball Burnished Silver colorways will both be limited to only 1,250 each worldwide. The bike will be available for $1,000 at select boutiques and specialty bike shops worldwide.
Coolhunts: Bianchi Bike “The Complete Ride”- Hypebeast x Solebox Inspired
May 14th, 2009
Congrats to Hypebeast + Solebox + Adidas and Bianchi for a job well done!
I really want one of these bikes now!
It’s a coolhunt because you can’t get it!
“….exclusive one-off complete show bikes on behalf of famed Italian bike company Bianchi, that match the aesthetics of each respective Zeitfrei design.”
“The special one of a kind Bianchi bicycles will be made available for showing throughout Bianchi outlets following the sale of the shoes. At the conclusion of the tour, the bikes will be auctioned off for charity.”
About Bianchi
Since over 120 years F.I.V. E.Bianchi S.p.A. has been representing a dynamic company focused on the international markets in the cycling sector.
The history of Bianchi, initially established in Milan 1885 and moved later to Treviglio, intertwines with the evolution of bicycles: since then a steady and unrelenting development which, thanks to the triumphs in the most prestigious competitions (more than thousand victories, including six world champion titles) made Bianchi a famous brand world wide.
Since May 1997 F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi is part of Cycleurope A.B., the Swedish company of the Grimldi Industri Group, known as one of the most important international holding in the cycling sector, thus creating a unique network in the two-wheel market for the wide offer and the capillarity of the worldwide distribution.
The strategic investment of the group aim at developing a highly advanced product in order to allow the assertion of the Bianchi brand on international markets. Such a cooperation is an opportunity for Bianchi to introduce at a worldwide level the prestige of its history, technology and fighting spirit, all features characterizing its identity and confirming the authentic and traditional quality of Made in Italy.
bianchi.com
