New Umbro by Kim Jones

The latest shoes to come from the Kim Jones and Umbro collaboration are clearly the hottest so far. Throwing back to the 80s with a modern attention to detail, the checkerboard pattern is actually created by woven strips of leather. This colorway is my fav, but they're also available in orange-brown, all white and all black. $210 at coolestshop.com

Be@rbrick World Wide Tour: Sneak Preview

The Be@rbrick World Wide Tour is coming to NYC next week, running 13 – 25 September. Celebrating Medicom's iconic Be@rbrick toy, artists and designers were invited to apply their style to a blank white bear. Mastermind Japan, featured on the right, is one of the 40+ creators– others include Hiroshi Fujiwara, James Jarvis, Kaws, Delta, Pete Fowler, Futura and WK Interact. Exhibition details, more preview …

iPod Nano

After the news of the ROKR I thought we were done. But then came the Nano. Somewhere between a Shuffle and a Mini, the Nano is thinner than a pencil and doesn't have a hard drive (read: good battery life!). Available in 2GB (500 songs) and 4GB (1,000 songs), it has all the same features as the bigger iPod Photo. At 1.5 oz it's as …