Mork and Mindy Dunks

Quite possibly the strangest idea yet as part of Nike's SB (skateboarding) range are these Mork And Mindy Hi-Top Dunks. For those unfamiliar with the character played by Robin Williams in the late-1970s/early-1980s, Mork was an alien from the planet Ork, who arrived on Earth in an egg. His catchphrase was "Greetings Earthlings" and Mindy was his girlfriend (kind of). If you never saw it, …

Akomplice

Akomplice. Their imagery is provocative: the Statue of Liberty holding a pistol; a column of tanks spiked with roses; a dancing Marvin Gaye rising from an urban cityscape. “There’s a political underlying theme, it makes you notice and makes you think,” Patrick, 22, told Cool Hunting. “We just like to make clothes that we’d want to wear, but we want to make something better each …

Urban Cast-Away

For the second installment of Construkt, Marithé+François Girbaud's quarterly artist-designed series of objects, New York-based designer Dror Benshetrit created these limited edition handmade ceramic sculptures and jewelry pieces called Urban Cast-Aways. The result of experimentation with ceramic, Benchetrit ultimately used fur to make the collection that includes one-of-a-kind art objects, rings, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. Like Dror's broken "Vase of Phases" and martini glass, his …