Elastic Fantastic Chronosynclastic Infundibulum (EFCI)

We discovered EFCI at ian in Seattle. Created by Sumter Pendergrast, Jr. as an outlet for his art, creativity, social and business philosophies, EFCI produces limited edition t-shirts that look and feel great. Available at a store near you. Keep an eye out for a full mens collection later this year. Sumter is also the designer behind AndrogAnous skateboard products.

CH x Timbuk2 Artist Bags

In conjunction with Timbuk2, celebrating the launch of their new Artist Canvas Bag—a traditional messenger bag designed to be hand-customized – we tasked three New York-based artists, Lucas Irwin, Yuri Shimojo, and Joseph Ari Aloi (aka JK5), with adding their own imagery. The results range from JK5's tribal purple-and-yellow icons (pictured above, left) to Lucas' collage juxtaposing woodgrain, guns, sunsets, and birds (pictured above, center) …

Alife Pump Tennis: History Repeating

After yesterday's post on the Alife Tennis Pump, we were pointed to this image of a similarly treated Airwalk from 1995. This just supports my little mantra that there are no new ideas, just great executions. Thanks Ryan. Image via Charlie's Sneaker Pages