NIKEiD Studio Tournament

To celebrate the 2006 football games in Germany, Nike will honor their favorite designs that come out of the NIKEiD Studio in NYC. Each week a "team" will be selected by Studio staff and will consist of the best 11 sneaker designs created in the Studio that week. The creator of each designed sneaker will receive three referral cards to the NIKEiD Studio and one …

AH Tennis

These punchy, bubble wrap-inspired kicks by Sao Paulo-based designer Alexandre Herchcovitch are the latest from fellow Brazilians Melissa's series of successful collaborations with other designers. Available in green (shown), purple, and brown, you can score a pair from Order and Progress in Australia for AU$149. via Three Thousand

Fila + Core77

Sneaker collaborations are a dime a dozen these days, so it’s pretty rare that something really unique and fresh turns up. Fila and design website Core77 cooked up these kicks for Core’s 11th birthday. They were originally reported to be denim, but closer inspection revealed they’re treated to look like they were carved from blue foam, a popular modeling material in design schools and firms …