This one's for the beach.

Unleash The Black Mamba - Too Legit To Quit!

UNLEASH THE BLACK MAMBA.
SBTG x Crate Sneaker Release Party!

..SNEAKERS.

ALCOHOL.

FOOD.

MUSIC.

SNEAKERS.

ALCOHOL!

Come over this Wednesday, 7PM onwards to the 2nd floor of the LRI Design Plaza to witness the launch of the Black Mamba, a collaboration sneaker between Crate and Singapore-based shoe customizer SBTG.

Exclusively made for the store, its only appropriate that we punctuated the momentous occasion with something as equally awesome, cases and cases of subzero beer. Head over, hang out, chill drink up, whatever.

We'll also be raffling off ROYALEFAM, KIKSTYO merchandise and possibly some sneakers off too, who knows?

Celebrate the launch of the Crate sneaker, and get a headstart on the New Year's inebriation with us. See you there!

- CRATE MANILA

There are points in time as momentous as this one, where in the culture is pushed in such a way that even the people are uplifted... And then a spark in the eye says, there is hope for us.

The Philippine Sneaker game has just upped it's ante thanks to Crate Manila and it's collaboration with legendary shoe customizer, SBTG. The sneaker is a remake of the black mamba created by SBTG but givrn that simple Manila vibration, on the tongue says Crate Manila and the box it comes in is just a relic.

Come and join Crate as we all celebrate in this triumph.

And you thought you've quit collecting sneakers? Well let me tell you;

"It's too legit!!! Too legit to quit!!! "

IronlaK Pilipinas

Do you see what I see?

Yes Ladies and Germs... Ironlak is finally here! It's right in my living room. Meaning it's in the Philippines! After a long while of negotiations and adjustments and meetings, decisions and in-decisions the paint we've all been waiting for is here

I provided the color chart so you can order easily.

Email: Blackbookdesignpilipinas@gmail.com for your inquiries... PEACE! And once again, HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Leah Dizon x Chi Chi

Color in the muse is an idea i had to weed out the best illustrator painters out there... I provide the image, you provide the colors... It's a free for all. You can use photo shop , illustrator , water color... whatever way you want! Just do it!

Here's a drawing of half Japanese , half Filipina model Leah Dizon.
I made out of boredom last night.

This was made with pure pen and ink, If any body wants to color it in, feel free to do so... the competition lasts for about a month.

I will announce the winner second week of January!

Send your entries to: BLACKBOOKDESIGNPILIPINAS@GMAIL.COM

the winner gets a free SUPLADO shirt!

Merry Christmas Folks

- Chi

Alice In Wonderland

Trailers are one of my favorite things about watching a new movie. And Alice In Wonderland's new trailer was shown as I was wearing 3D glasses sitting n that dark cold theatre the other day. I must say , I've never been so excited to see a movie again.

Yes , before Disney came out with an animated version of Alice In Wonderland, but in this new version... it's much more interactive, it takes you inside the world more so now with the 3D glasses and the CGI which is top notch. When you see the trailer in 3D or at least, if you noticed it here... Johnny Depp's face looks like a hallucination on mushrooms.. his skin moves and exaggerates all his emotions and his eyes constantly dilate. In perspective shots, the levels of depth are played upon and you will really feel as if a prop is being thrown at you.. or in the first part with the Cheshire Cat, it seemed as if his mist is going towards you.

In this film adaptation, Helena Bonham Carter plays the Red Queen, Anne Hathaway plays the white queen and Johnny Depp plays the mad hatter. Pretty damn good casting.

Alice In Wonderland shows March 5th. 2010, I got to catch some more zzz's to make time seem faster before this shows.

Saddo

Saddo is a creative artist hailing from Berlin, Germany. Focusing on character design and applying it usually with spray paint or wheat pasting. He also draws and illustrates his own stuff. I saw some works of his with layers of plastic to color them with, when I see the article again i will post it.

There is a very subnconcious theme with his works and a somewhat 90's punk rock and metal aesthetic. I like the aggression mixed with humor in his pieces.

Saddo has recently collaborated with east pack back packs and is now continuing work as a freelancer..

Do you have any idea how old school Pinoy hip hop was before?

I was surfing through the net and stumbled upon this gem, Masta Plann dropping it on The Cure's Close to me. Genius.

Ladies and gentlemen, the legendary Masta Plann.

Experimental Psychology - Change Blindness

In visual perception, change blindness is the phenomenon that occurs when a person viewing a visual scene apparently fails to detect large changes in the scene. For change blindness to occur, the change in the scene typically has to coincide with some visual disruption such as a saccade (eye movement) or a brief obscuration of the observed scene or image. When looking at still images, a viewer can experience change blindness if part of the image changes.

Keep sharp people.