Gourmet has been pumping out sneakers with Jordans as the inspiration. The spring and summer collection 2008 collection was all about canvas uppers and white soles. What you see above is the entire fall and winter 2008 collection. Different materials and different colors. Though this pic doesn’t give a good view, I’m confident AJ VIII inspired sneakers will be highly sought after. I can’t wait to see them at Commonwealth.

Image Source: HighSnobiety via SlamJam

Many thanks to Anna of Gallery Hanahou, I was offered a chance to meet Sebastien Roux aka SUPERDEUX this past Thursday. Who in fact is SUPERDEUX? Read the below bio as provided by Gallery Hanahou. If you like what you read, make the leap for a quick recap of our chit chat and some pics.

About SUPERDEUX www.superdeux.com

SUPERDEUX, aka Sebastien Roux, was born and raised in the south of France, worked and studied in Paris, and currently resides in Lille, France.

With his distinctive brand of lifestyle art, SUPERDEUX has spent the past ten years hopping the gap between the art and commercial worlds, producing slick motion graphics, funky characters, and pop-tastic logos for major brands such as MTV and Sony, while at the same time developing his own popular series of vinyl toys and drawing crowds to gallery shows across Europe.

SUPERDEUX’s work has been featured in books and magazines in France, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, the US, Canada, and he has worked in collaboration with talented forces including Phunk Studio, 123Klan, Stardust, Genevieve Gauckler, Bill Mc Mullen, Staple Design, Interspectacular and Pictoplasma to pursue his goal of exploring various mediums of communicating his particular urban sensibility.

Exhibits:
“ACID” solo show at Artoys (Lyon, 2007)
“Pop’n Flop’n” at La Condition Publique (Roubaix, 2006)
“Make feet beautiful” at the Artazart Gallery (Paris, 2005)
“Tag the System PARIS” Espace Beaurepaire (Paris, 2005)
“PAPERBAG” at the Madame Edgar Gallery (Montreal, 2005)
“Stickerthrow!” at the KCDC skate shop/gallery (NY, 2005)
“Tag the System NYC” at the Showroom (NY, 2005)

Featured In:
Books: Mascotte 2 by Delicatessen (Happy Book, 2006), Vinyl Will Kill by Jeremyville (IDN, 2004), Logos Around Europe (Index Book Publishing, 2004), Pictoplasma Books 1 & 2 (DGV 2002, 2004)
Magazines: IDN Magazine, Computer Arts, MUSE, BUTTER, Playtimes, Territory Mag, and more

Image/text Source: Gallery Hanahou
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I never thought of Coach as a purveyor of great sneakers, but Coach has
a few. These ones are brand new and fun for spring. I like the white
leather with the traditional Coach pattern.
Image source: www.coach.com