typographic shoes

04/24/2014 by alaundre

35th Anniversary Edition of Adidas’s classic Superstar sneakers, designed by Underworld/Tomato. I managed to get a lightly used one recently in my size (I probably wouldn’t wear it that much either) . Which kind of begs the question, if I wasn’t going to actually wear it, why did I have to wait for the right size? Made with 3M reflective material but used in a much more subtle manner. It’s certainly more subdued than the more recent Air Jordans that […]

Categories: materialism • Tags: 3M, adidas, design, graphic design, retro, retro kicks, retro sneakers, run dmc, shoes, sneakers, superstar sneakers, typographic, typographic art, typography

dirtylaundre sessions no.107 : a new wave tribute

05/07/2013 by alaundre

click above Not your regular 80’s, electro clash, new old wave type station: Inga Copeland – Trample Cold Cave – Heavenly Metals Deux – Game & Performance Gary Allen – Oops, It’s An Accident A.R.E. Weapons – Mr. Creature A Sudden Way – Jane’s Third Party John Maus – No Title (Molly) Kebab – Life It’s A Joke OTO – Anyway Brotman & Short – Eastlands Das Kabinette – The Cabinet Rational Youth – Saturdays in Silesia (12″ mix) Lower […]

Categories: create, listen, mix • Tags: 80's, mixes, mixtapes, music, music playlist, new wave, playlist, podcasts, post-punk, retro, streaming radio, throwback tuesdays

to the ocean

12/09/2012 by alaundre

no doo doo butters on me . it’s like a Star Wars, Naked Lunch, Night Breed and Phantasm mashup…

Categories: listen, random / life, seen • Tags: ecofriendly, i love the 80's, instagram, music videos, photography, retro, signage, signs, street typography, typographic, typography

lets go back to sesame street

10/22/2012 by alaundre

Categories: random / life, seen • Tags: 70s kid, 80s kid, childhood, children's television, classic, nostalgia, pbs, reminisce, retro, sentimental, sesame street, vintage

i want an army of these

10/08/2012 by alaundre

Was one of the first robot toys i had (or remember having) as a kid. Even managed to find one still in the original packaging. I want to have more than this guy (but just in the color scheme above)

Categories: materialism, random / life • Tags: chlldhood, mecha, nostalgia, retro, robots, toys, vintage, windup toys

get your munchin on

06/10/2011 by alaundre

Categories: materialism, random / life • Tags: 1980's, arcade, classic, nostagia, old school, retro, video games, vintage, vintage toys

this is where it started

04/06/2010 by alaundre

– my habit of sleeping with headphones on. i spent almost the whole summer in the late 80’s tuned in to music late nights to early am. it was mostly new wave, synth-pop, italo dance back then. i’d eventually get a an upgrade/hand me down a couple years later (though i could’ve sworn remembering this having an fm receiver…maybe i was still using the top one for radio?):

Categories: materialism, random / life • Tags: 80's, audio, music, music player, nostalgia, retro, technology