Autographed DJ Clark Kent/Black Friday Air Force 1 shoebox

About a week ago, sneaker fiends in New York, Boston, and Miami were camping out for these Nike Air Force 1’s that they had never even seen before. They were set to release early Friday morning, November 28th a.k.a. Black Friday. The designer of the sneaker, DJ Clark Kent, and Nike kept the sneaker a mystery for weeks, yet people were still hyped on its release.

After combing the internet for photos of the shoes on Friday morning, I was disappointed to see the lack of quality images so I got together with Decatur Dan and we made it happen. Also, word on the street is that these will be dropping in other cities soon. ATLiens, check your usual spots for more info.

Don’t forget to download DJ Clark Kent’s hard-to-find Black Friday Mixtape that he made for the release of the shoe. Note: It’s a large file, so I’ll have to take it down in a few days. Get it while you can!

Download: DJ Clark Kent - Black Friday Mixtape

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Our good friends at The Joneses were thoughtful enough to send us a box of goodies for the holidays. I’ve personally been a fan of the maroon J hat for a long time and I’m happy to be wearing it as I write this entry. I like The Joneses’ bold statements with the use of simple graphics throughout their line. Definitely a quality product from good people. Big shout out to Aaron and the rest of the crew in Charlotte, Atlanta, & Chicago.

A package arrived today from Lancashire, UK. Trickett from tbirds.co.uk had contacted us the day-after we posted the I Bike ATL shirt on the EC blog, asking to set-up a trade of sorts: one of these shirts in trade for one of his hand-illustrated shirts. As designer of the shirt, I obliged and so ensued a race of the postal systems!

As far as I know, T Birds is run by this chap and has a similar fetishization of t-shirts as EC. It’s always nice to make friends doing similar things, even when they are across the world! Checkout Trickett’s blog post of his receipt of my shirt.

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If you have been keeping up with the blog, you may have seen this lil illustration about a month ago. I created this snowman for the Museum of Design Atlanta Holiday cards. I just got a few in the mail the other day. So some of you may be getting a card for the holidays and that’s about it. Sorry, there is a recession going on. If you too are feeling a strain on your wallet, you should just send a few these cards instead of buying some gift card that may not be valid come Christmas. There are many great designs from local artists to choose from. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Check out all of the holiday cards here.

I recently posted a preview of the new Nike Store at Lenox Square and had a chance to be one of the first people to create some sneakers in their Nike iD Studio. This morning, I was totally surprised to get a phone call telling me my shoes had arrived (a little over 2 weeks later, that’s fast!). I went for a clean/basic look and as it turns out, my new Dunks match my new Atlanta Hawks fitted that I picked up at Philips Arena a week ago. Speaking of Philips Arena… does anyone want to go to AC/DC on December 16th?

This morning’s (afternoon) meeting was pleasantly disrupted upon the arrival of a package from our friends at Kidrobot in NYC. What more could you ask for on a busy Monday than some toy-opening fun?

Thanks guys! We look forward to exchanging more presents and ideas with you guys! Holler if/when you’re in ATL!

A special package from our friends at Estate LA arrived today. More info coming very soon…
Shouts to Brett, Ryan, Myk, and Henry. Thanks for everything!