Last week I posted several posts about knitting, the trend just only began! Here some amazing knitted food creations by Philadelphia-based artist Ed Bing Lee. Evolving into knitting for 25 years, Bing Lee uses the usual macrame to create objects that look like food. It looks very sweet!

Cool Collector # Art Files

Shawn: “My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experience nature through technology.  When we see images of nature on TV or on a computer screen, we feel that we are seeing nature but we are really only seeing patterns of pixilated light.”

Back To The Roots is the brainchild of two UC Berkeley students, Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora back in 2009 during their final semester ~ they went from investment banking to full time urban mushroom farmers! Most unique about their kits: their oyster mushrooms grow in 100% recycled coffee grounds!

The only thing that's stopping me from ordering it directly is the price. A kit costs $19,95 without shipping, seem a little expensive for a box of mushrooms.

You have people that just like sneakers and you have sneakerfreakers! If you belong in the second group and are a true sneakerfreaker you should really visit this new initiative by Footlocker. Their new platform 'It's a sneaker thing' offers passionate sneakerfreakers a place to share their affection and love for sneakers.

And love for sneakers there is! Inspired by Footlockers sneaker movement, sneakerfreakers from all over the world posted some extraordinary things! Like a German couple who had a sneakerwedding. A project by Jesse who got inspired by Back to the future and made electronic powerlaces and I really liked the post about the launch of sneaker museum in Germany.

Besides Sneaker news there is also a lot information that is just fun, like a peak inside the Office of Nike CEO Mark Parker. His office is a colorful and creative chaos and really fun to see! But you can also find posts of old videoclips and very retro artist with very retro sneakers!

There are also some entries of amazing street-art projects. Like Adam Smith who became unwittingly the catalyst for the sneaker movement. Adam is a complete sneakerfreaker and not only owns a huge sneakercollection but also his work is inspired by sneakers like his Neon Sneaker street-art. I also really loved the contribution by Nico about Lace who turns city-chairs into sneakers by wrapping the chairs in extremely big laces, so the chairs look like sneakers (see picture and movie above). You can check out Nico Roux's Flickr stream to see more pictures about their amazing street projects.

 

The site is not only about extreme passionate sneakerfreakers, you can also find some interesting articles that are inivative. Like the article of Claire Michalewicz who writes about green, eco-friendly sneakers.

Now, I'm not what you call a sneakerfreaker, but I know some people who create some really cool sneaker projects who could easily showcase their work on this platform! So if you are a creative sneakerfreaker with creative ideas you can join the sneaker movement here.http://www.footlocker.eu/itsasneakerthing/# To stay up to date and see the extraordinary stunts of these sneakerfreakers, you can join the facebookpage here! Join Adam Smith's facebookpage here!

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Cool Collector # Crafting Files

Stitching and knitting seems to get more populair every hour now! Check out the work of Inge Jacobsen. I really love her stitched Vogue Covers but on her website you can watch a lot more stitchbeauty!

Mini street messages by freelance Photographer and Streetartis Katie Sokoler, also known from her her blog: Color Me Katie. I think their really sweet! It would really make me smile when I found one of these litlle positive notes!