Category: Interview
Lets talk to Yue Wu
For the release of the Sneakersnstuff x New Balance ML574SNS we asked asked our friend and Parisian artist Yue Wu to design a graphic inspired by the shoes. He killed it as usual. We sat down with Yue to talk about his design process and his passion for New Balance. – Yue, for the people that don’t […]
Shauna T of P.A.M. on their collaboration with Carhartt WIP
Ahead of Friday’s release of the Perks and Mini and Carhartt WIP capsule collection Sneakersnstuff sits down with Shauna T, co founder of the Australian brand at her new home in Paris. For those new to the brand, Perks and Mini (aka P.A.M.) was founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2000 by husband and wife team Shauna […]
Koji talks about the Atmos x Nike Air Max 1 ”Elephant” 2017 release
In the run up to the drop of the highly anticipated Atmos x Nike Air Max 1 on the 18th March we touched based with creative director Koji of Atmos Japan. Born Japan in 1981, Koji started working in the sneaker industry in 2000. He is now the director of Sports Lab by Atmos, and has […]
Let’s talk about the BACK Fall/Winter 16 collection
The Stockholm based brand BACK has been a part of the selection here at Sneakersnstuff since fall 2013. We thought it was about time to get to know the founder and designer, Ann-Sofie Back a little bit better so we had a chat with her. We were curious about the brand, her latest inspiration and […]
Nike LunarCharge photo shoot at Sneakersnstuff Berlin
In anticipation of the launch of the Nike LunarCharge that releases tomorrow, November 18th, Sneakersnstuff have teamed up with Berlin based photographer Sina Lesnik to profile 3 inspiring, Berlin locals to get the low down on Sneakersnstuff’s newest city. This shoot took place in the shell of the new Sneakersnstuff store (the old White Trash) which is […]
BJ the Chicago Kid visits Sneakersnstuff Stockholm
This Saturday Chicago soul artist BJ the Chicago Kid was in Stockholm to play The Stockholm Jazz Festival. Sneakersnstuff was his first stop in town where he picked up the Raf Simmons x adidas Stan Smiths, the Air Jordan 3 Retro and the Nike Zoom Chazpuka. An avid sneaker collector he often choose comfort over anything […]
An Interview with Dan Freebairn of Kick Posters
This weekend sees the opening of the Sneakersnstuff Projects at Sneakerness Paris. As a special treat for those of you that can make it down we have collaborated with the super talented illustrator and popular Instagrammer Kick Posters (Dan Freebairn) to produce a limited edition poster. The poster features every sneaker project we have worked on over […]
New Balance Introduces the Made in UK Surplus Pack
For Fall Winter 2016, Sneakersnstuff are excited to release the New Balance Made in UK Surplus Pack. Celebrating the brand’s 110th anniversary, the Pack leverages surplus materials in some of New Balance’s most iconic Made in UK styles. The Pack includes five classic models – 1500, 670, 575, 576 and 577 – along with a new silhouette […]
Bobbito Garcia for Puma
This weekend sees the release of the collaboration between legendary New Yorker Bobbito Garcia and PUMA. Garcia also known as DJ Cucumber Slice, Kool Bob Love, and a member of the Rock Steady Crew has played a key role in street culture documentation. Releasing the acclaimed sneaker book Where’d You Get Those? New York City’s Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987 in 2003. […]
Sneakersnstuff Mix Series 001: Alia Loren
Hot of the back of our shoot with Alia Loren last week for the Nike Air Max 1 Ultra Flyknit, comes the first in a series of Sneakersnstuff Mixtapes and who better to kick of the series than Alia herself. A Resident at London’s Radar Radio she provides sounds that are at the forefront of the underground. With […]
New Blood: Introducing Vicky Grout
Anyone that has seen the recent features with Dave and Alia Loren for the Nike Air Max Ultra Flyknit will now be fully accustomed to the work of photographer Vicky Grout. Quickly becoming one of the go to London youth culture documentarians, Vicky has extensively covered the best of the UK underground music scene. Popping […]
The Nike Sock Dart in Södermalm
To coincide with the release of the new Nike Sock Dart collection, Sneakersnstuff teamed up with Stockholm based photographer Frida Vega Salomonsson to documented three of the Sneakernstuff girls. Focusing on their style, their love of Södermalm and summer in the city. What is the best thing about summer in Södermalm ? Sofia: The hot sunny […]
Classic Kicks Podcast – Erik and Peter
Last week Sneakersnstuff founders Erik and Peter headed over to New York to check out the new Converse heat. Whilst in town they sat down with the excellent Classic Kicks podcast to talk about the current trends populating the sneaker sphere, the early days sneaker hunting in the Big Apple and setting up shop in Stockholm. Take a listen […]
Celebrate Success – Babba Canales
Babba Canales 25, marketing manager Millennials are like assholes: everyone has an opinion – on them. So does Babba Canales. Her actually being a millennial might lend her views some substance, though. – Young people today are very focused on their needs, and I’m all for it. But you also need to understand what you’re […]
Celebrate Success – Ben Gorham
Ben Gorham 38, creative director What’s in a smell? Ask Ben Gorham – founder of scent emporium Byredo, entrepeneur extraordinaire, family man and former basketball pro – and you will probably get a rebound: What’s in a dream? Byredo launched in 2006 with a line of four perfumes. A decade after its inception, the Stockholm […]
Celebrate Success – Sabina Ddumba
Sabina Ddumba 22, singer Three years ago, Sabina Ddumba’s world rocked. Sort of. Growing up in Fisksätra, a high-rise neighbourhood in Nacka outside of Stockholm, the recent Swedish Grammis Music Awards winner always assumed she was born at the local hospital. Then, newsflash: – One day my older sister tells me “no no, you were […]
Gary Aspden talks about the adidas Spezial Spring/Summer 2016 collection
Gary Aspden started his journey with Adidas UK in the mid 90s where he worked with entertainment marketing and was later promoted to the Global Marketing Team. Aspden subsequently went freelance and has initiated many amazing marketing projects for adidas, such as the global launch of adidas Originals, the European launch of Y3 and collaborative […]
Doug Barber of Reigning Champ talks about their collaboration with ASICS
Let us all agree that the ASICS x Reigning Champ collection is fantastic. Yes, its great! Well, we were so excited that we just had to have a chat with the brands sales and marketing director Doug Barber about the project. Tell us – how come you and ASICS came together to work on this project? […]
Erik Bjerkesjö talks about the collaboration with BrandBlack
BrandBlack is a futurist performance sports brand that was founded as late as 2014 in Los Angeles, focusing on developing basketball footwear and apparel seen through a fashion lens. For their upcoming release of the ”Totem” we had a chat with the man behind this shoe, the Swedish designer Erik Bjerkesjö. What’s going on right now? […]
”Shades of White” photo shoot Part 1 – Kenza
Kenza Zouiten – a girl with more than one string on her bow… Model, designer, tv host and blogger are just some of the titels you can give her. Kenza started to blog when she was 15 years old and now at the age of 23 she has the biggest blog in Sweden. Well her blog has […]
Interview with Viktor Tell
We visited Viktor Tell (creative director at Happy Socks) at his office to talk about his shoe that he designed for the adidas Consortium Your Story project. See what he has to say about the inspiration and design of his version of the adidas Match Play. The second drop of the adidas Consortium Your Story project will […]
Aaron Lacrate and his Bespoke Air Force 1’s
So this is not news to all perhaps. But some of you might not have seen these yet. And since Aaron and Sneakersnstuff goes way back, we figured we should tell those of you that don’t follow all fancy schmancy sneaker/streetwear blogs out there. Aaron LaCrate is the man behind Milkcrate Athletics. He is also involved […]
3 questions with Skinny Digital
The artist behind the illustration on the Sneakersnstuff x A Non Smoking Generation t-shirt is Skinny Digital. In the illustration you can see the whole crew that works at Sneakersnstuff (and of course some other local people that you might recognise?). Please read the very short interview we did with Skinny and also look at the […]
Bobbito Garcia & Rich Medina.
Check out this interview with living legends Rich Medina and Bobbito Garcia aka Kool Bob Love aka DJ Cucumber Slice aka Bobbito The Barber aka Soul Food Bob aka Bag of Tricks aka Make It Happen. They´re talking sneakers, Swedish Hip Hop, Rock Steady Crew amongst other things with Swedish Hip Hop blog Du Vet […]