After grabbin’ the mic and offending everyone last Sunday night, Kanye West has had a hell of a week in the aftermath of the MTV Video Music Awards. And yet, Nike is auctioning off two one-of-a-kind pairs of his signature Air Yeezy, with all of the proceeds benefiting the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon.

One pair features a black leather upper and Jordan VI bottom, the first and only time the shoe will be made available with a Jumpman logo, and the other pair is THE Air Yeezy that Kanye worn on The 50th Annual Grammy Awards. The exact same one. Especially the packaging is impressive on both pairs.

Both auctions end tonight at 7:30 PM PST. If you want to participate, make sure to get some cash ready. One of the auctions is at 7400 USD now, the other one at 16300 USD:

• Nike Air Yeezy Doernbecher Charity Jordan VI Kanye West

• Nike Air Yeezy Doernbecher Charity Shoes Kanye West

Detailed images of both sneakers follow after the jump.

By now, most of you have seen the line-up of sneakers created by Kanye West for Louis Vuitton. Opinions vary on the outcome of the collection. We’ve always compared the line to what Louis Vuitton has done in the past with sneakers, and think the Kanye West collection beats those efforts by leaps and bounds. Just like in the regular sneaker game, some people like it more colorful, others like it more subtle, and this line-up offers something for both tastes. Personally, we prefer the tonal high tops. We also had the chance to field test them and can tell you that quality and fabrication are very much on point, as to be expected from Louis Vuitton.

Having worked recently with Nike on the Air Yeezy, the LV collection is the second major sneaker project by Kanye West. Take a step back and think about what is happening here – we see collaborations all the time with boutiques, brands, artists and other creative fields. How many times can the colors and the materials on the same shoe silhouette be changed and still look new and different from the hundreds of releases we see every year? Kanye West got to design his very own silhouettes in both cases, probably the most impressive part about these projects.

With the Kanye West x Louis Vuitton sneakers releasing worldwide in the coming weeks, we wanted to do something out of the ordinary with the footwear Louis Vuitton gladly lent us for this special shoot. We teamed up with German photographer Daniela Muller-Brunke to shine some new light onto the Kanye West x Louis Vuitton collection. To give you some background on the shoot, we used the iconic LV symbols and projected them in different colors onto the background of the sneaker, with the outcome being a psychedelic mix of fading colors. Hopefully you like it.

Take a look at all images from the Kanye West x Louis Vuitton Footwear Photoshoot here.

Filippo Perin presents his series of paper origami sneakers. The recently released Nike Air Yeezy comes in its three colorways and has certainly been well replicated in paper by the artist. But he also worked on other sneakers. Maybe worth a try at home as well.

Check out many more paper sneakers by Filippo Perin, as well as detailed images of his Air Yeezy interpretation after the jump.

The next and also last (at least for now) Nike Air Yeezy will be released beginning of June and therefore the sneaker is starting to arrive at retailers for the launch. Today we can give you a very detailed look of the net/net colorway of the sneaker developed by Kanye West and Nike.

It is one of our favorite in the pack and nicely mixes beige leather with grey suede on the toe box. We also like the unstructured strap in light beige. The lining and branding comes in light pink.

Take a detailed look at the Nike Air Yeezy Net/Net colorway after the jump.

In times where high top sneakers are still all the rage, we have seen several strong releases from Nike. Besides the Air Yeezy, Nike has also recently introduced the RT1, which has been well receivd. Today we show you the new Auto Flight.

“The Auto Flight is a new shoe launch for 2009. The upper drafts off of the Flight Lite, anchored by a vulcanized sole. The clean black leather upper is set off nicely with the infra-red highlights on the tongue, and peeking through on the collar and upper lining.” Via Footlockerunlocked.

The Nike Auto Flight is coming in a black/red colorway, and will be released Holiday 2009.

Detailed images of the sneaker follow after the jump.

SneakerFreaker is also celebrating the Nike x Kanye West Air Yeezy and will release a limited edition glow-in-the-dark cover for its 15th issue, showing off the sole of the Air Yeezy. This special cover version will not be available at retailers and can only be purchased directly from SneakerFreaker here.

We get an early look at the Roc Star Fall/Winter 2009 styles. The theme of the collection evolves around motorcycles and psychic and of course Roc Star applied lots of colors, graphics and crazy styles to the theme. They also included the black/pink Nike Air Yeezy in their photoshoot.

Take a look at the Roc Star Fall/Winter 2009 Lookbook after the jump.

So far we knew three colorways of the Nike Air Yeezy would release. The first one came out last weekend, the next one in May and the last one in June. Now another colorway has turned up at an official Nike event in Taipei – black/grey/fire red. Taking lots of inspiration from Jordan, this colorway will for sure interest many of you. The upper is rather subtle, with the fire red setting the right accents on the sole. We also like the clean patent strap and actually prefer it over the structured ones that are on the current Air Yeezy’s. We are not sure if this colorway will actually release, but we will definitely keep you posted. Via Sneakernews.

More detailed images of the black/grey/fire red Nike Air Yeezy follow after the jump.

The time has come, the Nike Air Yeezy will finally be released early next month, at least the first colorway. For months images have turned up from Kanye West performances and now you can soon get ready to get your pair. Complex has an exclusive look at the Nike Air Yeezy, not only giving us some great images of the actual production sneakers, but lots of images of prototypes, scatches and interviews with Kanye West and Mark Smith about the sneaker. The full gallery can be found here.

Furthermore Kanye West also appears on the cover of the Complex Magazine April 2009 issue, featuring an interview about his other endeavors. For sure an interesting read.

After the jump many looks at the Air Yeezy and a more detailed look at the new Complex Cover.

With the Nike Air Yeezy popping up in select peoples mailboxes, you can get ready for the release of one of the most anticipated sneakers this year. Complex made some nice pictures of the Air Yeezy, showing off the glow in the dark qualities of the sneaker, which have been applied both to the Swoosh and to the sole. Via Kanye.

More news on the release to come soon. After the jump a detailed look at the glow in the dark sole of the Nike Air Yeezy.