Recently Nike hosted a huge press event at their World Headquarters in Portland. Hiroshi Fujiwara also made it out there for the occasion and Honeyee now turned his trip into a feature.
If you have never been on the Nike Campus, then this will be an interesting feature for you to take a look at. Hiroshi shows the Campus, images from the Media presentations with Kobe Briant and Mark Parker and he also interviewed Richard Clark (unfortunately that is in Japanese), Nike’s Global Creative Director.
Check it out here.

Japanese designer Takahiro Miyashita’s Fall ‘08 menswear line and Paris show draw inspiration from the Ace Hotel Portland.
At his fall 2008 menswear show in Paris on January 17, fashion designer Takahiro Miyashita of Number (N)ine unveiled an inspired collaboration with the Ace Hotel Portland.
A Northwest grunge aesthetic runs through Miyashita’s fall pieces. The show, titled “My Own Private Portland,” opened with an Ace Hotel voicemail message. Portland-made Pendleton wool blankets folded on each seat invited guests to snuggle up.
The utilitarian wool blankets are emblazoned with the Thompson elk, a historical statue located in downtown Portland. Modeled on classic Pendleton hotel blankets, they represent Portland and the collection’s vintage-Americana feel. Ace and Number (N)ine are currently collaborating to create additional products which will be released this fall. You can buy the blankets at Number (N)ine’s Manhattan flagship store, and soon they’ll be at the Ace’s forthcoming NYC outpost.  
Miyashita incorporates the Ace into his work because it exemplifies Portland: luxe but irregular, with echoes of a rough-and-tumble history. Miyashita’s nod to grunge fits with the Ace’s historical consciousness and place in a living cultural center.

In collaboration with the Uniqlo Inspired Series and Shift Magazine in Japan the Ace Hotel has commissioned 11 Northwest Artists to create T-shirt and couch cushion designs based on the theme of travel. These T-shirts are limited edition and will be sold only at Uniqlo stores in Japan, NYC, and London, and online at ut.uniqlo.com . Many of the Artists involved have also painted original murals in the rooms of the new Ace Hotel Portland.
Artists involved in the project were: Evan B Harris, Justin “Scrappers” Morrison, Sarah Gottesdiener, Brent Wick, Jeremy Pelley, Philip Iosca, Storm Tharp, Liza Reitz, Amy Ruppell , David Kaul, Shawn Wolfe.
In celebration of the launch of these t-shirts The Ace Hotel event space in Portland, OR will host an opening party and 5 day exhibition featuring original works from many of the artists on this project, and the chance to purchase the T-shirts online. The launch party is scheduled for Friday September 28th at 9:30pm and will feature live music from NW DJs and bands and a full bar. The gallery exhibit, titled “Portland ♥’s Japan – The Art of Travel,” will remain up from September 28th through October 2nd and most of the works will be for sale by the artists.

After the jump you can check out the rest of the designs.