Reebok collaborated with internationally renowned design magazine Wallpaper* and five of Europe’s leading artists to produce unique works inspired by Reebok’s innovative ZigTech, EasyTone, RunTone and RealFlex footwear and apparel technologies. Today we present you the result of their work with Italian designer Fabio Novembre.

While impressed by the science of the ZigTech sole, designer Fabio Novembre was more taken by its form, using this as his starting point for the creation of his life-size black horse sculpture. Made of soft polyurethane sprayed, using a new technique, with hard polyurethane, it is light enough to be lifted by two people.

“The perfecting of equine forms has proven a pivotal moment in art history, but ‘movement and power has also long been connected to the horse – we still speak of horsepower even in relation to motorbikes and cars,’ Novembre says. ‘So the horse became a strong motif for me.’ The resulting artwork was, for the designer, also about the process and power of abstraction. Just as, he reckons, the designers of the ZigTech tried to abstract a sense of movement in the final form of the shoe’s sole (quite aside from any performance benefit it brings), so he has sought to do so with idea of the horse, through the use of a wave form. ‘Waves, of course, suggest the transmission of energy, through water, as sound and light,’ Novembre adds. ‘In fact, the literal translation of the Italian for a sea wave is “big horse”. That’s only just occurred to me.’”

Take a look at the resulting sculpture after the jump.

To celebrate their 15th anniversary, Wallpaper magazine got together with GFSmith on a cover project, inviting 15 image makers to design a cover for the magazine. Collaborators include Build, It’s Nice That, James Joyce, MadeThought, Nike, Agent Provocateur, Spin and others. Each cover was printed on Colorplan paper stock. Both choice of paper and printing method played an important role in the project, resulting in quite a diverse set of cover designs.

Check out all 15 covers after the jump.

Today we present the third video in the Design Diaries series, produced by Reebok and Wallpaper* magazine. Five of Europe’s leading artists produced unique works inspired by Reebok’s innovative ZigTech, EasyTone, RunTone and RealFlex footwear and apparel technologies.

In this episode of Reebok’s ‘Design Diaries,’ by upcoming Dutch film maker Lize Korpershoek, we have a look into iconoclastic French designer Ora Ito’s interpretation of Reebok technology.

The final works are now on display at the Wallpaper* Pop-Up exhibition at the Great Room in London.

Check out the first and second videos from this series here.

Have a look at the Reebok Realflex sneaker after the click.

Today we present the second video in the Design Diaries series, produced by Reebok and Wallpaper magazine. Five of Europe’s leading artists produced unique works inspired by Reebok’s innovative ZigTech, EasyTone, RunTone and RealFlex footwear and apparel technologies.

In this episode of Reebok’s ‘Design Diaries,’ by upcoming Dutch film maker Lize Korpershoek, we see how Christoph Behling of SolarLab, fused his ideas and innovative thinking with Reebok’s Zig Tech footwear. With an interesting measuring technique, the energy impact is monitored, in order to give you suggestions on how to improve your running.

The final works are now on display at the Wallpaper* Pop-Up exhibition at the Great Room in London.

Check out the first video from this series here.

A look at some of the Reebok ZigTech apparel follows after the jump.

Reebok collaborated with internationally renowned design magazine Wallpaper* and five of Europe’s leading artists to produce unique works inspired by Reebok’s innovative ZigTech, EasyTone, RunTone and RealFlex footwear and apparel technologies.

Reebok’s training and fitness heritage can be traced back to its founder J.W. Foster creating the first modern running shoes back in 1895. Its proud tradition of design innovation has produced some of the most innovative technologies in recent times – including the award-winning SmoothFit and U-Form, as well as iconic silhouettes such as The Pump. More recently, ZigTech received an award at the prestigious Wallpaper* Design Awards earlier this year.

Spanish modernist architects A-Cero, iconoclastic French designer Ora Ito, UK film production house Partizan, Italian designer Fabio Novembre and German founder of SolarLab Research & Design Christoph Behling, were hand-picked to fuse Reebok’s design DNA with their own creative visions. The creative process has been documented in Reebok’s ‘Design Diaries’ by upcoming Dutch film maker Lize Korpershoek and the final works are now on display at the Wallpaper* Pop-Up exhibition at the Great Room in London.

Images from the Reebok Partizan project follow after the click.

XLARGE® unveil more Afro Samurai artwork in commemoration of the forthcoming second film, Afro Samurai: Resurrection. The brand worked on a second t-shirt as well as a series of posters and wallpapers fusing XLARGE® imagery and gear with Afro Samurai characters. The t-shirts and posters will be available December 12th at XLARGE® STOREs, while the desktop wallpaper will be available for download on the same day from XLARGE.jp.

More looks at the XLARGE® × Afro Samurai: Resurrection pieces after the hop and skip.

After recently presenting to you the Dover Street Market collaboration with Victorinox, we show you the Wallpaper collaboration with the Swiss Army Knife maker today. Overall they worked on three knifes, one designed by themselves and the other ones designed by British designer James Joyce and Jamie Cullen.

“Both known for their bold illustrative approaches, Cullen and Joyce seemed like ideal candidates for the role, selected by Wallpaper’s Art Director, Merion Pritchard to ‘create an elemental design that expressed the beauty of its craftsmanship and function in a visual and tactile way’.

The result speaks for itself. Encased in untreated wood, the Wallpaper* Swiss Army Knife features undulating contour lines etched into the surface. An accurate representation of the mountainous landscape of Ibach in Switzerland – where the Victorinox factory is based – the image is a tactile link to the home of the Swiss Army Knife itself – an intuitive addition which only goes to epitomise Wallpaper’s distinctive design approach.”

For the occasion a Wallpaper x Victorinox pop-up store has opened on New Bond Street in London. Limited to 100 pieces each, some of the knifes will also be sold through Wallpaper.com.

Many detailed images of all three knifes and the packaging follow after the jump.

Once again Wallpaper magazine worked with two guest editors on their October issue. For October 2009 Wallpaper magazine was edited by Karl Lagerfeld and Philippe Starck. We get a first look at the covers today and both creatives pushed the limits of magazine printing in interesting ways.

“Lagerfeld wanted a ‘peel and reveal’ sticker to coat his cover, showing his muse Baptiste Giabiconi fully clothed in a Dior Homme suit, which peels off to reveal the model in the same pose completely nude behind.

Starck’s cover is similarly ambitious and involved equal amounts of experimenting to get it right to his exacting specifications. A visual incarnation of the questions on evolution he asks his chosen panel, his cover involves three sheets of tracing paper, over a blank silver cover.”

More detailed views of the upcoming Wallpaper magazine covers by Karl Lagerfeld and Philippe Starck follow after the jump.

The Wallpaper Design Awards 2009 winners have been announced today. Among the judges you find Kanye West, Jean Nouvel, Ines de la Fressange, Marc Newson, Sir Ken Adam and Stefano Pilati. As you can imagine this panel made sure that only the very best was chosed in each category.

Browse the winners in categories fashion, furniture, hotels, buildings and more here.

Located in LA, and host to Nike Sportswear’s Cinema Tuesday, The Montalban is getting a fresh skin curtesy of local lad Geoff McFetridge. A massive undertaking, the work covers the majority of the buildings facade in signature mural style. Geoff is not entirely alone, Pottok Prints has provided the wallpaper.

Via WOOD WOOD @ arktip.