Cool Hunting

Alife Pump Tennis
Alife and Reebok have teamed up to redefine the tennis shoe by hybridizing it with a tennis ball. Their Pump Tennis appears to be coated in actual tennis ball felt (click the image to zoom). I don't think it will add much to your game besides distracting your opponent, but will certainly win some cred points. No word yet on availability or edition. Thanks,...

Spring Court U.S.A.
Spring Court, the iconic French tennis shoes, have been available stateside through select stores and boutiques for some time now, but the recent launch of their U.S. website makes it easier to find retailers and to determine if it's worth the trip. For the SS08 collection, which debuted along with the site, Spring Court stays true to its history of simple but functional design,...

Reebok Timetanium
John Maeda, graphic designer, computer scientist, MIT professor and author of Laws of Simplicity, teamed up with Reebok to create the Timetanium Ventilator, a sneaker that's been getting attention lately for how it merges math, technology and nature into a wearable product. The sneaker is a representation of time, one of the most important mantras defined in Maeda’s book. His handwritten code limns the...

adicolor Chinatown
The much anticipated adicolor series began its decent on New York City this weekend with the launch of the White Series. Over at the Originals store in SoHo the adicolor box set sold out instantly, as did the pairs customized by KR (Craig Costello)—who was in the shop tagging shoes people purchased. Down in Chinatown Vinnie started his 2 week post as the beacon...

The Ball Out
Freshness got the scoop on the Alife x Reebok Tennis ball show we covered earlier: "THE BALL OUT" is an ALIFE/Reebok Court Victory Pump, fabricated by hand entirely out of tennis ball felt. "THE BALL OUT" is limited to 48 pairs and will be distributed exclusively through ALIFE. An original ALIFE design, "THE BALL OUT" is the first of three products to be born...

Alife Pump Tennis: History Repeating
After yesterday's post on the Alife Tennis Pump, we were pointed to this image of a similarly treated Airwalk from 1995. This just supports my little mantra that there are no new ideas, just great executions. Thanks Ryan. Image via Charlie's Sneaker Pages...