Hiroki Nakamura at the FIL Sun Street Grand Opening in Hong Kong 2011
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Stone Island Shadow Project SS2010 Lookbook
The Stone Island Shadow vector continues with the project's fourth seasonal capsule collection. Fueled by new reactions within the project's original conceptual core, fresh manifestations of fabric, style, detail, and interface emerge as the lightest, yet most comprehensive, offering thus far.
This unique trajectory begins, of course, at a unique point of origin — the inimitable constellation of research and development that is STONE ISLAND. Hidden detail and potential action lies at the heart of each and every Stone Island Shadow style.
Enfolding this in a simpler, softer way, a new focus can be brought to bear on both resolution of shape and fidelity of color. The goal is vibrancy and directness; stripping away the superfluous without sacrificing capability, and the lightness that can only be found by moving through one's environment with zero resistance.
Modular Performance Grid, PARSEQ is the organizational framework upon which the idea is built: PROOF, AUGMENT, RESIST, SKIN and EQUIP. All Shadow fabrics work together as part of the grid — breathable, moisture managing, skin-friendly and maintainable — chosen for their balance of performance technology and the aesthetic treatments for which Stone Island has been known since its inception.
Voice Figures by Margaret Watts Hughes
Made more than 100 years ago by a Welsh singer named Margaret Watts Hughes — not by her hand but rather using her voice and an Eidophone, a “recording” device of her own invention. She would sing into the Eidophone’s funnel and so make its diaphragm vibrate. She’d then bring this vibrating diaphragm in contact with a glass plate covered in pigment to create these wondrous images, akin to visual sound recordings, or what she called Voice Figures (and the more complex Impression Figures).
Dialogue Version, Andrew Basinski
From the spitting image exhibiton curated by Pop Gun and Heart Gallery
Nike Zoom Hyperflight Sketches
Takahashi Murakami for Issey Miyake / Naoki Takizawa ss2000
Visvim Camo G Line FBT
arc'teryx leaf modular velcro pouch additions
TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist eArth dyed sheepskin jacket
Visvim Sanjuro Kimono Down Jacket
Naturally dyed Italian nylon with a white goose down fill, ribbed collar, 2 slanted snap button pockets, Talon zippered utility pocket on one sleeve, patch detailing on the placket and hand–stitched sashiko.
Marble Caves at General Carrera Lake in Patagonia
The Marble Caves, known as Marble Chapel and Marble Cathedral, are located at the center of the lake and were formed by waves over the past 6,000 years.
Hiroki in his Visvim Lhamo Shirt
visvim gornegrat folk chelsea boot
Maharam Frame Bag by Konstantin Grcic
visvim 2015 Fall/Winter GRIZZLY BOOTS-FOLK
Visvim x Comme Des Garcons FBT
aw2012 Visvim Pawnee Corduroy Jacket
A Kikuyu tribesman dresses up for a festival in Kenya
visvim FBT Lhamo-Folk
SOPHNET x visvim AMERICANA DECK VD
Michael Wolf Architecture of Density
One of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world, Hong Kong has an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometer. The majority of its citizens live in flats in high-rise buildings, whose units can house as many as 10,000 people.
In Architecture of Density, Michael investigates these enormous city blocks, finding a mesmerizing abstraction in the buildings’ facades. The structures in the series are photographed without reference to the context of sky or ground, and many buildings are seen in a state of repair or construction: their walls covered with a grid of scaffolding or the soft coloured curtains that protect the streets below from falling debris. From a distance, such elements become a part of an intricate design. Upon closer inspection of each photograph, the anonymous public face of the city is full of rewarding detail – public space is private space, large swatches of colour give way to smaller pieces of people’s lives. The trappings of the people are still visible here: their days inform the detail of these buildings. Bits of laundry and hanging plants pepper the tiny rectangles of windows- the only irregularities in this orderly design. The images of Architecture of Density give one an inkling of what our cities could look like if grown continues unchecked.
VISVIM aw2012 BALLISTIC 20L BACKPACK
visvim PFD JKT 3L GORE-TEX
The red GORE-TEX shell takes inspiration from a classic M-65 military jacket and also features a drawstring over sized collar with a packable hood for added detail and function. Look for this jacket to be available through select visvim retailers this week as well as through F.I.L. locations in Asia.
Visvim Sanjuro Kimono
Aleppo, Syria. 2013. Photograph by Moises Saman
SENSE Magazine visvim Spring Summer 2012
A page from 'TEXT in visvim', the visvim Spring/Summer 2012 feature in Japan's SENSE Magazine (March 2012). Naturally dyed, hand-constructed pieces from Hiroki Nakamura.
Visvim F.I.L. Sendai Store
Visvim 2012 Subsection Series
The SUBSECTION SERIES is a fragrance collection by Visvim, inspired by founder Hiroki Nakamura’s encounter with French fragrance designer Blaise Mautin over 20 years ago. The series includes candles, room sprays, and diffusers, each available in various scents. Notable fragrances are NO.1 F.I.L., a blend featuring patchouli and sandalwood, and NO.7 KYOTO, inspired by a morning visit to Kyoto’s Sanjusangendo temple.
SENSE March 2012 the TEXT in VISVIM 2012 Spring Summer
TMS.SITE UV RESIST TESTED TO WORK LONG TEE
Akari Hayami — Japanese Fashion Magazine Editorial
Blender Fluid Simulation Render — CGI Water
Ralph McQuarrie — Battlestar Galactica (1978) Concept Art
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hilary
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, sat here drinking tea during a break before their successful summit of Everest in 1953.
This photo was taken by George Band, OBE, the youngest of the mountaineers on the 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest on which Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first known successful ascent of the mountain.
TRON Designs Corian — DuPont x Disney Milan Design Week 2011
“Dissertation on Self-Verification: 2001-2011″
visvim 10th Anniversary Book "Dissertation on Self-Verification 2001-2011"
The book is hand bound and uses a washi paper made by a craftsman who sources the raw materials from Japanese trees.
Limited to 300 copies.
Parasite Dolls (2003) — Cyberpunk Anime
Cave Diving — Diver in Cenote Light Rays
visvim Subsection Reed Fragrance Diffuser
WTAPS FW13 Lifist Lookbook
WTAPS FW13 Lifist lookbook image with Tetsu Nishiyama riding a vintage motorcycle, part of the collection’s lifestyle-focused presentation.
BMW 3 Series E90 on a Vine-Covered Hong Kong Rooftop Car Park
SOPH. Hong Kong Store
Mastermind Japan x Visvim Gila Moc Mid-Top Sneaker
Supreme x Visvim Camp Cap FW2008
AD Police Files — 1990 Cyberpunk Anime
uniform experiment x Benrus Military Watch
Haven Hall Long-Sleeve Cardigan Shirt in Navy
Visvim Maliseet Folk — Brown and Navy
Magnetic Rose, Memories (1995)
David Burdeny — Mercator's Projection, North/South Series
visvim × The Black Sense Market AW12
Mastermind Japan SS2013 "Dreams" Skull Kimono Robe
Nike Free Woven 4.0 Obsidian/Squadron Blue-Smoke-Poison Green
Nanamica GORE-TEX Balmacaan Coat Navy
Rhône Glacier Ice Grotto, Valais, Switzerland
The Sukhoi PAK FA is a twin-engine jet fighter being developed by Sukhoi for the Russian Air Force.
Visvim Serra Pizi Boots — Natural Grey Suede
Nike Free Woven Khaki Stadium Green Hyper Blue Pink
Nike Free Woven in Khaki, Stadium Green, Hyper Blue, and Pink, with a multicolor woven upper and white Free sole. Style code 555307-236.
Lake Pukaki, New Zealand
Visvim BALLISTIC 20L Backpack Spring/Summer 2012
SENSE Magazine "TEXT in visvim" ss2012 Collection Editorial
SENSE magazine’s seasonal “TEXT in visvim” editorial brings to our attention many of the upcoming pieces from the designer’s 2012 spring/summer “Dissertation on Introspection” collection. The popular natural indigo and Amami-Oshima mud techniques are amongst the unique dyeing methods used this season. Material-wise, Egyptian Giza and LUXSIC cotton have been chosen as the base for the corduroy and denim items, with KONBU, Belgium cowhide leather and Cordura Ballistic nylon used to create this season’s range of bags. Combine all of this with a strong range of earthy colors and classic visvim styling, this “TEXT in visvim” editorial helps show off the solidity of the 2012 spring/summer “Dissertation on Introspection” collection nicely.
Goro's visvim FBT by Hiroshi Fujiwara
Nike ACG Rongbuk Mid Gore-Tex — Black/Red and Black/Royal Blue
Ksubi Denim Jacket
Nike Footscape Free — Treasure Blue
White Mountaineering Navy Down Puffer Jacket with Camouflage Detail
Visvim Lamina Backpack — Spring/Summer 2011
Visvim Skagway Hi Sneaker
ScanEagle Drone
The Boeing Insitu ScanEagle is a small, long-endurance reconnaissance UAV first flown in 2002 and in service with the U.S. Navy and allied forces since the mid-2000s. Just over 1.5 m long with a 3.1 m wingspan, it is launched from a pneumatic “SuperWedge” catapult and recovered in the field by its “Skyhook” system — snagging a wingtip hook on a suspended vertical rope — so it needs no runway. A propeller-driven pusher design, it can loiter for over 24 hours carrying stabilised electro-optical and infrared cameras for maritime and battlefield surveillance.
Visvim LAMINA 22L Backpack Spring/Summer 2012
Visvim FBT Lhamo-Folk Dark Brown
Visvim Serra Boot AW2011 — Tanned Leather and Denim
Moncler V × Visvim Gyantse Down Vest FW2011
Lexdray Boulder Pack — BTC x Lexdray FLG Collection
WTAPS Leather Pouch AW2011
FUCT SSDD Deck Jacket — Navy
Sebago Docksides Navy Suede Boat Shoe
Neighborhood Technical Apparel Denim Pouch
Visvim Serra Boot Denim Tanned
Alpaca Wool Poncho — Striped Geometric Weave
FUCT SSDD Raw Selvedge Denim Jacket
Hiroki Nakamura, Founder of Visvim
Visvim Tabi Sashiko-Folk
visvim FBT — Suede Moccasin
