Remember the Hangtime basketball sneaker? Rick Ross is rockin’ it in his new video ‘Yella Diamonds’. Take a close look at 00:56 seconds. POW!

Zwart Licht has been a great supporter of Cassius Eyewear since day one. They’re track ‘Geau Geau’ is the soundtrack for the new Dutch movie ‘Zombibi’. Check out the video of Geau Geau for Zombibi!

- Galton –

Dutch artist Niels de Jong surprised us with a sneaker art piece and a SOLE mini sneaker. We love this type of expression and are very enthusiastic about it. Let’s introduce you to Niels and his motivation.

Niels de Jong (1982) lives and works in Berlin and is found most of the time in The Lunartik Studios of Matt Jones from lunartik.com. Niels has a background in various disciplines such as model making, urban design, sculptures, drawing and painting.

You will find his drawn or painted art pieces often portrayed as a group of colourful characters in a multitude, huddled together in a composition on the canvas. His work is constantly evolving and his characters are transforming continuously.

His love and fascination for art and sneakers have expressed in a series of sneaker art pieces and a multiple series of a project called SOLE, a series of mini sneaker sculptures.

”Sneakers have a beautiful history and have been an important part of our culture since the 70ties, as an artist I wanted to show that in my own contemporary perception. As the Green Paper Boys represent Saucony I had to make a combination art piece. Saucony has beautiful lines in its sneakers and I had to make sure these would pop out so I made ​​the sneaker come out of the canvas. I used my own style of characters with the GPB green and white to finish it off”’.

The SOLE mini sneaker is designed as a center foot, who comes as one sneaker, not a pair. It symbolizes the love for sneakers and the influence it has on our culture since the 70ties.

”In the time we live now, a lot of people increasingly have the need to be unique and to have things that someone else has not, like those pair of sneakers or that t-shirt which are only five of in the whole world”.

Niels started with the first series SOLE mini sneakers in three versions all currently available in limited edition in his webshop on www.nielsdejong.nu. More art of Niels de Jong can be found there!

- Orville –

I was hanging out with our friend Cas and we were driving downtown Jakarta. He introduced me to traditional Indonesian icecream called ‘Es Podeng’. Ingredients: sago pearls, bread, avocado and coconut milk. You can add jackfruit, chocolate sprinkles and roasted peanuts to it. One word: splendid.

Es Podeng is famous in Indonesia and you can find it on the streets, foodcourts or in restaurants. Try it.

Thanks Cas.

- Paul –

British/Dutch artist B.A.N.G recently dropped a bonus track for his album “Ice Cream For The Eskimo” and made this clean video in collaboration with Saucony Originals. B.A.N.G. is one of the artists we work with and that’s why we give him a big shout out for this video for wearing Saucony Originals.

- Maras –

Cafe Marzano: by far the best Italian restaurant I know in Bali so far. I recommend the pizzas, brucietta and my favorite….spaghetti aglio e olio. If you like it spicy order it just mild. That’s spicy enough I can tell you.

Cafe Marzano is located at Jalan Arjuna just 10 meters away from Warung Murah. It’s on the corner, you can’t miss it.

- Paul -

Work in progress…

We got some office space left. Interested? Contact sales@greenpaperboys.com.

- GPB –

Visit us this weekend at the Modefabriek in Amsterdam RAI. We’ll be selling some unique and NEW frames of Cassius Eyewear! See you there.

- Galton –

We’ve recently dropped a blog about our visit to our friends from IUTER/UPPERCUT in Milan. This Bread & Butter they will present their 2012 Fall/Winter collection. A little background info for those not familiar:

History

The IUTER Crue was born in the summer of 2001 as a group of friends whose wish was to make thier way into the italian snowboard scene. What began like a game (printing tees and hoodies in a small basement in Milan), within a year evolved into real business and Youth srl was set up. Through the years, IUTER became a one of a kind streetwear brand, gradually getting bigger and its fame growing stronger.

Philosophy

IUTER is all about quality and style: proud to be a 100% Made-In-Italy brand, IUTER strictly works with suppliers based near its headquarters in Milan, which all provide top-quality products in full respect of European regulations in terms of environmental protection and workers’ rights.
Thanks to the craftsmanship proper of the Italian tradition, as well as a meticulous process of research and development, IUTER focuses on the quality of fabrics, fitting and finish – launching new and innovative products with every collection.

Highlights

For its 10th year anniversary, IUTER presents a capsule collection featuring worldwide famous illustrators such as Usugrow, Marco Klefisch, Shohei and Giorgio Di Salvo – who’s also the art director for our Uppercut collection.
With the introduction of Uppercut, IUTER has had the chance to experiment with new trends in fashion, and bring these into streetwear.

A preview of the 2012 Fall/Winter collection

- Orville –