NOOKA Zub Zan 40

NOOKA ZUB ZAN40

New York fashion design brand, Nooka Inc. is allowing greater customization of its watches with the introduction of the Zub 40 line. Available in white, grey, neon green, neon blue, orange-pink, and black; this new line of watches will allow the user to personalize any of Nooka’s Zub 40’s with combinations of the many colored bands that the line will offer.

The Zub 40 also introduces a new buckle that folds into itself, getting rid of the extra length of the band, minimizing its profile for added comfort.

Unlike Nooka’s other watch faces which re-conceptualize how to tell time, the Zan offers a traditional analogue display. While simple, the Zan’s subtle innovations in form and feel compliment the Zub 40 bands to convey the Nooka philosophy for a wider appeal to a larger audience.

Nooka is available at all authorize retailers.

Karen Walker eyewear hits New York Fashion Week 2012

ISSEY MIYAKE eyewear

 

This first optical and sunglasses collection of ISSEY MIYAKE.  The eyewear collection is characterized by its simple yet radical, sharp, elegant and modern design.

An important research has been made to create an original and innovative hinge, signature of ISSEY MIYAKE eyewear, that has been made possible by the use of high technology.

The design concept of the eyewear collection is “STREAM”. It is the flow of ideas that starts from our volition to see things. The flow leads to the visual stimulation, the memory and visual perception we have of the world.  This flow also nourishes our lives, influences our decisions, determines our acts and feeds our imaginations. We are at the center of this flow, and interact with this dynamic movement.

The “STREAM” concept determines the design, especially that of the temples. The “STREAM” temple designs suggest the invisible interaction between our volition and imaginations, reflecting the interpretation of the strength of channelled airflow, the profile of a plane wing,, the fluidity of a curve or the aspiration of a vault.

The careful attention for lightness and aesthetic simplicity can be found in the way different materials are worked out : milled acetate is designed to accentuate the sensation of fluidity: stainless steel and milled acetate with the reversed tip end shape visually lengthen the silhouette of the side.

This new collection of sunglasses and ophthalmic frames is still inspired by the « stream » concept. It features the outstanding hinge, which technology is an Issey Miyake worldwide exclusivity.

This year, the models in the collection are mainly stainless steel _at-sheet styles in order to lighten the frame. The shapes are contemporary and edgy.

The women’s sunglasses feature hinges upgraded with a jewel-style decor that emphasizes the movement of the whole system, with translucid colors and gradient laminates of acetate.

The men’s sunglasses of “futuristic vintage” inspiration have a radical design line, of re_ned minimalism. They combine mineral tones brushed metal, and deep and intense acetates.

ISSEY MIYAKE eyewear is now available at selectively good optical and fashion boutiques only.

NOOKA App

NOOKA Inc. released it’s first iOS app. The NOOKA app will turn any iOS device into a NOOKA experience.

NOOKA’s patented graphical representations of time transcend the linguistics of math, creating a truly intuitive experience. Their already popular designs will be included with the addition of an innovative worldtime clock that makes time zones come alive, allowing the user to register the time throughout the world concurrently. An alarm, stopwatch and timer function are also available.

The free version includes the ‘yourtime’ mode which turns your iPhone into one of four Nooka interfaces, the ZenH, ZenV, Zot and/or Zirc with a fully customizable color scheme.

The full version ($0.99) includes ‘yourtime’ mode, a push-function alarm, stopwatch, push-function timer and an innovative ‘worldtime’ clock that makes time zones come alive—allowing the user to register the time throughout the world concurrently.

Not only you can have a Nooka watch on your wrist now, you can have it on your phone as well.   What are you waiting for?!?

TOM HARDY - the one to watch in 2012

We had featured some of the upcoming actors and actress that we love to see more in 2011.  From Tilda Swindon to Joseph Gordon Levitt..

For the start of 2012, we would like to highlight an actor that has the potential to make 2012 his year.

Here's -  Tom Hardy. 

Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in Bronson, Inception, Star Trek Nemesis, Warrior, RocknRolla and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Tom appeared as gay hoodlum "Handsome Bob" in the 'Guy Ritchie' film, RocknRolla,  In the film Bronson (2008), Hardy played the notorious "Charles Bronson" (given name, Michael Peterson), the "most violent prisoner in Britain". Bald, bulked-up, and outfitted with Bronson's signature strong-man moustache, Hardy is unrecognizable and gives a harrowing performance that is physically fearless and psychologically unsettling. Director Nicolas Winding Refn breaks down the fourth wall with Hardy retelling his tales directly to viewers as well as performing them outright before an audience of his own imagining. The performance mixes terrifying brutality, vaudevillian showmanship, wry humor, and an alarming amount of commitment, and won Hardy a British Independent Film Award for best actor.

He will portray the primary villain Bane in the upcoming film The Dark Knight Rises.  The 34-year-old was hand-picked by director Christopher Nolan to play the comic book villain, known for his shaved head and headwear which looks like a gas mask.  Tom said: “Bane’s mask is tight, actually. I got used to it, but you get used to anything really, in time.”  The actor has described the character as “brutal” and “heavy-handed”, but said that he had no problem separating himself from the role. 
“I didn’t get into a dark place at all. A lot of dark characters are easy to have distance from, it’s something I feel comfortable with, I suppose.”






















We are excited and cant wait to see more of Tom Hardy flexing his acting skills in 2012.