Palace X Umbro

VISUAL CANDY. I'm busy celebrating easter so it's going to be a lazy post today, in others words: nothing brand new to treat you with.
With that said, this is my favorite collaboration from last year, and, admittedly, one of my all-time-favorite collabos.
The 90's inspired, casual football fan collection Palace Skateboards did for football brand Umbro just does it for me. Everything from the product design to the fantastic video marketing the collections is spot on.

I read "The Football Factory" long ago and really liked the rough vibe of the book. I'm not all that keen on the movie with the same name – it doesn't capture the feel of the book.
If I had it my way, they would film a re-make, with the guys behind this video producing and directing.
A smash hit for sure!
You're well advised to check out more of Palace's videos, top stuff!

Read a bit about how this collabo came to be, here.

Bear House

VISUAL CANDY. I like Bearbricks as much as the next guy and have a small collection going on at home. Every time I buy clothes or other stuff from a store that carries Bearbricks I get a few packs as well. Recently I've been thinking about getting something fancy for my collection – like a display stand.

But not even in my wildest dreams would I've come up with what this thai family did for their collection. Their entire house is built to show off their precious Bearbricks. Don't know if I would wanna live there, but it would be a really cool place to visit!

Bearbricks are produced by japanese toy company Medicom. The Thai house is designed by Onion and you can check out the whole bear house feature here.