So Jamie O'Shea from (former) Juxtapose Magazine / (current) Supertouch fame invited me up to the Nike Campus in Portland Oregon to be exposed to Nike culture and other things I can't discuss in detail. Jamie and I then met with Nike President Mark Parker... chatted for about 45 minutes and showed him my work/process. We talked about an array of things... including the co-lab between Nike and Marc Newson... the Nike Zvezdochka, an edition of 140 pairs of shoes, inspired by looking at pictures of astronauts who jumped with special socks on the walls of their space ships for exercise. The name Zvezdochka was inspired by the fifth Russian dog in space. Anyway... Fedex buzzed by the studio today with a package from Mark Parker. He sent me a pair of the shoes (black shells), and 8 pairs of colored replacement socks. Hooked up ! See you in outer space !