These short art films are often beautifully made, and here director Danielle Levitt does a nice job of emoting the inchoate ambiance of being in Japanese motorcycle modifier Shinya Kimura’s workspace. But sometimes it feels like a tease, and you desperately want to get a longer format version where you can actually sink your teeth […]

Having just come onto the scene last August, Los Angeles-based label U.SSKB now teams up with customization master and fellow Angeleno Dr. Romanelli for their latest release. After debuting their inaugural footwear collection with Mark McNairy, for 2013 the label now offers a series of six vintage 1940s pea coats restyled with zippers, hand chain stitching and […]

We’ve covered a bunch of American motorcycle customizer Roland Sands work before, including output like his Harley Davidson Café Sportster, and the Retro Custom 500 Helmets he made for Bell. His latest bike, the ‘Race-ster’, is notable because it’s the first time Sands is building a Harley with a fairing on it. The Race-ster lives […]

The highly reliable mastermind JAPAN here collaborates with Converse Japan on a highly customized version of Converse’s Jack Purcell Hi Zip silhouette. Of course as it is mastermind Japan expect an all black colorway with copious skull and crossbones — a logo we see repeated on zipper tags, tongue and heel. The sneaker also features […]

What better way to recycle an old pair of sneakers than to customize them yourself. The JGoods Sneaker Customization Kit is a a box that contains everything you need to nurture your artistic skills and create a one-of-a-kind pair of kicks. The box includes 5 jars of waterproof leather paint, empty mixing jar, brushes, wipes […]

The Pentax Optio NB1000 is a traditional 14 megapixel point-and-shoot digital camera, with the small adaptation that it features a front Lego-style surface that uses “nanoblocks” made by the Japanese company Diablock. You therefore can customize it however you see fit — like a Lego portrait of Terry Richardson, or a tiny Jeremy Scott sculpture, […]

French retro helmet designer Les Atelier Ruby have long sold their helmets at Parisian boutique colette, but they have now premiered a new helmet project called “Costume“. Customize your very own helmet among 4,000 combinations, centered around their famous blue “colette” design. Seems like a good idea — most of their editions have been penned […]

Swedish scooter manufacturer DinScooter has thrown their brand into the growing bicycle market with their Bike By Me, and in a moment of ingenuity allowed you to play the role of lead designer. Customize everything from the frame, tires, seat, rims and handlebars — even seat posts and chains are open for interpretation. The 20-pound […]