Laidback X AT Meetup

What a great time was had at the Apartment Therapy meetup. The presenters were great including myself reppin Laidback. I really enjoyed talking about our new looks and the inspiration behind it all. Great feedback from the group. Everyone loved the product and fed off my energy. AT will be posting more on the event in the coming week.

Laidback X Design on Dime Fundraiser

Over the course of the BK Designs weekend I had the opportunity to meet someone from Nathan Egan Interiors. The company is participating in the Design on a Dime Fundraiser that benefits people with HIV. The designers are using several Laidback designs to create the vignette as well as sell to raise money for the event. I am excited and proud to be down! Check back later for picts from the event. I will be attending the Fundraiser and then rushing over to celebrate my girl Najwa Moses' birthday tonight over at Lotus.

Brooklyn Designs Recap

Brooklyn Designs is over and now is the real time to assess the success of the show. We met a ton of cool people and found that there is quite an interest in having something funky and fun to spice up the home. I am still fielding requests and comments from many show goers from the weekend. So shout out to you all, and know that Laidback Hearts the BK!!! Many thanks to Apartment Therapy and Gen Art for shouting us out as what was poppin at Brooklyn Designs.

I also want to shout out David from the Future Perfect and A&G Merch for stopping by the Laidback Booth and adding us to the family. Laidback will be available at A& G Merch very soon (like next week). I am extremely excited because I have been a fan of The Future Perfect for a while now and became ecstatic when A& G Merch opened with more affordable designs. So it is truly exciting that Laidback will become a part of their great style.

Weekend Recap Rapathon

Well in between exhibiting at the Brooklyn Designs Show, Laidback created a lounge area at 1:30am Sunday morning for the Rapathon. We brought a new style specifically designed for the event, the 22" signature lounger. I did stay awhile and check out the rappers, there were a few notable poets, and the usual casualties of course. But hey whatever works to create the Hip Hop Cultural Center works for me and I am glad that we played a role. Check out some of the pictures from the night (early morn). I also caught a few pictures of some of the Old School party flyers from the exhibit.

4 Days to Showtime

This is a very busy week for Laidback. We are sponsoring an event happening at City College today, that is supposed to support Anti- Counterfeiting fashion. So they asked me to participate and I gave them a denim "Ol Play" and white "She Rocks" pillows for the giveaway. Unfortunately I will not be able to be at the event, so I am wishing them the best of luck.
I have 4 days left until showtime (BK Design and Rapathon)and plenty to get done. However the new promotional buttons are in. Check them out.

Laidback X Rapathon

I was extrememly excited about the Rapathon and wanted to know how Laidback could get down. Well we will be down. We are working it out so that we can hit some of the sleepy headz who are trying to make the record of an ongoing 24 hr rap a lil cozy as they snooze throughout the night.

H is in the House (in the Moma)

Helvetica the most widely recognized font in the world and it is turning 50 this year. The Moma has an exhibit going on that chronicles the life of this popular font. Think of the letters on the subway map, they are rocking Helvetica. For those of you who still have no clue what I am talking about, a font is the style of type that you use when you are on a computer. Unfortunately I am not using Helvetica because it is not an option in Blogger. I plan on taking my computer geek behind to check it out, it is running now until March 31, 2008.

Japanese Design

There is a great exhibit going on at the AIGA National Design Center called Suupa Pop: Package Design from Japan. The exhibit will be there until May 25. I definitely have to find the time to check it out. I am longing to go to Japan and I am totally in love with their graphics and use of color, and texture play in fashion and design. It has influenced alot of the my designs over the years. Andrea from Fly posted a tease of picts that will have any design lover feening to check it out. See ya there!

Laidback in London (one day)

Well we have not made it to London yet, but it seems like so much is going on out there and the Laidback culture needs to represent in those parts. Adornment London is this weekend and according to their myspace page this is what they are about..

ADORNMENT LONDON was the first exhibition of its scale in Europe to showcase the African-inspired creative, cultural and ethical sector - in particular, fashion and design, art, craft, hair & beauty & alternative well-being. ADORNMENT LONDON is a dynamic response to the needs of Black cultural and creative entrepreneurs and the consumers of their products and services.

Carol's Daughter will be representing for the NY over there this year. I will definitely get the scoop from Lisa Price upon her return. She is definitely one of the people that have hustled and garnered my awe and respect for her grind.

Laidback X Musiq Soulchild

Good music is essential to the very core of the laidback lifestyle and one of our favorites is Musiq Soulchild. I had the pleasure of outfitting the Music Soulchild VIP room yesterday for the House of Couvosier sponsored Musiq concert. It was a dope experience. Musiq was fire! The crowd was grown and sexy, Biz Markie was spinning, Big Tigger hosting, and Laidback rocking the VIP. The crowd was crazy trying to get in but thank God for VIP treatment, my new friend Renae from Crush Media was creating the ambiance and contacted me about using the pillows. They rocked the VIP with Ol' Play pillows in orange and dew, a camo chill pillow and a denim joint. It was great, you know the product is hot when people are trying to high tail it out of VIP with big-a$$ pillows in tow. It was great, Laidback received mad luv and plenty of connects. Great collabo, great night! Yes I did hit Musiq off with an Ol' Play joint of his own.

Brooklyn Design

Brooklyn has made a big foray into the design scene in the past 3-4 years. It is a mecca of great contemporary art, artists, independent shops, and designers. I am in the midst of looking for a spot in BK to become a part of the movement. I am well on my way because Laidback was just selected to be a part of BKLYN Designs. We will be in the Design Mart of the show, showing off some of the familiar favorites like Ol' Play and She Rocks as well as some crazy behind new joints that will blow the roof of your crib. So mark your calendars for May 11-13 to check us out at Brooklyn Designs Annex, 81 Front Street.