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237 Cataract Surgeries for IWISHUSUN | Nike Donation

iwishusun — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:52:37 +0000

Nike supports IWISHUSUN! The sportswear brand used the occasion of this year’s Solemart – Germany’s biggest sneaker event where private buyers and sneaker fans are invited to buy selected pairs from numerous brands – to do good once again.

True to IWISHUSUN’s motto “It’s good for you and good for others”, Nike donated the entire profits of the sales to the charity label. The entire sum has been handed over to our partner ORBIS International: with this money the non-profit organisation will be able to finance 237 cataract operations in the Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute in Bangladesh which will be supported directly.

39 million people worldwide suffer from blindness. Thanks to support from Nike and all the buyers, there will be 237 less now!

Many thanks to Nike for their generous support!

Press Update: eCODE

iwishusun — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:27:35 +0000

For our German-speaking supporters: the blog eCODE, which focuses on eco and lovingly selected lifestyle products and fashion, featured IWISHUSUN. Above you find a selection of their favourite IWISHUSUN products and make sure you don’t miss to read their nice introduction to our concept. Thank you, Viola!

Press Update: Men’s Health Spring/Summer 2014

iwishusun — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:19:17 +0000

Men’s Health Germany featured our logo shirt in their current spring/summer issue. Thank you!

Get your own T-shirt here & thereby finance a pair of glasses for a school child in Bangladesh through the “National Childhood Blindness Project (NCBP)” with ORBIS International.

Press Update: LOVED Magazine

iwishusun — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:24:43 +0000

Our logo shirt works for men and women – and also for children! Dear Ava Carstens and LOVED Magazine featured our shirt as part of their Kids Issue and we love the result.

Become a supporter too and finance a pair of glasses for a schoolchild in Bangladesh with every logo T-shirt sold online. Choose between our five coloured versions of the IWISHUSUN logo eternalized on the back of the T-shirts or our logo in white lettering on a circle on the front of the tee here.

photographer: Daniel Schröder
production: Ava Carstens
styling: Pascal Hildinger, Ava Carstens and the kids
grooming: Daniel Schröder
models: Milla Steinke, Lou da Costa Henriques
postproduction: Primate Postproduction

Exhibition: Marco Pho Grassi [PLÙ-RI-MO]

iwishusun — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:02:48 +0000

Introduced to you through our interview, from Saturday on our friend and Milan-based artist Marco “Pho” Grassi will show his latest works at Circle Culture Gallery Hamburg (read his interview with IWISHUSUN here). The solo show which is titled [Plù-ri-mo] will overview his most recent artistic research by displaying a selection of multiple materials (“Walls”), ceramics, works on paper (“Monotypes”), as well as his new “Rayographies” – even though he variegates materials, concepts and techniques, at the second glance all seem to be connected with each other and keep a coherent aesthetic. No matter what media Grassi has chosen, the used material enters into a direct dialogue with its medium provided.

The “Walls” series which Grassi started in 2012 is composed of found objects and detritus from urban public spaces that he utilises as a subsurface for his strong and expressive abstract paintings. The artist also presents a new series of ceramics which were crafted in collaboration with the famous crocker Marco Tortarolo in 2013. As with ceramics, the “Monotypes” paper works – also part of the exhibition - emphasize the intrinsic need of the artist to commence a dialogue with different materials. Furthermore, Grassi introduces two selected “Rayographies” of his most recent project called “Le Grand Verre” that were produced in collaboration with the artist Matteo Bologna.

If you are in Hamburg, make sure you don’t miss the show! Check out a preview of his exhibited works here.

Behind The Scenes: Robot Koch at work

iwishusun — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:51:20 +0000

A few weeks ago we presented our first creative partner project and our first short film, the result of a cooperation between Berlin-based composer and music producer Robot Koch and the photographer Sabrina Theissen. For “In a Creative Dialogue – Robot Koch x Sabrina Theissen for IWISHUSUN” our ambassadors got together to take a look at the topic of sight, which IWISHUSUN has dedicated its work to. These photos shown below and above document Robot Koch’s working process.

The process and the thoughts of the two IWISHUSUN ambassadors are documented in intense imagery in Editude Pictures’ short film, “In a Creative Dialogue – Robot Koch x Sabrina Theissen for IWISHUSUN”:

“The Lost, The Determined, The Dreamer” | Three short stories by Jonas Lindström

iwishusun — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:36:47 +0000

Berlin-based photographer and director Jonas Lindström who shot our Sabrina Dehoff x IWISHUSUN collaboration necklace just premiered the first two chapters of his new series “The Lost, The Determined, The Dreamer.” Directed exclusively for NOWNESS, our talented friend tells the story of three men in three chapters: “The films were loosely inspired by ‘Mystery Train’ by Jim Jarmusch. I thought of it as a triptych: three men, three tales. The hotel is a place that somehow exists out of space and time, a micro-cosmos to these stories and many more. I really like the strangeness of it.” Learn more about Jonas Lindström who frequently contributes to various magazines such as Interview, Wallpaper, Modern Matter, Costume National and HUSK here.

Part One is ”The Lost”, starring the Brit School alumni Nathan Stewart-Jarrett who gets lost in a baroque London hotel:

The second chapter of “The Lost, The Determined, The Dreamer” stars Scottish designer Cathal MacAteer who is “The Determined”. The founder of functional, detail-driven British label Folk remembers of the shoot: “I spent a long time in the shower; in the end, it flooded the downstairs of the hotel.”

Chapter Three of NOWNESS’ “Neo-Noir Menswear Trilogy,” with Thomas Shickle premieres next Tuesday, January 28.

Into The Wild: Marco Pho Grassi, Swiss, S.Bernardino,1,640m above sea level

iwishusun — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:30:38 +0000

Thank you for this nice photo, Marco Pho Grassi. You are your jacket are a perfect match!

We don’t mind the cold because our ultralight down jackets keep us warm! Check out our down jackets that will keep you warm and at the same finance a cataract operation in Bangladesh with every jacket sold. Shop them here.

Also, don’t miss to check out Marco’s interview with IWISHUSUN here.

Photo: Marco Pho Grassi.

Update: Interview with Streetwear Today Magazine

iwishusun — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:01:27 +0000

The German magazine for and about street culture and everything related, Streetwear Today met our co-founder Cathy Boom for an interview. Thank you, dear Erik Hüsken!

Who’s wearing IWISHUSUN: Toowee Kao

iwishusun — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:26:16 +0000

Look who is wearing our logo T-shirt: our friend and owner & director of Soze Gallery, Toowee Kao.

Toowee Kao is a gallerist and private art dealer who represents two of our ambassadors at her Los Angeles-based Soze Gallery: Jaybo Monk and Augustine Kofie. But also for all the other young contemporary artists who are entrusted in her care Toowee Kao is an essential supporter since she is not only a natural talent when it comes to art business but also aims to make being an artist a little less hard in every way and offers an artist residency in downtown Los Angeles for Sozes Gallery’s international artists. In short: Toowee Kao has got her eyes on the future of art and never stops impressing us with her power; she supports young contemporary artists in their creative pursuit of success and happiness.

Read her interview with IWISHUSUN here.

Photo: Soze Gallery via Instagram.