The Retrospective

What started out in 2003 as a documentary by three young filmmakers from Southern California has evolved into much more than a film meant to raise awareness of the tragedies occurring in Central Africa. Non-profit organization Invisible Children has made it their mission to end the use of child soldiers in Uganda and to build [...]

It’s been a jet set weekend for The Retrospective’s staff. While our Editor in Chief headed back to Spain, I spent the past 48 hours hopping from coast to coast. During my time in New York City, I caught up with Heron Preston, Larry Ossei-Mensah of My Global Hustle, Jesse Poe of DMDxd, Johanna Beyanbach [...]

The new year calls for resolutions, restoration, and revamping, but before we get to that point, The Retrospective staff has taken a jaunt down memory lane to reminisce about the highlights of 2009. There’s no better time of year to be retrospective, so take a look at our list–as eclectic as our staff members–and get [...]

Being as it’s a holiday for a vast part of the Western world, we’re taking the day off from prowling for cool. From all of us at The Retrospective, felices fiestas, joyeuses fêtes, Ii holide ezimnandi, buone feste, and happy holidays, yo. We’ll be back with more good stuff soon!

If you have visited or stopped by in the last couple of months you’ve certainly noticed that we have been very mute. We’ve used the last few months to evaluate how we do what we do and even if we were the right people to do it. Hell, our absence even prompted bids to buy [...]

Until recently I had never heard the term sneakerhead, nor to my knowledge had I met one. Over three hours with Harley Carrara, owner of Mass Appeal Skateboard Shop in Plainville, Connecticut, and three Nike Design Customization Experts at Westfarms Mall’s Nike iD Studio, I learned that though I hadn’t realized it, the mythic sneakerhead [...]

It’s been a red letter week for The Retrospective. Pieces on Fred Flare and fashion firm Dolan Group broke through to the cool-o-sphere known as Notcot while Picocool picked up our first ever bilingual feature on Barcelona, Spain designers Alan The Gallant. We’re excited to be spreading the gospel of new, hip and happening to [...]

We kind of dropped the ball on our story for today, lame we know. So until we get everything sorted out, please enjoy some sweet sweet elevator music and some great topics popping up our radar this week. Got something you think we should check out? Drop us a comment! Put us in the know, [...]

In the world we live in your brand, company, and product are under such scrutiny in so many ways that most companies can’t even begin to fathom the repercussions of their actions.

Sometimes the big apple beckons, and some of the staffers at The Retrospective answer the call. Thursday, found Jason, Alicia and I all in NYC taking in the temperate weather and of course all the sights and sounds. We all met up late Thursday evening at Blue Ginger for some delicious sushi. The restaurant has some [...]