A few photos of Kicks shop and the Kicks crew :)

Exciting news!

Kicks Clothing and local Solvay sign shop: Solvay Sign

Solutions will be merging!!!! This means Kicks will now

have a small shop and store front!!!

RIT Designer: Scott Wilson

I was talking to Scott yesterday and he was telling me about

his new creation at Apple, the Nano watch! It is an awesome

product, and Scott has become a huge name in the design

world, its so cool cause he went to RIT and played

baseball! Check out more of Scott's work at: www.mnml.com

Follow KicksClothing @ Twitter !

KicksClothing is now on Twitter! Follow us!!

New Design Friend: Lauren Maggio!

Another RIT grad! Lauren is an Interior Designer

in Boston. Check out her blog at : http://laurenmaggiodesign.blogspot.com/

Kicks is throwing back a bit!

Kicks is turning back the clock with its hoodies, shades and snapback hats!

Check out more at Kicks by Paul Schoeneck on facebook and at Kicksclothing.com

Check out Moist Velvet!

Check out Moist Velvet on Blogspot!! Spence Wyatt out of RIT

and now at Reebok is doing some egg shaped illustrations of some

of his favorite characters, like this Storm Trooper, lookin reaalll fresh!

We Baccck!

New design posts to come soon!

Kicks Big Bands!

Kicks now has big band bracelets for sale: $3....

more and more legit!!! Thanks to all the young fans!

Lightning wear

Check out lightningwear and lacrossepinnies.com....this company

helped Kicks make it's first Lax pinnies and did a great job!

Sticker Mule

Check out Sticker Mule...they do a variety of stickers at

a decent price and great quality....They recently did my first

Kicks stickers!

Erin Wengrovius

I continue to enjoy shape, color and sharp graphics...Here is

a recent purchase I made from a fellow RIT grad Erin Wengrovius...

I enjoy her style, and am slowly building up my art collection, while

supporting local art...more or less my friends! Check out Erin's shop

on Etsy...search Grovius.

Flow Society Lacrosse

Recently inspired by an up and coming Lax brand Flow Society.

They do some crazy designs, that are loud and fun!! I have a pair

of the Syracuse Orange Blue and Orange shorts, I really enjoy them!!

Check out the brand....Google: Flow Society

Design 4 Dogs

Check out Design 4 Dogs by Cassie Miller. Cassie started her own

business making custom print dog leases, accessories and treats!

Cassie is an RIT Industrial Design grad!!! Have a look at Design4Dogs.com

Kicks clothing sunglasses!!

Nostalgic Graphic Tees by Elizabeth Horton

Some really cool profile shirts you can find on ETSY...for only 20$.

They are simple and seem very fun for kids!

Alex Pardee and Kid robot

A really cool collaboration between illustrator Alex Pardee

and company Kid robot. Check it out!!

http://eyesuckink.blogspot.com/2011/06/kidrobot-x-alex-pardee-x-cosmopolitan-x.html

A few shots from latest Kicks clothing photo shoot: Camo

A few of my favorite shots from the Kicks Clothing Camo

Baseball and Lax photo shoot with Ashley Brazeal photography!

TY Theory

So I was reading a post on some of the most successful/

profitable start up brands. TY Beanie Babies was

one company on the list. TY Warner, the owner of the company, had

some brilliant market strategies, some of which sort of relate

to myself and my Kicks clothing line (however I wasn't

thinking about these at the time and now it kinda makes

sense).

The TY brand for the most part was never sold in large toy stores...

Prices remained reasonable, but you had to search to

find them....which resulted in a mad craze to find them,

and willingness to pay good money for them...Similar to

myself, where I really have not advertised a ton, but

have slowly and secretly got the brand out there, and

now more than ever, people want Kicks....

TY also limited some designs, making them rare and,

thus more desirable....Similar to Kicks, which advertises

one of a kind custom logos and graphics.

You look more and more these days and companies

are pushing custom products...you will pay more

of course, but people will because they want to have

their very own "personalized" items...that no one else has.

This a sort of what's happened with Kicks, which was the

goal all along....to provide people with a fresh brand

and allow them to become their own logo and get

what they want. It's amazing, people will

keep coming, and I will continue to give them what they

want (within reason haha). And the best part

is, what they want is what I REALLY enjoy doing!

Miranda Green (Combs)

A continued favorite! Miranda started her own crafting design
business no more than a year ago, and continues to delight!
Miranda went to college with myself at RIT (2008). She now
resides in North Carolina, where she is about to have a baby!

She does a fair amount of sales on etsy, so check out Desicra!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/desicra

RIT: By Design

I continue to be proud of my RIT Alma mater...I recently
read an article in the RIT University news magazine on
the growing interest and excellence of RIT's industrial
design department. The article talks about a few
designers including my friend (lived next to me
my freshman year) Dan Bolinksi....Dan is an excellent
illustrator and apparel designer....He worked for Reebok
and now will be working for Nike. RIT's ID program has
grown in large strides ever since I left the program in 2008.
In the article it states, the program continues to get
even more competitive...taking around 45 students from
a applicable field of around 180! Im proud to be a graduate!

Have a read of the article!

http://www.rit.edu/news/magazine_story.php?id=48230

Art runs in the family.

I recently became connected to a kid named
Chris Lizzi. He is a Syracuse musician that
has moved down to Virgina to spread his
music. I came upon his cd last spring....I
bought it at a Wegmans, where Chris had
worked and got 10 area stores to carry
the cd; where some of the proceeds went
to the Hillside program. I instantly loved
the music and contacted Chris about doing
shirts with him.

Long story short its been a year, and Chris
is doing well, and we are slowly working some
shirt designs to the public.

I think over anything I have enjoyed
getting to know Chris, his family and
friends. His mother Debbie is a talented
shell designer, making awesome center
pieces and ornaments. The family is
blessed with talent!

Check out Chris at: http://www.chrislizzi.com

Check out Debbie's work at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amelias-Treasure-Chest/341168213273

New Post. No pictures.

I recently read a post by a fellow
friend and designer (Micah Rich).
In the post he talked about his
works with his web company, creating
aps and customer interaction. He
is doing well, yet he noticed
a fair amount of his customers are
taking advantage of his company's
"free" website opportunities. He
debated on whether he as a designer
should value those kind of customers
versus the big spenders. He concluded
that all customers, no matter ones using
him for free or paying, is a valued customer.

I agree with Micah, like himself my
Kicks clothing business is fairly
small with a growing clientele. But,
no matter if the order is 3 shirts
or 50 each customer deserves the
same great service. That's how good
business grows....good relationships.
People who had a great experience will
come back and tell others. And soon
your small business is now a solid
company...makes sense right...not
always easy to do but its a risk...
a gamble that good people will carry
you....And they will.

Inspiration. Cuse'

Nike has used Syracuse as one of it's big schools
to show off new styles and techniques in uniforms,
particularly in Basketball and lacrosse. I really enjoy
what they did for the Lax uniforms a year or so ago,
putting logos in the lower section.

They have since gone away with it, or it seems like they have.
And currently they look to be using the "old" stlye
uniforms and colors. But Nike can afford to take risks,
so you always have to look at what they are doing.

I am big into logos: Here are a few favorites

Lake County Captains Baseball logo
Grenade brand for snowboarding
Skullcandy Music
Paul Jr. Motorcycles and Design
Peterbilt trucks
Oregon Ducks (college)
Oakley Lifestyle
Famous Star
Etnies
Dishaw Guitars
Jordan Jumpman