Hi all.
My name is Lee and I was born and bred in Perth Western Australia. I am 33 and I have a problem. I'm about a 1 pair a week addict and after about 2 and a half years of collecting I have about 125 pairs of sneakers, with more currently in transit. I am a graphic designer and also the Graphic Design Coordinator at Curtin University of Technology. I have used my love for sneakers quite a bit over the last couple of years, while teaching colour theory I systematically worked my way through the colour spectrum over 12 weeks, much to the students delight when they caught on about 7 weeks in. I have also run a number of briefs with my final year graphics students, including: thematically designing custom superstars and accompanying merchandise (I have seen some great designs come from this) and most recently I had this years group design the identity, signage, layout and promotional material for a sneaker boutique.
Perth is in a slightly different timezone, in that we are about 5 to 10 years behind the rest of the world in many stakes. Perth is the most geographically isolated capital city in the world. Its major source of income is its mining industry and it is because of these facts that I am considered somewhat strange for my obsession, even the Head of the Fashion Department, where I work, looks at me with those judging eyes. My fiance thinks it is great to show her friends my clothes and sneaker room as though I am some kind of circus freak.
I have one whole room of the house which is dedicated to my wardrobe, with shelving display units for all of my sneakers and an array clothes horses. A number of years back I gave up a much more hazardous addiction for this one and as such I am easily able to self justify. I currently have over 300 T-shirts - about 50 of which are Adidas, about 100 jackets - about 40 Adidas, 125 pairs of kicks - about 110 Adidas, about 90 shelltoes. All of these are arranged throughout the room by colour.This allows for maximum efficiency when getting dressed in the morning - one simply chooses their shoes for the day and then goes to the corresponding colour on the T-shirt racks and then the jacket racks.
As someone diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder I feel I have turned my addictive personality down an acceptable path. I have attached a pic showing which Adidas I currently have (green dots) and those I would like (pink dots).
Well that's probably enough of a rant for now, so in concluding I would just like to say Hi to all.
My name is Lee and I was born and bred in Perth Western Australia. I am 33 and I have a problem. I'm about a 1 pair a week addict and after about 2 and a half years of collecting I have about 125 pairs of sneakers, with more currently in transit. I am a graphic designer and also the Graphic Design Coordinator at Curtin University of Technology. I have used my love for sneakers quite a bit over the last couple of years, while teaching colour theory I systematically worked my way through the colour spectrum over 12 weeks, much to the students delight when they caught on about 7 weeks in. I have also run a number of briefs with my final year graphics students, including: thematically designing custom superstars and accompanying merchandise (I have seen some great designs come from this) and most recently I had this years group design the identity, signage, layout and promotional material for a sneaker boutique.
Perth is in a slightly different timezone, in that we are about 5 to 10 years behind the rest of the world in many stakes. Perth is the most geographically isolated capital city in the world. Its major source of income is its mining industry and it is because of these facts that I am considered somewhat strange for my obsession, even the Head of the Fashion Department, where I work, looks at me with those judging eyes. My fiance thinks it is great to show her friends my clothes and sneaker room as though I am some kind of circus freak.
I have one whole room of the house which is dedicated to my wardrobe, with shelving display units for all of my sneakers and an array clothes horses. A number of years back I gave up a much more hazardous addiction for this one and as such I am easily able to self justify. I currently have over 300 T-shirts - about 50 of which are Adidas, about 100 jackets - about 40 Adidas, 125 pairs of kicks - about 110 Adidas, about 90 shelltoes. All of these are arranged throughout the room by colour.This allows for maximum efficiency when getting dressed in the morning - one simply chooses their shoes for the day and then goes to the corresponding colour on the T-shirt racks and then the jacket racks.
As someone diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder I feel I have turned my addictive personality down an acceptable path. I have attached a pic showing which Adidas I currently have (green dots) and those I would like (pink dots).
Well that's probably enough of a rant for now, so in concluding I would just like to say Hi to all.
