Last month, the FunkKit team took a trip to Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Gifts and Premium Fair, to exhibit our Stickers for Sneakers. We set up a booth among hundreds of other exhibitors and met people from all around the world who were looking for new fun and exciting products to bring back to their countries. Since FunkKit is the first company to produce Stickers for Sneakers, we attracted a good deal of attention from visitors and got a lot of compliments for the creative, unique concept idea for shoe customization.
We received interest from many retailers from Australia, New York, South America, Japan, Hong Kong, and Europe who loved the idea of Stickers for Sneakers.

All in all, FunkKit was very well received in Hong Kong! And we got some time to tour around the city after the show, which was an extra fun perk.

Our Taiwanese counterpart, Obien EZ Stickers, also attended a trade show — Taiwan’s largest and best B2B gifts and stationery purchasing exhibition, “Giftionery Taipei 2012 – Taipei Int’l Gift & Stationery Show 2012″. To find out where in Taiwan you can buy their products, or just to see some really cool and unique ways to use Stickers for Sneakers, visit their website at www.obien.shop.conn.tw.

Even the “New York 17″ T-shirt (photo on the left) has been customized with our stickers, a combination of Dorit Maya Gur’s Comic design and Elina Fraerman’s Origami design.

Shaun Palmer is a professional American snowboarder, skier, mountain biker, and motocross rider, and loves all kinds of extreme sports. He is so well known that PlayStation 2 even developed a Shaun Palmer Pro Snowboarder game! Palmer and Chiyoda Co., have teamed up to launch a number of shoe collections since their first collaboration ten years ago.

Now, FunkKit is joining this collaboration and together offering a special edition of stickers for sneakers all designed by Chase, a freelance artist currently living in L.A. Chase creates colourful artwork that can brighten your day. Past clients of Chase include Adidas and Puma, so he is no stranger to creating shoe-related art, and we love what we see. Great job!

See more photos of the creative designed shoes at: http://s-palmer.chiyodagroup.net

However, the photo below does show a real FunkKit sticker. We received this photo from a big facebook fan. Her friend Tuti bought the Sky Blue pattern, then cut it out to look like the facebook logo and then gave it to her friend as a gift. We think it looks great!

Stickers for Sneakers Taiwan – “EZ-Sticker” – has been having lots of fun lately, making tutorial videos. They don’t just customize their shoes, they stick FunkKit Stickers on laptops, phones, and anything else they can find with a clean surface! Check it out

Taiwan takes “Do It Yourself” projects very seriously- this tutorial on book decorating looks complicated but it definitely adds pizzazz to an otherwise regular notebook, and it makes good use of the extra Stickers4Sneakers scraps you might have left over, after cutting them up for your shoes:

They also had some cute ideas for using Stickers4Sneakers with kids’ shoes. Aren’t these little sneakers adorable?

Here are some other Tutorials they put together:

We can’t wait to see what they come up with next!

We rely on you! And to show you our appreciation we will reward you with a voucher giving you 45% off on all available designs from our online gallery.

It’s really simple, just go to FunkKit’s Facebook fan page at:
www.facebook.com/FunkKit.StickersForSneakers
Click “Like” (if you haven’t yet done so), invite 5 additional friends, and email us their names via the contact page. Following that you’ll get an email with your voucher code.

Thank you for your support and friendship.

** Deadline 3.3.12

FunkKit Workshops
The collaboration with comic and illustration artists such as Dorit Maya Gur, Dan Allon and Matan Liberman have led us to also create FunkKit Workshops for kids ages 7-16. The kids’ creations were amazing; they came up with many new combinations and added their personal touch by drawing with permanent markers on the stickers themselves. The best part was that the kids’ parents were into designing their own shoes, just like their kids.

Designer Community
As you know, FunkKit is more than just Stickers for Sneakers, we provides an opportunity for designers to showcase their artwork.
In April, we started a project with design students in various art, fashion and design institutes. We invited them to create inspirational designs and get involved with FunkKit’s online platform. We had FunkKit’s first designers’ contest and received over 100 designs from designers all over the world. The highlights are currently presented at our online gallery. To read more about our collaboration with Ort Harmalin, click here.

On a personal note, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all the talented designers who joined our community, we are incredibly grateful for the support each one of you showed. We don’t take you for granted, and we’re honored to collaborate and share such a close and friendly working relationship with so many of you.

FunkKit going social
2011 also brought a few important marketing and promotion milestones.
We were honored to get attention from major media publications worldwide.
You’re invited to take a look at some of the selected publications posted online and in printed magazines. Click here to view.
Of course, you are also invited to join our English speakers Facebook Fan Group to stay in touch.

Sneak Peek
And a bit from behind the scenes, the FunkKit team has been “Busy, Busy, Busy” in tradeshows in Germany, Hong Kong, USA, China and Japan. Meeting thousands of consumers and exhibitors, speaking with hundreds of people a day and hearing “FunkKit – Stickers for Sneakers” in all pronunciations We have seized some of this magic on video; we’ll soon share it with y’all.

We have recently also introduced FunkKit – Pre Cut Stickers for Sneakers and received advice and feedback from the community and clients.

Just before the countdown starts we would like to say once again, thank you to all of you! You have been a great help and support, and we rely on you to let us know exactly what you want, what you like and what you don’t like.
Feel free to contact us with any idea, feedback, or collaboration, or just to say “Hi”.
You can find us on Facebook or use the contact page.

There’s much more good stuff to come in 2012.
Happy new year to all!

About.com Sneakers – A part of The New York Times Company.
Thank you Suzy Martin! Suzy is an extensive writer, a well-established style influencer in today’s global street culture, and like us, an avid sneaker collector.
Click here to see Suzy’s post.

Yedioth Ahronoth
Yedioth Ahronoth is Israel’s most widely read daily newspaper.
Thank you Maayan Yani for your interest in FunkKit. We greatly appreciate your support.
Click on photo to see in large.

Japan’s Newspaper and Magazine
Yomiuri Newspaper and Shougaku Yonensei Magazine. Colorful, creative and fun! This is what FunkKit is all about!

FunkKit – Stickers for Sneakers are creative and fun, useful and unique, and with a bit of help from Mom and Dad it can suit all children from all ages. It’s cool and trendy and the best part is it’s totally personalized. Your kids can combine designs, cut shapes or use our pre-cut designs, draw or write text on the stickers themselves or even design their left shoe different from their right.

With FunkKit everyone can go creative and make their personal style come alive. FunkKit suits not only young kids, but also adults.
You can order fast and conveniently online. You may also order gift certificates.

Check out the great range of designs at our online gallery

New to FunkKit?
FunkKit – stickers for sneakers are decal skin-like stickers madeof unique high end material which is thin, flexible, durable and most importantly removable. FunkKit – stickers for sneakers can be applied to plastic or leather shoes; high, low, casual, sporty or any other trendy shoes. With FunkKit it is quick and easy to customize your shoes. For more information visit our Frequently Asked Questions section.

What are FunkKit – Stickers for Sneakers made of?
FunkKit’s Stickers for Sneakers are made of unique high end stickers allowing you to design your shoe differently each time, and most importantly the stickers are removable.

Can I remove FunkKit’s stickers for sneakers?
Of course! As previously mentioned, FunkKit Stickers for Sneakers are removable. You can change the design every week, day, or hour! Simply peel of the designed sticker just like any other sticker.

What would be the best material to apply FunkKit stickers for sneakers onto?
The stickers are best applied on plastic or leather shoes, both light and dark. Suede and wool surfaces won’t work as well. For best results, we recommend the time of use to be a week up to one month, depending on use and environment.

How long will it take to customize sneakers with the Full Design Stickers?
It can take anywhere between 3 – 15 minutes depending on the size and amount of material used. You are invited to check out our step-by-step tutorial video.

How can I keep the stickers looking good on my sneakers?
The concept behind FunkKit Stickers for Sneakers is the ability to change and customize your shoe each time again, unlike other permanent solutions. It’s important to note that the sneakers should not be put in the washing machine with the stickers on. If you want to clean the stickers you can use water and a clean cloth, sponge or paper towel. The stickers are water-resistant; however, soap and solvents can damage the printing.

We’re here to assist and offer you all the help and support you need.
You are welcome to contact us with any additional questions or review our FAQ section at www.funkkit.com/faq.html.

We customize our laptops, cell phones, and iPods, so why not customize your shoes?