John Maeda, the President of The Rhode Island School of Design, recently partnered up with Canton, Massachusetts company Reebok to design two limited versions of the brand’s iconic Freestyle model. The professor borrowed from his diverse to background, crafting the double-strapped aerobic shoe in black/pink/white and white/purple/black/multicolored. The end result is dubious at best; the Emoretion (the pink jawn) is distinguished by a disgusting fade pattern and block-lettered words of inspiration that mark up the heel. (See “brilliant” and “visionary” after the jump.) The multi-colored product, well, that’s just a monstrosity. But hey, I could be wrong–this could be a classic “refined art” versus “mass culture” struggle. Maybe it’s me who isn’t cultivated enough to understand the skilled cerebral efforts of Maeda. You can make that decision. Each shoe is available for $140 at Colette.

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If you’re like me, you spend many a sleepless night pondering the managerial moves of sneaker companies. (I hope you’re not like me.) A large portion of my gloaming twilight is spent discerning why some products release, and then where some pundits gathered the data necessarty to recieve the go-ahead to manufacutre a design. And in all seriousness, I was about to “Lose Control” when I saw these adidas Missy Elliot Remix Ultra-Highs. Really Missy? This is hardly Supa Dupa Fly. I’m one of the biggest adidas fans on the Internet–I’m behind the Brotherhood campgain, Creator, Thrillrahna and Bounce product 110%. But I can’t “Get My Freak On” (Nor would I want any girl I associate myself with to, either.) in this dual-strapped, lacelet-laden, Shelltoed monstrosity. Please, don’t “Sock This 2 Me” again! If you’re against everything I stand for, you can purchase them here.

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