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LoveSac X Games Fabric Contest

 COMMENT BELOW TO WIN THIS ONE-OF-A KIND LTD. EDN LOVESAC HAT.  ONLY 2 EVER MADE....

X Games 16 is sicker than ever this year, centered totally in downtown Los Angeles.  No more driving out to the Home Depot Center to cook in the sun.  ESPN continues to love the Sac.  In fact, I believe they may own more Sactionals than nearly anyone....except for maybe the Inwood Theater in Dallas, Texas....but X Games is getting close.    

Just like a loyal Sac'r should, each year they change their covers and each year they add on to their Sactionals.  THIS year they're rockin' the dopest set of covers we've ever designed for commercial use:  the Limited Edition X Games printed suede designed by the very talented Spencer Pearson, at LoveSac HQ.  From 5 feet away, they're just a sick damask-looking pattern on suede.  Up close, to the trained eye, you will find every extreme sport integrated into the print of this the fabric. LOOK CAREFULLY.

 CONTEST: Be the FIRST to COMMENT to this blog and correctly list all of the action sports icons designed into the X Games patterned covers that can be seen on-site at every VIP and welcome tent throughout the X Games venue and WIN THE ONE-OF-A-KIND LTD. EDN LOVESAC HAT I'M WEARING ABOVE.  ONLY 2 EVER MADE. [click on pic at left to enlarge]

Keep up with the various celebrities and athletes hangin' out at the LoveSac X-Games VIP suite, as well as commentary from us here at the LoveSac lounge by following me "ShawnyD" on Twitter, or as a Fan of our LoveSac Facebook. 

Oh, and even though Team LoveSac Rally may not have qualified for X Games this year....we still rallied at the X Games.  After wrappin' up day 2 of X-Games spectatorship Shawny D. & Rally co-driver Ryan Money own the X Games 16 Rental Car Rally vid below.  No vagrants were harmed in the filming of this video in downtown LA tonight....

-- Shawny D.

Real Love found in Scottsdale

 LoveSac opens its 30th store in Scottsdale Arizona tomorrow.  Based on what we are already seeing in the land of 120 degree summers, we should all look within and probe the furthest reaches of our hearts--asking ourselves, "to what extent would I go to show my love for the Sac?"  

ANSWER: Patrick & Jack.  They're there, waiting, right now.

These two LoveSac die-hards read the fine print on our store-opening promo and are trying to beat the system.  Patrick and Jack are friends who are both in college down in AZ. They've always wanted a LoveSac but it was just outside of their budgets to get the infamous SuperSac.  Both of these guys have to work Friday morning, so they're hoping we'll find a soft spot in our bureaucratic hearts to bend the rules and allow them to have the once-in-a-lifetime 30% off discount even though they can't be there for the actual store opening. Basically, the line (is supposed to) starts at 8am and the store opens at 10am Friday.  The first person gets 30% off their entire purchase.  The next gets 29, etc, counting down.   SAVE HUNDREDS on Sacs or Sactionals....never again can you get a deal like this.

Well, for showing up and waiting in line 39 hours before the store's actual opening all I have to say is: THAT IS LOVE for the SAC.

We should all perform our own personal assessment to see where we stand on our devotion to Alternative Furniture.  We should all learn from Patrick and Jack's commitment level.  I know I have.

Love you guys.

-- Shawny D.

 

THIS JUST IN: FIRST CUSTOMER, David is taking home Sactionals, Luxury covers, throw pillows and a piece of LoveSac history. 

WE'RE OPEN IN SCOTTSDALE... 

All LoveSac....no photoshop

 So in my previous blog post I asked the question: which elements of our Father's Day poster were photoshopped.  The overwhelming response was: both the sunburn AND the flames on the Sac.  See the results of the poll at the top of my previous post (just below this one).

THE TRUTH: Neither of them!  While photoshop was used to touch up the overall image coloring, the sunburn and the flames are real....sort of.

That Sac was actually on fire, and the sunburn was real make up.  This sounds innocuous enough but when you consider how it went down it was no small feat.  That is, Ryan, LoveSac's Chief Financial Officer hesitantly agreed to show up that afternoon at 2pm to ostensibly lay in a Sac wearing a hawaiian T-shirt, drink in hand, looking like a father for father's day.  Upon arrival, ear glued to the phone trying to close the biggest financing deal in LoveSac's history, that very afternoon, Ryan was sat in the makeup artist's chair for 90 straight minutes, absorbing a whole tube of red foundation, from ankle to forehead.  No photoshop, just makeup.

To add insult to injury, Spencer, a product designer at LoveSac HQ, hid behind Ryan's Sac and stoked the bbq with lighter fluid until the flames nipped at the trees above.  It was then that I realized the opportunity at hand.  Like an Army Ranger I signaled Spencer to hit the Sac with a little lighter fluid...nothing.  A little more...nothing.  More yet.....poof. The Sac ignites.  "Ryan, don't move.  Keep your eyes closed.  Be a professional."   We got the shot.  The home was saved.  Ryan probably needed that drink by now.

As it turns out Ryan didn't even know he was on fire.  After about 20 minutes actually cooking in the sun and the flames of the bbq to his right, Ryan had truly become the part, passed out in the Sac.  Yes, it is true that all Sacs ARE fire retardant, but this goes to prove that if you douse anything with enough lighter fluid you can achieve ignition!

HERE ARE SOME RECENT PHOTOS FROM LOVESAC THAT ALSO ARE NOT PHOTOSHOPPED...  

Tori & family Sac out at their daughter's birthday party. 

 

 

Zach Efron and Vanessa Hudgens Sac out in Glendale, CA LoveSac.

Rally Team LoveSac gets a new ride.  

 

All I have to say is that we often see people eat some pretty weird stuff on our trips to China.  I caught this woman out of the corner of my eye as they reversed out of a parking lot.  I nudged Spencer, armed with his Nikon D-90, and in one quick snap caught this.  Americans do popsicles.  Chinese do...vegetables!?

-- Shawny D.