With only three months left before 2011, global companies are gearing up for creating calendars for the upcoming year. While some brands invite celebrity photographers to shoot and movie stars to be featured in their calendar editions, New Balance Germany decided to crowdsource this job,  inviting creative talents to contribute to the brand’s new SNKRlendar.

From marinating steaks in a secret blend to creating home team themed cocktails and bringing advanced grill-ware to the stadium, Jim Beam® knows that true fans strive to make each pre-game warm up and tailgate event the best. With this in mind, the world’s No. 1 Bourbon has launched a search for the best pre-game warm upper in the US, in the form of an online video contest starting this week.

On September 1, Apple® unveiled completely redesigned iPod nano, iTunes® 10 with Ping, new iPod touch®, and new redesigned iPod shuffle®, all of which are aimed at enhancing users experience in an extremely enjoyable way. Each of announced additions to Apple’s range definitely deserves to be reviewed, so below we post brief descriptions of the new products. For more information, go to www.Apple.com.

Some futuristic movies, no matter how unbelievable things they might feature, do predetermine what we’ll have tomorrow. Nike, as one of the most innovative brands in the footwear and apparel industry, is going to develop first-ever self-lacing sneakers, very similar to those in «Back to the Future 2». Nike has already patented the new hilarious concept, so we might be welcoming the new high-tech shoe on the shelves of the brand’s venues very soon.

Levi’s is inviting American consumers to watch movies in the open air within the period of August 6—27. The famed jeans maker has teamed up with the Alamo Drafthouse (an American cinema chain) and Gowalla (a social network) to arrange cinematic trips, “Rolling Roadshow,” across the country and give Americans an opportunity to watch iconic movies outdoors. The new initiative comes as a part of the massive “We Are All Workers” campaign, launched earlier this summer.