ASICS Gel-NYC Awake NY Teal - The Asics AWAKE Gel NYC Teal is one of two new colorways in the latest collaboration between AWAKE and Asics. In 2012, Queens-born designer Angelo Baque founded the brand AWAKE. In recent years he has collaborated with Asics to complete a number of high profile projects. The Asics Gel-NYC weren't designed from scratch, but bring together different models from the past in a way never seen before.