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When you utter the words art and sneakers in the same phrase, the first thing that normally comes to mind is the image of a pair of customised sneakers, but this isn’t the case for Rudy Lim. In fact, instead of creating new personalised sneakers he completely deconstructs limited edition models which he later reconstructs and exhibits as sculptures. Far from simply being destroyed sneakers, Rudy manages to transform them into true pieces of art that show off footwear from a different perspective.
Read More...November2,2019
First came BoJack Horseman. Now it’s Undone. Raphael Bob-Waksberg is proof that you can make a different kind of TV through planting shows in our screens that are the true seed of vital existentialism. In other words: the shows that we deserve here and now.
Read More...October31,2019
With the popularisation of skate brands, we’ve been seeing a process of professionalisation that sometimes would distance them from their origin. The world of skate, meanwhile, kept their hallmark; irreverence, rebelliousness and fun.
Read More...October30,2019
Should all graphic artists look for massive popularity and access to an artistic circuit? Elliot Snowman proves quite the opposite: the only thing that all graphic artists need is to present the world with attractive, original and recognisable visual imagery. That is the creed that he practises.
Read More...October29,2019
The origins of American culture, western style, Ivy League design, sport and craftmanship have always been present in Ralph Lauren. A basis of style that connects with nature and classic cowboy imagery, Ralph Lauren recovers the authentic while simultaneously maintaining an amazing level of attention to detail.
Read More...October29,2019
The father of Keiko Shimizu, Needles’ founder, was the manager of a movie theatre that was specialised in Western films The soundtrack of her childhood was plagued with sounds of galloping horses and cowboys and Native Americans, things that weren’t anywhere close to her real life. That theatre, that was sort of a playground for Keiko Shimizu, created an image for her that we would later see reflected in workwear clothing, denim and embroidered shirts
Read More...October28,2019
Liam Hodges’ eponymous brand has been making waves for its modern take on the definition of masculinity since the year 2013. More than being known for its use of patchwork, workwear silhouettes and graphic nature, one of their characteristic features is their keen interest in all types of subcultures. Everything from skate, grime, to punk, techno or rave culture, which we could say are generally found in the UK but more specifically in London, where the brand is based, but Liam would disagree on that. Liam Hodges uses an infinite combination of influences that create a mixed or even mutated identity seen in his outlandish and incredibly contemporary designs. We talk to him about this and more.
Read More...October25,2019
It is impossible to understand Bon Iver’s last albums without the artistic vision of Eric Timothy Carlson. Even though, curiously enough, you can almost say that, after all, it is also impossible to understand this artist’s vision by itself. His mysterious symbols only seem to have one meaning: whichever you want to give them.
Read More...October24,2019
More than a brand, BYBORRE is considered to be a studio of textile innovation that works developing materials and researching on functionality and aesthetics through textiles. From Amsterdam, a key city for the industry’s evolution and textile evolution, BYBORRE opts for redesigning the process of creating garments through a responsible consumption in which they propose ideas, forms and products. The garments that receive the BYBORRE label are only the final step, the proof of a process, the sign that this new construction is possible.
Read More...October23,2019
The artist Fumiko Imano is not only known for her self-portraits, but also for a photographic discourse created from her supposed twin sister. And we say supposed because it is imaginary. She appears with her in her photographs, in what has been for many years an introspective therapeutic exercise, which has curiously catapulted her to the outside world. Until not very long ago, when she started working on more collaborative projects for brands like Loewe, or more recently for Kiko Kostadinov x ASICS.
Read More...October22,2019