im not sure how many people kanye considers a “modern day warhol” but i’m pretty sure he’s mentioned both david lachapelle and takashi murakami before.
murakami got serious momentum from the kanye album art, and it just keeps building.
its ironic to write a ‘death of supreme’ post, and then tout their new products the next day, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘design’
September 18, 2007
supreme x murakami
September 11, 2007
Kanye West X So_Me
wordpress doesn’t support onsmash videos, but they should.
kanye west gets assistance from parisian artist/illustrator so_me for the good life video (here). HERE’S ANOTHER HIT (barry bonds), and a fresh video.
i thought it was parra, who has nicer type. my fault.
so_me also did the justice ‘dance’ video:
and it’s STILL too bad this one didn’t get [...]
July 19, 2007
Kanye X Murakami
It’s a love/hate with Kanye. But really. I said it before, and I’ll say it again: Who else gets Takashi Murakami for cover art? The only problem is … its not the real album cover, and it doesn’t even look good.
June 8, 2007
Optimash Prime
It’s on order. You should get it too. It’s a nice addition to your workspace.
Via neatorama
April 19, 2007
nike co.jp
“viral” videos = dead. Except for Nike short films or commercials from Japan … which I think are more creative/captivating than anything viral in the US anyways. I’m biased, I love 97% of the work Nike’s agency(s) do.
I’m not really sure how to describe this … but it features three characters who live normal [...]
April 16, 2007
the holy grail.
Nike finally launched their 25th anniversary/web database tribute to the Air Force One: 1thology. Even if you don’t collect/appreciate/like sneakers … play around on this site anyways. You can sort by color, style, and year the shoes came out. Wow.
April 10, 2007
art of streetwear / part 2.1
Had I found this before I wrote about the Be@rbricks, it would’ve been included. A quick piece from the BBC about Japanese toys:
Via: guillotine
April 5, 2007
the art of streetwear / part two
In case you missed part one
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The Be@rbrick by Medicom Toy Company
Medicom is a Japanese company that originated back in 1996. Their first products were 12-inch action figures, but they also developed a toy character called a Be@rbrick. They produced several series’ of the standard “100%” Be@rbrick (which is about 4 inches tall), and [...]
