#54 Wes Wilson
12 January 2010
One of my two favorite SF Avalon and Fillmore sixties typographers, Wes Wilson was way way ahead of his time. A master of masters. Artist and designer. His style made him the most prolific printmaker of that era.
#55 Melvin Van Peebles
12 January 2010
Novelist, writer/director, composer, playright, actor,… Say what you want, but this sweet badasssss mutherfucker made Sweet Sweetback’s Baddasssss Song and forever changed the color of cinema. Yeah he had a New Jack knucklehead cornball son, but this dude was the original renaissance post-renaissance guy. Doing everything way before its time. Spike owes him a Mo Better Burger and a half.
#56 THE FAT BOYS
12 January 2010
Ahead of Chuck D, Rakim, and Dre.? WTF. I do not know why I loved these guys so friggin’ much. Maybe because they were the full package of full-on lifestyle concept meets never taking themselves too seriously in a highly competitive environment. My blueprint to surviving advertising. FYI, another Ari photograph.
LA x MICHAEL x ME x GEOFF
6 November 2009
That’s right kids, the band is back together in one tiny little space in Los Angeles for ONE NIGHT ONLY.
UMBRO CUSTOM SPECIALIS
25 September 2009
As many know I have been involved with the football brand, UMBRO for some time and I was lucky enough to get a chance to hand draw a lot of their new ads for their re-launch of their classic boot, the Speciali. In addition to that launch. Umbro has come up with a fairly pioneering customization idea. Now I realize just about every company and their grandmother are doing custom kicks and I-D type programs, but Umbro found a pretty much untouched property to customize – the sole of the boot which is then protected by a clear footplate. As a result, they have been running an amazing online contest where individuals can upload their own original artwork onto a Speciali template, and then have it showcased and catalogued at UMBRO.
There have been some amazing entries and very clever solutions. Visit UMBRO to check them all out and even try and upload something of your own.
JIM JONES Wins first ever Converse Band of Ballers
14 August 2009
More to follow, but Jim Jones with Fam and the craziest trophy ever. A little Kevin Lyons special. I sketched a real basketball on top of a trophy base mounted to a functioning speaker spray painted gold.
Guess what? Converse agreed to it.
Phenomenal event. Respect due to Anomaly and Converse.
And all brought to you by the new Weapon Evo.
CONVERSE 3 ON 3
10 August 2009
Crazy event that I am involved in and did the illustrations, logo, and type for
to be held this Wednesday here in NYC. Converse once again defies all categories
and attempts a basketball 3 on 3 tournament for a bunch of bands and djs?
Reminds me of the year when I was at GIRL, when we did a skate brand bball
tournament at ASR instead of a booth.
Hi-jinks.
Rumor also has it that their might be a few Pro cameos, so might get interesting.
Either way dirty hipsters galore and good music on a Wednesday afternoon……
Creative director, designer, illustrator, and founder of Natural Born. Made money for a lot of other people. I used to rip off corporate logos and call it design. Now I rip of design and call it art.
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