SSUR x DC Shoes Artist Projects™ Series
by Kevin Ma, October 30, 2008
DC is proud to announce that it has teamed with New York artist SSUR for its third collaboration in the DC Artists Projects™ Series. The SSUR III Artist Projects™ shoe will launch November 1, 2008.
“An Eye for an Eye Leaves the Whole World Blind” – that’s the ominous warning running throughout SSUR’s third project with DC. When designing the first half of the project, SSUR III, the artist featured a military thematic as a cautionary tale against war. Earthy and dark greens, blacks and browns set off orange color hits. As with all the other Artist Projects™ he’s done with DC so far, “PAY ME” is stamped across the lace holders.
The Russian born Ruslan Karablin, better known in the art/design world as “SSUR”, has been a constant in the NYC downtown art scene for more than 15 years. Growing up in Coney Island, NY, SSUR entered the New York scene as an outside artist with no formal training. Three main subjects; sex, politics and protest have heavily influenced the SSUR aesthetic.
DC and SSUR first teamed in 2005 to release his first Artists Projects™ shoe. Offered in three colorways, the project featured an exclusive limited version crafted with stingray. Two years later, in 2007, the second project comprised of a shoe, hat, fleece and jeans dropped to select boutiques worldwide.
DC’s Artist Projects™ series is a vehicle for DC to work with artists who influence street culture, fine arts, and popular design. Select artists are given creative control over the design, branding and packaging of a DC shoe. DC’s Artist Projects™ includes models designed by Shepard Fairey, Kaws, Dave Kinsey, Eric So, Phil Frost, Thomas Campbell, Arkitip/Evan Hecox, Andy Howell, Michael Leon, Methamphibian, Natas Kaupas, and Aaron Rose.
The SSUR III will be available at the artist’s shop SSUR Plus, which located at 7 Spring Street, New York City, and in specialty boutiques worldwide November 1, 2008. Be on the look out for a top-secret second version of the shoe on December 1, 2008.
SSUR always kills it. . . it’s the best of both worlds, you get his favorite sneaker and his art all in one!
too bad all of you aren’t making sneakers. . . think about inspiration
if bape can copy the AF1’s, why not???
they copy the jordan IV… its dope but im not happy
Actually its not a model he chose. Its a silhouette he designed from scratch for the ARTIST PROJECT series which was inspired by a shoe he loved growing up!
im sure it’s a real honor to be asked to do an artist shoe, but SSUR should have picked a better model. i can’t imagine why he’d want his name associated with such an uninspired model
can you just jack air max bubbles like that?
dope! dc is killing it!
total rip off of the III but i like em
i know someone else besides myself must notice a little jordan IV and X in these.
those are pretty dope kinda reminds me of the jordan III’s