VERBAL & YOON: Where It All Happens
For VERBAL and YOON, the duo have become a musical and fashion mainstay within Tokyo’s vibrant landscape. Prior, they each occupied different parts of the creative spectrum before coming together to launch AMBUSH DESIGN. Initially formed as a m...
Black & White: Tattoo Artist Jun Cha
Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Jun Cha began tattooing at the early age of 15. Within a 6 year span, he has developed a commanding presence for his work with the needle. His talents have helped spawn further projects outside of tattooing including c...
Defining the Moment: Gareth Skewis of Pointer
As an independent label, British footwear brand Pointer has done a remarkable job along the years. Beyond an increasingly successful label, founder Gareth Skewis had an important role in saving British skate institution, Slam City Skates. In this epi...
“I Make Clothes”: Scott Sternberg of Band of Outsiders
For the past seven years, Scott Sternberg’s Band of Outsiders has come to represent one of America’s best contemporary men’s labels. The brand has effectively maintained preppy cues to the past all while continuing on a considered m...
Behind REBEL8: Joshy D
In the last few seasons, REBEL8 has exploded on the backs of the work of illustrator Mike Giant and Joshy D. While the background of Mike Giant has been well-documented, we turn our focus to Joshy D and to get a better perspective of the whole REBEL8...
Solemart Paris 2010
A few weeks ago, Hikmet Sugoer embarked on his first non-German stop regarding his sneaker meet-up event, Solemart. Choosing the lovely city of Paris with the help of La MJC and Michael Dupouy, the event featured a stellar turn-out of sneaker fans fr...
SoBe Squamata with Dr. Romanelli
Dr. Romanelli’s latest project comes to fruition with the SoBe Squamata initiative which kicked off at the Nomad Gallery a few weeks ago. Enlisiting the help of a few friends, Eric Elms comes on-board to help brand the project. Furthermore, Elm...
A Day at The Track: Gourmet
Since bursting on the scene with a collection of lifestyle shoes inspired by one of the greatest signature sneaker franchises of all-time, Gourmet has come into its own. Offering a collection featuring both timeless profiles as well as some silhouett...
Chopping it Up: Frank the Butcher
Holding it down out in Cambridge, Massachusetts with well-known retailer Concepts, Frank the Butcher’s influence has come at the hands of numerous sneaker designs. The well-versed personality, with an extensive range of collaborative projects u...
In Tokyo with Nigel Sylvester
Last month, one of New York’s most notable BMX riders Nigel Sylvester took a trip across the world to Tokyo as part of a Gatorade-sponsored event. Hoping to get some solid riding in throughout some unfamiliar landscapes, unfortunately Mother Na...
Name Tagging with Martha Cooper
Last month, pioneering Hip-Hop documentarian Martha Cooper debuted her newest publication Name Tagging at the OBEY Pop-Up Shop. Covering the prevalent notion of tagging with stickers once used primarily in the corporate environment, we took the oppor...
N.E.R.D. Live in San Francisco
Last Month, N.E.R.D. surprised their fans with a special impromptu concert in San Francisco, produced in association with popular social media device KIN. The focus of this initiative was to raise awareness of the power that social media holds, more...
THICKER THAN WATER: Arthur and Daniel Chmielewski of HAVEN
In a short few years, HAVEN has become a premier retail destination in Edmonton and Vancouver as well as maintaining a strong online presence. Beyond their retail approach, we’ve seen a strong and well-curated selection of collaborations includ...
Nike Sportswear x Mr. Cartoon “True Colors”
We recently had to opportunity to spend some time in Chicago with Nike Sportswear and Mr. Cartoon as they celebrated the launch of the brand’s collaborative capsule for the 2010 World Cup. Amongst other topics, the Los Angeles-based tattoo arti...
May Day with Shepard Fairey
Having enjoyed a great deal of success with his most recent exhibition titled “May Day”, we get up close and personal with Shepard Fairey. Seeing Fairey in action through a large-scale wheatpasting, we also take a look into Fairey’s...
