2005 saw the collaboration between Mekanism and Invader (graffiti writer from France who is known for mosaic style artworks). This year, the two have joined forces again to create three original skate deck designs. Invader implemented his mosaic work for each piece and comes with his signature, title of work, date, and is also accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
The three decks are titled:
“Matrix Deck” (made from tiles from the Mekanism/Invader limited ed. skateboards last year)
“Above the City Deck” (black/white micro tiles)
“Rubik Deck” (made of rubiks cube tiles)
Image/Info: Mekanism
Greedy Genius teamed up with Barneys New York for a sneaker release. The kicks are a combination of premium leather, nubuck, patent and 3M reflective material. It is slated to drop this month exclusively at Barneys New York with only 150 available pairs. Please stay tuned as we find out more info on this collaborative release.
Image/Info: Greedy Genius
Take a look at this impressive custom sneaker sample from Republic Union. The custom is named “Green Venom” and it’s theme derrives from “the infusion of innocence with danger.”
Here the “polka dots” represents a innocent fun facade, while the pitch black remixed areas represents a what-could-be the real identity of a person once all those pretentious front is removed. The snake skin imprint laces emphasized this motif further. Green Venom.
Image/Info: Republic Union
DJ J. Rocc produced a mixed cd For the opening of the Supreme store in Harajuku Japan. If you weren’t able to get a copy, or just want to hear what’s on the mix, you can go to Samuel from Splay to hear the tracks.
Listen to them here.
Image: Splay
Info: 5th Dimension
We posted the tees from the Undefeated Shizuoka opening before. And now, Kaws gives some more info about the opening and the tees on his blog. According to the info given, the white version of the tee is available at Original Fake in Aoyama, while the Black version is at Undftd shops in both Los Angeles and Japan.
Image: Yahoo! Auctions Japan
Info: Kaws on Honeyee
Grammy award winner John Mayer, and HuF shop owner Keith Hufnagel are now members of the Honeyee blog collective.
Image: Honeyee
