Even/Odd and the San Francisco Public Defender's Office Unite on Charitable Tees
100% of proceeds go to The Adachi Project, an initiative that spotlights the people and communities that have been affected by systemic injustices within the legal system.
Director Mohammad Gorjestani of Even/Odd Studio has worked with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office on a new capsule collection of tees. Produced under The Adachi Project, which the two sides co-founded alongside Compound, the initiative honors the legacy of the late San Francisco Public Defender, Jeff Adachi, and spotlights stories of people and communities that have been affected by systemic injustices within the legal system.
“Defender as a platform aims is to place the San Francisco Public Defender and its work and purpose into culture through art and storytelling,” Gorjestani tells Hypebeast. “As a medium, streetwear in it’s purist form is a proletariat canvas, born from subcultures that challenge the status quo, rooted in many of the same community-based values that the Public Defender is the ultimate vanguard of. This collaboration isn’t what you expect when you think of partnerships with a Public Defender’s Office, and that’s exactly the point. We’re doing something different.”
Entitled the “Best Defense Money Can’t Buy” (S/S), the first tee in the collection harks to the famous phrase once coined by Jeff Adachi, with an added emphasis on the “25,000 indigent people annually who are charged with crimes and cannot afford an attorney,” according to a statement by Defender. The second, “From Injustice We Rise” (L/S), features text from the San Francisco Public Defender’s Oath, first initiated in 2020 by Gwen Woods — whose son was killed by SFPD — during Public Defender Mano Raju’s community inauguration.
“The work we do through The Adachi Project is about amplifying the voices of community members who are caught up in the dehumanizing criminal legal system,” said Raju in a statement. “Partnering with artists on this release is a way for us to make a cultural impact and engage with younger generations who care deeply about justice and humanity.”
Both tees are designed by Rick Dove and printed on 6.5oz cotton tees. 100% of the profits will benefit The Adachi Project. Shop the collection here.
