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Party.
Refuse!1515 & beinghunted at APT On the 31st, Refuse!1515 and beinghunted teamed up for a Halloween party at NYC's APT in the meat packing district. Ben and James played all their mixing tricks at the turntables to heat the crowd and to pave the way for Dexter - who rocked that place to the extreme. If you couldn't go - here are a few pics of the event that you shouldn't have missed. |
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NYC.
Another 48hrs Ok, it's been more than 48 - we squeezed a few hours of Philly in between. Back in the city we visited Number (N)ine from Japan on 431 Washington Street. The pieces are a bit pricey but the quality is unbeatable. We met with Kenzo Minami who has been working for Nike, Gigolo Records, and Panoptic, among others - watch this space for our upcoming feature. Of course we had to take a look at the line in front of Supreme which started at 9 am. Eric Elms was on our list to end the day. His portfolio includes work for Adorn, SSUR, aNYthing, and Supreme. We're looking forward to seeing his new line 'Priceless". |
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NYC.
48hrs in the City You might have noticed the lack of posts in the past few days--that was because we were roaming Manhattan to pick up a couple of bits and pieces for BGHD. We revisited RMG's 'Worlds within Worlds' exhibition at Deitch Projects, went to see Andrew Pommier's work at the 55DSL flagship store, partied with the Premium Goods crew a the Ewok 5MH opening (some neck breakers present), met with Kai, Bronwyn, and Jacqui at Bronwyn's gallery, visited Zakka and snapped some pics of Yukinori Dehara's toys, and were given the studio tour by Ryan McGinness himself. Did we do any shop-visits? Of course - here's the list: Supreme (Dunks will be on sale Oct. 30th), Stüssy & Headporter (Kaws artwork & Customade Nº2, 3, and 4 Tees), Classic Kicks, Vice, adidas (kids have been camping out in front of the store for the Skates every day from 3pm), alife, Nort235, Recon (new BAPE hats and sweaters), Stackhouse, Kid Robot, 360 Toy Group (due to re-open on Nov. 1st with a special treat...), and Rivington Club. More to come. We'll also post more pics soon. |
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Customs.
Conceptshop 'Concept Reload' Conceptshop are re-opening on the 26th and to celebrate the event, they have produced a series of only 10 customized Nike Dunks. Tim Tsui the HK based toy designer is responsible for the job. We'll show you more of the customs and the other little pieces of art that he is creating. |
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Sneakers.
Footage in Sydney When in Sydney and looking for sneakers, Footage should get a red cross on your street map. The store just opened and already has in stock what many of you are looking for. Here is the address: 13C Burton Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 / Tel: +61 02 9332 1337. |
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Exhibition.
EROSIE This exhibition has been running since October 3rd, so it's not 'super fresh' as you young people would say, but we love the flyer so much that we decided to put it up for your viewing pleasure. We hope you have time to drop by the show at Royal Cheese in Paris. The name speaks for itself. |
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Garments.
Subsurface UK vs. Soul II Soul ...are releasing a limited number of T-shirts with the original, yet remixed, Funki Dread designs by Derek Yates. There are 3 shirts ltd. to 500 pieces each. Available from Bond Intl. and House of Fraser in London. |
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Music.
Compost Records One of our favourite labels out of Munich/Germany are giving away 8 ltd. edition Japan packages, which include a T-Shirt designed by Motel and a special exclusive Compost compilation. If you order anything from their site in October you might get one, if they draw your name. |
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Denim.
One True Saxon - Indigo Farm What you see above is the highest quality or most exclusive piece of (new) denim that we've heard about recently. Here is some background info. Indigo Farm, based in the Shen Zen area of southern China, are experts in the production of high(est) quality denim. The denim used to produce these special jeans is imported by Indigo Farm from the Okayama district in Japan (Kuroki Co., LTD to be precise). It is then hand dyed with 'dyers knotweed' (that's the name of a special indigo plant) to produce the only indigo yarn with a white center. Due to the excessive heat during this process, the dye is fixed to the fibre in such a way that it will last longer than regular indigo. Another side effect of this method is, that these jeans will never shrink. You see that denim is a subject that one could spend hours on discussing. At beinghunted.com we like to tell you the stories behind some of the products out there, so that you understand why quality has it's price. By the way. Only 100 pcs of these jeans are made. And only 10 will find a new home through ONETrue Saxon's online shop. |
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| Monday, 13th | ||||||
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Book.
The Art of Rebellion The Art of Rebellion is a new book about what people like to call 'street art'. If you only think 'graffiti' now, you're missing out on a wide variety of forms that people are expressing their ideas through, today: stickers, stencils, mosaics, small installations, posters, etc.. This new book by Munich based (cheers!) graphic designer Christian Hundertmark offers a cross-section of this art movement by showing examples from all over the globe, by letting the artists speak out about their art, by telling background stories and anecdotes. This book is full of excellent photography - and then all those names...! Good job. |
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Magazines.
lil' Tyler & relax #81 One is our favourite monthly magazine from Japan, the other is a special edition glossy sneaker magazine from France. One has cover art by GM, the other and old man wearing Nike Forces. Relax has a huge feature on the Wild Bunch while lil' Tyler is a huge feature on the subject of sneakers in itself. Both magazines give us the impression that the people behind them truely love what they are doing. So much energy and love for detail went into these issues - you have to acknowledge that. If only there wasn't that issue with the languages... But both magazines are packed with photos and illustrations - maybe you don't even need to read. |
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| Tuesday, 7th | ||||||
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Exhibition.
Alena MTL - The Broken Deck Show We reported on the Alena MTL Broken Deck show. It took us a while but finally we got the pics formatted - so here they are. This is from the opening night which was also the closing night since the whole gig was only for one evening. Bad, you might think. Not really, because Alena just uploaded the Broken Deck mini site with all the decks for you to see and purchase. Maybe you'll find something familiar...! |
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T-shirts.
Champion of none Double exposure for Champion of none. But they deserve it. Check the Hermès designs here and the rest at Union, Hanon, Shotgun, Ships - the usual suspects as you can see. And if these places have them, you should, too! |
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Exhibition.
Ryan McGinness at Deitch Projects Ryan McGinness likes to play with the viewers perception. This theory is taken to the next level at the current show at Deitch Projects in Soho. He has been at work on these pieces since last spring, marking an evident evolution of his style. Bright field backgrounds with multi-colored signature shapes atop. A layering effect, of shape on shape and story on story imbues the pieces with a new level of sophistication. Also remarkable is a maze of mirrors installed in one of the rooms. As one enters, they first feel curious. Etched on the mirrored panels are shapes and human forms. The multi-reflected images paired with the self-reflections soon start to disconcert the viewer. By the end of the maze, one finds himself ready to re-enter the comfort of the "real" world. On view until Nov 1st. |
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Exhibition.
SP ONE at McCaig-Welles One great exhibit after the other - here are a few shots from the opening of SP ONE's exhibition at McCaig-Welles. Great to see the transition of Graffiti based aesthetics to classic typography - or lettering. These pieces are exceptional! |
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T-shirts.
Trainer Spotter These shirts were spotted at Fly in London last Friday. The shirts are by the UK label Trainer Spotter. Nice designs, good quality shirts, with hang-tags and all! BGHD says: get them before temperatures drop. |
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Exhibition
& Book. Hiroshi Fujiwara: The Shadow
of the Original Artworks Here is a flyer for the book that was published for the exhibition by the same name. We could describe what this exhibition is all about. But you could also see for yourself. Here is the flyer for you - cut in quarters. |
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| Tuesday, 2nd | ||||||
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Toys.
Sony Time Capsule Toys Will October be our 'toy month'? We'll see what's coming next - after these: the new Sony Time Capsule Toys... Who - or what - is in them this time? Three Names: Dalek, Biskup, and Baseman. And you can tell that Sony is not aiming at the average toy collector. You have to have a sense for the art that these people are producing to understand where these figures are coming from. But that's good. You can tell that this way it is not just about making a quick buck by commissioning some gimmicky toy with a logo on it. We'd love to see more of those! |
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Toys.
Maharishi Identifiers Series 1 Finally, they are here - or almost. But it's only just a matter of hours now. even if you have successfully avoided kubricks in the past, there is no way around these. the first set in the identifiers series includes 6 figures with different camouflage prints. among those - tiger stripe, futura splinter, bonsai forest, and desert hex. some of these patterns you might have already seen on maharishi clothing but on these little fellas (think of the scale!) they are even more fascinating to look at. a note at the side - yes, these should stand like that. on the head. |
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