In this latest "Woodkid" short film Yoann Lemoine who is the director and the performer behind the project continues to explore the story he started with the first video and it's still as powerful, imaginative and incredibly stylish. Watch the video above.
Chinese artist Li Hongbo makes these really fascinating flexible paper sculptures made of thousands tightly assembled laser cut pieces of paper that have same flexibility as let's say a slinky. The inspiration comes from the traditional Chinese hand cut paper festive lanterns and toys. Once the sculptures are pulled apart they take a really interesting and unexpected shape. Peep some pictures and the video of the pieces bellow.
A few of our favorite designers, artists and celebrities customized blank pairs of Vans Classics in support of this year's Custom Culture competition. Longtime friend of Vans and West Coast street art legend Mister Cartoon serves as one of the ambassadors for this year's program and brought his graffiti style to a pair of Slip-Ons. Check out the rest of the ambassador sneakers on Facebook.Vans Custom Culture is a nationwide high school competition that gives students the opportunity to customize
Space 15 Twenty hosted a launch event this past Saturday for the Love Me x Vans "House of Hearts" collaboration. We stopped by to recap the festivities. The artist behind the ever present Love Me tag Curtis Kulig was on hand to do his host duties with live performance by Sky Ferreira and DJ sets by Aska. Check out our recap beyond the fold and congrats to Curtis on the launch as well this months cover of Juxtapoz magazine. Curtis Kulig
The Kitu Print pack is a throwback mash-up: funky prints from the '90s vs. heritage prints from the Vans archives. Cop your gear this spring.
Word: GraffitiDefinition: writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.Word: FictionDefinition: something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story. Phrase: Graffiti FictionDefinition: a Tumblr archive of street art from popular motion pictures and television shows.
"Blow Up" is a short documentary interview with French artist JR who has been turning heads all over the world with his larger then life photographic paste ups. The interview covers JR's humble beginnings and ongoing massive projects the artist is working on. Check out this fascinating short above.
The Kitu Print pack from the Vans OTW Collection brings forth new apparel and footwear this spring. Inspired by ‘90s hip hop and infused with Vans DNA, the Kitu Print blends the funky geometric patterns of the era with classic Vans artwork. The eclectic motif presents itself on the uppers of the Stovepipe and spreads over the collared Portmore button-up. The Piercy and Checker DNA t-shirt produce subdued aesthetics; Kitu Print adorns the linings of the suede mid-top and embellishes
Swedish artist Michael Johansson makes his found objects public art installations look like Tetris by putting them in coherent color coordinated order creating really cool eye catching scenes. As the artist puts it himself : “Maybe you can call it real-life Tetris. I take used objects because they kind of lived a life before I find them. By combining them I almost create a fake history that never happened." Check out more images beyond the fold.
Folks are really amped on the new spring styles of the Alomar so we thought people would really get excited if we gave away a few pairs. We linked up with our friends at Complex to give away a pair to four lucky winners! The contest runs from today, January 30, to next Wednesday, February 6. CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO ENTER. Good luck to all!
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