The Element Emerald Collection is a consciously crafted men’s lifestyle product line, focusing on environmentally friendlier materials and manufacturing processes. The collection was designed for the needs of our maturing industry and the organic style evolution of our culture. The name Emerald symbolizes the highest level of green, emphasizing the premium quality and eco-conscious roots of the collection.

Last week we stopped by their launch event in Berlin and caught up with artist and Element Emerald Advocate Thomas Campbell who created a 4-meter wide wall piece to celebrate the occasion. Enjoy.

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PROJECT NEW YORK took place from January 16 to 18 2012. Check out the video below for a recap of the event.

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On Wednesday night Vans launched its Spring 2012 OTW footwear line during Berlin Fashion Week as part of a 3-day pop-up House of Vans experience featuring live performances by the Patta Sound System, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and new OTW advocate Lupe Fiasco.

The free exhibition by the Vans OTW advocates included photography by Parisian Dimitri Coste, an art installation by Brooklyn-based Eric Elms and vinyl toy art and sculptures by Hong Kong resident and new OTW advocate Chris Kong.

Lupe Fiasco performed crowd favorites “Kick, Push” and “Superstar.” Live music played throughout the venue and Yasiin Bey brought the house down with an inspired performance of classic favorites and new material.

Photography: Robert Wunsch/Highsnobiety.com

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As the official opening ceremony for the HUF x Haroshi x DLX collaboration nears, HUF releases teaser 003, which sheds more light into the project. What we see in this video looks pretty incredible. Haroshi’s work is always awe inspiring, so this, along with musical performances from Tommy Guerrero, Ray Barbee, Money Mark and Fredo Ortiz makes for one heck of an event. Check here for more details.

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Is there any sport or activity that Red Bull is not an active participant in? The energy drink giant offers up a preview to their Crashed Ice 2012 world championships. This is a really gnarly looking sport, to say the least. Check out some of the action as well as interviews with some key entrants in the event.

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We’ve shown you a couple of preview videos regarding a project between HUF and Japanese artist Haroshi who worked together, along with DLX, on a limited collaboration. To celebrate the release, an event that includes an exhibition of 6 original works created by Haroshi for the collaboration, as well as a performance by Tommy Guerrero will be going down on January 7, 2012. The products will be available for purchase at the event, too. This is definitely something worth checking out if you’re in the area.

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Last Friday G-Shock kicked off their new global event series, Urban Proof, in Berlin, following up on the Shock The World Tour.

The evening started off with DJ’s, beatboxers and artists battling it out against each other on stage, in front of a big crowd in the Berlin Kreuzberg district. Next to showcasing the latest G-Shock watches to be released in the coming weeks and months, the entire place was nicely outfitted with G-Shock design inspired objects and product – from G-Shock oversized cushions, skatedecks to G-Shock watches engraved into large stones and projected onto the walls, you clearly knew what you came for. Heavily branded? Sure, but for the most part tasteful, thus it did not bother us at all. The more chill battle part at the beginning of the night was followed by a full on party until late. Berlin knows how to party, but we all knew that before.

Photography: Highsnobiety.com

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With today’s current retail landscape and how it is affected by the economic climate, an anniversary is a great reason to celebrate. Stussy Seattle is doing just that by celebrating 2 years with a party and Stussy Pike Tribe tee shirt collection release. DJ Mick Boogie from NYC and Sean Cee representing Seatown will be throwing down on the turntables at the HG Lodge on Saturday, November 26 starting at 10pm.

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Like we reported earlier here, Oakley presented a block party at The Lab in Costa Mesa this past week that included multiple events that ran simultaneously including the Thrasher Magazine 30 Year Anniversary exhibit as well as the Love & Guts Art Show. This time around we are giving you a look at a special all Oakley event that happened inside of BLENDS. A few things were going on in there: 1. a timeline showcasing stuff from original BMX grips, Razor Blades, MARS, Over the Tops and other design wonders from the brand; 2. a preview of 2012 releases including the unveiling of Dispatch II; and 3. a look at some apparel, goggles, outerwear and gloves. We had full access, so take a look at what we captured.

Photography: Highsnobiety

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As part of the next Pitti Uomo 81, taking place January 2012 in Florence, they have teamed up with Tokyo Fashion Week to bring the VERSUS TOKYO project to Italy. First started in Tokyo this season, the project brings together a line-up of 20 Japanese brands that are still today, even though some of them have been around for a while, not very well known outside of Japan. This coming January mastermind JAPAN, Sasquatchfabric, SOE and Phenomenon among others, will be showing their collections to the European market. We cannot wait to check it out and report from the event.

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Over the weekend, JR’s much anticipated exhibition ‘Encrages’ opened its doors at the Galerie Perrotin. Just yesterday we reported about the Massive Attack Live Set that went down for the occasion.

The opening night was jam packed with fans of the artist, who manages to attract an incredible amount of eyes to his socially conscious art projects. Here we now give you a small recap of the art that was on display at the gallery show. Make sure to pass by the show, it is open until January 7th, 2011.

JR ‘Encrages’ Exhibition
19. November 2011 – 7. January 2012
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
76, Rue de Turenne
Paris

Photography: Mathieu Vilasco/Highsnobiety.com

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On November 25th, 2011, G-Shock will be celebrating its URBAN PROOF event in Berlin. For the occasion the watch brand has invited 10 international artists to compete in the categories Urban Art, Soundsystem, Beatbox and Breakdance. For the battles G-Shock and splash! each have put together teams to compete against each other in the various disciplines.

Urban Proof is the continuation of the SHOCK THE WORLD TOUR that toured the globe in the last couple of years. US Beatbox legend Rahzel (The Roots) will compete against French talent Eklips and Marsimoto Sound System will have to proof itself against other contestants, which you can be sure will be some exciting battles to be watching live.

After the battles, there will of course be the official party with acts including Murkage, DJ Ron and Hudson Mohawke.

We have 6 tickets for the invite only event that you can win. How can you win your ticket?

Just tell us why you want to attend the event in the comments of this post or on this Facebook Post and we will then announce the winners on Tuesday, November 22nd.

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We  have reported several times about the Takashi Murakami organized charity auction “New Day: Artists for Japan”, in association with Christie’s. The event finally took place Wednesday morning in New York City and was jam packed with both collectors and fans of the Japanese artist. Participating artists included Zeng Fanzhi, Mark Grotjahn, Damien Hirst, Thomas Houseago, KAWS, Jeff Koons, Friedrich Kunath, Mr., Yoshimoto Nara, Gabriel Orozco, Anselm Reyle, Cindy Sherman, Aya Takano and Luc Tuymans.

Our favorite, Kaws, got a record high for his “Kawsbob Enters the Strange Forest” (2011) painting, at a whooping 155′000 USD. Having followed him now for such a long time, it is great seeing him come this far. A price war between the Paris dealer of the artist, Emmanuel Perrotin, and one of his clients, forced the price up to 155′000 USD.

The highest piece of work sold during the auction, was the Jeff Koons “Balloon Monkey Wall Relief” for exactly 1′000′000 USD. All in all the auction raised almost 9 Million USD for the Japanese earthquake victims, which is simply incredible. (Via AI)

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This week, Le Baron opened up in London’s Mayfair area. Originally established in Paris by André Saraiva, the new Le Baron London locale promises the same French attitude and rock n’ roll vibe. For the opening, André and his close friend Olivier Zahm (of Purple Magazine) outfitted the space with various street art and photography installations, while Phil Bush provided the music.

Photography: Olivier Zahm

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To celebrate their soon to release collaborative collection, Versace and H&M hosted a runway show in New York City last night.

Outfits showcased on the catwalk were of course from the Versace for H&M collection, which brings together different styles from the Versace archive. The long-awaited collection for H&M features such iconic pieces for women as draped metal mesh dresses, silk-crêpe dresses with gold buttons, multi-coloured panel print dresses and the classic Versace studded leather jacket, while for men there are sharp suits, printed sweaters and print shirts, and studded leather jackets and trousers. For women the collection is certainly more interesting, because we do not see a lot of men being able to wear the colorful all over print styles.

Obviously the event was packed with celebrities and Prince actually performed. The collection will go on sale on November 17th, 2011, at about 300 H&M stores. More images from the runway show follow after the jump.

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Takashi Murakami and Christie’s will be partnering up on a special auction called A New Day: Artists for Japan on November 9th. The auction is being held to raise money for those by the disastrous earthquake and tsunami that struck the island earlier this year. Participating artists include Zeng Fanzhi, Mark Grotjahn, Damien Hirst, Thomas Houseago, KAWS, Jeff Koons, Friedrich Kunath, Mr., Yoshimoto Nara, Gabriel Orozco, Anselm Reyle, Cindy Sherman, Aya Takano and Luc Tuymans and prior to the auction, The Gagosian Gallery will be presenting the pieces in a special 2-day exhibit.

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Union Los Angeles will host the FUCT 20 Year Visual Exhibition on Thursday October 27, 2011 at 7pm.

Erik Brunetti defined rebelliousness for the Generation X of skate boarders and street wear consumers, through unconventional and often controversial designs and ad campaigns released under his brand name FUCT.

FUCT got it’s initial push shortly after it’s conception, when New York City’s UNION took notice to the brand and offered to become it’s exclusive US retailer. This was 1991.
FUCT is celebrating its 20 year anniversary with a visual exhibition presenting selected works (released and unreleased) by artists who contributed to the brands visuals: Erik Brunetti, Pushead, Larry Clark, Wes Lang, Alexis Ross, Mr. Cartoon and many more.

Have a look at works by Alexis Ross, Wes Lang and Mr. Cartoon (done in 1992) after the click.

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Stussy Japan, in conjunction with Vans OTW, will be putting on an exhibition featuring works by Eric Elms. The event is set to go down at Common in Tokyo, Japan this Thursday, October 20th. As you can see here, Elms’ classic “Kilroy” character looks to play a heavily involved roll in the show. A couple of tees appear to be available as well including a “Killroy World Tour” and “Killroy Rasta Dot” graphic tee. The event kicks off at 7pm and will go until 10. Be sure to check it out.

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Yuichi Yoshii of The Contemporary Fix and Loveless fame will be further showcasing his creative mind’s ability with the production of Versus Tokyo, which will be taking place on October 22nd as part of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Versus Tokyo is an amalgamation of Tokyo fashion including brands such as Mastermind Japan, Whiz Limited, Discovered, Soe, Facetasm, Phenomenon, Sasquatch Fabrix and plumpynuts. The event will feature runway shows and installations from the aforementioned brands, and also some interviews with all involved parties. Tickets went on sale this past weekend at Zozotown, so head over there if you’re looking to check it out.

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Curated puts us onto a new exhibit from KAWS coming in February 2012 at Atlanta’s High Museum. Given that the show is still about 5 months away, no need to mark your calendar just yet, as you are sure to hear more about the exhibition as the opening approaches down the road. In addition to being treated to a new body of work, visitors can also hang around to watch KAWS in action as he prepares a giant site-specific mural that will come in at a whopping 22-feet high. Also, the giant companion sculpture from 2010 is slated to make an appearance; with that and the giant mural, this show is shaping up to be one of the artist’s most memorable.

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