Few graphic series succeed in producing continued quality and thoughtful design. One that does is the Burton Artist series. The current theme “Design of Dissent” gives each artist a strong working platform, and beyond those that are chosen are done so with a watchful eye. The result is drops that don’t skirt individuality in a quest for conformity — a requirement in a positive string of connected product.

The latest artist to work Burton’s t-shirt canvas is John Yates. He’s worked as artistic director of Alternative Tenticles, and with his own Stealworks actively designs for alternative press. For Burton, he’s done 4 tees. Each hits the nail on the head in terms of the umbrella theme. Visit your nearest Burton flagship store to grab one (or all).

Via: Blacklodges

Detailed views of John Yates Burton Artist Series T-shirts after the jump.

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In pretty much every product segment you will find a brand that tries to take it to the next level in terms of quality and also in terms of design. Danish brand Vipp has been doing that now for nearly 70 years in the bin market.

"Vipp has given the classic 1939 design to a large number of big names in the worlds of design, fashion, art and entertainment and charged them with customising the bins. Not your average blank canvas, the interpretations vary from the simple, subtle and beautiful, to the downright extraordinary." Via Wallpaper.

The line-up of bins includes designs by names such as Karim Rashid, Dominic Wilcox, Bill Sofield, Simon Doonan, Thomas Libertiny, Ingrid Hoffman, Mattia Biagi and many others.

The bins are all currently on show in the Conran Shop in NYC and will be auctioned off with proceeds going to charity.

Have a look at some works out of the collection after the jump.

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Stussy got together with Melbourne based artist Andy Murphy on a series of artist t-shirts. The artist projected his strong graphic style onto the medium t-shirt, in a series of overall four. Expect these to be in stores some time in October. Via Sneaker Freaker.

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After recently giving you a first look at the upcoming special products of the Colette x Gap concept store, that will be opening its doors on September 6th in New York City, we show you today the Paris x New York City artist series t-shirts that were made for the occasion.
Colette and Gap have invited artists from both Paris and New York to design t-shirts for the pop-up store. Each t-shirt is designed by one Parisian artist and one New York artist together – a group of Paris-based artists have come up with design concepts that a group of New York artists completed. The line-up includes t-shirts by Artus x Peter Arkle, Miss Tic x Claw Money, Jean-Philippe Delhomme x Ruben, Thomas Lelu x Tobias Wong, Genevieve Gauckler x Eric Elms (here above) and Andre x Neckface (here above).
Have a look at the rest of the line-up out of the Colette x Gap Paris x NYC artist series t-shirts after the jump.

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The Zoo York Institute is proud to announce that its highly-anticipated new series of collaboration artist boards will hit shops in early September. Inspired by Gotham’s most unbreakable resident – the cockroach – Zoo York’s new pro model board series features custom roach graphics by five renowned NYC artists including Greg Lamarche (SP.ONE), Steve Nishimoto (Nish), Kyle Talbott (Mesk One), Stephen Halker, and Jules Kim (Bijules).
Look out for the release!

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Yesterday we gave you a detailed look at the Nike Air Max 90 Current CoLab Artist Series that will be released worldwide tomorrow. The series consists of three sneakers, designed by Ben Drury, Kevin Lyons and Japanese artist Yokoyama.
Today we give you look at the apparel that comes along with the sneakers out of the Nike CoLab "Air U Breathe" series. Each sneaker will come with matching t-shirts as well as a windrunner. Pics via Hectic.
Have a detailed look at all the apparel after the jump.

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After much speculation and half decent images, we can finally show you today the entire Nike Air Max 90 Current Artist Series pack, consisting of three Air Max 90 Current, designed by Ben Drury, Kevin Lyons and Hito Yokoyama.
The pack will be released at Overkill this coming Friday, 8th of August.
Many images of all three sneakers, giving you a detailed look at the graphic of the artist that have been placed on the tongue, heel and lining, you can find after the jump.

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Altamont, the brand created by Mark Foster, Patrick O’Dell and Andrew Reynolds, presents a strong line-up of artist collaboration t-shirts. They got together with FOS, Rickey Powell, Alyasha Owerka-Moore, J.Lorenzi, French and Neckface. Via Honeyee.
Expect these to be available soon.

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As part of their Spring/Summer 2008 collection, Sound & Fury, Rockers NYC has worked on an artist seriss. The Sound & Fury Artist Series features the “Wardance” tee, a collabo with photographer Shawn Mortensen, and the “Youth vs. Youth” tee, a collabo with artist and musician, Brian DeGraw.
RockersNYC have worked with the world-renowned photographer, Shawn Mortensen, on the epic tee, Wardance. In 1991, a war was waged on the Jamaican dancehall battlefield. Two artists, Super Cat, aka Don Dada, and Ninja Man, aka Don Gargon, clashed at Sting in Kingston in a historical battle, captured by Shawn Mortensen on one of his many travels.
RockersNYC also had the honor of producing a tee using Brian DeGraw’s multimedia piece “The Youth of Today” (2006). This piece features two albums of the same name by two very different, but equally influential, groups – Musical Youth, an English reggae group, and The Youth of Today, an American hardcore band. As a work of art, and a tee, “the piece suggests that beneath heterogeneous surfaces and commercial artifices there is a universality of artistic ambition transcending class, borders, genres, and disciplines.”
Have a look at some more pictures of the t-shirts after the jump.

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This season we have visited more tradeshows than ever before. Thousands of pictures are now on the memory sticks and step by step we will give you previews of the interesting bits and pieces that we came across these past couple of weeks.
Beginning of February we visited the Boutique Fräsh tradeshow in Stockholm. This rather new show happened for the second time this month and has quickly evolved into the premier skate/street tradeshow in the Scandinavian market. Any brand that you might be interested in was showing. Over the course of this week, we will give you some interesting previews from the show.
We start today by showing you an interesting parka from the Grenade Artist Series. They worked with Rogue Status on a mountain parka. The white parka features the already famous gunshow pattern by the brand all over. Matching pants will also be coming along at its release later this year.
Check out more pics after the jump.

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The next shoe in the 100th anniversary artist series by Converse is about to drop. This time the brand got together with designer/artist Ryan Lombardi. A graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia, his background is in graphic design, and graffiti. For this Chuck Taylor, Lombardi wanted to incorporate things that symbolized “Red” and “100” so he took design cues from Redwood Trees—trees that usually live to be hundreds of years old. A Jack Purcell by the artist will follow later on. This Chuck Taylor will drop this month at retailers. Via Complex.

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Today we  present you a new label, FAM, which presents with its first season a series of artist designed t-shirts around the music theme.
“FAM is a new label that represents our Family and the way we come together to breath life into the products we make. With our passion for creativity, FAM brings to the world a new line that takes pride in the time, talent, and detail that goes into every single item produced under the brand. Since this apparel represents our individual personal styles, they in turn become an extension of our family branches. We want to share our vision and products to all, making each and everyone one of our supports a part of our ever growing family.”
Three artists were invited to come up with a design that shows how music inspires their design work. These three artists include Stephen Holding (New York), Jeff Hamada (Vancouver), and MC Yan (Hong Kong). The main objective was to see how each artist from a different part of the world would interpret a concept revolving around this theme and their ways of executing it. At the end, this project enables each artist to show how their designs can show similarities and differences within their personal style.
Each artist contributed one design, thus the first collection consists of overall three designs each coming on a black and a white t-shirt. FAM will be available at The Reed Space (NYC), St. Alfred (Chicago), Subdivision (Vancouver), Bodega (Boston) and Headquarter (Mexico).
After the jump you can have a look at the other t-shirts of the first season.

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UK premium sneaker chain Size? just released the first part of an artist series. In this series they get together with artists to produce limited edition products. This first drop in collaboration with UK artist Jon Burgerman, consists of  a t-shirt, crewneck sweater, hoodie and also matching umbrella. All pieces in this collection are limited to 300 pieces worldwide.
The Jon Burgerman pieces have now dropped also in the Size? online store. Check out the other pieces after the jump.

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The London Police started when a few English geezers headed to Amsterdam in 1998 and started rejuvenating the visually disappointing streets of the drug capital of the world. The characters known simply as “LADS” soon held iconic presence in the city.
From 2002 onward, The London Police started sending missionaries into all corners of the globe and soon there were LADS on the streets and in shows in many World cities, including London, Manchester, Brussels, Barcelona, Berlin, Munich, Milan, Torino, Copenhagen, New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo.
In this latest artist collaboration, Oakley offers more than a signature sunglass – in extremely limited quantity, Oakley is introducing The London Police Artist Series Collector Pack, featuring a GASCAN sunglass, CROWBAR goggle and custom hoodie, all in a zippered case – each piece featuring artwork by The London Police.
Retail price on this pack is $500 US. The London Police GASCAN will be sold outside of the pack for a retail price of $170 US. Check those out in more detail after the jump.

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Pictures of this sneaker have already been circulating this summer and now it has finally been released. After Josh Wisdumb and Eric Haze, New Balance continues their artist collaboration series, and gets together this time with Sean D ‘Anconia of Her Majesty’s Secret Studios. The shoe pays homage to 70’s grindhouse cinema using a collage of the icons of the era: streets of Harlem to the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, from Yakuza to KungFu. The details on the sneaker are just incredible.
It has been released at Atmos Tokyo. Make sure to check out the detailed pictures after the jump.

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We reported a while ago about the Levi’s Artist Series, which consisted of collaboration with Matzu and Kaws. Staple was also part of the series, but it got a little quite around it, so we were not sure anymore whether it was still coming. Now Jeff Staple shows some first teaser images of the denim, which is also part of the Staple 10th Anniversary celebrations.
The denim features a Aluminum back patch and stitching to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Staple. The back pockets feature pink acruates. Lastly we see the custom tag of the denim. There is no release date so far, but should the denim be released to the general public we will let you know.
Check out the other pics after the jump.

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A while back we previewed the Levi’s x Medicom Artist Series Bearbricks and here you see the first finished product out of the series. They created a box set, which consists of a Levi’s t-shirt with the designs of Mad Barbarians. The box set also comes with the Levi’s x Medicom x Mad Barbarians 100% Bearbrick and is available in several colorways. It does not stop here. The Bearbrick also exists in a 400% version. Via Basaradan.

This definitely looks good, thus it will be interesting to see what else is going to come out of the project. We’ll keep you posted. After the jump detailed pictures of the t-shirts, the box sets and of course the Bearbricks.

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The Zoo York Institute is proud to announce the release of two highly-anticipated new series of collaboration artist decks – Makeset and Broken Windows – both of which are now available at authorized Zoo retailers.

Makeset is a design collective comprised of two Brooklyn-based artists/designers/makers – Mike Perry and Zoo’s very own in-house creative mastermind, Damien Correll.  Long-time friends and regular collaborators, over the years the two have joined forces on several ‘zines, prints, and other acclaimed art projects.  The tag team duo’s new series of Zoo York pro models feature custom graphics that are a playful spin on NYC’s iconic landmarks, renowned architecture, and bustling neighborhoods.  From Coney Island, Times Square, and the East River, to the Brooklyn Bridge, Flatiron District, and Chrysler Building, the Makeset Artist Series provides a unique visual narrative on the Big Apple.  
The Broken Windows Artist Series is a custom creation brought to life by a covert design collective affiliated with Zoo York.  Keeping it dark and gritty like New York City, the graphics on this collaborative series of pro model boards reflect the wide range of typography, graffiti, and scrawls plastered all throughout the city’s five boroughs.  Cleverly designed so the graphics from one board bleed onto the next to form a complete set (aka, polyptych), the inspiration for this series was derived from a challenge to the 80’s era Broken Windows theory that was adopted by the Giuliani Administration as a way to clean up city streets by cracking down on graffiti, petty crime, and other forms of perceived “vandalism.”

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Today we present you the next collaboration that is part of the Oakley Artist Series. This time the brand got together with artist Todd Francis.
Todd Francis has been designing skate graphics for fifteen years. His artwork has helped define several distinct companies such as Element Skateboards, Stereo, Real Skateboards, Spitfire Wheels and New Deal Skateboards. He is perhaps best known for applying political and environmental satire to his past graphics for Antihero Skateboards, which continues in the artwork he develops today for Element.
Oakley and Todd Francis present the “Eyepatch” sunglasses. As usual the glasses come in a limited edition run and custom pouch and box. Later this month Oakley will also host a media event for Todd Francis. Check the details after the jump.

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The new Beautiful Decay Artist Series t-shirts have been released these past days. The new series includes designs by Sentimental Soy Cheese, Matt Yerman, Evgeny Kiselev and many others. Defintiely worth checking out. So, have a look here.

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