Organized by London’s RS&A, the “Art of Chess” is an ongoing touring exhibition. Leading contemporary artists (for example, Damien Hirst and Paul McCarthy take the chess board as basis for their own creative interpretation of the game. McCarthy incorporates the contents of a pantry, Hirst focuses more on the games interactions within the mind. The latest incarnation of the exhibition is currently on view in Dublin at the Sebastian Guinness Gallery. Included is a newly created short film by Gavin Turk, a still of which you can see above. The exhibition will be on view in Dublin until October 9.

Via: ArtInfo

View the chess sets devised for “The Art of Chess” by Hirst and McCarthy after the jump.

As part of their Fall/Winter 2008 collection, Addict presents the Originators Series. This t-shirt collection consists of collaborations with some of the most prominent brands and artists based in Los Angeles. The line-up includes Freshjive, XLarge, FUCT and artist Grave One.
Each brand/artist designed one graphic, which will be available in three colorways this Fall/Winter season. 
Have a look at the entire Addict Fall/Winter 2008 Originator Series after the jump.

Monument Snowboards has launched their new website and with it presents the line-up of their artist driven Fall/Winter 2008 collection. 
The new line-up of snowboards features the works of renowned artists Krink, Todd Tourso, Kime Buzzelli, Thom Lessner, and Owleyes. 
Have a detailed look at the entire collection of snowboards by Monument after the jump.

The group one of the Adidas aZX collection, consisting of collaborations with stand-out boutiques and brands from around the globe, just released this past Friday. Thanks to LaMJC we can already today give you a look at the next drop, the letters I-P.
In this release you will find collaborations with Kendo, Neighborhood, Just Be, Livestock, Major and Patta. As you can see, lots of high profile collaborations are also part of this release. The most hyped item will most likely be the Neighborhood ZX 700 boat shoe, judging from the hysteria previous Adidas x Neighborhood releases created.
Check out more detailed images of the entire drop after the jump.

Converse Japan has worked on some interesting collaborations as part of their 100th anniversary celebrations. Together with Isetan they will be presenting a range of collaborations on Converse classics.
Mastermind Japan has worked on the Chuck Taylor High. Number (N)ine worked on the Jack Purcell and Libertine gave their own look to the classic slip-on.
All three sneakers will be released exclusively at Isetan very soon. Hopefully we will be able to show you some detailed pictures in the near future. Pic via Easttouch.

We reported earlier of the upcoming Colette x Gap pop-up store in New York, coming September 6th. Today the website for the collaborative project launched and they announced a series of great collaborations, including Andre x Neckface, Gauckler x Elms, Miss Tic x Claw Money, So_Me x ESPO. Also they will be carrying a lot of exclusive product by Adam Kimmel, Converse, Longchamp, Repetto and other brands.
Keep an eye on http://www.colettexgap.com/.
Definitely something to look out for!
A complete list of all collaborations and exclusive product after the jump.

Dissizit presents some strong new collaboration t-shirts. The first one is with Slick. His spray can character finds his new favorite spot. Really nice work on the graphic and the print is also of very high quality. 
The second one is a collaboration with Martyr Inc. and with Everlast. Unlike the other design, we have here a strong social message behind the design, which is also executed nicely. Expect these to be released soon.
More images after the jump.

A while back we announced the J.Money 5th anniversary collaboration series. As part of their summer ‘08 collection they have now released the first part of the collaborations, including t-shirts with King Stampede, Crooks & Castles, UXA, Teamworks, SSUR and Situationormal.
They are now available at Boundless NY.
Check out the others after the jump.

Japanese brand/retailer Lafayette is celebrating its 5th anniversary with a strong series of collaborations. They partnered up with J.Money, Sneaktip, Teamworks, DJ Clark Kent, Acapulco Gold, Deadline, Frank 151, Craft, La Carrera, Ally & Dia and Chatty Chatty. With each one of the brands they made t-shirts and in some cases also New Era caps and skate decks. 
We already presented you the La Carrera collaboration yesterday, all the rest today, after the jump.

In our previous post we showed you the video with some background information on the first set (A To H) of collaborations of the adidas aZX collection. Here we give you the essentials – the sneakers. We present you the collaborations with ACU, Bodega, Colette, D-mop, Limited Editions, Foot  Patrol, Goodfoot and Huf. The images are not very good, but we are sure you are still happy to get an idea of what the outcome of the first part of this project is.
Check out the Goodfoot and ACU collaborations after the jump.