Last weekend we gave you a detailed preview of the Hanon VCMP Project. Today we give you some more background information on how it all came together.

Since we do not come across many collaborative projects these days that go much beyond wanting to create a product, but rather have a strong message behind the project and communicate something in a meaningful way, we took some time out to sit down with Chris Johns to talk about how the VCMP Project came about.

Highsnobiety: Hi guys, can you give you tell us how the project started? Who had the idea, what was your inspiration?

Chris Johns: The idea for VCMP came from Reebok designers Christopher Torres (now working elsewhere) and Chris Johns. The project started in November 2006 as a simple discussion about a Vanity Fair article Chris Johns had read. The article, written by Henry Porter, was both shocking and enlightening. It described how disturbing things were in the UK vis a vis an erosion of privacy rights and civil liberties. It also detailed the proliferation of CCTV’s and other ways to monitor the public. Torres thought we should create a project bringing light to the subject, and we went from there. Without him seeing it as a viable idea, it would have ended there.

HS: The project involves lots of partners. How did you choose the collaborators?

Read the rest of the interview after the jump.

KR interview in Levi’s Cinch shop in Tokyo by mediadefrag.jp

While at the Bread&Butter trade show last week, we had the chance to catch up with Fraser Avey and Matt George from Ransom, alongside Ben Pruess from adidas to get some more insight on the successful Ransom by adidas collection. If you’re wondering, the above sight to behold is another angle of the forthcoming Fall 2010 “Crest” Boot.

The three collectively answered a few questions on the Ransom by adidas program. Take the leap and read up!

Pharrell Keynote at MIDEM 2010 from thecashmerethinker on Vimeo.

Artist and über-producer Pharrell Williams took to the stage at MidemNet two days ago, for an interview conducted by Cornerstone co-CEO Rob Stone. The topics: how artists can engage their fans in the digital era, and the potential of musicians and brands joining forces.

Eccentric Canadian music personality Nardwuar interviews rapper Kid Cudi in Vancouver, BC. Enjoy.

Following our behind-the-scenes look, Bad Boy offers a detailed presentation of Terry Richardson’s photoshoot with Sean “Puffy” Combs (a/k/a P. Diddy) for Supreme’s recent magazine. A translated interview (or untranslated: it’s in English) can be seen after the jump. Enjoy!

The full Puffy x Supreme photo set and interview follows.

Rad Collector links up an insightful new interview with Eric Koston, where he sits down with Nike SB to discuss all things sneakers. Enjoy and check out the new Nike SB Eric Koston ads here.

We recently had the chance to talk with prolific Japanese designer Kazuki Kuraishi. Topics discussed include his background, his passion, and his future work – with a strong focus on the recent adidas Originals collaboration.

Read the feature here…

Complex Magazine profiled 34-year-old, Brooklyn-based artist Brian Donnelly, A.K.A. KAWS for their August/September Style & Design issue. They just put the uncut interview with online, where he speaks on his recent work with Sorayama and Clipse as well as touching on Supreme, BAPE and his own Original Fake. A bonus video featuring “a smoking hot model making out with the KAWS x Hajime Sorayama x Medicom/Original Fake NO FUTURE COMPANION figure” is also on tap.

Check out Complex’s interview with Brian “KAWS” Donnelly here.

The latest edition of Upper Playground’s Walrus TV features legendary New York based street artist WK Interact. Inspired by the concepts of movement, gesture, and place, WK Interact’s site-specific pieces have garnered notoriety through the obvious concern for spatial context with which he approaches each location and through his fluid depictions of figures in motion. Blurring lines between street art, fine art, and design, WK Interact has exhibited in galleries internationally and collaborated with brands such as Nike, Adidas, and BMW. Check out the above interview from Walrus TV and “The Run Up” to learn more!