Pharrell still surprises us and aside from producing music, continues to satisfy his creative inner beast with other interesting projects. The latest one you see here below – he produced the music to the new Lanvin Spring/Summer 2012 Ad Campaign. The imagery and video was produced by Steven Meisel. Lanvin once again surprises with an interesting and unexpected ad campaign this season.

“An exotic and festive dinner party.
Who will take a bite of the forbidden apple?: the angel or the snake???
You can always count on Lanvin to shake up the party!

Music: 18 year old Bronx, NY-born artist Maxine Ashley first caught the attention of super-producer Pharrell Williams on YouTube. Immediately impressed with her signature sound, soulful vocals with an edgy pop attitude, he signed her to his record label, i am OTHER entertainment. “Cookieman,” written and produced by Pharrell, is the first single off of Maxine’s upcoming debut album.”

Enjoy!

Recently GQ passed by Pharrell’s studio in Miami and sat down with the musician to talk about his upcoming projects – being a consultant for the Oscars, working with shoe designer Mark McNairy, releasing his book ‘Places & Spaces I’ve Been’. They also touch on the upcoming Billionaire Girls Club line and him working on ‘Glory’, the song that Jay-Z dedicated to his daughter.

“GQ: On Rick Ross’ Rich Forever mixtape you rap, “Black boy scoring his life/ I’m scoring the Oscars.” How excited are you for this opportunity—especially since you’re still essentially a music nerd from Virginia who made it big.
Pharrell: I’m just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that’s the most important message. I answer questions the best I can. But most of the answers usually feel the same. And that’s just me being very appreciative of the opportunity, because, like you said, I’m from Virginia Beach, VA. I’m glad that I can exhibit what we can do.

GQ: Academy rules won’t allow you to say what your current favorites are, but what are some of your choice Hans Zimmer-scored movies? He’s done plenty and won an Oscar for The Lion King.
Pharrell: The Dark Knight music was genius! I mean, Gladiator was great. Pirates [of the Caribbean] was great. But Dark Knight? That was, like, a whole different level of…

GQ: Film music?
Pharrell: Yeah!

GQ: Tell me about your upcoming travel book, Places & Spaces I’ve Been.
Pharrell: It’s just things and people that have moved me and inspired me around the world and that I am also honored to know.

GQ: You’re working on a new line of boots, right?
Pharrell: Yeah. We’re working on some boots for BBC [Billionaire Boys Club]. But I can’t really talk about it.

GQ: Well, speaking of BBC, you’re releasing a women’s line soon, BGC, right?
Pharrell: Yup! And it’s crazy!”

Read the full interview here.

Illustrator Mike Frederiqo drew Pharrell Williams as one of his favorite cartoon characters, Sponge Bob. Outfitted with a Louis Vuitton backpack, a Billionaire Boys Club Cap and a N*E*R*D belt the Pharrell/Sponge Bob character is seen clutching a pile of Spong Bob toe socks..

Have a closer look after the click.

During Art Basel Miami WhiteWall Magazine sat down with a couple of folks to talk about art. One of them is Pharrell Williams and the video of the chat was just released. You can now watch it after the jump.

A while ago we announced that Pharrell Williams was about to launch the Billionaire Girls Club line, after having founded the male collection, Billionaire Boys Club, in 2005 together with A Bathing Ape founder NIGO. Before offering a full season collection, they are releasing a few t-shirts and vests, which will be exclusively stocked in the BBC online store and at select retailers around the globe.

For now nothing exciting, but we are definitely looking forward to check out the actual full collection.

A further look after the jump.

Dazed & Confused teams up with photographer Rankin for the 20 + 20 Covers Projects, in celebration of their 20th anniversary. Chloe Sevigny, Kate Moss and Pharrell Williams are only two cover stars out of the 20.

“The series of 20 covers have been shot for the upcoming December issue, featuring portraits of 20 iconic cover stars from Dazed’s past, including Kate Moss, Pharrell Williams, Chloe Sevigny, Eva Green and Jarvis Cocker. Each unique cover has a gatefold pull out, which features 20 rising stars chosen by each celebrity, as a portrait of pop culture heroes of the future. Each issue also includes a series of interviews where Dazed speaks to the legendary names featured, including PJ Harvey, Damien Hirst, Bjork, and Pharrell Williams, alongside with new young stars such as Little Dragon, Jamie Woon, S.C.U.M, and Josephine de la Baume.”

Take a look at some more of the covers, hitting newsstands with the Dazed December 2011 issue, after the jump.

Qream is an alcoholic drink created by Pharrell Williams in cooperation with liquor company Diageo. Created for women, Qream is a first of its kind vodka-based cream liqueur.

This week a first promotional video for the drink has released, with Pharrell cruising on a boat and handing the bottles to fellow captains. We are not sure what to really think of the drink and of the campaign, but maybe this is one of those partnerships that the artist should have skipped.

At least you get to listen to a new tune from the musician in the video. Check it out!

As usual Pharrell Williams is keeping himself busy these days. In a recent chat with WWD, he announces a couple of interesting new projects that we will see unfold over the coming months.

Next to launching a proper Billionaire Girls Club collection for women, he is working in a shoe collection with New York designer Mark McNairy, which will release February 2012. Furthermore he is working with Ambra Medda, co-founder and director of Design Miami and Design Miami/Basel, on a book going by the title “Places & Spaces I’ve Been.”

We will of course keep you posted on the outcome of these projects.

London based freelance designer Dale Edwin Murray graphically designed 14 Hip Hop heads. Most of them you can guess pretty easily, as the designer catches the look and also the style of each and everyone pretty well in the portraits.

Try to guess them all and check out the entire range after the jump.

As reported about earlier, Pharrell and Tyler The Creator both attended the Billionaire Boys Club Fashion Night Out festivities. MTV passed by the event and talked to the two about Tyler’s recent VMA win. Check it out!