Archive for the ‘Artists’ Category
James Jarvis for Nike
Onwards by James Jarvis for Nike. Music by Caribou.
Rip The Ripper!
Any kid who grew up in the 80′s and skateboarded in any capacity has come in contact with the Ripper. You either had the shirt or the sticker, maybe even the deck. It’s an iconic part of skate culture and in my opinion the greatest skate graphic of all time, remaining a top skate graphic [...]
Featured Artist: Solvieg
Solvieg is a 10 year old girl who lives with her parents in Brighton, England. She also happens to be a graffiti artist with an international female posse known as the AGC (All Girl Crew). She began painting at age 8 and hasn’t looked back since, bringing the unbridled imagination of a child into the [...]
Who steals art?
I read a headline this morning about an art show at a gallery closing as a result of a theft. This got me thinking about art theft in general and how it’s just something I’ve never really understood. Those old art heist movies never really made sense to me. Any art that is theoretically worth [...]
Featured Artist: The Seventh Letter
The Seventh Letter is a graffiti collective over 100 members deep. With that many members you know the scope of their work is prolific, and with the artists involved you know the work is of the finest quality. So fine that Juxtapoz magazine dedicated a entire issue (07/07, wink wink) to the crew. Their work [...]
Featured Artist: House Industries
House Industries is a typographic juggernaut, a true master of the art of the letterform. Decidedly old-school, they still start every project by putting pencil to paper and have paid homage to past greats by digitizing typefaces by typographic heavyweights like Ed Benguiat and Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. Their absolute passion for typography shows through [...]
Featured Artist: 123Klan
It’s artist/design collective week on WOP! Up first, the Montreal based collective: 123Klan. Started in France in 1992, 123Klan is comprised of Scien & Klor who specialize in graffiti, illustration and character design. Their work is bold and clean and often limited to a palette of 2-3 colors. They’ve done work for Stüssy, Adidas, Nike, [...]
