Our second collection for 2011 is now available to keep things moving until summer, with a range of tee's, crew necks and accessories to see you through the rest of winter. We have also added Garment Sizing and Garment Care pages to our webstore to help with T-shirt and jumper measurements. Enjoy.
Crack & Shine International *TRAILER* from Topsafe London on Vimeo.
More on the London book and upcoming international book can be found at Crack & Shine.
Melbourne's Ojae dishes up a mix of film and digital photography, showcasing his travels, lifestyle and daily escapades.
D*Face Ridiculous Pool Paint attack from Comodín de la Helvetica on Vimeo.
More photo's from the day here.
Tags, throwups, pieces, simples, illustrations and all-round nice guy...Roach does it all. We take 5 and get the lowdown on his most memorable experiences and adventures.
Most memorable expedition? A 15 minute 10 man wholecar on a ridgey with DIY platforms made from cable tied milk crates and railway sleepers in 2005 Orchestrated by KEWDA.
Weirdest thing you've seen while painting? My second ever piece at Pymble station 1n 1998, saw someone get stabbed on the station at 1am whilst painting just off the platform, had to hide on the tracks whilst police and ambos came and left the scene. Wrong place at the wrong time. Also left my wallet near the wall and had to go get it in school uniform the next morning. Kook effort.
Paint anywhere or anything what would it be and why? I've always been really keen to paint in the states, especially NYC as I went there when I first interested in graffiti. I never saw anything and wasn't allowed to go anywhere, I was 12 years old traveling with the family, we stayed near time square and went to the Guggenheim. I am rectifying this situation and will be painting there in August this year, as well as SF and LA.
Favourite writers/artists: Gary, Does, Sofles, okies, Mike giant, Horfé, parra, Vizie, Roid, Alex trochut, Jeff canham, michael Doret, Saynt, Morning Breath, espo, Moses.... I could go all day.
Best chase story? Got pulled up in the car with Rinks and Nychos (Austria) DBOC in 2004 , after painting a backjump that we got chased off. We were made to sit on the side walk surrounded by 6 officers, they found the camera, which sloppily had a series of photos from the incident just gone and the few nights previous.'this is what we need' one officer said then put the camera back in the camera bag on the front seat. They searched my wallet and handed it back to me, I asked another officer if I could put it back in my bag (the camera bag) he let me, I reached into the bag and without looking at the screen, hit power, menu & 3 taps down to erase all... "hands out of the bag mate" I stepped back and said, 'he told me it was ok', I sat back down on the side walk as they checked the camera to find it empty.... They were furious... We sat in the cells for 4 hours after a 'no comment' interview and went home.
Shout outs: Haha ok. Will treat this like an acceptance speech...
To everyone who makes my life positive, firstly My favourite people in the world Bridge and my family, all of Dirty Rottens and The Goonies & Nichols street Gang. Outside of my crews in no particular order, WDV, Blends Sofs Okies Retro, Caib Des Cheat Liks Saynt Bones, Does Gary Vans, Luna Nofun Wei2, Dyms Blues, Beasty Yok Meggs Twoone Kill pixie, Phibs Amuse Perso, Josh roelink Rob abell.... And everyone else, you know who you are.
La Course En Tete - Head Of the Field (1974) follows Belgium cycling star Eddy Merckx at the peak of his career through Europe's best races
"The Cannibal Belgian superstar, Eddy Merckx, is arguably the greatest cyclist the world has ever known. His dominating career through the 1970s continues to overshadow the achievements of today's bicycling supermen. Merckx won just about every race that was worth winning - including seven victories in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, three wins in Paris-Roubaix, and two victories in the Tour of Flanders. He was a World Champion no less than three times and won both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France an incredible five times each! Merckx's amazing Hour Record ride in 1972 stood for 14 years".
"Has the buff squad been active in your neighborhood? Unwanted private companies making money with taxpayers dollars removing graff in your hood? Well maybe it’s time you called the Graff Mobile on 1800-MADTAGS".
Brought to you by the one and only Everfresh.
Just in time for his exhibition at Lo-Fi tonight, we take 5 minutes with Esjay to answer a few questions. We were lucky enough to collaborate with Esjay on a few prints in our recent summer collection, so if you haven't picked one up yet head over to the store and grab one of the remaining few. Furthermore, here's what he had to say...
Pen or computer ? Both - Wacom pen & tablet. Computer pen!
Photograph or film any event what would it be and why? Probably would have been photographing that Icelandic volcano - sdijbvsdlfjkbvkfjldsbnvlfjnvdfljs going off. Must have felt like the world was ending Emmerich style.
Inspired by... I'd say all forms graphic design / typography before the computer was the tool of choice. Pulp, horror & mystery comics, simply the most ridiculous cover art.
Worst thing you’ve woken up to? I don't know. Probably waking up on a freezing cold night, finding you've kicked the blanket off..... cold and pissed off.
Best way to end the week? Beer in the shower.
Future plans? Tomorrow I'll sauna away my hangover. After that it's all an open book - keep doing what I'm doing, hopefully in bigger and better ways.
Matthew Zaremba is a Brooklyn based photographer covering everything from his surrounding New York boroughs to obscure abandoned locations around the country. Be sure to visit his site here and see New York through the lens of a local.
