Every waking moment negative energy attempts to penetrate your headspace. There are countless ways to combat this, but for us the general consensus is that good music always seems to work best in putting the mind at ease. Already regarded as Brooklyn’s Finest, The Stuyvesants create such music. The Stuyvesants is the creative collaboration of  producer Allan Cole [Algorythm], and record collector Darien Birks [Flwrpt]. [Read more...]
Bangin’ from Brooklyn: The Stuyvesants State of Mind
David Carson vs. 2011
For readers of the new school, old school surfer David Carson is to typography + graphic design, What Grandmaster Flash is to deejaying and hip hop. During the early 90′s he changed the face of the layout, most noticeably as the art director for the contemporary alt-rock publication Ray Gun.
January 2011 cover of “Little White Lies” Magazine
“He took photography and type and manipulated and twisted them together and on some level confusing the message but in reality he was drawing the eyes of the viewer deeper within the composition itself.” ~wiki excerpt
Cover of the February 2011 issue of HUCK Magazine
Unfortunately the pages of Ray Gun shut in 2000. The Don is now returning to a new design arena in which the styles and techniques go public overnite and then go bust like methlabs. Small doses of the David Carson aesthetic have been been popping up in Europe with the first issue of C A R S O N ready to roll in February. Stay up on the development by following @carsonmag on twitter.
ATL vs HDR
No, you’re not looking at alien architecture from another planet. This is a reader submitted photoset of Atlanta’s King Memorial Transit Station shot in High Dynamic Range. HDR is a technique in which you combine multiple frames of the same exact image, each of which has dramatically different exposure and color settings. We could spend the next 5 hours crafting a post that details the process but decided to just steer you in the direction of our new friends at stuckincustoms.com. Let us know how it works out for you. Enjoy.
Classic Graffiti Album Covers II
[Click here for Classic Graffiti Album Covers I]
Phase 2 - The Roxy / Label: Celluloid 1982
Rammellzee & K-Rob - Beat Bop / Label: Tartown 1983 / Artwork: Jean-Michel Basquiat
DJ Vadim - USSR: The Art of Listening / Label: Ninja Tune 2002 / Design: Darco
VA - Urban Renewal Program / Label: Chocolate Industries 2002 / Design: GHAVA
VA - Wild Style OST / Label: Rhino 1983 / Artwork: Zephyr
Phase 2 - The Roxy / Label: Celluloid 1982
Rammellzee & K-Rob - Beat Bop / Label: Tartown 1983 / Artwork: Jean-Michel Basquiat
DJ Vadim - USSR: The Art of Listening / Label: Ninja Tune 2002 / Design: Darco
VA - Urban Renewal Program / Label: Chocolate Industries 2002 / Design: GHAVA
VA - Wild Style OST / Label: Rhino 1983 / Artwork: Zephyr
Kazuki Kuraishi : Adidas Originals ObyO | Gipfel
If there was ever going to one Godfather Don of the “streetwear” scene, Kazuki Kuraishi would probably hold it down to the fullest. [Read more...]
