phaseCOMPLETE

couldnt find the old thread so i made a new one. i got ahold of this book, and let me say. things off the chain for real. has anybody seen it yet? whats your opinions? i think its fire.

discuss

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bring em back bring em back

if you havent gotten your copy, you suck at life.

Edited by phaseCOMPLETE on Sep 14, 2005 at 07:02 PM

Can't get enough of this shot:

Anyone see any other features that had any other photos then the ones on Being Hunted?

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i agree, the t-shirts are TOO fresh. anyone know where i could get ahold of some?

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mos def. its choas, and i got fam that lives there too. havent been able to get ahold of them for obvious reasons.

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12ozprophet has done it again for sure

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Isn't echo supposed to be putting that stuff out?

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Yeah, I figured the site would be up already. The heads on http://www.12ozprophet.com said their site is almost done though. I also found a list of some of the people in it, as well as a release date. This book is going to be blazing.

ALSO KNOWN AS VOLUME 1

RELEASE DATE: August 2005

COVER PRICE: TBA

SPECIFICATION:

- 190 full-color pages + several gatefolds

- Fold-out poster

- Kiss-cut sticker sheet insert

- Tipped in die-cut vinyl stickers

- Tipped in postcards

- 22.5cm x 22.5cm pop-up diorama by TRUCE

- Three collector covers

- Numbered edition of 10,000 (includes all three cover versions)

- Individually sealed custom printed polybags

- 100 exclusive hardcover copies (Not for sale)

FEATURED ARTSISTS:

- Kaws - www.kawsone.com

- Futura 2000 - www.futura2000.com

- Todd James / Reas - www.reasaok.com

- plus guest appearances by the vandals from in and around NYC

CONTRIBUTING DESIGNERS / PHOTOGRAPHERS:

- Cody Hudson - Struggle Inc - www.struggleinc.com

- Eric Elms - Adorn / Supreme / Priceless - www.ericadorn.com

- Jeff Staple - Staple Design - www.stapledesign.com

- Peter Rentz - Graphic Havoc - www.ghava.com

- Evan Hecox - www.evanhecox.com

- Sace - www.irakny.com

- National Forest - www.nationalforest.com

- Kimou Meyer - Grotesk - www.grotesk.to

- Max Vogel - RazaUno - www.razauno.com

- Desa - MTA

- Thingmaking - www.thingmaking.com

- KR - www.krink.com

- Justin Fines - Demo Design - www.demo-design.com

- Marco Cibola - www.workbymarco.com

- Noah Butkus - www.safeaskittens.com

- Presscott McDonald - www.presscott.net

- Pete Christofferson - PK Militia - www.pkmlta.com

- Dan Funderburg - Thought Ninjas - www.thoughtninjas.com

- Pres Rodriguez

- Miguel Diaz de Lopez - www.artfindings.net

- Peter Sutherland - peter.colab.org

- Ket - AOK / RIS

- Cope2 - KD / GOD - www.cope2truelegend.com

and many more...

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Everytime I hear the word 'cupcake' I think of a spot in New York City called Magnolias Bakery. Now those were some freakin cupcakes.

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Definitely beats another Robert Williams feature if nothing else. Ha!

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Whats up wit this -

Quote: Can't remember if I read it on Super Future or 5th Dimension or whatever, but there was some people talking about Louis Vuitton doing a new version of the graffiti bag they did a while back and supposedly someone from 12oz Prophet was helping with the design or something.

http://www.12ozprophet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=62464&view=findpost&p=2120157

Nothing turned up on a search of Superfuture. A new Louis Vuitton bag collabo with 12 Oz would be fuckin nuts.

Thanks for the link Rad Face.

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^^^ Just read the thread. If I had more info, I'd post it. If you have more info, you post it. But dont ask if we have more info like we're holding back, cause that's just silly.

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The Os Gemeos issue was cool, and the current Futura issue is cool. Overall, the quality has been pretty crappy, but they seem to be pushing it into a new direction and it's been getting decent. If they can avoid doing features on whoever's doing the most wheatpaste damage in Frisco this month or whoever has the most sticker ups in the Lower East Side, they'll be ok. I got to say that if I see another article on <insert hipster street artists name here> new limited edition toy, I'll drop to the floor and flip flop like a mullet.

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*sorry had to do it.

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Edited by phaseCOMPLETE on Jun 17, 2005 at 06:25 AM

Hey Red Face -

Mind dropping a link to where you got that news from? Were there any other photos or a release date?

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Now this is what I'm talking about. Taken from http://forums.ukhh.com/viewtopic.php?p=373138#373138

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Edited by phaseCOMPLETE on Jun 16, 2005 at 08:10 PM

Actually, I just remember Supreme had a graffiti graphic on one of their shirts this summer. But you get the point.

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Anyhow, getting back on topic, does anyone know whatever happened to all the graff magazines? What ever happened to Video Graf? For a while people we're saying they were going to start it back up, but it's been years since I've seen anything from them. Last decent video I saw was State Your Name which came out kind of recently. There's been a few books out, but it seems like mostly stuff from Europe. Mainly the most graff i see these days, besides the streets, seems to be in video games, and the occassional lame marketing campaign. I think the only existing graffiti clothing company is Writers Bench, and I can't remember seeing anything new from them in a long ass time either if they're even around. Anyne know whatever happened to that Vapors Project magazine. Now that was a fresh graff magazine with potential. Never saw a second issue though.

So that kind brings me back to ther question of what the hell happened to that whole scene? How come when so much of what's in the spotlight now seems to have grown up out of graffiti, or at least contains a large number of writers behind it (Futura, Kaws, Alife, Reas, Dalek, etc), why do you suppose graffiti still seems to be in the shadows of what's hot right now? Can't say I want to suddenly see drippy handstyle logo's on the next season of t-shirts from people, but I wouldn't mind seeing graffiti get some more light instead of all the artfag crap that keeps falling into the spotlight now. Much respect to Banksy and the people really doing their thing, but I'd much rather see an effort to develop new tags and handstyles, then see people tripping over themselves to get their new stencil graphic or obey rip off wheat paste noticed by woostercollective.com.

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It's kind of funny how you sort of forget how big names in the art/hipster world, are actually writers. Or at least started out as such. Names like Kaws and Futura are so huge, but people sort of forget about the origins of it all and instead have been focusing on the latest vinyl toy or hard to get garment.

I wonder what ever happened to all the magazines. Back in the early and mid 90's there were dozens of them. I remember the thrill of flipping through mags like 12 Ounce Prophet or Under Cover for the first time. Now you don't really see too many, and the ones you do see are mostly euro mags showing people few have ever heard of. Shit used to be exciting, and people we're really pushing the form to new levels. Seemed like there were a lot of superstars that were always on the verge of really blowing up big. (I guess the finally did, hence Futura, Kaws, Espo, Reas, etc). Back in those days kids like Os Gemeos were these undiscovered writers featured in some graff mag, and now you see them doing world tours and sneakers with Nike. Not that I got anything against it, but it seems like graffiti got raped by everyone and then shoved to the side or something.

Anyone think that with street art blowing up the way it is, and fashion always looking to appropriate the flavor of the month, we'll see a resurgence or maybe even an evolution of the sport? Ecko's been advertising a video game based on graffiti, and we've seen it creep into a ton of other games for the last couple years. I'm just kind of wondering if we're about to see it all blow up and become more main stream the way everything esle around it has. Not sure I want to see writers on the cover of Wheaties boxes, but it does seem like graffiti is due to come into it's own in a big way sometime soon.

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Edited by phaseCOMPLETE on Jun 15, 2005 at 09:47 AM

THE MASTER GRAFFITI THREAD - post ALL graffiti-related comments here.

Based on how many people came out of the woodwork for Bobby Hundreds hardcore thread, i was kinda curious how many people on Superfuture came out of the graffiti scene. Seems like half the graphic designers I meet these days started as writers, which probably makes sense since both are about letter form and communicating a message. Also seeing as how graffiti has played such a large role in "street art", as well as fashion, how many people here we're actually caught up with it at some point.

Another interesting thing to debate is where is graffiti culture going? Seems like graff was getting a lot more hype in the 90's when kids in the Bronx we're doing block long murals with kids from Europe and there were at least a dozen graff mags out. I don't doubt that it's much bigger these days when you consider that there's actually paint companies that cater to writers specifically, and how related scenes and industries have grown so huge in the last 5 or so years. It just seems like graffiti is still sort of flying under the radar which is kind of weird when at the same time there's been a street art explosion. Does anyone see graffiti legitimizing itself over time the way skating has, and turn into an industry unto itself?

Anyhow, just curious where people's opinions lie if they have one.

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You talking about Century 21?

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1. roast beef

2. honey maple turkey

3. honey maple chicken

4. bacon

5. no need for a fifth.

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Didn't know they were still around. Seems like last time anyone was talking about them was years ago.

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They got a nice shop next to Supreme. How it stays in business though is beyond me since it's always dead. For the hell of it, i called the number on the lease sign of the (now empty) DJ Honda shop and they were asking for $22k a month rent. If it's priced by the square foot, G Star has to be triple that.

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They have like 2 racks of denim and a couple sneakers and all of that is 50% off. I heard they'd be closed for a few weeks and then reopen as Nom de Guerre.

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