Writers Bench

THE RETURN OF THE FLO-MASTER TEE

2008-08-25T08:54:00.000-07:00

FLO-MASTER...YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT IF YOU DON'T, NOW YOU DO! FOR NEW YORK WRITERS IN THE 70'S AND 80'S, FLO-MASTER INK WAS A TOOL OF THE TRADE. EVERY WELL KNOWN BOMBER WANTED TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THE INK AND THE FLO-PEN. MANY YEARS AFTER THE DUST CLEARED, THE NYC BASED STREETWEAR BRAND EOS (ELEMENTS OF STYLE) DROPPED THE T-SHIRT.
THAT WAS 1998, NOW FORWARD TO THE PRESENT!
WRITERS BENCH/MOTHERGREEN/EOS WILL DROP THE CLASSIC TEE AGAIN FOR THOSE THAT KNOW WHAT'S UP!
LOOK FOR IT AT ON-LINE AND AT YOUR LOCAL BOUTIQUE SHOPS.

Meeting of Styles

2008-08-12T20:20:00.000-07:00

Sp One

2008-08-04T10:55:00.000-07:00

SpOne shows the art and graphic world that writers are a force to be taken seriously....check out some of his latest work.

The Good Life! Photography by Craig Wetherby

2008-08-04T10:10:00.000-07:00

My main man Craig had a dope solo show at Milk Studios on July 22nd. I remember him from the Fridge Magazine days in the late 90's...today he is still humble and talented as ever. I wouldn't have missed his show for the world. Great turn out as Rick Powell, the legendary photographer, spun vinyl on the ones and twos.
Anyone who was someone in NYC was there...congrats Yo...

Nas on Colbert Report

2008-07-28T06:29:00.001-07:00

COMnGRAF Show

2008-07-10T14:25:00.000-07:00

True Elements and Technical Present COMnGRAF show

25 Years and Still Going

2008-06-15T08:36:00.000-07:00

25 Years of Dedication!

Wane Limited Edition Prints Coming Soon....

New WB Tees

2008-06-13T11:36:00.000-07:00

New Gold Foil WB Tees are out now in Europe and will be
on the WB's shop soon!

We even got something for the ladies!

Persue Feature in Arize Magazine

2008-05-28T11:49:00.000-07:00

Arize Magazine just did a great feature on Persue & Bunny Kitty.

For those that do not know how much Persue has done, specifically for the skate apparel and shoe industry, this is a must read!

Check out the entire interview & intro by Skipone http://www.arizemag.com/art_bunnykitty.php

Some of the Q&A taken from the feature..

Arize: So who’s behind Bunny Kitty? This can’t be Bunny Kitty typing all this can it?
I am a west coast graffiti pioneer, fashion designer and creative director that caught the spray painting bug in 1988.

Arize: As the creator, how did people receive this idea?
I remember asking my family and close friends before I even did anything with the character if they thought I was crazy. They told me that I’d be crazy not to. Many of my friends and mentors are “True School” graffiti kings, so when they said go for it I did! I get a lot of positive response to the Bunny Kitty project from all over the planet. Either people wanting product or a canvas or just to say they love what we do. That’s a great feeling because we just wanted to have fun with it and it has been nothing but fun from the start. So we thank our fans for that!

Arize: For those that don’t know..Can you sum up what it is exactly that you do?
For the past 17 years I have been creating many of today’s top skateboard and snow companies brand direction. DC shoes, Circa footwear, and Vox Footwear are just a few companies that I have helped to establish. For example I named and did the entire brand identity of Circa footwear including their logo. I’ve worked with most of today’s and yesterday’s top skaters, Danny Way, Jay Adams, Rob Dyrdek, Dan Drehobl, Alphonzo Rawls, Chad Muska, Neil Blender, Jerry Hsu and Pat Duffy to name a few. I hate to name drop, but oh well. I have done countless shoe designs, skate graphics, snow graphics, logos, t-shirts and product development. I have done so much work that it is hard to even show people everything. There has been talks of a personal website or a book in the not too distant future.

Persue practically created many of the skate brands we know today and let's not forget about Bunny Kitty! MEOW! Check out the whole interview! And http://www.myspace.com/bkitty

Foundations of Style Writing

2008-05-19T09:56:00.000-07:00

Check out some pics we took at the Foundations of Style Writing:
"BLACK BOOK BALTIMORE 2008"

If you want to check it out, the exhibit runs through JUNE 28, 2008.

DB5K Gallery
1800 Fleet Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21231

One of the original kings of the graphics game...

2008-02-27T09:32:00.000-08:00

Check out this short 4 minute documentary on one of the most prolific graphic designers of the 20th century, Paul Rand. Creator of the original Apple logo, IBM logo, ABC Television logo, and the UPS logo.

AZ x Styles P x Graffiti Research Labs

2008-02-24T14:13:00.000-08:00

This video is pretty fresh...and a cool application of the Light Tagging experiments the guys at Graffiti Research Lab have been doing

http://graffitiresearchlab.com/

Tony Silver R.I.P.

2008-02-04T19:34:00.000-08:00

Director of THE documentary that helped make graffiti a global phenomenon, Tony Silver has passed away. The Bench would like to send our condolences to his friends and family.

STUSSY SF x GHOST

2008-01-18T06:48:00.000-08:00

Latest and greatest in the bay area…SF is well known for silicone
valley, hippies, vintage fashion and cool boutiques.
Ghost AKA cousin frank has teamed up with the legendary
brand Stussy again, a marriage made in heaven.

Persue in HK

2008-01-02T10:15:00.000-08:00

This was the last tour for one of the West coast OG Graff/Designer heads...Putting it on thick with the locals, COD SUK Crews went out with a bang for 2007.

BIG UP Bunny Kitty!

Old School Trains

2007-12-13T19:33:00.000-08:00

Younity presents CROSSOVER

2007-11-30T09:01:00.000-08:00

YOUNITY is the new female art collective founded by Alice Mizrachi and Toofly, created to bring together and inspire other female artists.

Their first exhibit was held at the Showroom NYC on November 16, 2007.

Check out some of the art on display and pics from the event.

Channel1 & Cope2 present Graffiti Lives

2007-11-29T06:27:00.000-08:00

Channel 1 is the spot to cop all your choice gear, skateboards, art supplies, toys, and records. The space also serves as an art gallery and on Nov 16 hosted the jump off for GRAFFITI LIVES. This group art exhibition presented by Cope2 will run through Jan 27, 2008.

Featured work by CERN, EWOK, JAES, INDIE, THEMO, WANE, WEST, and many more talented artists.

Channel 1 Store / Gallery
220 State St
New Haven, CT 06511

PUMA - Back In The Days - Day Five - MC Shan

2007-09-15T11:51:00.001-07:00

Puma Yo! MTV Raps collection

2007-09-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

With fashion trends changing so rapidly, many corporate brands just can't keep up. Here’s a great collaboration by Puma and Yo! MTV raps. In the early 90's MTV brought the classic rap groups into our living rooms, with legendary artists like Doug E Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, MC Shan and so many more. They introduced us to great talent with some of the earliest rap videos to hit the scene, which allowed rap to spread not only nationally but globally.

Here are some pics from the crowded MTV/Puma Launch Party with people that not only remember Yo! MTV raps, but grew up on....Caught on the scene was Evil Dee on the one's and two’s, Boot Camp Click, Wane and Enue COD crew that laid the paint on thick for the commercial....

Shriiimp Across America Tour 2007

2007-08-17T07:43:00.000-07:00

Shriiimp-The world's largest graffiti body painting tour came to NYC. Some of the featured artists were WaneOne, Sebar, Pose2, Miser, Demer, and many more! Check out the pictures of the lovely ladies and for more info on tour dates check http://www.shriiimp.com/

SPY Award by Mare 139

2007-08-03T07:22:00.000-07:00

Mare 139, an old school NY train writer, who is now a sculptor did this piece for the Rocksteady 30th anniversary...DOPE!

Wane Nike Laser

2007-07-20T13:14:00.000-07:00

Check out the laser work on the seamless AF1s. Done nowhere else than the secret headquarters of Nike. These were done as a one off hook up for waneone, a writer that has been putting in work from the eighties. The design was inspired by the sketch from the piece Wane painted at the Ecko block party / graff video game.

Tuff City Styles Montana NYC/KET Benefit

2007-07-16T09:52:00.000-07:00

Come celebrate the Tuff City styles and Montana NYC store opening along with an art show to benefit the KET legal fund.

Tuff City Styles/Montana store NYC
650 Fordham Road
Bronx, New York

Come out to enjoy a great event and purchase specially priced art in support of a good cause!

BBoy BBQ 2007

2007-07-05T21:30:00.000-07:00

Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love....a place that's world famous for the cheese steak, the hip hop band The Roots, and for the last several years the B Boy BBQ. This year was another great turn out of b boys, b girls, DJs, MCs, and writers. Big ups to Cornbread, all the Philly writers with sick Phllly hands, and Pose2 for making it happen!