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Kickstart your summer

2013-05-21T20:50:52+00:00

So, maybe you heard, we’re starting to branch out into some merch and other products. Sometimes by your favorite vandals. Brand new markers, top notch at crazy affordable prices and we’re introducing them to you at a sale price to boot. USe the coupon code at checkout. WHAT?

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Tuesday May 21, 2013

Spie - San Francisco

2013-05-13T17:22:01+00:00

Spie, TDK, TMC, FC showing that old school ‘Frisco Flow

This article was posted by handselecta 1 week, 2 days, 2 hours, 59 minutes ago.
©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Monday May 13, 2013

Free Lecture: Parsons School of Design, Tonight

2013-05-09T15:40:27+00:00

Tonight at Parsons: (At Least) Three Things I’ve Learned From Vandalism Over The Last Dozen Or So Years.

I will have books and merch for sale as well. And I’ll give away a goody bag TO THE FIRST (AN ONLY TO THE FIRST) SIX people who meet me and mention reading this on 12OZ PROPHET - with good stuff from Handselecta friends, Arnette, Staple, Krink and Making Deals at 12oz. Each of 6 packs has stickers, keychains, a flask, and a Krink K-70

See you at 7:00pm.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Thursday May 9, 2013

Public Lecture at Parsons School of Design

2013-05-01T14:38:49+00:00

If you are in NYC and missed my talk at the Type Directors Club a few weeks ago (and like your vandalism with a bit of high brow philosophical musing), you might want to come out to Parsons next week for my lecture about the Handselecta Project and a few things I’ve learned over the last 10 years of doing this project. I will surely wax poetic about graffiti while I get philosophical, theological, and ontological about vandalism. Plus there are pretty pictures, fun anecdotes, and some never before seen videos.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Wednesday May 1, 2013

TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB

2013-04-17T15:25:48+00:00

Still some seats open for Thursday nights talk at the Type Directors Club.

You can get tickets at the door or rsvp and get them ahead of time here: http://tdc.org/archives/7051/

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Wednesday April 17, 2013

OPEN for business

2013-04-17T01:23:17+00:00

OPEN for business. A lot of stuff has been leaking out online for the last few weeks. Including the SP One Tag Evolution poster showcased in the new Mass Appeal. The Sabe Letraset that made Complexes Biggest graff moments of 2012 And the Agua Tees and totes that I’m getting emailed about daily. You can currently find these items and more by artists like KVEE (Miami) MESK (DC) ALERT (Boston) and WENT (ABQ) with more on deck. Currently available online at our new webstore or at Reed Space in NYC. Get em while they last.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Tuesday April 16, 2013

April 4, 2012 - Reed Space NYC

2013-03-19T17:33:00+00:00

So… If you haven’t heard. With the help and generosity of a LOT of GOOD PEOPLE. I wrote a book. And this year, Handselecta turns 10. Come celebrate with us at Reed Space in NYC.

Thursday April 4, 2013
RSVP: handselecta@thereedspace.com

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Tuesday March 19, 2013

Trying to take this show on the road

2013-03-14T19:15:37+00:00

Flip the Script (Gingko Press). A 10 year project about graffiti styles in America. Help me take it back to the 8 originator cities!

Donations will be used to book and fund travel of the author, Christian Acker to the cities showcased in the book, to create educational lectures and workshops with artists and students of all ages of typography, calligraphy and graffiti, elevating the art and culture for the next century.

Check out the Kickstarter page for some great donation-rewards by some great artists connected to the project

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Thursday March 14, 2013

Killer Kaze

2013-03-12T22:43:02+00:00

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Tuesday March 12, 2013

Lions

2013-03-07T15:34:37+00:00

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Thursday March 7, 2013

INSTAGRAM CONTEST

2013-03-01T03:34:11+00:00

Win a signed copy of the book. Post your own FLIP THE SCRIPT to INSTAGRAM with the #handselectacontest1 the most likes will win a book. Only submissions dated Feb 28 or later will be eligible. You are all sure to put my sloppy-sleepyeyed note here to shame. Show us what you got!!!!!!

#handselecta #flipthescript

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Thursday February 28, 2013

Mike Giant-Handstyle History Lesson

2013-02-27T18:01:56+00:00

Summer of 2012 had Mike G in NYC for the Klughaus /King Brown show. Mike Giant and I sat down and got personal with his style history. Thanks as always to Mike, the gentle giant, always willing to share.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Wednesday February 27, 2013

AGUA Smileys part 2

2013-02-25T20:13:07+00:00

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Monday February 25, 2013

Remote

2013-02-22T20:52:56+00:00

Remote rocked Boston in the late 1980’s

Check out http://www.grafftoyz.com for that HELLO Sticker Dry-erase board.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Friday February 22, 2013

MESH Handstlyes

2013-02-19T17:53:18+00:00

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Tuesday February 19, 2013

JASE2-Bx

2013-02-12T02:08:45+00:00

Jase 2 dropped by the studio a little while back to catch some tags.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Monday February 11, 2013

BLOOM MCT-Philly

2013-02-11T15:11:55+00:00

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Monday February 11, 2013

Endorsements: SP Flips Scripts

2013-02-08T18:43:20+00:00

Endorsements: SP Flips Scripts

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Friday February 8, 2013

More endorsements

2013-02-07T19:23:44+00:00

More Endorsements. By some of the best hands in the game. Faust stopped by the studio to check out the book the other day.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Thursday February 7, 2013

David EM - Graffiti Fever

2013-02-07T19:20:01+00:00

MOCA just posted a beautiful little time capsule of 70’s LA graffiti, including some great footage of a young Chaz Bojorquez

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Thursday February 7, 2013

Steady #2: ‘Embark’ Launch party

2013-02-01T20:44:19+00:00

The second issue of Steady, “Embark” release Part

Saturday February 2
8-11pm

Present Company Gallery
101 North 13th St
Brooklyn, NY

http://www.steadyzine.com

The second issue of Steady, entitled “Embark”, is a black and white study of foreign travel. The magazine’s introduction explains:

“With all of the media immediately available to us in the digital age, there is never a shortage of inspiration for artists of any kinds. There are endless internet videos to show us corners of the world we could never have imagined otherwise. All of this plus the luxury of being able to watch them in the palm of our hand ensures it is never a problem to feel motivated to travel.

What separates a true adventurer from a dreamer is acting on that initial spark. Turning an idea into a reality at the time of that fleeting moment when you have just enough gusto and enthusiasm to move. There will always be reasons not go- work, personal life, finances, etc.- but sometimes it is important to ignore the reasons not to go and say yes to pursuing travel for, if nothing else, the sake of inspiration.

The newness of a foreign world has a funny way of reminding of how small you are, how big our earth is, and how much unknown there is to be discovered. It is that feeling of newness that inspired this issue.”
The issue is divided into three chapters, one per contributor, each preluded by a scan of the photographer’s passport, the stamp showing the country in which their photo series was taken. Dan Zvereff opens the issue with photographs from Afghanistan, Justin Hogan has the middle section of pages with shots from Mexico, and Brian Kelley’s images from Myanmar close out the last pages.

ABOUT STEADY: Founded by Brian Kelley, Dan Zvereff and Justin Hogan, Steady was built on the desire to see photography printed. In the age where photography has been so far removed from its original, manual process, the Steady creators seek to bring back the analog nature of the medium.
Steady is printed bi-monthly and distributed for free. “Embark” will be available for digital download at http://www.steadyzine.com but the founders encourage New York City locals to pick up a hard copy at one of the stockists listed below.

http://www.steadyzine.com

NYC Stockists: 21 Mercer, Blades, BLK DNM, Burton, Carhartt, CRC, Dashwood Books, DQM, DQM general store, Dunderdon, KCDC, La Colombe (Soho, 4th Street), Labor Skateshop, Lafayette Smoke Shop, Manhattan Color Labs, Raised By Wolves, Reed Space, Saturdays (Soho), Spoonville, St Marks Books, Stussy, Surface To Air

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Friday February 1, 2013

Early feedback: ringing endorsements

2013-01-31T16:50:54+00:00

It’s great to hear people are psyched for this book. High and low. There is something for everybody. March 8th release. Stay tuned for more big news. Go to hanselecta.com to sign up for our email list.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Thursday January 31, 2013

Flip The Script

2013-01-28T16:13:56+00:00

I’m really excited to announce that Flip The Script will be hitting store shelves March 8 2013. I just got my advance copy. This has been a project ten years in the making. Over the last few years I have been very fortunate to have so many amazing writers open themselves to share their art & talents, insights, histories and personal stories with me.

The Handselect project and Flip The Script, the book has been a passion of analysing graffiti handstyles, interviewing artists from the different and most influential cities around the USA, placing them in a context that few outsiders understand and discovering some factoids that many of the best writers themselves were unaware of until we unearthed them in the process.

Stay tuned for more leaks and hit up our mailing list over at http://www.handselecta.com facebook, instagram and tumblr. There will be different promotions on each of these networks in the coming weeks.

Below is a short preview of the content and interviews that you can look forward to in more detail in the book. Acknowledgments and gratitude to ThanksCamera for the technical support for the video.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Monday January 28, 2013

Cool Disco Dan

2013-01-24T02:00:57+00:00

This is the trailer for the documentary The Legend of Cool “Disco” Dan. Narrated by Henry Rollins. The world premiere will take place at 8pm on Saturday February 23 at the AFI Silver Theater located in Silver Spring Maryland.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Wednesday January 23, 2013

Inside Out and Backwards Down Under

2013-01-23T15:14:19+00:00

Eddie Zammit has done it again. Check out that creative culture down under. Tees: Melbourne (I hear they wear their tees inside out in the southern hemisphere)

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Wednesday January 23, 2013

RAGE-Inkheads, Miami

2012-12-06T18:46:12+00:00

In recognition of all the writers getting busy in Miami this week at Art Basel, I wanted to shine a little light on Rage, a Miami native who’s been doing his thing for a while with gusto for the hustle and originality to boot. He came by a long while back to catch a video and talk hands. Peep the video.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Thursday December 6, 2012

ADER remembers SURE (RIP)

2012-12-05T21:19:13+00:00

Semper Fidelis.

Back in 2010 Sure and Ader came by the studio. Ader showed off that quick and dirty Brooklyn script for us. The voice you hear half way through “art directing” him is his friend SURE R.I.P. The second video is Aders homage to his fallen friend.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Wednesday December 5, 2012

Great minds

2012-11-01T18:00:24+00:00

Great minds think alike. Right after my last post of the new Handselecta colab with SABE, Michael White, DONDI’s brother sent me this flick of one of Dond’is boyhood balls. It is now in the collection of the Smithsonian. Thanks, Michael.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Thursday November 1, 2012

Handselectaset Transfers x Sabeball 2

2012-10-30T15:39:33+00:00

For the youngins, who don’t know what a dry transfer/letraset is.

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Tuesday October 30, 2012

Handselectaset Transfers x Sabeball

2012-10-29T14:40:20+00:00

Handselecta has been publicly quiet the last few months as we wrap up final pages on our tome, FLIP THE SCRIPT: A Guidebook for Aspiring Vandals & Typographers. It will hit stores around the Holiday/New Year season.

Leading up to this monumental event, Handselecta will be releasing some colabs and other fun stuff over the next few months.

First up, an art/print/functional sheet of transfer-lettering by Manhattan native SABE, who has applied his unique style to only four baseballs (Nod to the Yanks fans for the disappointing playoffs, Congrats to the Giants fans). This lettering transfer technology was a staple for arts and design professionals for years, but is now less commonly seen. Simply press and rub to transfer your message and SABEs handstyle to (almost) any surface!

Only 50 of SABEs alphabet were ever created. One signed and numbered edition by SABE can be yours FREE-before they are even available for purchase. Just go connect to Handselecta on Facebook and “Like” us for a chance to win and hear about other new releases.

Win the Sabeball:
We will draw one winner from our Handselecta “Likes” on Friday Nov 9, 2012.
Win a Letraset Print:
We will draw one winner from our Handselecta “Likes” on Friday Nov 16, 2012.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Handselecta/176457379079956

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©handselecta & 12ozProphet - Monday October 29, 2012