This article was posted by Grotesk 2 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 12 hours, 42 minutes ago.
After being in the street wear game for over a decade, I totally lost passion for it and moved on to new creative outlets. It’s rare that nowadays I find a local brand that’s original or true to who they really are as persons. Last week I visited my friend Micah in Harlem who has been building at a steady pace his brand Only NY. His brand is one of the few remaining small NY brands with an individual personality. Micah loves to fish, loves NY, likes to take photos, draws really naive artwork with bold color combos, and guess what? His passions are reflected in every piece of his line. By the way, thanks a lot for the goods… I am actually wearing them. Check also his newsstand section. There is a lot of visual goodies.
This article was posted by Grotesk 2 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 9 hours, 40 minutes ago.
I have always been passionate about street photography and I have been doing my fair share of it. If I was doing it as a full time job, I would probably try to compete against Tom Gould. Tom and I share the same passion and kind of visual filtering of New York cityscapes and its chaos. But that’s were the comparison stops and that’s why he is a photographer and I am just an iconoclast. His photos are amazing and he is stepping up his game month after month. If that’s not enough, Tom also shoot some dope videos like the one bellow. Support him and hire him. Website Blog Twitter
This article was posted by Grotesk 2 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 4 hours, 41 minutes ago.
Alexis Arguello was born a shoemaker’s son in the poorest barrio of Managua, Nicaragua. When his family could no longer afford to send him to school, he turned to boxing and went on to become the greatest champion in his country’s history. Known as “El Flaco Explosivo” – literally “the explosive thin man” – Arguello meted out a brand of fistic destruction so elegant it blurred the lines between boxing and ballet. As a featherweight and lightweight, he was without equal in the 70s and early 80s, knocking out Ruben Oliveras, Bazooka Limon, Alfredo Escalera and Boom Boom Mancini. He became the sixth man in boxing history to win titles at three different weight classes, but is best remembered for his gallant pursuit of a fourth. He wore this shirt in training for his 1982 welterweight title fight with Aaron Pryor, a brutal and controversial battle Ring magazine would later anoint “The Fight of the Decade.” Available here
This article was posted by Grotesk 3 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 16 hours, 10 minutes ago.
At No Mas , we tell stories trough garments. We had the opportunity to work with “The Real Rocky” aka Chuck Wepner and you got to love it.
Before his unlikely 1975 heavyweight title fight against Muhammad Ali, Chuck Wepner was the quintessential journeyman heavyweight, best known for a capacity to take spectacular punishment that had earned him the nickname “The Bayonne Bleeder.” Don King’s tagline for Ali-Wepner—“Give the White Guy a Break”—made clear it was it was supposed to be more show than fight. The finances made it clearer who was the star: Ali’s purse was $1.5 million, Wepner’s $100,000. That was still was enough to give Wepner his first ever chance to train full-time, and after eight weeks in the Catskills, the ex-marine was ready when the bell rung. He went to-to-toe with the champ all night, knocking Ali down once in the ninth and falling only 19 seconds short of going the distance.
If this story of a working-class palooka getting a once-in-a-lifetime shot against a flamboyant champ sounds awfully familiar, it’s because Wepner’s story made a deep impression on a struggling New York actor named Sylvester Stallone. “Rocky” went on to win an Academy Award and spawn five sequels. Wepner all but vanished into obscurity without so much as a royalty check to keep him company. But with an ESPN documentary set for release and a feature film in the works, “The Real Rocky” is finally getting his long-deserved close-up. In celebration, we present this replica of the t-shirt Wepner wore to train full-time for the first and last time. Get it here
This article was posted by Grotesk 4 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 15 hours, 24 minutes ago.
My creative agency Doubleday and Cartwright is looking for a new talented intern for our Brooklyn Studio.
We view all internships at D&C as apprenticeships that could lead to a full-time position.
We’re searching for smart, articulate and curious designers who strongly knows about minimal modern design, garment design, fashion, sport and culture.
About our paid internships:
Full-time positions that take place year round.
Start and end dates are flexible with a minimum of a three-month commitment.
We require a minimum of 40-hour per week (Monday-Friday).
Responsibilities:
Participate in the concept stage through final production of projects.
Create wireframes and functional prototypes
Production work
Skill Requirements:
Strong eye for typography, color, and layout
Strong sketching skills
Working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, In design & Acrobat
Solid writing and visual communication skills
Ability to accurately set and meet deadlines
Mac platform friendly
A plus:
Good Illustration skills
Motion Design knowledge
Web and prepress knowledge
Will work closely with an Art Director and team with the end goal of leading their own projects through to completion.
Please send your resume to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you feel you have what it take to bring something great to our company. If you never heard of the following names, don’t bother us:
Victory Journal, NoMas, Action Bronson, Doc Elis, Wilt Chamberlain, Clyde Frazier, Broadway Joe, Luis Sepulveda, Salem, Razauno, Richard Avedon, James Blagden.
This article was posted by Grotesk 4 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes ago.
It’s with extreme sadness that I discovered the accidental death of DJ Mehdi last night. He was hands down the best french Hip Hop producer for those who only knew him as a electronic artist.
I always love to listen to his dark tracks while working late at the studio. Here is few great track he produced. REST IN POWER. Your music will live forever in my boombox .
