While looking at throw ups and tags on metal gates, I always noticed on the side structure those little rectangle stickers (mostly yellow or black). They are up to remind store owners that in case of a malfunction of their gates they can call for help. I started to collect them while walking around the 5 boroughs and after 4 years I gather about 50 different ones. If you talking about stickers up in the New York street, their is no “street artists” coming even close to Empire Gates. I have seen them up literally a 100’000 times. They are followed by few other companies quite close. I was sitting on this small collection of stickers for a while when my friend Nardelli from 5 BORO asked me to design a skateboard and a tee for him. Since 5B is probably the most legit skate company in New York, I decided to give away my collection for a board and tee design. I don’t mess usually too much with graphic with photo elements but this was fun. The stuff is coming out September 15th on the 5B website as well as in good skate shop sworldwide.
Posted on August 28, 2008 at 07:41 PM | Comment (8 comments)
SOUNDTRACK TO THE END OF THE WORLD #31
My boy Justin started a nice blog where he is asking friends to send him a selection of 13 songs based on their mood of the moments. You will find in soundtrack to the end of the world a variety of downloadable playlists from death metal to glampostindustrialfunkhiphopscreemo. I have been listening to quite some reggae inspired music for the past couple of weeks. Here is an electrobomboclat playlist to download for your ears. Enjoy! Grotesk’s soundtrack to the end of the world
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 07:58 PM | Comment (2 comments)
This morning I had a business meeting with Forest Whitaker for an up & coming Zoo York project. Forest is a classy, wise and funny gentleman. MegaStar Oscar winner but down to planet Earth!
Posted on August 26, 2008 at 12:49 PM | Comment (4 comments)
2 weeks ago while I was in Switzerland for some vacation with the family, I spent 3 days in the city of Fribourg to visit my friend Serges. Serges is the owner of Lowrider, the silk screen shop responsible for all my prints as well as client list including Lazy Dog Gallery, Parra, Steven Harrington, Razauno, Dan Funderburgh, the Swiss Museum of wall paper,etc… In his mid 30’s, mister Lowrider has been silk screening for the past 20 years!!! Yes! 20 years. Following the great tradition of swiss craftsmanship, he learnt in these 2 decades to screen directly on round stones, on huge 8 feet concrete walls for a primary school, on Japanese special paper for a museum, etc… Outside of printing for fine artists worldwide, Serges is a great illustrator, designer and he runs with his lovely wife Valérie 2 tee shirts lines, produce some fun road trip DVD and whatever they feels to create… Look out in 2009 for a Grotesk Lowrider show probably in Los Angeles.
More flicks on my Flikster,
The Master with his ink.
The dream Studio
Some archives and other craps
Serges and a screen for an all over print tee from Dan Funderburgh ( see result here)
Game, set and match by Lowrider
Razauno’s screened alphabet next to the dryer
Posted on August 24, 2008 at 05:05 PM | Comment (4 comments)
8TH ANNUAL KUSTOM KILLS & HOT-ROAD THRILLS IN BROOKLYN
This Saturday, the Brooklyn Rumblers are throwing their sick annual car show. Be ready for a lot of noise, a big bbq, great bands and amazing custom cars. The atmosphere is crazy! It’s under the BQE in Williamsburrg Brooklyn.
I am not a huge fan of cars but this is from far the most amazing cars I ever seen. More here: BK Rumblers
Posted on August 22, 2008 at 10:51 AM | Comment (0 comments)
A selection of my work got published this month in 2 really nice books. I got few pages in the Juxtapoz illustration book and few pages in the pattern book from Mike Perry called Over & Over next to my co-blogger Funder and Struggle’s.Thanks again to Matt and Mike for letting me be part of those projects.
Posted on August 20, 2008 at 05:42 AM | Comment (2 comments)
Since I can’t vote in the USA but I have some views about this presidential race, I accepted the invite from Upper Playground to design a poster to support Obama’s campaign. We both like basketball, so I gave him the MVP treatment. Available here: Upper Playground
Posted on August 14, 2008 at 01:21 AM | Comment (6 comments)
WHEN PRINCE IS ON COKE… IT’S DOPE.
This is what happened during the telethon 1987. James Brown invites on stage Michael Jackson and The Love Symbol. Michael do a little routine and moon walk for a second and then Prince shows up so cocked up that he first try to play the guitar with no success, then sing with no success then just leave with no success… Look at his exit. Classic 80’s material.
Posted on August 09, 2008 at 12:31 PM | Comment (1 comments)
My friend Damien hooked me up with The OG version of Ready to Die from Biggie. If you a B.I.G. fan you have to download this. Rosenbergradio Enjoy!
Posted on August 08, 2008 at 11:33 AM | Comment (1 comments)
I spent 3 amazing days in the mountain with my friend Serges and his family. Before we headed back to Geneva, his son Lee asked me to built a character for him. I sat with some left over wood, glue and acrylics and freestyle this little dude. Hoop designed by Low Rider ! Lee, merci pour l’inspiration. On va faire un truc super avec ton dad pour Los Angeles.
Posted on August 04, 2008 at 04:21 AM | Comment (1 comments)
Before I moved to NYC almost 10 years ago, I discovered with a lot of laugh a Thai family restaurant who opened with the best “go fuck yourself” logo ever. The fast food name was Mc Wong. His logo was basically an upside down “M” from Mc Donald’s logo, its color ways as well as the NIke Swoosh to add to the name… I knew for sure that the homey will have to change his logo asap for copyright problems. Here am I in Geneva almost 10 years later eating with my old crew at Mike Wong...In deed he has to change his name from Mac to Mike but the funniest shit is that he opened a new one next to Mc Donald’s. BIG UP Mike!!!!
Posted on July 28, 2008 at 05:11 AM | Comment (2 comments)
Dope outfit....
Posted on July 26, 2008 at 12:02 PM | Comment (0 comments)
