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THE REAL KINGS OF NY STICKERS

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.

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Posted on August 28, 2008 at 07:41 PM   |   Previous Entry   |   Next Entry   |   Entry List   |   Email Entry   |    Digg

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There are 11 total comments about this entry. The most recent comment was posted 2 months, 4 weeks ago...

genius

Posted by  on August 28, 2008 at 11:31 PM

PURE GENIUS IT’S SCARY.
I WOULD SAY NICE FIND BUT
IT ALMOST MAKES YAH FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT
SINCE THEY ALWAYS BEEN THER!

Posted by  on August 29, 2008 at 03:59 AM

TUERIE!

Posted by serge Lowrider on August 29, 2008 at 04:48 AM

Well, I know what board I am going to be purchasing next to throw up on my wall…

Awesome work dude, keep it up…

Posted by  on August 29, 2008 at 12:07 PM

excellent.

Posted by mlproject on August 29, 2008 at 03:48 PM

Seen my man on the look out postin those in Bwick. Immigrant underwage pay mexican gettin paid to stick those. Irony anybody

Posted by  on August 29, 2008 at 04:47 PM

IT AINT EVEN LIKE THAT AT ALL DAGS
IM PRETTY SURE THAT MAINLY PLACED THEIR FOR
MAINTENANCE SERVICE CALLS OR EMERGENCY’S !

Posted by  on August 29, 2008 at 05:06 PM

AND PERFECTLY LEGAL
SO WER BACK TO GROUND ZERO ....
MY MAN ZANE< ZE > CSB NVC WRS WOW krew’s - N THIS KIDD BY THE NAME OF PETE
WER THE ORIGIANL STICKER KINGS OF NYC BUT GET NO PLAY
CAUSE OF GRAFFITTI POLITIC’S!!!!

Posted by  on August 29, 2008 at 05:20 PM

Fuckin DOPE!

Posted by Alone One on August 30, 2008 at 08:26 AM

EMPIRE GATES GETS MAD UPS

Posted by  on August 30, 2008 at 05:00 PM

i used to work for a flexo printer in the city and we handled a bunch of these companies. the one that i worked with all the time was NYC gates & iron works. dope shirt…

Posted by  on September 03, 2008 at 11:10 PM

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