As I’m a bit obsessed by the crossover of skateboarding and art, and contributed my part to it on various occasions, I stumble upon projects every now and then, that are inspirational. The calligraphic structure by Tashkeel is definately one of them!
The literal meaning of tashkeel التشكيل is “forming” or “shaping”. So they built a structure that actually means “Art” if you translate it … cool thing though, one can skate it.
So what I love about it is the backstory, the small details. The name plus shape and the purpose of it just works brilliantly, I hope this can motivate a lot more people to set up things like this!
Here’s another look at items from ISPO that I designed. For the 3rd year I’m in charge for Heinz Kinigadner’s clothing line in collaboration with Red Bull. The new collection features more than 50 different items, from basic T-shirts to hoodies, caps, beanies and other accessories.
We tried to find a decent mix of strongly branded designs and some clever graphics, details will follow as soon as I get final product shots!
We went to ISPO Munich to see what’s new and of course to see how many products I had there. So here’s the first quick article, it’s on Gloryfy Eyewear!
I was quite surprised to see 4 glasses that had my designs on it, next to the all-time-classic “Kirk skate” that’s in the 3rd or 4th year already (!!!), there’s two new G2s and a G3 – yeah!
The G2 scary has a dripped design, I morphed the logo and designed an element that would cover the full length of the arms. In a typical black/white/green … this is a perfect colorway for them.
The G3 player has amazing details on the logo. I designed a version with a lot of different textile patterns on it, slicing them up and putting them back together – they did a great job on this one!
And finally the G2 bang … it features the Mecha_Lemming we did 2 years back, but in a totally new colorway, frosted arms. That was the highlight of the day for me ;)
More details, proper product shots and an update in the portfolio will follow soon!
January 26th will be another fun event at sixxa store vienna, when Flying Förtress comes over to visit the shop for the release of the new Kidrobot Fatcap Series. He’s part of the artists that contributed designs, and his Vampire Bat is on of the highlights for sure!
And there’s more, if everything goes right, he might customize toys, bring some original artwork and show limited exclusives … let’s see! So be there from 19 – 21h for the release, toy trading and geek talk!
Another great artist/illustrator will visit us in Vienna and we’re happy to announce his signing at sixxa store: Gary Baseman! His new mini series with Kidrobot is just out, Toby’s Secret Society is a wicked set of blindboxes. And the High Priest of Toby will be released this month as well … so it’s perfect timing for him to be around!
Don’t forget he had more things out, like the Midnight Magi set from Kidrobot/swatch, and actually even without any of these, Baseman is a legend!
Check his stuff at www.garybaseman.com and infos on the event on Facebook! December 15th, 19-21h at sixxa store vienna, Kirchengasse 22.
0717 aka. Lilo Krebernik is a vienna based designer/illustrator, specialised in action sports, clothing, urban art and subcultures.
Services include graphic design, editorial design, creative direction & consulting.
