Pantone announced the availability of the PANTONE UNIVERSE Limited Edition 09/63 Sneaker Collection. Through an exclusive collaboration with SeaVees, purveyors of California Casual, the collection honors the introduction of the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM in 1963 by featuring seven vintage PANTONE Colors from the original color palette.
In September 1963, Lawrence Herbert, Pantone’s founder, created a unique system for identifying, matching and communicating colors to solve the problems associated with producing accurate color matches in the graphic arts community. His insight that the spectrum is seen and interpreted differently by each individual led to the innovation of the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM. Today, the PANTONE Name is known throughout the world and across a range of industries as the standard language for accurate color communication, from designer to manufacturer to retailer to customer.
For the first time in the company’s 45 year history and through an exclusive agreement, Pantone has allowed an external design team into its hallowed archives. SeaVees cofounders Steven Tiller and Derek Galkin selected seven vintage colors from the original PANTONE Color guide for the latest shoe palette. Chosen from the only authentic guide known to exist, the colors epitomize the cool, casual style of California in 1963.
“For the discerning taste of designers in various industries, Pantone is, quite simply, the color bible,” said Steven Tiller. “Each SeaVees style is named to honor an influential date in 1960’s California-cool history. The founding of the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM is certainly a significant milestone in the design industry, and we think professionals and consumers alike will be drawn to the classic styling and original PANTONE Colors of the 09/63 Collection.”
“We are excited to extend the PANTONE UNIVERSE Brand of colorful, design-driven consumer products into footwear,” commented Lisa Herbert, executive vice president of the Pantone fashion, home and consumer division. “We continually look to offer our customers fun, new ways to bring color into their lives. We hope the 09/63 Collection will resonate with those who have relied on Pantone for inspiration and accurate color matching for decades, and provide another way to showcase their creativity through SeaVees in favorite PANTONE Colors.”
The beauty of a Ryan McGinness show is not only that passing through the gallery doors is entering into the world of McGinness, but that each painting fully consumes your attention once you start looking.
Like their name implies, each multi-layered screenprinted work from the Black Hole series has the remarkable ability to suck viewers in. Similar to a Jackson Pollack or a Jean-Michel Basquiat, you could stare at each painting for hours, discovering each sweet spot and intersection of visual imagery. The more you try to find a beginning or end to each piece, the more you’ll be drawn into the work. For this reason it’s often better to revisit the work during a gallery’s off hours, when you’ll have time to spend with each painting.
Ryan McGinness Works, a show the artist has been working on since his last show at the gallery three years ago, presents a wealth of new material, following in the vein of recent work presenting paintings and fluorescent vinyl in a black light room a black light room. The exhibition continues as the iconic details in the paintings come alive as three-dimensional sculptures and includes a massive piece measuring seven feet tall by 50 feet wide.
The show is presented in conjunction with the release of his new book, “Ryan McGinness Works,” which includes a behind-the-scenes look at his recent works, as well as texts by David Byrne, Peter Halley, Tom Greenwood and Greg Lindquist.
Ryan McGinness Works
Opening reception: 7 March 2009, 6-9pm
7 March-18 April 2009
Deitch Projects
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This 2009 release from Gourmet L’ Cinque is definitely a departure from their old Jordan-inspired shoes. Taking the best elements of classic Wallabies and Desert Boots, Gourmet L’ Cinque has come up with a clean silhouette that has an understated style that those of us that aren’t fans of the neon 80’s revival will definitely be feeling. While you can’t tell from a picture, the material used for the shoe definitely looks intriguing.
If you care to get your grown man on, these just released at HUF.
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Very beautiful illustrations are to be discovered on the portfolio of the artist Ben Tour, originating in Vancouver. The watercolour enables him to carry out portraits full with life.
BUSK went all out in the recent snow storms, creating a Cheech Wizard, this infamous character was seen chilling out in East London with a of can BUSK Krylon to lean back on. He featured alongside his lizard apprentice Razzberry in Vaughn Bode’s comic strips and are true graffiti legends of the old school, appearing in blackbooks, trains and walls across the globe since the release of subway art!
