Friday, December 16, 2005

ALSO KNOWN AS...

I must say...Nike put together an almost unprecedented private party last night at their 255 space. It was billed as AKA's Holiday Party. But it was a very tight and private gathering. I believe 25 people were on hand and each guest was allowed to create one AKA Special Edition Dunk. I was extremely honored to just be there in the shadow of all that darn talent. It was literally a hall of fame of street art/graphics/graf. (Not to mention getting 1 of these 25 joints! That's a nice bonus also.) A big shout out to Gavin for making this happen...and for having it go as smoothly as it did. And whoever thought of having White Castle cater is a genius!


1 of 25! Let's see how these babies come out. Check back in a few...



Stash seen here contemplating a gift for the lady. I asked Stash if he remembers the first time we ever met cuz i was sure he wouldn't remember. But I have to hand it to him...he called it. He was working in a silkscreen shop and i was interning for PNB Nation. I had to go drop off a disk to the printer and the dude I gave it to was Stash himself. We prob met for a full 5 minutes but he still remembered! After all the private jets and celebrity signings, he's still that same dude. Don't forget that kids...never forget where you came from cuz you never know when you'll end up back there one day.



The ever lovely host, Vashti in the house.



Gavin askin KAWS why he be fuckin' with Nigo so much. Sheesh! But in all seriousness, KAWS is one of the nicest dudes anywhere. Very humble. Yet very aware of who he is and what he does. A consummate professional. Gavin on the other hand? Straight up punkass!



Futura documenting his own creation with George on hand to help out. You can tell Futura is still a kid at heart. He's as excited to be here as anyone else even though he's the first headline on the book's cover. That's what is dope about Fut...he still loves what he does and you can tell. He's just havin' a good time, almost oblivous to all the BS that surrounds it. Lesson #2 kids...always stay a fan. When I'm around these types of guys, I always feel like a student cuz I still have mad shit to learn.



Earsnot about to rush me cuz i stole his seat at the ID Station. Sorry son! That's what happens when you keep going back over to the White Castle counter!



JEST and KAWS having a pow-wow. JEST is the Beanie Siegel of this game. No matter who he collaborates with or what companies he works with, he is still gangsta at heart. He even wore Tims to this Nike event! See? Gangsta!



The inspiration for this evening's exclusive ID color palette.

10 comments:

Alan said...

Nice.
Can't wait to see the finished products.

Digi Smalls said...

is that alan from 12oz?

Digi Smalls said...

looks like a straight locker room in there - lucky you had Vashti to break up that Jimmy Dean party.

Anonymous said...

^ not the same from 12oz. (he spells it Allen)

Anonymous said...

Yo looked like everyone had fun. I wish I could have been there to get this on camera. The shoes were hot....ONE

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Anonymous said...

i see douce is doing big things

Anonymous said...

JEST IS THE COOLIST DUDE!
MET HIM IN ALIFE ON A TRIP TO NEWYORK ONE TIME!
TRUE STAR!!!
SUMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Seems like a great time, Stash is something all right, a great guy. But KAWS, humble? yeeesh, maybe you won't post this because of my take on the guy, but I'd call him anything but...

cool site though man, first time here, I truely do dig it...

Ritchie said...

to have someone so involved with the shoe game to post..is damn interesting. kinda sick how you meet all these people who you've met before when you were younger

Anonymous said...

^ Yes that's Allen from 12 oz, and yes, he spells it A L L E N. Good to see this cat back in the game. I grew up on issues of 12 oz. Definitely was a project ahead of it's time. Can't wait to see what they come up with these days, now that everyone's out to do cool shit.