My old friend Darren Meenan (of Manmade fame) is doing a cool sports-based line called The 7 Line. I’m not really into sports, but I can tell this stuff is pretty cool in a tongue-in-cheek sports banter kind of way. It feels honest, but maybe that because I know Darren has been a Mets fan [...]
Mike Hoder moved to New York about a year ago and since he’s been here, Edwin De La Rosa has been snapping photos and basically documenting Mikes time in the city. The collection of photos that Edwin put together here are a mix of Hoder shots with some great New York imagery mixed in. Keep [...]
Honestly, I don’t know what took so long for this Q&A with Jon Contino to happen. Harrison and I both love his stuff, we’ve featured him on here before, so there really is no excuse. Anyway, Jon Contino is an amazing illustrator based out of New York who specializes in hand lettering. His work looks [...]
Grady Corbitt is putting on a photo show in New York tomorrow night at Envoy Enterprises. Jeff Z, Edwin, Sean Ryan and Grady are all showing photos, so get there and check it out if you can.
Check out a great video on artists Tom Sachs directed by The Selby, shot by Ed David.
Nuno sent over a link this morning to a blog titled ‘All the Buildings in New York’… Which is “An attempt to draw all the buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.” Pretty stoked on the drawings and it would be amazing if he completed his task and actually drew every building. Check out [...]
One in 8 Million is a great feature on the New York Times site where they feature 54 ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Presented in a refreshing audio slideshow format and shot all in black and white, this series is a great way to kick off your day. Check it out here.
You know this is good. Real deal. Join Mike Hoder as he rolls around NYC with his homies – Eddie Cleveland, Jackson Ratima, Def Paul, and Randy Brown. Music: Artist: Naeem Oba Intro: “Hard Luck” Main Track: “Break Bread” – feat. Itsrealight
Our friend Torey Kish launched a new site showcasing his photography. Check it out!
Cult teamed up with Vans to present the first BMX night at the House of Vans, a private skatepark in Brooklyn, NY. If you are in the area you should definitely make it out because it’s going to be a rad night! Check the full info after the jump.
Skinny hit us up with a bunch of photos just before the new year… a little 2010 recap from his camera. Check em out!
Our friends at Saturdays Surf NYC have launched a new website/online store where you can pick up everything from their in-house clothing line to the art on their walls. The site is super dope and I can’t wait to see what else they have in store for the new year!
Edwin has his first solo photo show in New York next week with Red Bull. The show will run from Jan 11-17th and the opening reception will be Thursday Jan 13th from 8pm-3am. Keep reading for the flyer and all the info and we’ll see you there! (via TCU)
With over 400,000 views in only seven days, there’s a good change you’ve already seen this video, but if not, it’s definitely worth 30 minutes of your day. Filmmaker Andrew Wonder follows urban historian Steve Duncan around the New York city underground. With trips to abandoned subway stations, Amtrak tunnels, as well as a trip [...]
Check out a great interview with designer Massimo Vignelli, the man responsable for the New York City subway graphics, among many other things.
The Red Bull Trick or Treat contest went down in Brooklyn, NY last night. The weather was super warm on Thursday, but cooled down quite a bit right before the contest and it turned out to be a very “Halloween like” night. The contest was rad and so many people came out. It was great [...]
Nike’s Bridge Runners, a photo series by Tim Barber documenting people running on the bridges of New York, made it’s rounds online over the summer. For some reason I didn’t really check it out, but after I got hit up to go to an opening for the photos tonight, I did some googling… And even [...]
Dah Shop put on a rail jam in New York over the weekend. I headed up there to hang out and shot a few photos, so keep reading to check out a gallery from the jam!
Nigel turned 23 on August 23 and had a big ol’ birthday bash! Hosted by DJ Clark Kent & “Hawaii” Mike, sponsored by Nike 6.0, Hennessy Black, Corona Extra, LTD+, Vibe Magazine and DJ Clark Kent and music by DJ Soul & DJ Clark Kent with a special performance by J.Cole, the party sounds CRAZY! [...]
Some of the Fit and S&M guys–Hoder, Eddie Cleveland, Jackson Ratima, and Randy Brown–were out in NY on a filming trip last week. Marco Svizzero was along to document everything and they just posted a slideshow with a bunch of rad pics from the trip. Andrew McMullen hung out with them a bunch while they [...]
By now a lot of you have seen this, but for those of you who haven’t you should definitely check it out. Absolut Vodka teamed up with director/photographer Danny Clinch to produce a 15min documentary about Jay Z, his life growing up in NY, and the days leading up to his show at Madison Square [...]
The Tenth Anniversary of the Bicycle Film Festival is going down this week in NY and we are giving away 5 tickets to the BMX program that we helped curate! You can check out all the info for the BMX program that will be showing this Saturday the 19th here and you don’t win free tickets [...]
We posted on the interior design studio–Roman and Williams–back in March, but the guys at The Scout along with the subject of one of our Defgrip Originals, Ed David, put together a great video giving you a indepth look into their office as well as other work. The visuals are amazing and it’s definitely a [...]
A Nice Set is a touring exhibition of DJ slipmats that were given to 33 artists to do their thing on. The show has been touring all over the world and is making a big stop in New York tonight (May 4th) at Reed Space. In addition to all the art, on of Defgrip’s favorite [...]
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