| cult streetwear | book design
Cult Streetwear by Josh Sims is the sixth book FL@33 designed for London-based publisher Laurence King. Previous FL@33-designed books included the internationally successful 200% Cotton (2004), its sequel 300% Cotton (2006), the best-selling Patterns – New Surface Design (2007) and the two most recent books that we did not only design but also conceive, compile and write: Postcard (2008) and Made & Sold (2009).
Published in March 2010 we started designing Cult Streetwear back in 2008 and it was finished in 2009. The book features pioneering streetwear brands since the late 1980s and from around the world and tells their individual stories. A particularly challenging task for us was to create consistent and harmonic combinations of the extraordinarily wide range of different visuals that are featured throughout the book – including black and white photographs such as historical pictures of old factories that now all sit comfortably and side by side to colourful contemporary ads, product photographs and illustrations. Appropriately the final layout follows a more neutral, minimal visual approach – allowing the brands' history to present itself and let the variety of visuals and the individual journeys through time do the talking across the allocated spreads. The book features a cover by our long-time-collaborators 123Klan.
content
Streetwear is a global phenomenon. The leading streetwear brands, which have their origins in American workwear, west coast subcultures and extreme sports, are influential beyond the sphere of fashion alone. Incorporating the best graphic design, they have forged connections with the worlds of art, music and advertising that make them as powerful as designer brands many times their size.
Showcasing 32 cult streetwear brands, this book focuses not on me-too labels but the exciting pioneers that have shaped the market since the 1980s. Cult Streetwear tells the stories of the people behind the brands – from LA to NYC, London to Tokyo, these are the entrepreneurs, graffiti writers, DJs, surf dudes and sneaker freaks who have changed the face of street fashion.
Featured brands: Addict, Adidas, A Bathing Ape, Ben Davis, Billionaire Boys Club, Burton, Carhartt, Converse, Dickies, Evisu, Fred Perry, Fuct, Goodenough, Lacoste, Maharishi, Mambo, Mecca, Mooks, Neighborhood, Nike, Obey, One True Saxon, Puma, Red Wing, Spiewak, Stussy, The Hundreds, Timberland, Triple 5 Soul, Vans, X-Large and Zoo York.
ISBN
worldwide release date: March 2010
ISBN 9781856696517
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related projects
made & sold – book
made & sold – cover
made & sold – website
postcard – book
postcard – special packaging/cover design
postcard – website
FL@33 monograph
self-published trans-form magazine
self-published poetry collection
cover design | wood/stone architecture
cover design | creative review
cover design | novum magazine
cover design | creator studio
cover design | royal festival hall brochures
200% cotton book
200% cotton promo t-shirt
300% cotton book
300% cotton promo t-shirt
patterns – new surface design
related links
laurenceking.com
madeandsold.com
postcard-book.info
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