Custom Kicks
The Custom Kicks Series is all about custom sneakers and how they're crafted.
We specially commission these pieces so you can hear from the designers and see how they do, what they do.
"Not being famous enough to
paint a theme park"  |
For the love of Sneakers
& Donuts
"I love all types of fresh kicks, the smell, the taste and the whole 10
mins it takes me to format the laces so they just drop right" |
Mister Darkboy -
Molotow
"They saw my work and asked me
to test their pens. Sent me spray, pens and clothing. I was well chuffed." |
Qustom Queen
"Great to taste, better to wear - scratch n sniff is another 80's
aspect that I wanted to cover" |
tymtym Patternpaint
"Sneakers are one of my favourite media to work with, but the main
body of my work is on a more traditional format - paper" |
Alex Albrandt -
A Fresh Combination
"Graffiti is like THE biggest drug
you can find on planet earth... everybody who ever touched the cans knows -you just can't quit" |
Hush - Street Art Customs
"I'm stimulated, influenced and
driven by my cross cultural experiences, I let the canvas take it own path" |
Rob-L
(Pimp my Clydes)
"It became more of a passion
when I got properly into graffiti and Hip-Hop around 1988 (aged 12)...." |
Miss Saigon - British Classics on Yankee Classics
"I toyed around with the whole
things for a while, before settling on The SexPistols/Clash theme" |
Kicker Bocker Glory - Don't believe the Space Jam's
"We wanted more of a futuristic feel, so we chose a Charcoal base to highlight the multicolored fade"
|
Jon Lawrence -
Ceramic Dunks
"Everybody knows the feeling of a brand new pair of sneakers, I
wanted to make this feeling permanent!" |
Darkboy & Shoddy
(Nike Dunk Hi) "The poor guy who bought them had a car crash, he ripped them to shreds as he crawled his way out through the broken window!" |
Qustom Queen
"The 'aged' design was applied after taking a walk out to my garden and lifting a handful of earth - it has so many different shades of brown"
|
The Brand New Heavies
"The group's appearance with MC Serch (formerly of 3rd Bass) and
Q-Tip (of A Tribe Called Quest) at a performance in New York City |
Sneakart
"Erm, yes. You name it, it's
happened. It was so hard to get the film right, we've been working on this for years." |
Puma x Rob-L
Archipelago Clyde
"Launch party of the Archipelago Clyde. "This unique project is the realisation of a collectors dream"
|
Demon -
Nostalgic Illustrations
"Almost everything original thing
I draw tends to have a dark twist to it" |
