Looking at the portfolio of one the SEEN team’s favourite designers and typographers, Kevin Lyons, you will find many references to the world of reggae and dancehall.
Currently he shows a selection of drawings and installations at Colette, Paris: The »Red, Gold, and Green« exhibition opened on January 31st and will run until February 26th.
Eddie Stats sat down with Lyons to talk with him about his favourite reggae albums, the influence of people like Wilfred Limonious and Tony McDermott on his work, and the influence of the Caribbean on gobal pop culture in general:
I am a designer by trade, so I am obsessed with words and meaning, pronunciations and interpretations. That is why I loved punk as a kid, and then hiphop, and then reggae and dancehall. The language is fantastic and so fun to illustrate and draw; words like »BOOMBASTIC« or »COLLIE WEED«. The letters are fat and juicy. (via Large Up)
A couple of days ago, self-appointed »dub artist« David Cox got in touch to share his latest work »Rub A Dub – Modern Art Version«. I really liked what I saw and asked him to send me some more information on him and work from him:
I make 2d and 3d work about music (mainly reggae) and I’m just moving into animation. »Rub A Dub« was my first go.
I’m designing work for a collaboration based on the Stars riddim with Bristol based producer Mr Benn and filmmaker Ben Dowden for a film/animation project for a WOMAD festival later this year.
Earlier work of David includes a collaboration with legendary DJ Derek. Find pictures of that and some more pieces from him after the jump.
The nice people from Shimmy Shimmy are about to launch issue one of their print magazine »No Ice Cream Sound«
featuring interviews with Mr Lexx, Natalie Storm, Serocee and other top articles spanning early reggae, soca and bashment.
For their launch party which is going down on Thursday 13th in East London, they invited Mr Williamz, Roots Manuva collaborator Wrongtom (who’s also interviewed in the zine), Hipsters Don’t Dance DJs, Why Delila, Cool Hand Luke and themselves.
Tonight, the Munich-based colleagues from BSTN presented their very own version of the NIKE Destroyer jacket. Being one of three German brands selected to customize the Destroyer, they strictly collaborated with Bavarian craftsmen to make it a true classic.
874 boss and long-time SEEN supporter Sven was the first of ten people to receive it (see picture with GABE above).
