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Summer, summer, summer! For us the first summer’s day is the day we wear a pair of shorts, and that day is today!

If you are registered at the bastard store for our newsletter, we offer a 20% OFF on our collection of shorts.

Insert the coupon code you received by email during the checkout.

The promotion is also available on our flagship store in Milano, you just need to tell the promotion code to shop assistants.

This promotion is valid until Friday June 15.

We are glad to introduce to you the result of a collaboration with bastard and one of its favourite artists: the Sanseb t-shirt designed by Jim Houser.

We met Jim during “The Tip of the Sword”, his solo exhibition at Patricia Armocida’s gallery in Milan. Jim paid a visit to the bastard bowl and we fell in love with his work, intense, striking and colourful but calm at the same time.

Jim Houser is an american artist, skateboarder and musician grow up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city where he currently resides. He is one of the founding artists of Space 1026 and one of the most prolific artists at Toy Machine skateboards. Houser’s works have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and Brazil. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Harry up the t-shirt Sanseb is available online now in black or white.

Our friend Jacopo aka 2501 just came to the bastard store to get some boardshorts Waved he designed for the bastard spring summer 2012 collection.

He is always smiling, busy to paint huge walls around the world. Despite his busy schedule, 2501 promised to get around to decorate some new products soon.

Follow Jacopo and his black and white stripes world here and here.

We are happy to introduce the first bastard school line that is distributed in the best stationery shops throughout Italy and sold online in the School section of the bastard store.

Production and distribution are handled by Biembi S.p.A. of Milan.

Todd Bratrud, after enjoying Milan’s Design Week, flew back to his “cave” in Grand Forks North Dakota, deep in the US Mid West.

Thank you Todd, and thank you Winston Tseng for letting us enjoy the incredible works of this American artist.

His precious bag of prints, silkscreens and stickers is luckily still in Milano and its items are available for purchase at the bastard store Limited Editions section.

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Todd is a rare beast in a world of manic art…

Geoff Rowley

Nike SB and bastard present I Hate – The Art of Todd Bratrud, book release and art show at bastard store, via Scipio Slataper 19, Milano.

Grand opening Wednesday April 18, at 6:00PM, presenting the first book dedicated to Todd Bratrud’s artwork. Todd and Winston Tseng, co-author of the book and art director at Enjoi Skateboards, will be present at the opening.

Todd is one of the most prolific artists working in skateboarding. After getting his start at Consolidated, he’s gone on to produce work for companies such as Flip, The Skateboard Mag, Nike, Volcom, Enjoi, Teenage Runaway, and of course his own company The High 5.

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Spring has arrived. It’s time to put in the wardrobe the down jackets and wool sweaters and go out in search for bright colors and light fabrics.

Do you want a time-saving tip? Follow the link to the new bastard Spring Summer 2012 collection.

Since a few days here at the bastard store we have our own red chair of the Art For Business Artistic Alleycat in Milano.

Thnaks for the chair, the wine and for the action in the bowl!

When we wear camo we feel strong and rebel like Rambo.

We love those orgies of form and color that make us camouflage, but exactly like Rambo we hate the horrors of war. This is the reason why when we designed our camo pattern, we included the stylized form of an origami dove, a symbol of peace and fraternity.

Camouflaged, but swollen with peace and love.
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In the next few days you’ll probably be freezing your bones, as ice and snow are about to cover Italy. Thanks to a proper attire you’ll be able to resist the harsh weather and enjoy the winter.

All you need is the good ol’ goose down jacket. You may wonder why. It’s because goose feather, thanks to its volume, creates an air layer that holds and releases the natural warmth of your body.

Don’t you already have one? No problema, just ask the bastard store.

Que Viva goose feather, Que Viva winter!