bastard blog

On Wednesday January 11^th we had a big party in our headquarters to present the new bastard,  Electric,  Jart,  DVS, Lakai,  Matix and Makia Fall Winter 2012-13 collections and a brand new DealerZine, that represents a big step forward compared to the previous ones! During the party we also inaugurated the new binocle working space… unfortunately we couldn’t document the opening due to a generalized state of dumbness, partially related to an overall abuse of a freaking awesome unfiltered wine ;)
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It’s that time of the year again, when *** SALES *** pop up and this time at the bastard store we have them online too.

“We deliver a cleaner Milan”, is the motto of the folks at UBM, and we are proud to support the Urban Bike Messengers by designing the bastard UBM collection for them.
The Pawn gloves, for instance, were made following their requests and preferences, and if they’re good enough for them, who know it all too well about mileage on a bike, they’re certainly good enough for us.
Reflecting print on the knuckles, reinforced palm and comfy, anti-skid rubber for great grip on the handles, 100% neoprene fabric. Zero cold and tons of comfort.

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Fontable is a project by designers Alessandro Canepa and Andrea Paulicelli: a new concept of modular elements that form tables using graphic signs; alphanumeric furniture as they call it.

Today they present their first special edition of fontable × bastard.

Tables are made from steel sheets with lacquered paint for indoor and outdoor use, with adjustable legs in painted iron that allow the overlapping and combination of table surfaces.
The Skulltable, that reproduces Ricky Fiorentini’s original skull design, and the Roundtable that reproduces the original round bastard logo have been created specifically for bastard.

Should you want to know more about the fontable world you can visit their website.
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Freak Out is the name of the Electric capsule collection with the original art by Mike Parillo. A mix of symbols and visions from Mike’s personal mind.

Mike is an icon in the snowboard universe,he is respected as one of the leading artistic visionaries of the action sports industry. Mike has contributed substantial inspiration and essential work to major companies in the snowboard biz. It is safe to say, to some extent, that he formed the very artistic image of the brand, as he did with Lib Tech, where his name has always been connected with the graphic designs for Travis Rice’s models.
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Lukas Goller is a visionary hippie with a thick german accent who has dedicated a big part of his life to snowboarding and the mountains. His brain is a volcano of ideas and his bohemian attitude makes him have a sensitive and focused point of view on the most different aspects of reality.
His sober madness, in contrast with the rationality and the experience of the long time designer/skater/snowboarder Andrea Vecchi has created the the new fw11-12 snowear collection signed by bastard: an orgy of essential lines, functional designs and revolutionary ideas.

Sex scandals, bunga bunga and gossip definitely bummed us out. On the other hand we really got hyped with the Ruby 152, Noemi 155 and Nicole 159 designed by Ricky Style. They’re quality examples of Italian craftsmanship!

Tech features 

– Sandwich construction
– Shape twin-tip, centered stance
– Camber 80% + 20% rocker near to nose and tail
– Two years warranty against manufacturer’s defect.
– Beech and poplar vertical laminated woodcore, without knots and joints.
– Sintered base ISO 7500
– Triaxial fiberglass reinforcement
– 48 HRC steel edges
– 6MA 4×2 Inserts
– Ready to use, high-grade hydrocarbon blended wax by OneBallJay.

You can find the new range of President Boards and the Fishing Club board for sale from October 12th in the following stores:
BOMBOCLAT in Monza
PLANET in Iseo
BOARDSTYLE in Limbiate (MI)
FRISCO in Brescia
and from today at our very own BASTARD STORE.

On Thursday, September the 29^th from 2PM to 7PM at the bastard store upstairs space we will host the event fmt.day 03 titled outernet (internet is outside). New event format organized by cfmt that explores pioneering themes and aims to supplying managers the necessary tools to deal and cope with change, in an informal and cooperative context.

PDF downloadable here [italian language only].

P.S. We still have about ten spendable invitations so even if you are not managers associated with CFMT but you are bastard / COMVERT customers and interested in participating to the event please write an email to comunica@comvert.com. You will receive a confirmation email within Tuesday, 27^th.

Thames & Hudson has just published Total Office Design – 50 Contemporary Workplaces, a 320 pages book edited by Kerstin Zumstein and Helen Parton featuring fifty office projects from around the world.

To the bastard store by studiometrico  the editors dedicated four pages with pictures by Giuliano Berarducci.

The book is now available at the bastard store – as usual – and costs € 30,00.

Edo Paris, store manager at the bastard store, got the cover on 6:00 AM 57, August/September issue, with this big frontside heelflip on the infamous Quarto Oggiaro bumps.
Inside the mag his interview and the bastard ad campaign Our Friends Are Our Heroes that features him.

To top it off, in this same issue interview to Claudio Jep Bernardini (CEO at bastard) for celebrating his 40th birthday.
Bastard summer?