I have been waiting for this shade for a long time because riding a scooter at night has some requirements… and a bug that sticks in your eye while riding at 60 mph is not nice.
The Knuckle night rider model of the new Electric Loveless collection with clear silver chrome lens is just perfect for low to no-light conditions.
It just arrived today at bastard store and costs € 104,00.
The Launch Party #30 took place on Wednesday July 20th with the preview presentation of the bastard, Electric and JART Spring Summer 2012 collections.
As usual Fresco distribution topped it off with their selection of Lakai and Makia products.
Now a well deserved vacation is awaiting us, except for the sales reps who will be on pre sales campaign until late September.
From now on the upstairs showroom space at the bastard store will be open almost everyday for pre-sales on appointment until Sept. 20th.
Today I’m happy to suggest a good summer book. The Milano Criminale slipcase.
For those who don’t know Milano Criminale is a comic series about the Milan 70s criminal underworld. Bell-bottom trousers, mustaches, hot pursuit with glorious italian cars.
If you want to delve into the series take a tour on Diegozilla, the blog of Diego Cajelli, author of the series.
The limited edition slipcase “Milano Criminale – La città esige vendetta” contains three books of the last series and a fine art print signed by the authors.
Available at the bastard store.
Skateboarding version of skate army men… maybe if kids start playing with these instead of the army ones, as was happening to my generation, in twenty years we’ll have a lot of parks! At least I want to believe in this as it seems that this long-term marketing strategy worked pretty well with wars.
More info and pics on skateandannoy.com.
You can find The Original AJ’s Toy Boarders at the bastard store. Peace.
Today we received a visit from the eightgraders of Scuola Media Statale Tommaseo, a middleschool in Piazza Istria, Milano, walked by Prof. Roberto Maggi. We guided the students through the creation of a bastard product and we showed them how in subsequent phases it gets tuned, communicated, tested and sold… all of this happening in one physical space: the bastard store.
Marc McKee and his artwork have been hosted at the bastard store during the days of Milan Design Week, too bad Marc packed everything up on tuesday and flew back to LA with his precious load of skateboards, sketches, drawings and stickers.
Thanks to Marc – who’s also the hand behind skateboardgraphics.com – to Blast! Distribution and to everyone who came by to behold the exhibition of a milestone in the history of skateboarding.
An interview with Marc aired on RAI5 inside the show Cool Tour on Wednesday, April 20th, here the video. [It’s italian language only, needs Microsoft Silverlight !? and starts at 00:08:38 …sorry for this]
A few copies of the book are still available at the bastard store along with the few silkscreen prints left, which were issued in a limited series of 30 pieces.
The graphic, which you can see in the photo above, is the Jesus taken from the famous Gabriel Rodriguez pro model for 101.
Marc McKee’s art was so controversial that they had an entire wall of Cease and Desist orders for his graphics at World…
Rodney Mullen
Blast Distribution presents WARNING: The Art of Marc McKee, italian premiere at bastard store, via Scipio Slataper 19, Milano.
Grand opening on Wednesday April 13, at 6:00PM, presenting the book on Marc McKee – the illustrator who changed skateboard graphics forever – and some of his greatest artwork and decks.
WARNING: The Art of Marc McKee was realized by Winston Tseng, Art director at Enjoi Skateboards. 96 pages to show Marc McKee’s art, from his early works in the 80s to nowadays.
Marc has produced more than a 1000 skateboard graphics, mainly for World Industries, blind and 101. Some of which are milestones in the history of skateboarding, basically all the controversial and uncomfortable ones…
On wednesday, January 26th at the COMVERT headquarters we celebrated the launch for the Fall Winter 2011-12 bastard, Electric and JART collections with the Launch Party #29 – and yeah, we’re already at our twentyninth collection!
Fresco distribution contributed with a supply of the new excellent BSA beer and with a selection of products from Matix, Lakai, DVS, Makia and Brixton. The Iraola brothers, owners of JART, replied bringing in the mix a couple of good skaters to warm the bowl session and a Jamón ibérico that they personally sliced up for the attendees.
We have tried to behave but it was hard…
The bastard store upstairs showroom will stay open for orders by appointment starting this week through March 10th.
The book italiArchitettura (UTET edizioni) is part of a serie dedicated to italian architecture studios. This fourth volume deals with interiors and consists of more than threehundred pages, fourteen dedicated to the bastard store project of studiometrico.
Until now I think this is the best documentation ever published, with technical drawings and high quality details of the construction of the bastard bowl.
[…] questa quarta uscita di italiArchitettura è dedicata agli interni, che rappresentano un capitolo consistente, forse uno dei più importanti, della produzione architettonica nazionale. In un Paese dove si costruisce poco e si ristruttura molto è infatti inevitabile che parte delle migliori energie progettuali si riversino nel recupero di spazi già realizzati.
– Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi
You can buy the book online.
Watch out english readers as the book is written in italian only!
The artBook Hooked, by Pirate Movie Production, illustrates through drawings and pictures years of snowboard, trips and Isolation Camps.
For the first time in Italy at bastard store, an exhibition presented by Lukas Goller e Tobias “Ludschi” Ludescher.
It will open up on thursday December 2, from 6,30 PM, with beers and pretzels for everyone.
