Filler is a convention dedicated to illustrations, graphics and art linked to the punk/hardcore/skater world. All projects embrace the DIY movement.

Created by Thunderbeard, Filler is a three days event from December 11th to December 13th. There will be over 40 exhibitors with their own area for vending. The infamous bastard bowl will only be reserved for those who book the sessions in the bowl in advance. There will be “gifts for tricks” exchanges where during the skate sessions, prizes will be granted to the gnarliest tricks.

LINE- UP
Adrenalink >> www.adrenalinktattoo.com
Alberto Becherini >> www.albertobecherini.com
Alessio Rotulo >> www.behance.net/alessiorotulo
Andrea Chronopoulos >> achron.tumblr.com
Andres Jensen >> andresjensen.com
ANML >> anml-animal.tumblr.com
Basik >> www.basik.it
Blessend >> instagram.com/blssnd/
BRM! >> www.biarrem.com
Broken Teeth >> brokenteethgraphics.blogspot.it
Codec Zombie >> www.codeczombie.com
Daniele Margara >> www.danielemargara.com
Davide Pagliardini >> www.davidepagliardini.com
Delletuefiammeavide >> delletuefiammeavide.tumblr.com
El Santo Skateboards >> www.elsantoskateboards.com
Erika Nardi >> www.behance.net/ErikaNardi
Federico Fabbri >> federicofabbriartworks.tumblr.com
Francesco Goat Edelvais >> francescogoatgoat.tumblr.com
Gozer Visions >> gozervisions.tumblr.com
Greta Pins >> gretapins.blogspot.it
Hurricane >> hurricaneivan.blogspot.it
Johnny Cobalto >> johnnycobalto.tumblr.com
La Morte ti Fa Belva >> lamortetifabelva.bigcartel.com
Luca Font >> www.lucafont.com
Luca Marcenaro >> lmarcenaro.com
Luca “Yety” Battaglia >> www.yety.org
MadKime >> www.madkime.altervista.org
Marco About >> marcoabout.tumblr.com
Mattia Pagliarulo >> mattiapagliarulo.blogspot.it
Michele Guidarini >> micheleguidarini.tumblr.com
Murder Skateboards >> murder.it
Museruola Edizioni >> museruolaedizioni.blogspot.it
Officina Infernale >> officinainfernale.blogspot.it
Paola Paganhate >> padiy.tumblr.com
Paolo Proserpio >> instagram.com/paoloproserpio
Rashetti >> therealrashetti.blogspot.it
Rugged Street Apparel >> www.facebook.com/RUGGEDstreetapparel
Rocco Lombardi >> lalberosfregiato.blogspot.it
Spaghetto Child >> spaghettochild.bigcartel.com
Stay Dirty >> instagram.com/stay.dirty/
The Giant’s Lab >> thegiantslab.tumblr.com
Thunderbeard >> thunderbeard.blogspot.com
Violet Not The Color >> www.violetnothecolor.com
Yeah! Skateboards >> www.yeahskateboards.com

For the three days event, we will have food and drinks of the highest quality to satisfy everyone.

Subscribe to the event on Facebook or Google and come join us with your friends!

When you think about Afghanistan it is almost inevitable to avoid thinking about war and religious fanatism. But once you know about Oliver Percovich’s work your thought can start to change. Oliver is an australian skateboarder that has been able to see more than a piece of urban furniture in the Mekroyan Fountain (Kabul). He saw even more than some transitions ready to be ridden. He had a vision about how to use skateboarding as a tool to transform the way of life in a city destroyed by years of war and extreme religious beliefs and he founded Skateistan in 2007; a social project all about education, art, social integration and skateboarding.

Nowadays Skateistan is a reality with a pretty interesting future. Its history, current and future projects are all in Skateistan: The Tale of Skateboarding in Afghanistan. An amazing bunch of really interesting material, interviews, reportages and a lot of nice pictures.

Nandu Popu  is a voice and text writer of  Sud Sound System, the historical reggae Salento’s Band.
Salento fuoco e fumo is Nando’s first novel. A story about Salento’s contrasts: a place full of sun, sea and reggae and, at the same time, seamed with social problems.

The book edited by Edizioni Laterza and in italian language, is now on sale at the bastard store at € 12,00 and goes well with the products’ Jammin’ serie that bastard developed in collaboration with Sud Sound System.

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.

As a thank you, Todd left his mark (literally) on the bastard bowl wall…

High Five Todd!

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.

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.

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…

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!