If you’ve ever had the chance to visit the bastard store and climb up upstairs, where we run our offices, you’ve probably met Mattia Turco and checked out his studio with his latest works.

With the 3x3x3 project by Vans – a skate deck series of 3, designed by 3 skaters in collaboration with their 3 supporting skateshops – we’ve worked on a skate deck and on a special t-shirt to represent the synthesis of the expressive research of Mattia today.

The 30 pieces run limited edition deck by Mattia (signed and numbered) and the bastard Rain t-shirt, are now available online.

The full Vans 3x3x3 series consist of:

• Pietro “Pepe” Tirelli X Vans X Skateboarding’s Finest
• Fabio Montagner X Vans X Flame Shop Casteo
• Mattia Turco X Vans X bastard store

Mattia Turco is one of the most powerful skaters around in Milan and a great artist with his own technical painting skills that keeps evolving. He is part of our family.

This timelapse video made by photographer André Lucat depicts the making of Mattia’s first mural, painted on bastard bowl‘s main wall as a tribute to Vans for its 50 Years Anniversary that we celebrated at bastard store on March 25th, 2016. It consists of 5 days of shooting, condensed in almost three minutes and delighted by the great Ella Fitzgerald.

As frequent users of the bowl, we couldn’t ask for more!

We don’t want to repeat ourselves but… follow Mattia Turco on instagram and buy one of his paintings while you can still afford it… we got some.

We have been waiting for four years the comeback of Jim Houser in Milan! Here we go: A position on a map opens at Galleria Patricia Armocida in Milan, Tuesday Jan 21 at 7:00PM.

WARNING: Piggy bank your time has come. Some buying may occur.

The new bastard Spring CataZine n. 32 is on its way (with free stickers by popular request, like good’ol times!) to all registered customers.

If you are not registered yet, give us all your shipping details and get it for free by registering your account on the bastard store.

Mattia Turco is a good friend of ours, a great skater and an all around good guy. He expresses himself through his painting and is known for his unique etching technique.

Join us on Wed, September 26th (6pm) at the bastard store for Mattia Turco’s first solo exhibition, BRUXISMO, and take a journey to the far side, guided by Mattia’s own insights into his mind’s eye.

During the exhibition, Open through Saturday September 29th, you can admire Mattia’s art work and, if you’re a skater boy, rip it up on the bastard bowl during the organized skate session.

Want to learn more about Mattia? Is him!

Want to check out his work? Have a look here!

Register online for this event on Google+ or on Facebook.

Not only Mattia Turco has got one the most explosive ollies ever seen around here, he also recently opened his new tumblelog which features a lot of interesting work. He throws an oil layer on the sheet, covers everything with black and pulls the drawing out by scraping the surface with a technique that reminds me the works i did in school as a kid.

Above and below, the one that would rather suffer than die.

P.s. Mattia is now on the roster of El Santo Skateboards.

Many collaborators and friends have gathered again for the now classic photo shooting with photo master Giuliano Berarducci, who, as a ship captain from other times, guided us through the stormy weathers of the semestral shooting that gave birth to the spring summer 2011 bastard catalog.

Thank you, thank you and more thank yous to Enrico “ERREDBARON” Predeval, Mattia Turco, Nicola Giordano, René Olivo, beautiful Giulia “fastidio” Boselli and young Easy, who posed for the first bastard kid collection.

Exceptionals models were Koji and Luca from Milano City Ink, Giorgio from UBM, Nico & Andrea alias Pink is Punk and the Warriors.

Enjoy the images.