With each installment of Curated by Arkitip, we create a video to provide viewers a look into the inspiration behind the artistry. Directed by Felipe Lima, the André video is a slight departure from our previous artist features. Rather than use words, André has chosen to tour us through a typical day in Paris and let the city that inspires him speak for itself.
The visuals are complemented by a passage from Le Paysan de Paris (Paris Peasant) by Louis Aragon, one of André’s favorite authors, read by actress and singer Adele Jacques. The accompanying music, an original arrangement of Serge Gainsbourg’s “L’alcool”, is performed by Matthew Banks and also draws from André’s tastes.
Celebrating the city that elevated André’s graffiti to cult status in the creative world, the fifth installment of Curated by Arkitip features the artist’s distinctive “Mr. A” stick figure character. Once seen everywhere from city walls to high fashion magazines and collaborations, Mr. A appears on the signature Incase 15” Sleeve and Slider Case alongside André’s interpretation of the French tricolour.
The Paris-themed André products for Curated by Arkitip are timed to release in parallel with the opening of the first Apple retail location in France and will be available on opening day at the Apple Store, Carrousel du Louvre adjacent to the renowned art museum in Paris.
“André embodies the creative spirit and vibrancy of Paris, so it was only natural to introduce his contribution to Curated by Arkitip as Apple opens its first retail store in France,” said Damon Way, Incase Chief Brand Officer. “We are excited to do this with André to celebrate his artistic legacy and Paris, a city that artists from all walks of life continue to draw inspiration from.”
The André 15” Sleeve for MacBook Pro and André Slider Case for iPhone 3GS/3G are available today in our webstore, arkitip.com and at the Apple Store, Carrousel du Louvre, in Paris, France.
Visit the André Project page for more information about the products for Curated by Arkitip as well as a video feature of a day in the life of André in Paris.
Curated by Arkitip enters its fifth installment with products featuring the artistry of acclaimed Paris-based graffiti artist André. In the late 1980s, André’s signature “Mr. A” stick figure character became a cult Parisian symbol of the creative world, seen everywhere from city walls to high fashion magazines and collaborations.
The Andre 15” Sleeve pays homage to the artist-turned-entrepreneur’s lasting legacy, featuring custom co-branded zipper pulls with the distinctive “Mr. A” character that once proliferated the streets of Paris.
Today we launch the latest installment of the Curated by Arkitip project with New York-based HunterGatherer. The brainchild of Todd St. John, HunterGatherer is an award-winning design, illustration, animation and production studio.
St. John and frequent HunterGatherer collaborator Gary Benzel created the woodgrain pattern and have applied it to products ranging from furniture to skateboard decks. The signature design has been reintroduced for Curated by Arkitip, ornamenting two of our own signature products: the MacBook Sleeve and iPhone Slider Case.
HunterGatherer is known for its spare, but inventive projects, often combining experimental and hand-built techniques with more complex methods. Since 2000, HunterGatherer has stayed decidedly small, focusing on a limited number of assignments across a wide range of mediums. The HunterGatherer products for Curated by Arkitip add to the studio’s body of work, which include a number of animation projects for clients such as Nike, VH1 and The New York Times T: Magazine, as well as ongoing work for New York City’s green initiative, GreeNYC.
The HunterGatherer Slider Case and 15″ Sleeve will be available next Tuesday along with a video that will give an inside look at the process and inspiration of designers Todd St. John and Gary Benzel.
HunterGatherer was founded in 2000 by Todd St. John as a way to bring projects ranging from product design to animation all under one roof. Since then, the studio has become internationally known for its inventiveness and distinctive fusing of hand-built and high-end techniques, creating influential work for everyone from MTV to the New York Times.
The woodgrain-inspired products for Incase are based on a design collaboration between St. John and Gary Benzel, a frequent HunterGatherer collaborator. Be on the look out for more information about our project with HunterGatherer. Products will be available on June 23.
Curated by Arkitip artist Steven Harrington has put together an exclusive mix for Incase and Arkitip. Featuring hand picked tracks from Steven’s collection, Bang-Ga-Wrong is a 45-minute mix of early Jamaican dancehall, dub and roots reggae reworked and mixed with help from Andrew Miller. Enjoy!
Bang-Ga-Wrong Tracklist
0:01 Intro (’Original Sound’)
0:25 Eccelton Jarrett, ‘Turn On The Heat’
2:25 Cocoa Tea, ‘Young Lovers’
4:49 Conroy Smith, ‘Original Sound’
6:41 Courtney Melody, ‘Screechie Across The Border’
9:33 Pinchers, ‘Agony’
11:44 Little Jon, ‘Fade Away’
14:00 Admiral Bailey, ‘Big Belly Man’
15:32 Drum Break (’Whats Going On’)
15:54 Al Fingers, ‘Whats Going On (Truth & Rights Remix)’
19:11 Ecceltron Jarrett, ‘Rock Them One By One’
21:00 Break (’Cuss Cuss’)
21:09 Barrington Levy, ‘Here I Come’
22:06 Roots Radics, ‘Cuss Cuss’
23:06 Anthony B, ‘Warrior’
23:55 Barrington Levy, ‘Come’
26:16 Augustus Pablo, ‘Java’
28:29 Barrington Levy, ‘Murderer’
30:02 Flourgon, ‘Jump Spread Out’
31:40 Keith & Tex, ‘Stop That Train’
33:54 Gregory Issacs, ‘Night Nurse’ + Harry J All Starts, ‘Liquidator’
35:54 Junior Delgado, ‘Sons Of Slaves’
38:38 Upsetters, ‘Flashing Echo’
39:54 Daddy Lizard, ‘Run Girl Run’ + Black Uhuru, ‘Happiness’
42:43 White Mice, ‘Youths Of Today’
44:22 Outro (’Youths Of Today’ + ‘Original Sound’)
We’re excited to announce our first game for iPhone and iPod touch, Parra Plays. Based on the Parra artwork from the second installment of the Curated by Arkitip project, the app consists of three games:
Poppers
It’s like a touch screen version of “Whac-A-Mole.” Touch the clouds before they pop! Sounds easy enough, right? Keep playing…
Parrot
Loosely based on “Simon Says,” but with a twist. You think you can break 100? Yeah right!
Pairs
Very similar to the classic “Memory” card game. Uncover the matching cards. The faster you do it, the better your score!
Parra Plays is 100% FREE. No ads, no pop-ups, just fun for days.
Don’t forget to check out the other downloadable Parra freebies.
First off, a video of Steven Harrington and Justin Krietemeyer building teepees large and small while installing their 2008 show at Subliminal Projects entitled, “Somehow, We All Seem Connected.”
