Singular

I must give my respect to the Clot crew for expanding their presence to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, one of the frontiers of street culture that was arguably non-existent before Clot's retail venture. The effort was carried out through their second installment of Hong Kong's Juice flagship. The city they chose for this very selective project is indeed unconventional for a brand with such an international following. Most other's might have chosen cities already heavily invested in such as Tokyo, New York, even EDC's hometown of Vancouver. This definitely separates them from the rest.




I visit the bookstore weekly, on the lookout for any inspirational print material, mainly magazines. One publication I always look forward to seeing is Esquire. The images they present on their covers are nothing less than iconic and the type design integrated never fails to impress me. The articles and short stories deliver a rare sense of classy and refined humor that is hard to find elsewhere. This month featured a new short by Stephen King on the front cover, painted on the body of Israeli Fashion Model Bar Rafaeli. Text on the human body is nothing new, as we can see from Stefan Sagmeister's work for example. But I really liked how clean and modern this looked, and the way the words were intended to fit perfectly with her pose. This wasn't digitally added, it was hand painted.