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the perfect fusion of country and urban inspiration

There were boat trips, fishing, clay ovens, home brew, bell tents, camp fires, songs, and of course lots and lots of painting. of objects that which got 'prettied up'.

From the street art collections that d

on the office walls,

to the dood

le-jams that took p

lace in our old skate shop

sp

awning

the brand

we have tod

ay, we have alw

ays had

an affinity with street art and

the culture in which it

exists. Providing

constant inspiration for t-shirt and

g

raphic d

esigns, street art has help

ed d

evelop Sup

re-m

ebeing

into a full fledg

ed clothing

brand

well know

n for its use of colour.

Our collab

oration t-shirts allow us to g

ive a nod to

artists and creatives that w

e are feeling at the m

oment

and w

ho we see w

ill add

that extra special touch to our

grap

hic collection for the season. TWC

P will b

ecome

the gallery for all collab

oration t-shirts as well as g

iving

us the platform

to release mid

-season collabs and

one-off d

esigns.

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The first event dub

bed

'CanJam

' was located

in a d

isused w

arehouse that backs onto the river (om

itted).

Surrounded

by g

ardens and

wild

life, the location p

rovided

the perfect fusion of urb

an and country

inspiration. There w

ere boat trip

s, fishing, clay ovens, hom

e brew

, bell tents, cam

p fires, song

s, and of course

lots and lots of p

ainting. Some of the rand

om ob

jects that g

ot painted

included

rusty 60's med

icine signs, car

parts, authentic w

artime helm

ets, amm

o boxes, an entire

We see the events as op

portunities for und

isturbed

creativity w

ith like mind

ed p

eople. It's exciting

that for som

e of these guys it is a real step

outside w

hat they are used

to, and yet in such a com

fortable and

familiar head

sp

ace. Unfortunately these jam

s are yet to be op

en to the p

ublic, and

invites are a rare and soug

ht after comm

od-

ity (hence the legend

ary artist line up). H

owever there

are of course some fresh T-Shirt d

esigns that cam

e from

the project for the lucky few

that get their hand

s on

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t to d

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idea t

hat al

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is polit

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(i.e

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either i

mplic

itly

supports

or

explic

itly

opposes t

he stat

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to p

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obvious

ly p

olitic

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walls

aroun

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and b

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here a

view

of p

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Portr

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On city street corners, around telephone posts, through barbed wire fences, and over abandoned cars, a quiet revolution is brewing. “Knit graffiti” is an international guerrilla movement that started underground and is now embraced by crochet and knitting artists of all ages, nationalities, and genders. Its practitioners create stunning works of art out of yarn, then “donate” them to public spaces as part of a plan for yarn domination.

Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti is the definitive guidebook to covert textile street art. This full-color DIY book features 20 kick-ass patterns that range from hanging shoes and knitted picture frames to balaclavas and gauntlets, teaching readers how to create fuzzy adornments for lonely street furniture.

Along the way, it provides tips on how to be as stealthy as a ninja, demonstrates how to orchestrate a large-scale textile project, and offers revealing information neces-sary to design your own yarn graffiti tags.

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Undergraduate and graduate students identified, researched,

and tackled these challenges with

unique, sustainable solutions. All

the Student teams were asked to

consider involving all the big communities in devising the solution to the problems at hand.

In partnership with GOOD Magazine, the Academy of Arts

University’s School of Graphics

Design mobilized its students to

deploy design to address real problems within the city of London, England.

In addition to

being a cultural c

entre, V

illage U

ndergro

und is

an ecological pro

ject. Fro

m recycled tr

ains and sh

ipping

containers, to

reclaim

ed sleepers,

stairc

ases, f

urnitu

re and

floorin

g, we belie

ve in re

using before

recyclin

g. All s

tudios

are virt

ually carb

on neutral. P

owered by 24 PV so

lar panels,

generatin

g 4.92 kWp w

e create enough energ

y to ru

n all

of our l

ighting and offic

e equipment. Additio

nal electri

city

is su

pplied fro

m Ecotricity

- 100%

green energ

y from w

ind

turbines.

Part creative community, part arts venue, Village Underground

is a non-profit space for creativity and culture in the heart of

East London. The main Village Underground centre is housed

in a renovated turn-of-the-century warehouse primed for

everything from concerts and club nights to exhibitions, theatre,

live art and other performances. High above Great Eastern

Street, atop the venue, four recycled Jubilee line train carriages

and shipping containers make up the creative studios of

Village Underground.

Village Underground was born of the need for affordable,

environmentally stable studio space for artists in central

London. Originally we explored several sites for the project,

but the Broad Street Rail Viaduct stole our hearts. Built in 1848,

the viaduct had been derelict for over 20 years and had

self seeded into a meadow with trees and wildlife. Along

with the viaduct, we negotiated with Hackney Council to also

take over the then severely derelict Victorian warehouse.

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As part of Turku, Finland’s 2011 European Capital of Culture events, Candy was commissioned to create a public art project near the University of Turku. There is a pedestrian/bike path nicknamed Uraputki, or “Career Path”, because it is a popular route that students take from their residences to the university, to get a degree to get a job. To remind students of the larger picture, Candy turned the path into an interactive space with fill-in-the-blank sentences stenciled on the pavement that say

“When I was little I wanted to be ____. Today I want to be ____.” in Finnish, Swedish, and English. Passersby canuse colored chalk to write directly on the pavement and reflect upon their larger life choices. Sun and rain erase the responses and the installation starts again. The project is created with temporary spray chalk and will fade with weather and foot traffic.

“When I was little I wanted to be

____. Today I want to be

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