Features, The Daily Bread Format: Our last interview focused a lot on blogging and sneaker media. Let’s get a bit more personal this time. Please introduce yourself and discuss your history before starting Sneaker Files. Brian Betschart: As you may know from the first…
Fashion, Features Format: Please introduce yourself, United Front, and the companies’ subsidiaries. Matt George: Matt George – Owner, CEO, Partner, Support Staff, President, General Contractor, and Motivator of a few different businesses that fall under United Front. United Front is Goodfoot, Ransom,…
Features, Other On behalf of the Behance team, I am very pleased to serve as a guest editor for this issue of Format Magazine. Our team at Behance is helping creative professionals, from across industries, increase productivity and make ideas happen. Through…
Fashion, Features “The aesthetic looks like some kmart/target cartoon bullshit that came out a bag of skittles†– so goes just one of the many comments that Format’s 2006 interview with Barmak Badaei of Scifen spawned. Unphased by anonymous Internet haters, Scifen…
Extra, Extra, Fashion Featuring a shade-sporting, cigarette smoking MSN emoticon, and reading “I Am The Boy You’ve Heard About,†wemoto’s The Boy t-shirt from their 2008 collection is both a satirical look at attention starved streetwear heads and an ironic proclamation for the…
Artist, Features Author of the seminal Vinyl Will Kill, and the recent Jeremyville sessions, curator of the Sketchel Project, Toymaker, Sticker Stamper, Skatedeck Illustrator, T-Shirt, Badge, and Cap Wearer! Mentioning his name is futile, the man is a brand already, and if…
Art, The Art Of Part of a rare breed of humans, Eric Chan, a.k.a. eepmon, is special type of human (/monkey?) whose left and right brain hemispheres collide to produce unbelievable results. Referring to a description of people born in the Year of the…
Features, Other Youth-driven and street connected, Josh and Laurence of Proof7 are not your typical “middle aged fat guy†printers. At 23, both partners are, in addition to printing, involved in fashion (Proof7 Clothing), event promotion (Newborn Events) and creative production (Solstice).…
Artist, Features At only 23, Justin Maller has already established himself deep within the design industry. Supplementing his intricate design work as the creative director for depthCORE, and the Australian editor for The Royal, Justin stays on the grind. Nonetheless, with an…
Extra, Extra, Fashion Well-respected in the denim scene for his independent and custom designs, Ande Whall is a one man denim workshop – designing, drafting patterns, garment constructing, branding, sourcing raw materials, and doing sales. Previously specializing in one-of-a-kind pairs, recent Ande Whall…
