New Skateboard Graphics book
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- New Skateboard Graphics
New Skateboard Graphics celebrates contemporary visuals for skateboarding by showcasing over 400 illustrations and 20 interviews with artists, designers, and brand-owners.
Author: J. Namdev Hardisty
Publisher: Mark Batty PublisherSigned copies are available directly from The MVA via our Supermarket store: http://supermarkethq.com/product/new-skateboard-graphics-book 
Cover utilizes woodgrain and a UV-varnish to mimic a silk-screened sticker on a skateboard deck.
Foreword by Michael Leon (Stacks Skateboards founder and former Nike SB/Girl art director)
5boro section opener. A strict grid allows for a number of images (photos, flat colors and illustrations) to be used in the section openers while still maintaining a continuous identity throughout the book.- 5boro spread featuring work by Steve Nardelli, Grotesk, Michael Sieben and more.
- 5boro spread 2. Each brand has at least one full-page graphic detail.
- Type system for the captions. Locator by Process Type Foundry was used throughout the book for its technical appearance and broad range of weights.
- enjoi section opener with artwork by Jason Adams.
- Hopps “Upstart” feature. The Upstart features are 2-page spreads that highlight newer brands that have a more limited output.
- Michael Leon for Rasa Libre “Complete Services” feature. Complete Services features are a visual “discography” of a now-defunct brand like Popwar or Bueno or an individual artist’s work for a brand (in this case, Michael Leon’s work for Rasa Libre).
- Rasa Libre: Complete Services feature. Interview with Michael Leon.
- Appendices. Photograph courtesy Cracker/Hessenmob skateboards.
- Appendix: artist interviews. In lieu of bios, we instead sent a 14 question interview to every artist in the book and created a secondary resource-book within the book.
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