Issue 8, Winter 2007

Transplants

When things are taken from one place and transplanted to another, they often grow in unexpected ways. The evolution of streetwear is a good example of this as is the work of artist Tomokazu Matsuyama. Namaiki experiments with farming in Tokyo’s concrete jungle. —Sold Out

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The New's Brent Rollins

Brent Rollins is the best graphic artist working in hip-hop right now, and for at least a decade previous.
The New's BRKNHOME

“The name Brknhome signifies that we, as a company, don’t have any authority or upper management to answer to,” says Kenta Goto of his T-shirt company.
The New's Red Team Go!

RTG! vocalist says: “I want to get the fuck out there and scream it in people’s faces. What do we have to be so angry about? Plenty.”
The New's Jiae Hwang’s Weightless Universe

Hwang’s work include ethereal visual narratives of weightless creatures that contain the universe within their translucent skins, and drifting sails without ships.
Theme Tomokazu Matsuyama Paints From History

Matsuyama mixes traditional Japanese imagery with modern graffiti paint splatters, both of which are seminal elements of his multicultural background.
Theme X-Pollination of Streetwear

Theme tracks the evolution of streetwear from the surf/skateboard culture of California to the otakus in Tokyo then back stateside to the urban sneakerheads.
Theme Namaiki’s Green Grafitti

In between creating stellar graphic design and running a beer label, Namaiki shows Theme how guerilla gardening is done in Tokyo.
Theme Dan the Automator On Good Food

DJ Dan Nakamura travels alot for work. Along the way, he indulges in his passion for good food, from uni spaghetti to Indian pizza.
Fashion Stories Tropic of Imaginary Romance

We couldn’t take the shoot to the jungle, so we brought the jungle to the shoot. A trans-planted fashion story.

In the Magazine

Rinko Kawauchi
The quiet images of this photographer expresses comfort and beauty.

Wisut Ponnimit
This Thai artist, musician, and animator is the pre-eminent manga artist in Japan.

Ho Wi Ding
A filmmaker who has lived in five cities over the twelve years is the itinerant storyteller.

Mike Ming
Combining a love of skateboarding and surfing with a passion for art.

FIRSTHAND
An architect joins the circus in Sao Paolo, Brazil and a globe-trotting DJ parties it up in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Cosmetic Surgery
Illustrations by Sirichai show the secret lives of handbags, gloves, and shirts.

The Smith Family Robinson
An artsy Asian American family marooned in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Seed Culture
Planted magazine gives a primer for city dwellers on how to live with plants.

SPOTS
On the Trans-Siberian Railway

TOP 10
DJ Monchan’s “no-style-style” guides his choice for 10 favorite vinyl records.

Issue 8, Winter 2007

Transplants

When things are taken from one place and transplanted to another, they often grow in unexpected ways. The evolution of streetwear is a good example of this as is the work of artist Tomokazu Matsuyama. Namaiki experiments with farming in Tokyo’s concrete jungle. —Sold Out

Articles Available Online

The New's Brent Rollins

The New's BRKNHOME

The New's Red Team Go!

The New's Jiae Hwang’s Weightless Universe

Theme Tomokazu Matsuyama Paints From History

Theme X-Pollination of Streetwear

Theme Namaiki’s Green Grafitti

Theme Dan the Automator On Good Food

Fashion Stories Tropic of Imaginary Romance

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