Hi Mr Babenzien, thanks for doing this ama!
I’ve got 3 questions for you:
How do you feel about the vegan perspective on sustainability, in terms of ethics and sustainability when it comes to products you work with, and the different stances you take on your blog posts about the oceans etc?
What made you choose to work with Vans on collaborative products? I understand their skate heritage and your own history working with the brand and having probably bought their products in eras of better quality but in my own experience I found them to be cheap crap from China, so I was surprised when I saw collabs coming out with them. I read an old interview that you were working on a shoe with Adidas using recycled plastic and that seems more in line with your business philosophy and also a more interesting, progressive product, what happened with that?
Looking at your work history (Pervert, Supreme) you seem to have made things that really encapsulated the style and ideas of the time, very modern in a sense let alone setting the trends and tones themselves. I see how that’s evolved for you personally to now and you’re still speaking your mind in your work. As you hand the reigns over to a younger generation as the driving creative force for modern culture and a new era, who are some artists/brands/musicians/etc that you see as being genuine spokespeople for the current up and coming generation that are learning from your foundations?
popwar1387 karma
Hi Mr Babenzien, thanks for doing this ama! I’ve got 3 questions for you:
How do you feel about the vegan perspective on sustainability, in terms of ethics and sustainability when it comes to products you work with, and the different stances you take on your blog posts about the oceans etc?
What made you choose to work with Vans on collaborative products? I understand their skate heritage and your own history working with the brand and having probably bought their products in eras of better quality but in my own experience I found them to be cheap crap from China, so I was surprised when I saw collabs coming out with them. I read an old interview that you were working on a shoe with Adidas using recycled plastic and that seems more in line with your business philosophy and also a more interesting, progressive product, what happened with that?
Looking at your work history (Pervert, Supreme) you seem to have made things that really encapsulated the style and ideas of the time, very modern in a sense let alone setting the trends and tones themselves. I see how that’s evolved for you personally to now and you’re still speaking your mind in your work. As you hand the reigns over to a younger generation as the driving creative force for modern culture and a new era, who are some artists/brands/musicians/etc that you see as being genuine spokespeople for the current up and coming generation that are learning from your foundations?
Thanks! J.D.S.S.
View HistoryShare Link