Tom Sachs x Krink

Graffiti's favorite marker reworked by one of art's favorite conceptual sculptors

Like most artists, Tom Sachs is very exacting of his tools. He does a lot of tagging and signing as part of his work and is very particular about the pens he uses, even selling a personalized Sharpie from his website. As part of an exchange with graffiti artist and Krink creator KR, Sachs recently began using his pens and liked their opacity and extreme …

The Walkmen x Etsy

Indie rock meets indie design to celebrate a new album

For their new album Lisbon, Brooklyn band The Walkmen wrote several songs during their many visits to the Portuguese capital. But when it came time to think about merch, the group looked a little closer to home, tapping the DIY experts at Etsy. The upshot—t-shirts, limited-edition silkscreened inserts, and a hand silk-screened album poster—connects the indie music world with indie design…and Portugal. Pittsburgh artist Andy …

Ugmonk

A minimalist graphic tee brand celebrates their second year with a limited-edition box set

Just two short years ago Burlington, Vermont resident Jeff Sheldon founded Ugmonk with a straightforward mission to produce high-quality products with simple, fresh designs. What started as a small side project—a way to marry his passion for typography and t-shirt design—quickly grew to much more than that. Thousands of shirts later, he recently decided to leave his traditional “day job” and do Ugmonk full-time. The …