Hana Shimada For Mixpak

December 7th, 2009

Hana Shimada For Mixpak

Hana Shimada is a Sydney-based artist who has been showing work in Japan and Australia for the last decade. She has designed record covers for the likes of Bag Raiders and Muscles, was the visual wizard behind Jimmy Sing’s Record Stand in Sydney and has an incredible capacity to imagine interesting people in her work. Read this interview to learn where she turns for inspiration and be sure to check out her work. For her Mixpak Artist Series shirt, Shimada brings us a cast of characters worthy of a great short story.

The Hana Shimada For Mixpak T-Shirt is available for purchase now.

Devin Flynn For Mixpak

December 3rd, 2009

We deal in remanipulation because nothing can be created that doesn’t already exist. Reality is condensed so far into it self that a culture created subconsciously ordered symbols to represent all ideas and matter. The symbols are armed and dangerous to any other form of representation. No talk or action can destroy the symbol. Nothing can make a symbol bust except a greater symbol. The symbol has armed itself to resist the false formations which persist to be placed upon its structure. The absolute magnetic correspondence of a symbol to our ideas through the manipulation of our body for the conception of energy is transferred and placed down on the paper the right way.

Devin Flynn is the creator of the animated show “Ya’ll So Stupid” (check for it on Adultswim.com) and bassist for DFA band Pixeltan. When he’s not busy with those duties, he can be found directing videos for Flying Lotus with Eric Wareheim (see this amazing Dance Floor Dale video), designing logos for Loud Records (yep he did that classic headphone logo) and curating video art events for Deitch Project’s in New York. For more on Flynn, check this interview with Vice Magazine.

For his Mixpak Artist Series t-shirt, Flynn reportedly took inspiration from some old Rammellzee tapes that he would keep on repeat as he would draw in the studio. Rammellzee’s Gothic Futurism was the guide, but the words and shirt are all his own.

The Devin Flynn For Mixpak T-Shirt is available for purchase now.

Michael Williams For Mixpak

December 1st, 2009

Michael Williams For Mixpak T-Shirt

Whats the rush? Take your time…enjoy yourself. There are good things to come. Bad things too. In this life there’s no telling what will happen, what won’t happen, who we’ll meet, or who we’ll be in 20 years. Sometimes the more you want something the less likely you are to get it. It’s quite odd how good things come when we aren’t desperate for them to. And then again, sometimes things happen exactly as we expect they will. There’s just no telling. So take it easy, be kind to your friends and stop trying to get ahead.

Michael Williams is a New York City based artist. His recent show “Uncle Big” at CANADA was reviewed by the New York Times, check out the paintings from the show.

For his Mixpak Artist Series shirt, Mr. Williams weighs in on the need for speed and offers a slower alternative. Take your time…enjoy yourself.

The Michael Williams For Mixpak T-Shirt is available for purchase now.

New Mixpak Artist Series T-Shirts

November 25th, 2009

The Mixpak Store has been doing well selling our Vybz Kartel and Sizzla t-shirts (only a single Sizzla shirt left!), but we’ve been looking to do something grander and so we are proud to announce the Mixpak Artist Series. For round one, we’ve invited three artists, Devin Flynn, Hana Shimada and Michael Williams, to each design a shirt.

Over the coming days we will do posts on each artist and the shirt they designed, but for now, check out the shirts and pre-order your own.

Devin Flynn For Mixpak
Devin Flynn For Mixpak T-Shirt

Hana Shimada For Mixpak
Hana Shimada For Mixpak T-Shirt

Michael Willaims For Mixpak
Michael Williams For Mixpak T-Shirt

Each shirt is printed on an American Apparel Organic t-shirt. This represents the first step of moving our line towards all organic.

Visit the Mixpak Store to look at closeups and make a purchase. We’ve got you covered for the holidays.