Art Major: Wild Things

-After months of development hell, the Eggers/Jonze adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are is back on track and set to release in October. As if it wasn't enough to have one of our favorite writers collaborate with one of our favorite directors to adapt one of our favorite books, now one of our favorite skate companies is getting involved. We now have our first look at the Wild Things themselves, courtesy of Jonze affiliate Girl Skateboards. Maybe I'll even grab a complete set of my own. more

Design Major: ALIFE x Girl

-Always looking for respectable collaborations, streetwear powerhouse ALIFE has teamed up with Girl Skateboards to release this limited deck. Check a few more photos after the jump.


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Faculty: Inspi(red) by Spike

-I found this announcement of a Spike Jonze x Eric Koston x Girl x Product Red skate deck oddly enough not on any of the skate sites I check daily, but on Kanye's blog. Seeing this really made me sit back and ponder the incredible career of Spike Jonze.
-I first became aware of Spike Jonze after seeing Being John Malkovich, which has become one of my favorite films of all time. What makes that amazing is that lately, as I've gotten back into skating, I've been watching Lakai's Fully Flared almost daily. Since it's debut last year, Fully Flared has been widely hailed as the greatest skate video of all time. And guess what? It's directed by Spike Jonze. When I first saw BJM I had no idea that Spike was already an underground hero for classic music videos such as "Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys or Weezer's "Undone." Although my co-editor disagree on the merits of Jonze's lackluster follow-up to BJM, Adaptation, I'm blown away by the fact that a man can shoot skateboarding in hi-def, and turn the choppings of hours and hours of slamming and sliding into cinematic genius with the same ease and attention to detail as his feature films.
-I guess what I'm trying to get at is that, in a youth culture in which the optimum goal is to be able to sustain yourself whilst doing that which you love, there seems no greater role model than Spike Jonze.
-Oh yeah, he also helped create Jackass, one of the most influential television programs of our era.
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Dress Code: The Quiet Life

Some say you should always dress for the job you want. As both of us would be totally content taking pictures for 40 hours a week, we were lucky to stumble upon
The Quiet Life, a photography/design collective turned clothing company based out of Los Angeles. In addition to selling their own camera bags and aptly themed clothing, The Quiet Life is known for collaborations with brands like Upper Playground and Girl Skateboards. Creator Andy Mueller works for Girl full-time, and insists on showcasing others’ creativity as well as his own. TQL often features up and coming artists and hosts The Quiet Life Camera Club, a place for amateur photographers to show off their work. Submit your best snaps and you could even get published.


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