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Your Favorite Streetwear Brand Logos Perfectly Recreated in LEGO®

BAPE. Stussy. Supreme. Their logos are instantly recognizable in any modern medium, whether it be print or digital. But how about in plastic interlocking block form? That’s what illustrator Kamil Piątkowski wanted to prove, and prove he did with these LEGO® reconstructed brand logos. The precision is amazing, and while they’re not as crisp as their digital or printed counterparts, the hundreds of rectangular blocks arranged so perfectly are definitely just as recognizable and thus, memorable.

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H&M Will Launch Completely New Brand in 2017

Adding to its already impressive portfolio, H&M is set to unveil a new label in 2017 that will be unrecognizable to its parent label. Speaking to Bloomberg, H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson said that the brand “will be completely different from H&M” and won’t resemble its sister labels as well. To date, H&M owns the likes of upscale minimalist brand COS, beauty and accessories retailer & Other Stories, the more eclectic Monki, Scandinavian-influenced Weekday, and denim-centric Cheap Monday

Levi’s Celebrates 50 Years of Grateful Dead 

In honor of Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary and the band’s Fare Thee Well shows at Levi’s Stadium next week, Levi’s is releasing a limited run of 50 Grateful Dead trucker jackets with hand-embroidered patch artwork. Eight vintage jackets are being auctioned off alongside two tickets to the sold-out shows, giving Deadheads a chance to own a unique piece of Grateful Dead memorabilia.

The Secrets Behind Our Favourite Logos

Have you ever wondered how and why some of your favorite brands settled upon their chosen logo? MR PORTER, along with what we suspect is a healthy portion of branding and marketing zealots, did. So the menswear e-tailer went straight to its journal to demystify the myths behind some of the most recognizable brand logos of contemporary times.

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Mike Frederiqo - Logos

Some of you might remember graphic designer Mike Frederiqo. We reported about some of his work a while back, when he turned Sponge Bob into famous designers, musicians and celebrities of the fashion world. From Kanye West and Jay Z, to Karl Lagerfeld, Terry Richardson and many others, they all got the SpongeBob treatment. Now Frederiqo is back with his series simply entitled “Logos by Mike Frederiqo.” Once again his approach is very graphical, head-turning and somewhat smart. This time around, Frederiqo recreates the logos of Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Vogue, Yves Saint-Laurent, Louis Vuitton and Chanel, using the founders of the brand.