S. Bradley Askew
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Urban Outfitter's Artist Editions 2016

ClientUrban Outfitter's Artist Editions 2016
RoleDesign / Art Direction
DisciplineGraphic Art / Design
Period2016

Urban Outfitter's Artist Editions 2016 — selected work from the S. Bradley Askew archive.

What the pictures cannot say alone

The thinking behind
the finished work.

01 / The challenge

Translate an independent graphic practice into a retail capsule without sanding away the irregularities that made it recognizable.

02 / Human insight

The most ownable system was already present in the archive: repetition, distortion, color collision and an appetite for visual noise.

03 / Organizing idea

Treat each garment as a moving edition—part poster, part artifact and part portable exhibition.

04 / The system

A modular graphic language moved across tees, sweats, printed matter, product photography and the Urban Outfitters retail environment.

05 / Outcome

The collection carried a personal image language into a national retail context while keeping its handmade edge intact.

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