Cue the Final Countdown – On May 1st the CNNCTD+ teams’ past 8 months of work culminates at the New Museum, aligning 100 musicians, artists, chefs, writers, & designers who have an impact on New York Culture.

Each participant in CNNCTD+100 is using a Playbutton — a wearable pin that doubles as an MP3 player — as the canvas for their audio and visual designs. Participants include world-renowned artists such as Cindy Sherman, fashion designers like Narciso Rodriguez, and musicians such as Pharrell Williams, Santigold & Yoko Ono. Also included are iconic NYC personalities and companies such as Katz’s Deli, the Meatball Shop, and Ricky Powell. In creating the project, CNNCTD+ enlisted the help of top creative and cultural engineers: from HBO’s Broke Mogul, to Half Gallery’s Bill Powers, to advertising guru George Lois. The complete list of participants won’t be revealed until the night of the event but includes dozens of big names and surprises.

Keep Cnnctd+ over at Cnnctd.com or you can purchase a ticket to the event at The New Museum’s store

Linked once again with photographer Mike Sperlak over the weekend for some clean visual gold. Shot
at our studio space in downtown Nyc and around the neighborhood, including our elevator man and
our go-to corner diner – Cup & Saucer. More to come + Summer time product. All breezy everything.

See more of Mike’s work HERE

New Mix from DJ Japancakes | All Hip Hop, mostly Ny influenced put together with Balaram Stack
in association with Andy Ryan. The idea was to create a mix to get hyped up before a heat, a
fight, a run, anything physical. The first 20 minutes is high energy, then smooths out a bit for
extended play, and finishes strong with some comedy and hip hop samples mixed in for good measure. Appearances from Asap Rocky, Azealia Banks, Biggie, Jay, Kanye, Tribe, Gang Starr & James Brown
among others. Enjoy

The Russell Stover Tape Hosted By Grip Plyaz, Mixed By Sergio Vega and brought to you by Ballers Eve,
Bean Dip, ImNotAToY & Slumerican.

All Smooth Everything

Some new additions in the online store including the ‘Proud’ Tee by long time collaborator Lee Trice.
One of his best to date, you can find hundreds of references we’ll start to break down in another post shortly.

New to the Artist Connection is Australian transplant / Brooklyn resident Karan Singh. Bringing his
witty & refreshingly clean illustrative style to the unspoken (until now) motto for the brand. As we’re
the last minute kings, for everything, but also when our best work is done. Can you relate?

Also new to the Artist Connection is designer+illustrator Oliver Barrett hailing from Clevland, OH.
We aligned with him & his ‘Completely Incomplete’ series and did one for the godfather of soul, the
minister of funk himself. The second installment dropping soon

Look out for these plus other Beandip classics – JFK + Snarl prints now available on a crewneck

On the heels of their HBO + How to Make it in America project Cnnctd+ sat down with a number of
people who are paving their own lane to see how they “Stay Connected” – They recently sat
down with half of the Bndp foundation to find out just that. Other interviews include Sal Morale,
Roxy Cottontail, Jason Woodside & Mick Boogie you can check by clicking HERE