Some light painting experimental studies with Mike Sperlak – He’s got this down!

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

After 2 days, 45 cans of paint, 1 sketchy fire escape & the blessings of OG Harry Jumonji, the wall is complete.

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1. Hand Printed Goodies

How it all began. We started hand screen printing t-shirts in a 10 x 15 windowless room for ourselves
and our friends. The brand evolved and happened by accident as a way to continue doing what we love
to do. To this day each shirt is hand printed by our team and we continue to experiment with new materials
and inks to make sure we retain that soft hand feel.

2. Limitless

Continuing the ethos from day one of always producing stuff that we like and would want to wear. Outside
of clothing we have released skatedecks, shoes, bags, and slipmats for deejaying. For example, there are
several deejays within our crew so we thought why not make a run of slipmats? We linked with longtime
friend, collaborator and deejay – Lee Trice – for the artwork. Then reached out to the same company that
produces Technics’ slipmats and made it happen.

3. The People

We’ve kept our pricing fair and square since the beginning. An advantage of doing everything in-house is
not having to pay other people. From designing, to printing, shipping we’re a collective of creative individuals
running the ship DIY style. This in turn saves money & we pass it along to the people who support us.

4. Look Good, Feel Good, Make Love Good Too

In the words of Mr Feel Good himself, James Brown. You should step out of the house feeling good,
that you look good, the rest is up to you. We produce clean, classic, graphic apparel that feels even better
when worn. Confidence is the best co-pilot.

5. Express Yourself

If you believe in yourself, stay up all night, work outside your habits, speak up, collaborate, don’t procrastinate,
keep learning, find inspiration in everything, trust your gut, love your crew, ask for help, question everything,
have a plan, take criticisms, use spell check, brainstorm in the shower, & think about all the possibilities then
we know EXACTLY how you feel. Support like-minded people and you’ll be supporting yourself. We’ll all win.

See more of Mike’s work HERE

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