About us…

Preface: Formula Werks + Scumbag Nation are an apparel, arts, and life collective. What: We make things. Clothes, mostly. To be precise, artist-driven streetwear inspired by our participation in and appreciation of the cultures of which we are a part: skateboarding, tattooing, low-brow art, design, and graffiti. We are all artists and most of us are bitter but often appear happy. Who: Formula Werks was founded in 2003 and is run by co-creative directors Escape76 and Joey Potts. Who Else: Additional family/team members include Intel One, Revise CMW, Chris Peoples, Malin Hanås, Brian Morris, Jose Garibaldi, Sket One, MAD, Delme, Swedish Jason, and Veggiesomething. Motherfuckin' Bloodlines: Scumbag Nation, Freshly Dipped, Jets Like Taxis, Rotofugi, Baroness Productions, House of Liu / Killerslayer, Cartel, ScumLife, Random Nature, Shawnimals, Sket One Productions, MAD Toy Design, Solid Industries. Musically Inclined Brethren: The Comeups (DJ's Intel, Pickel, Maker, Jose Garibaldi), Yea Big + Kid Static, No Request Sound (DJ's Kid Cut Up, Why B.), Glue, Nicolay, Deeskee, The Opus, Full Duplex Music, DJMP, Meddafore, Looptroop, Matlock, Lone Catalysts, Wes Restless, Meat Number 5. Ego Trippin': 1976 Worldwide, 210SA, 2k Words, Bassline Magazine, Chicago Red Eye, Chicago Reader, Chicago Red Streak, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago UnScene, Cool Hunting, Cool'eh, Cruisin', E.U. Kicks, Echoes Magazine, Elemental Magazine, EZ Life, Fly Paper, Four Magazine, Freshness Magazine, Full Vinyl, Glamour Magazine, Gotta Eat, High Snobiety, HipHopSite.com, Hypebeast, I Want Your Skull, I-Jonez, Jungle Life, Juxtapoz, Kick Fiend, Kicksaholic, King Magazine, Knowledge Magazine, Kudos Magazine, mashKULTURE, Mass Appeal, Metromix, Musinsa, My Air Shoes, Oh! Shit It's Cool, Plugged In, Quad City View, Rap Spot Denmark, Rebel Magazine, Rocky Magazine, Slam x Hype, St. Charles Sun, STREEThing, Strictly Fitteds, Style Diary, Sunday's Best, T-Shirts Around The Internet, The Chicagoist, The Daily Tee, Tilllate.com, Time Out Chicago, Toys R Evil, UR Chicago, Urban Smarts, V2EX, Vinyl Pulse, What To Wear During An Orange Alert, WHRW FM New York, Word Magazine. Art Snobbery: It's mad assholish to say, but the guys here have been in so many fucking art shows that it'd take a goddamn website of its own to list them all. Keep up to date regarding new shows on our blog/main page and always keep an eye out for new artwork regularly added to our online store. Site Credits: Formula Werks, Delme, and Chaaason (Swedish Jason). Epilogue: Stay hungry, grind hard...