Formula Werks | Scumbag Nation

Build Your Own: “City Series” T-shirts now available for adults and kids!

Escape76 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:39:29 +0000

Our collaborative “City Series” Build Your Own T-shirts by Loyal Locals have been available for adults right here for a while now, and now that Workshop Kids is here for the future of the world, we decided it’d be a good idea to add them for kids, too. Woo-hoo!

So then, “City Series” T-shirts are available for 22 cities, including two versions for Chicago (Cubs and Sox) and Pick Your Teams versions for Los Angeles, New York, and the Bay Area. So many teams, it’d be unfair for us to pick for you. Get them on this site – right here – for the adult in you, and head over to the Workshop Kids site to build custom colors for your shorties. Jeah…

Build Your Own: “Murk” v2 T-shirts + hoodies by Sket One are here…

Escape76 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:40:44 +0000

It’s an all-”Murk” week here at the workshop. Sket One is dropping bombs to start off 2010 in proper fashion with a new release – let’s call it version 2.0 – of his “Murk” character! This gem is avalable in Build Your Own custom colors, with T-shirts and hoodies for men and women available here and kids versions available at our Workshop Kids website. Jeah! It also includes Sket One’s tag on the lower back corner. Available in literally thousands of possible colourways, get in on the action with an array that suits your tastes. Call it…Murkruary! Check a few possible combos down below, and click the pix to create your own. Enjoy…

Build Your Own: Spotlight on the original “Scumbag Nation” T-shirt…

Escape76 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:48:46 +0000

That’s right. We put out so much Build Your Own awesomeness that sometimes the classics get lost in the mix. And we can’t have that! So today, I’m giving some shine to the original “Scumbag Nation” T-shirt. That’s right. Stay hungry, grind hard status. The one that jump-started the movement. And look what it’s become? Amazing. So yes, you should build your own custom “Scumbag Nation” T-shirt, because let’s be frank, everyone is a scumbag in one form or another. Represent for the crew, and represent for you.

Build your own custom colors right here: Men | Women

A few suggestions, if we may…

Video: Matlock – “This Music” produced by DJ Babu…

Escape76 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:23:34 +0000

There are actually several reasons we’re posting this video. 1) It’s ill, 2) Matlock is dope and he’s a big supporter of ours – same goes for Wes Restless, 3) Babu killed it on the production, and, of course, 4) It features some of our gear.

That’s about all we need to say, more or less. Ha! Matlock murdered this track, and DJ Babu (Dilated Peoples) handled production in a quite excellent manner (as one would expect). Not only that, but it also features Wes Restless, who happens to be wearing our “Grind Hard” shirt in the video. Oh yeah! So, watch the video, tell your friends about it, and of course pick up the “Grind Hard” shirt for yourself in custom colors for men and women.

Peep their sites here: Matlock | Wes Restless | DJ Babu

Introducing Workshop Kids: Custom apparel for the youth of the world!

Escape76 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:38:56 +0000

It’s been a long time coming, but we here at the Formula Werks nation are finally proud to be launching our kids’ line, Workshop Kids! Following in the tradition of custom culture for adults, Workshop Kids features exclusive, build your own, and limited edition gear for the youth of the globe. People have been asking us to do this for years now, and we have finally made it happen. Jeah!

Workshop Kids features a wide range of gear for all sizes, designed by artists from the crew and family across the globe. T-shirts, hoodies, bags, accessories and more: You are the future, and the future is now. Below are some of the new items to the Workshop Kids line, and many more are already available on the website. And, as per our usual ways, free buttons and stickers come with every Workshop Kids order. Check it out, pick up some goods in custom colors, and tell your friends…It’s on! Build your own Workshop Kids gear right here, and enjoy…

Opening in London on Thursday: Luke Drozd, Colin Clark + Michael Lawton…

Escape76 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:51:24 +0000

Are you in London? Shit, are you in the UK? Shit more, are you within a few hours’ reach of that fancy town? Then you should probably stroll over to The Fleat Pit on Thursday, February 4th. Our good friend Luke Drozd is in the show “The New New Black Mountain,” along with fellow artists Colin Clark and Michael Lawton.

This is where I would normally post a flyer, but the only one I have is about .0343823 pixels wide. And unless you’ve got a powerful telescope or a sweet magnifying glass powerful enough to fry an egg, well, there’s no point in posting it. Just be certain that Luke is dope and you should peep his game.

That said, details are below. Along with some semi-schizo information posted about the show. Luke is crazy. Which makes him even more rad. (That’s right, I said rad.) Now get over to the show, pronto!

» Show: “The New New Black Mountain”
» Who: Luke Drozd, Colin Clark, Michael Lawton
» Where: The Flea Pit, 49 Columbia Road, London E2 7RG, England
» When: Thursday, February 4th, 2009, 6-9pm
» Runs: Through February 28th
» Info: thefleatpit.com

About The New New Black Mountain.

Sunday. I spent this morning reading Saturday’s Guardian. Starting at the back, I tried yesterday’s Sudoku puzzle. Working forward (through the past), I looked at yesterday’s obituaries. Mathematics and narrative. There’s logic in reading about the recently deceased in old newspapers.

Regardless of how newly out-dated the events, new new-ness, and black mountain-ness, should’ve been filling my thoughts. Serendipitously, a ghostly aide memoir appeared.

Yesterday’s celebrated life was Kenneth Nolan, a spectral alumnus of The Black Mountain College, a recipient of it’s social and liberal arts education. A pupil of Josef and Annie Albers and Buckminster Fuller, a peer of Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage and Merce Cunningham.

This plot is not mathematically factual, but makes for a good story.

There is no college on the New New Black Mountain, I checked on Google Earth, even at a ratio 1:1, a useless tracing shows no sign of anything educational. Can a mountain peak be new? And is ‘New New’ a joke on art school jokes? (Do two news make an old?)

Perhaps this exhibition constitutes a mapping of this doubly new and dark territory, or a potential mapping of a de-territorialisation.

From the pen of the Secretary of the New New Black Mountaineering Club

Build Your Own: New “Workshop” thermal hoodies, tees + track jackets in the shop!

Escape76 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:44:48 +0000

Awww yeah. If you want to talk about an artist straight murdering a logo, then start gossiping about our new “Workshop” icon. Veggiesomething smashed it in creating a logo to signify our hands-on status in our field: Lightning bolt eyes, angry teeth, crossbones of a wrench + paintbrush – it’s simply all there. So then, we’ve got several new pieces for you today, including our ultra-warm and just crazy awesome thermal zip-up hoodies, zip hoodies for ladies, track jackets, and of course the “Workshop” T-shirt.

All of these include additional styling by Escape76 and are all customizable as Build Your Own status, so snatch ‘em up and represent as part of the crew that simply Gets. Things. Done. All of these are available as of right now in the online store, or you can browse categories at the left. There are also detail pictures within each item, so be sure to peek at those. Enjoy, and as always, feel free to email us with questions.

New gear: “ZCVM” organic T-shirts, hoodies + skullies now available in the shop!

Escape76 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:21:39 +0000

Premium Scum! That’s right y’all, several pieces from our new “ZCVM” range are finally available to the entire globe. This includes a super-classy foray into the world of eco-friendly – but damn sexy – apparel in our “ZCVM” T-shirts, which are Build Your Own for both men and women.

In addition to that, we’ve got our recycled blend, hand-flocked zip hoodies in a few colors for guys and gals, and of course the “ZCVM” skullies to keep your dome all warm and cozy during the season of winter wars.

Click any item below to hit it directly, hit the Premium Edition sections for men and women, or peruse the shop in general to see what all the glory is about. ZCVM, all day!

New press love from La Famiglia Magazine and Design Uproar…

Escape76 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:21:45 +0000

A couple of press sites/blogs just posted about a some of our T-shirts, so we figured hey, why not tell you? The great crew over at La Famiglia Magazine dropped a line this past week about our limited edition “Soul Man” T-shirt by Netherland; and just yesterday, the guys at Design Uproar were kind enough to show some love for the Rotofugi x Formula Werks “Abe Chicago” joint. Check out what both sites had to say about each respective gem, and of course, pick up a pair for yourself!

» La Famiglia: Read the Press | Get the Shirt
» Design Uproar: Read the Press | Get the Shirt

Art moves: New works in the shop by Artillery and Joey Potts…

Escape76 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:48:48 +0000

The original artwork section of the online store keeps growing by leaps and bounds, with immense talent coming daily to the forefront. Today is no exception, as we have new works by our own Joey Potts as well as family member and stencil artist extraordinaire, Artillery. Joey has six more gems now available, and Artillery brings the heat with four.

Check ‘em all out right here and add some classic material to your collection.