Turbokolors Press Tribute

Ripo — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:32:50 +0000

The good old days where the latest news, styles, and tastes made their way to us through dead trees rather than dead hyperlinks. Our Polish friends at Turbokolor are harking back to these times and paying their respect to five magazines still in print today that have helped motivate them over the years, including us of course. They’re doing this with a limited edition series of t-shirts each designed by Swanski in collaboration with one artist selected by each magazine. Modart chose East Eric to fight it out with Swanski and come up with a perfectly fitting message for the occassion.

In addition each t-shirt comes packed in a box containing also a current copy of the collaborative magazine.

The Turbokolors Press Tribute series includes:

Turbokolor x Amateur ( Switzerland ) by Lain & Swanski

Turbokolor x Lodown ( Germany ) by Marok & Swanski

Turbokolor x Vna ( Great Britain) by Greg Beer & Swanski

Turbokolor x Streetwear Today ( Germany ) by Martin Magielka & Swanski

Turbokolor x Modart ( International ) by East Eric & Swanski

And since Modart is only published now as a book, Turbokolor x Modart t-shirt will come with a book instead of a magazine.

The series premiers in late April.

- by Guest Editor Byram Abuda

Turbokolor by Swanski

Janina Hübner — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:29:52 +0000

Their main inspiration is the city, the arts, music and skateboarding.
Turbokolor is a classic urban style, raised to the rank of fashion. You could call it street style, street wear, or whatever you like. They are not sure which one fits the best, but they are all pretty good. They aim to design comfortable, nice-looking clothes that you feel good in. Clothes that emphasize your character or perhaps the opposite: clothes that will transform you like a chameleon after a whole day in a suit. They are not rebels however, though they do pick up classical design subjects looking through the Turbokolor prism – classics enriched by Swanski’s madness.

This is why they experiment with cuts – they cut, sew, discuss and fight about the designs. They mix elegance and widely-understood fashion with everyday practicality. Clothed in Turbokolor you can go skateboarding, deliver a package on a fixed bike, drink a beer in the park, do some scratching, or buy Mum some flowers. Uber elegance they leave to Italian tailors. They do, however, follow in their foorsteps when it comes to attention to detail.
Turbokolor collections are designed by the company’s founder, Warsaw-based artist and designer, Pawel Kozlowski – Swanski. In addition to their distinctive design, every season brings out models created in collaboration with artists from the Turbokolor Enthusiasts’ team: Tempo, M-City, and Sorry, Ghettoblaster.
They like to travel and party, so they don’t end up working in a vacuum. For this reason, they invite there foreign friends to work with them, and this has resulted in some fat collaborations with other brands and popular artists. So far Turbokolor has cooperated with artists like Jeremy Fish, Will Baras, Jordae and brands like Akomplice, Foreign Family, Official, or Hessenmob.
Turbokolor is not a corporation. You will not see vision and values, written in small print, thought out in headquarters thousands of miles from here.
Turbokolor is a company created with a sincere enthuisiasm and love for there childhood inspirations and everyday life. Turbokolor runs on hype, but they hope it will eventually be enough to repay the loan.

On top of all these activities, there will be a Turbokolor Tour this year. “Swanski’s Flying Bazaar” will come to a city and gallery near you in 2011 – more about this soon…..

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Turbokolors Press Tribute

Turbokolor by Swanski