BEHIND THE DESIGN :: Graphics from Fall 2021 Delivery 2

BEHIND THE DESIGN :: Graphics from Fall 2021 Delivery 2

By The Hundreds Staff

August 30, 2021

MINORITY RULE

A reimagining of artwork from the 80s children’s cartoon School House Rocks. For decades, the cartoon gave youth an idealistic and sanitized version of American history and politics. This graphic finds the underdogs, missing from said narrative, fighting back and burning it all down.

MADNESS

A West Coast take on a classic Picasso illustration of the legendary work, Don Quixote. A passage pulled from the original Don Quixote reads, “Too much sanity may be madness—and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be.” Paired with a figure riding a lowrider through mountains under the bright sky and palm trees, the graphic invites us to imagine the world we wish to live in. To find that silver lining amidst the chaos and work to create an ideal world.

DAYDREAMING

A flip on the old clip art found in school textbooks of our youth. The graphic features a reaper walking through a field of flowers holding a basket of dead flowers with text that reads, “Daydreaming and I’m thinking of You.” The line is a sinister reimagining of the Aretha Franklin single “Day Dreaming,” as the one person you don’t want day dreaming about you is Death. Better get busy living or get busy dying.

HARD-BOILED

A graphic inspired by the 1970s publication widely considered to be the first graphic novel: Illustrated Fiction. The graphic features a mysterious figure in the shadows, lighting a cigarette with “The Hundreds” below. Down on our luck, but never out of the game and never scared to get our hands dirty to get the job done.

DEAD WORDS

A graphic inspired by the classic Richard Linklater animated film, Waking Life. During an age of increased polarization where we are seemingly communicating less and less, the graphic and text ask us to consider both the limitations and possibility of the spoken language.

PABLO ADAM

Adam reimagined through the painting style of master Pablo Picasso’s most iconic work: Guernica.

GOOD GUYS

Just in time for football season, a flip on an old Raiders graphic reimagined with our classic mascot, the hyena. Colorways are inspired by other classic football franchises, including the greatest underdog of all time: a winless team.

RICH

A fresh take on an old favorite finds our Rich Logo dressed in new colorways. The front chest graphic is fully embroidered.

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DELIVERY 2 OF THE HUNDREDS FALL 2021 COLLECTION DROPS THIS WEEK

The Hundreds Staff  

Los Angeles, CA

Just your merry team of opinionated slackers in The Hundreds' editorial department.

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