'Very Few People Work in Solitude': Designer Dries Van Noten and Artist Adam Tullie on How Creatives Can Collaborate Across Disciplines
Because we were in L.A., where street art is so important, I wanted to have more graffiti-type pieces. And I had the idea that maybe we’d have art directly on the wall—something you couldn’t commercialize or trade for money. It had to be part of the building, in the same way it would be if it were done on the facade. So knowing that, and knowing people couldn’t travel, I contacted Jenny, the store director, and we started to look around. I got a shortlist of 25 artists, from which I picked a few I wanted to work with, and we contacted them. I dove into Adam’s work. It speaks to me ...