Japanese streetwear brand A Bathing Ape aka BAPE has had many collaborators and brand collaborations over the years, but none as silly and excellent as this. Our frequent pals A Tiny City Printing Press sent us this project this morning. Using some of the most universally recognizable aspects of the Pokemon world, Pikachu, the Pokemon logo mark, mixing it with the BAPE world: the ape, the baby monkey Milo. Take a peep at these 6 shirts then save up three weeks worth of allowance to buy one!
The images below are © 2009 A Tiny City Printing Press. This post is the source of these images online – they’ve never been shown anywhere else at the time I’m posting this. SO if you’re gonna repost, it would be awesome if you could add a link to this. UPDATE: this thang is going extremely viral extremely quickly, so if you find anyone posting without a link back to World Famous Design Junkies, let us know!
UPDATE! Now a screenprint:: Pokeprints!
And don’t forget to check out the World Famous Design Junkies weird category, because holy crap and dang if this ain’t a post that belongs in that category, that’s for dam sure.
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[...] Here are some exlcusive pics of the upcoming Bape x Pokemon collaboration, thanks to World Famous Design Junkies. [...]
[...] A Bathing Ape has worked with numerous different brands and companies, but itt was only a matter of time till they partnered up with Pokemon. The collection consists of both designs from each side and features Bape written out in the Pokemon font, Pikachu and Baby Milo. Many of the shirts are made up of Pikachu, one of the most recognizable characters from the Pokemon series. No word of a release date yet, but stay posted for more information regarding the A Bathing Ape x Pokemon collaboration. Via World Famous Design Junkies. [...]
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[...] Bape X Pokémon 2009 July 16 by Malcolm X. Madness is about to ensue I never thought I would see this happen. This has to be my favorite collab, ever. No release date yet. Props to Bapenerd via World Famous Design Junkies. [...]
[...] Pictures via Bapenerd.com, first seen and reported by World Famous Design Junkies [...]
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#Bape x #Pokemon, this is nice, $200 a piece nice, [link to post]
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LOL!!! Bape does pocketo monstahs!!!! [link to post]
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Whoa! Just saw this on @PinkTentacle Bape x Pokemon http://tinyurl.com/l4dx5u (originally from @design_junkies [link to post])
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Bape x Pokemon preview pics [link to post]
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watch as bape takes a step backwards. [link to post]
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@tokyograph We’re going to do it! We’re going to try to buy instead of rent! Thanks for the talk.
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@michellemauk Awesome! I’m sure you’ll find a great place! =)
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@coryschmitz I wouldn’t wear these. BAPE x Pokemon could have been so much cooler.
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WANT! Bape X Pokemon T-Shirt : [link to post]
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[...] that’s just completely weird. Japanese brand A Bathing Ape is designing Pokemon shirts. This is the results. Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on either. [Via [...]
[...] that’s just completely weird. Japanese brand A Bathing Ape is designing Pokemon shirts. This is the results. Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on either. [Via [...]
[...] that’s just completely weird. Japanese brand A Bathing Ape is designing Pokemon shirts. This is the results. Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on either. [Via [...]
[...] that’s just completely weird. Japanese brand A Bathing Ape is designing Pokemon shirts. This is the results. Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on either. [Via [...]
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[...] those lovely layers of ink. Bape x Pokemon x A Tiny City Printing Press does my favorite treatment of any fabulous imagery: make it into a poster. A silkscreen/screenprint [...]
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[...] this happen. This has to be my favorite collab, ever. No release date yet. Props to Bapenerd via World Famous Design Junkies. 16 Jul This entry was written by Malcolm X., posted on July 16, 2009 at 12:29 pm, filed under [...]