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  • Music

    Composing, Producing, Dj’ing whilst moving country with MATT ‘IXA’ RUDGE

    01/03/2021

    IXA or Matt Rudge has been a long time collaborator. We’ve all worked together on films, events, book launches and he’s crew. Last September he […]

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  • ezra dickinson painting a wall in seattle
    Uncategorized

    EZRA, Dance, Art, Performance and Film

    09/02/2021

    Where to start with EZRA DICKINSON . He’s a choreographer, activist, performer, sculptor, painter, animator, filmmaker and street artist. A true renaissance man who is […]

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  • filmmaker clare richards shooting at blackpool pier for her film
    Uncategorized

    Documentary filmmaking with Clare Richards

    28/01/2021

    We’ve worked alongside Clare Richards for over a decade. She’s prolific, talented and inspiration to so many artists we know. When was it you started […]

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  • balloon seller photographic print by james longley
    Music, Film

    Academy Nominated James Longley on music composition and filmmaking.

    11/01/2021

    Multiple Oscar-nominated and Sundance award winning filmmaker James Longley kindly contributed a number of music and audio tracks to our latest film SODO EXPRESS. How […]

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  • Photography

    APERTURE ZERO – 05. OIL

    28/12/2020

    Words and pictures by Merik. 05. OIL When thoughts grow dull and the eye calcifies, a little lubrication is required to keep the the pipes […]

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  • Film

    SODO EXPRESS: The idea, the film and the director’s statement

    22/12/2020

    The idea behind the short film SODO EXPRESS came from watching a British news segment featuring Silicon valley old schooler Jaron Lanier. He explains the […]

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  • cover for carpal tunnel
    Animation

    Animation, Live Action and Short Films with Ingmar Järve

    15/12/2020

    Ingmar Järve is playing a massive role in our latest film SODO EXPRESS. It’s through him and through his animation we get to express a […]

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  • Art, Graffiti

    Stormie Mills on street art, graffiti and the final frontier of humanity

    08/12/2020

    “When you are starting you can be free with what you do. You can experiment, be bold, and adventurous… …as you move along the line […]

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  • Photography

    APERTURE ZERO – 04. A COUNTERPOINT

    04/12/2020

    Words and pictures by Merik. 04. A COUNTERPOINT The Pipes Man limbered up to the corrugated barrier with wide wild eyes. What lay behind may be […]

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  • Illustration

    NIARK 1 ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MONSTER ILLUSTRATIONS

    01/12/2020

    Sébastien Feraut aka Niark1 is a Parisian who now lives and works in Montpellier. He has featured in many STICKERBOMB books and over the years […]

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  • Film

    SODO EXPRESS. Short films, graphics and titles talk with Ryo Sanada.

    17/11/2020

    As we get closer to finishing SODO EXPRESS, we’re taking the time to chat to a few of the crew involved in the film and […]

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  • Illustration

    BANANA KRUGER AND ALTERNATIVE COMICS

    09/11/2020

    As we continue to chat to artists who have been involved someway in Stickerbomb, we come around to Lary aka BANANA KRUGER who lives and […]

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  • Film

    RAISING THE SPIRITS with artist, filmmaker and Brighton resident, CINEMA ILOOBIA

    03/11/2020

    Outsider artist Jim Sanders, producer and sound designer Abraham Moughrabi, film maker iloobia and creative technologist Benedict Sheehan combine their creative energies for the immersive installation ‘Raising the Spirits’. Scored by […]

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  • Illustration, Animation

    JASPER VAN GESTEL on Colours, Tattoos and selling mouse mats.

    13/10/2020

    “The world is becoming a grey and over-regulated robotic place. Illustration brings colour.” The fusion of geometric shapes and animals (in a playful sense) has […]

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  • hand drawn, synesthetic inspired animation
    Animation

    FLOATING CIRCLES QUARTET – New Music Video by Cinema Iloobia

    06/10/2020

    A hand drawn, synesthetic inspired animation for the track ‘White ‘n’ Fluffy’ by Floating Circles Quartet. The animation was inspired by the work of Oskar […]

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  • Music

    From HONG KONG to AMSTERDAM – Journeys of a DJ & Music Producer with IXA

    17/09/2020

    Life is hard right now. Harder than usual for everyone for obvious reasons but as a DJ, music producer and performer its been a trying […]

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  • Documentary, Film

    Behind The Lens with Producer & Director, WILL FRANCOME

    11/09/2020

    We had the pleasure of sharing offices with Director / Producer, Will Francome and his Reel Nice production crew many years ago in London Bridge. […]

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  • shooting director Naor Elimelech taking a summer selfie in the mirro
    Film

    Behind The Lens with NAOR ELIMELECH

    31/08/2020

    Naor is a shooting director who was a massive part of one of our most difficult but satisfying productions over the years: SOKA AFRIKA. It’s […]

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  • Illustration

    In Conversation: TOMATOZERO

    27/08/2020

    Over the years, we have collaborated a lot with Tomato Zero from STICKERBOMB to commissioned work. They’re a great couple of artists who have inspired […]

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  • image of rocket at the yangon abandoned amusement park.
    Photography

    Burmese Daze: YANGON ABANDONED AMUSEMENT PARK

    17/08/2020

    Having run a creative studio now for a number of years, I’m always looking for a dose of inspiration. If you can find it in […]

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  • cutpacks image of a man and surfboard
    Video

    CUTPACKS: Free Monthly Stock Footage Giveaway

    11/08/2020

    Have some free 4k (4096 x 2160) shots of the Pacific Northwest Beach on us. That’s 9 free individual stock footage shots that include a […]

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  • Film

    GHOST AMBER: Trailer

    02/08/2020

    We are absolutely delighted to share the first trailer for feature project GHOST AMBER. GHOST AMBER is best described as a film about celluloid, memory […]

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  • andy and his kid
    Insights

    Working From Home With Kids

    26/07/2020

    For many in the creative industries working from home is no great shock. Even with an office to go to, sometimes you need a change […]

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  • studio rarekind sticker on the street at night in lisbon, portugal
    Insights

    Rebuilding Through Disaster

    23/07/2020

    After ten years of living in South-East Asia, approx 4 months of lockdown and a long plane journey back to London where it all started, […]

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  • black and white shot of dj don grizz
    Music

    Fresh Weekly Music: DON GRIZZ

    19/07/2020

    We go wayback with DON GRIZZ. From early OPEN SAUCE nights in East London, to seeing him play shows at the WHITECHAPEL GALLERY with IXA. […]

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  • cool looking man from Kalaw, myanmar on the phone wearing sunglasses
    Photography

    Burmese Daze: PORTRAITURE FROM MYANMAR

    16/07/2020

    I’ve enjoyed travelling around Myanmar over the last few years. I first visited in 2013 for the Yangon Photo Festival where I met an array […]

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  • picture of aerotropical plane
    Design

    #WORKINPROGRESS – AEROTROPICAL and How To Brand A Defunct Semi-Fictional Airline.

    13/07/2020

    AEROTROPICAL is a small #WIP project we are running at the moment. It’s just an idea we like and myself and Ryo came up with […]

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  • Ezra Dickinson's animated eyes from the indie film SODO EXPRESS
    Film

    Notes From The Edit: SODO EXPRESS pt.2

    10/07/2020

    With the trailer released we inch closer to picture lock on the edit. With SODO EXPRESS and the miniscule budget we’ve been playing with, we […]

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  • Communique logo live streaming and dj mixes
    Music

    Fresh Weekly Music: COMMUNIQUE

    09/07/2020

    COMMUNIQUE is a new DJ platform from one of our own, Matt’ IXA’ Rudge and old time friend Paul Carter. On a weekly basis they’ll […]

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  • SODO EXPRESS trailer button
    Film

    SODO EXPRESS: Trailer

    08/07/2020

    Our latest film SODO EXPRESS gets closer to the finishing line… …which still means a lot of work which includes conceptualising and executing graphics. Finalising […]

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  • Andy Funnell Filmmaker
    General

    Hello My Name Is…

    03/07/2020

    Hi, I’m Andy Funnell, a director here at SRK and all-round camera nerd. I cut my teeth at the BBC editing, shooting, and directing across […]

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  • security guard sits underneath an underpass on jalan sudirman jakarta indonesia
    Photography, Insights

    Jakarta Street Portraiture

    29/06/2020

    As my time winds down in Jakarta, Indonesia and we slowly enter the ‘new normal’ and exit what feels like round one of Covid, i’m […]

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  • Tim Grabham Cinema Iloobia
    General

    Hello My Name Is..

    25/06/2020

    I’m Tim Grabham, but I’m also sometimes known as iloobia and I’m a filmmaker and animator. Currently I’m living by the sea in Brighton UK, […]

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  • The Toyoca-S
    Photography

    5 FRAMES WITH A TOYOCA-S

    23/06/2020

    There I was in Seattle, the Shot On Film Store trying my hardest to get my Nikon FE2 fixed. It wasn’t happening. The drop it […]

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  • digital collage of images from around china
    Insights, Video

    Executing Briefs Under Covid

    22/06/2020

    At the start of the year I was in the early stages of planning a multi-country shoot. Our client, a pan-Asian corporation, needed us to […]

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  • Ghost Amber thumbnail for blog post
    Documentary, Film

    Notes From the Edit: GHOST AMBER

    18/06/2020

    GHOST AMBER is the latest film from our long term collaborator and crew member Tim ‘Cinema Iloobia’ Grabham. Currently the production is in lockdown thanks […]

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  • cinema iloobia 30 day animation challenge
    Animation

    #30DayAnimationChallenge

    15/06/2020

    Tim ‘cinema iloobia’ Grabham is keeping busy with a #30dayanimationchallenge. “Grabbing scraps from around the studio can be surprisingly fruitful when you add a little […]

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  • ryo george sanada
    General

    Hello My Name Is..

    12/06/2020

    I’m Ryo George Sanada. Born in rainy Manchester UK (making me a Citeh fan) but I was actually raised in a small town called Toyohashi […]

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  • Stick and Skate
    Books, Design

    STICKERBOMB STICK AND SKATE BOOK RELEASE POSTPONED

    11/06/2020

    STICK AND SKATE Stick and Skate is an irresistible collection of artwork and stickers from iconic brands including Flip, Chocolate, Almost and HUF. Featuring interviews, photographs […]

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  • Edit Sodo Express
    Film

    Notes From the Edit: SODO EXPRESS

    03/06/2020

    DEEP IN THE EDIT We’re deep in post production on our latest indie film SODO EXPRESS and working on this has been one of the […]

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  • Jamie Winder as the tattooed man
    Film

    SHORT FILM: SHUTTERBUG

    26/05/2020

    Time To Make A Short It’s never that easy to make a short film. Whether it be an abstract piece or have a very traditional […]

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  • katsudon world recipes
    Stock Video

    Cooking With Stock Footage : Japanese Cuisine Katsudon

    19/05/2020

    Edit Videos faster than ever with our Cutpacks themed stock footage. Youtubers, marketers, food bloggers rejoice. We’ve announced that we’re slowly rolling out Cutpacks. Themed […]

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  • Hello My Name Is
    General

    Hello My Name is..

    08/05/2020

    I’m Shazdirector (real name Suridh Simon Hassan) and I’m the co-founder, co-creator and co-conspirator at Studio Rarekind, Stickerbomb and stock video site Cutpacks.com. I’ve been making films and […]

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  • Nike diversity and inclusion thumbnail for Studio Rarekind
    Case Studies

    Case Study: NIKE | Diversity & Inclusion

    04/03/2020

    “At Nike, Diversity and inclusion is what drives creativity and innovation… ..it takes every one of our over 30000 employees working at the top of […]

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  • image of Seatac airport
    Photography, Insights, Documentary

    SHOOTING CITIES: Moving from Seattle to Jakarta

    22/02/2020

    MOVING CITIES I recently moved from Seattle, USA back to Jakarta, Indonesia and have been thinking a lot about the similarities and differences between these […]

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  • family from jakarta happy, piece signs
    Case Studies, Insights, Video

    Case Study: IPSOS

    03/02/2020

    It’s sometimes hard to understand what research companies like IPSOS do but we’ve completed a lot of shoots in the field on behalf of them […]

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  • Plane crashing animation thumbnail for To Live Channel News Asia title sequence by Studio Rarekind
    Case Studies

    Case Study: CHANNEL NEWS ASIA

    24/01/2020

    Channel News Asia is an English language news channel based in Singapore that broadcasts to 29 territories across Asia and Australia. Channel News Asia created […]

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  • lots of patch images for levis
    Case Studies

    Case Study: LEVI’S

    24/11/2019

    Levi’s is a business we all wanted to collaborate with and through our artist network and book series STICKERBOMB, we had a wonderful opportunity to […]

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  • Design

    Paper Stock | Giclée & C Type photographic printing

    28/07/2019

    For most of my prints I tend to use Hahnemühle Bamboo paper. It’s the first fine art inkjet paper made from bamboo fibres and not […]

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  • General

    In Transition – Moving from Documentary to Fiction Filmmaking.

    20/06/2019

    Documentary has always been the most natural way for me to make films. Documenting and filming friends and family in the music and art scenes […]

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