From all of the shots taken for the FF201201 lookbook there’s a tonne which went unused, have a look at my favourite outtakes from the shoot below & thanks to everyone who’s been ordering pieces from the collection. You can pick it all up here.

Yep that’s right, Kid Lohan is the coolest little dude, hard not to be when Viktor Vauthier is your poppa.

So, last week we sat down with Rich Gilligan, the Irish skateboarding photographer who we collaborated with on a tee for FF201201, this week it’s time for us to present a few questions to Jay Wright, the immensely talented Nottingham born Illustrator who drew our wrong boards tee. Have a look at some rough sketches, his personal work & what he had to say about the collaboration below.

Who are you and what do you do?

My name is Jay Wright. I was born and raised in Nottingham, in the midlands.
I now live and work in the city of Bristol. I’m now apparently an illustrator too.

What have you been doing this summer?

After three weeks in NY, I spent some of this summer cycling from Rotterdam to Berlin. Which was insanely good! I was then showing work in a group show with some friends from the UDK illustration class in Berlin. I was planning to settle in Berlin and try (again) to live there. After studying there at the UDK two summers ago, I have been determined to get back. But, after another few nuts weeks there, I’m glad to be back here, in my studio in Bristol. I feel so lucky to be able to draw pictures for living, hang out in my studio listening to tunes and skate to the market to get my lunch.

How did the collaboration with FF come about?

It was actually a good friend of mine, and a great photographer Theo Cottle who got me in contact with Josh from FF. To be asked to draw some dudes falling off long boards is the best thing ever. Just simply drawing people doing ‘stuff’ is what most illustrators want to draw. So I had loads of fun creating the final design, and I’m mega pleased with how it came out.

Any plans in the near future?

Although I’m loving this summer I can’t wait until February. I have been asked to do a residency in the city of Linz, Austria. I’ll be working at a place called the Salzamt, which is a refurbished salt storage factory in the centre of the city. It’s now a culture institution, which invites artist and designers from all over the world to work, study and live within the house. Apart from that I’m going to keep working everyday and hopefully do more cool projects like the one with FF.

Make sure to check out all of Jay’s other illustration work here, and pick up the tee here.

We sat down with the incredible Irish skateboarding photographer Rich Gilligan to have a quick chat about how our collaboration came about, read the small interview below & pick up the tattoo tee which Rich shot & designed by clicking here.

Q1. Who are you & what do you do?

I’m Rich Gilligan and I am a photographer. Right now my tummy is rumbling and my dog is staring at me to go for a walk.

Q2. How does the skateboarding scene in Ireland differ to other countries?

Skateboarding scenes everywhere are all pretty much the same – some people are dicks and some people are really sound. However the main difference with skateboarding in Ireland is that the ratio of dicks to sound people provides less dicks than most countries for some reason. Also as Ireland is this tiny island on the edge of Europe nobody tends to take it too serious here – which is a good and bad thing in a way. Good in that there is no room for ego’s but bad in that it can breed laziness and nega-troids. Basically as a skater in Ireland you have to deal with shit weather, small minded attitudes and loads of scumbags on a daily basis but this will all just toughen you up and make you shred harder. So yeah overall skateboarding in Ireland is amazing.

Q3. Is there a photographer in particular that’s standing out to you at the moment?

I am obsessed with the work of Paul Graham, Ciaran Og Arnold and Ari Marcopoulous at the moment.

Q4. Can you tell us a bit about the collaboration with FucknFilthy & how it came about?

You asked me if I was into it, I said yes. Then you told me you were going to tattoo your brains and I got worried.

Q5. What are you up to over the summer? You have a book coming out on DIY skate parks right?

I’ve been skating loads in this cool bowl that we built in Bray. Thankfully I’ve also been working away on some really nice commissioned photography work and I am just about to release my first book through an amazing french publisher (http://www.1980editions.com/19-80/). The book is called “DIY” and is a project I have been working on for 3 years about homemade skateparks all around the world. I should have a copy in my hands within the next few weeks and I’m a bit freaked out that this time next month it will actually exist in bookshops.

Q6. Any final words?

Keep on keeping on.

Thanks Rich, make sure to keep your eyes peeled for his new book, check out all of his work here & buy the tee here.