Skateboard for the Design Museum
We were invited to create a limited edition version of our Kabosu Sketchbook to celebrate the launch of SKATEBOARD, an exhibition at the Design Museum, the first in the UK to map the design evolution of the skateboard from the 1950s to today – a story of design, performance and communities progressing together.
WORDS
Liam Goward
PHOTOGRAPHY
Liam Goward
READ TIME
2 minutes
SKATEBOARD opened on 20 OCTOBER 2023, running until 2 JUNE 2024, The exhibition chronicles the history of skateboard design from the 1950s to the present day, from homemade, humble beginnings to today’s professional and technologically advanced models.
Curated and designed by author, designer and skater Jonathan Olivares, this is the first UK exhibition to explore the evolution of skateboard design in such detail, developed in partnership with Converse.
The exhibition showcases innovative skateboards and components and tracks how skateboarders have taken over sidewalks, swimming pools and skate parks designing new boards to suit their performance, style and surroundings.
Around 90 rare and unique boards are on display, alongside over 100 other objects, including hardware such as wheels and trucks, safety equipment, VHS tapes, DVDs, magazines and ephemera. Together they show skateboard’s technical developments and its evolving social acceptance.
Our Kabosu Sketchbook was covered with our standard 1.5 mm recycled board, and a layer of Jessup Original grip tape was then applied to the front and back covers. Inpractical, Yes, but its tactility is unique. This one might be best kept on the shelf (away from your other books!).
The edition of 100 Kabosu ‘grip-tape’ Sketchbooks was exclusively available to the first attendees of the SKATEBOARD Exhibition.
A special thank you to the team at the Design Museum.
SKATEBOARD 20 OCTOBER 2023—2 JUNE 2024
For full details on the exhibition ↓
www.designmuseum.org/exhibitions/skateboard
More about Jonathan Olivares↓