UNDERGROUND BLEND Volume 15 Now Live

 

Underground Blend - Volume 15

An ongoing collection of Vinyl Stickers from the Designer Sticker Artist global community. Curated by Discordia Merchandising.

Designer Stickers are made in small runs and are normally only available by direct trade between Sticker Artists. Discordia Merchandising made special arrangements with each Artist involved to bring these unique works to the public.

LIMITED EDITION of 25 - Numbered Packs

Sticker Artists in this Volume:
-THE SUPER SUCKLORD
-JOIN THE UNDERGROUND
-PSYCHOLOGICAL INDUSTRIES
-MOST
-ART INK
-DAVE TOO
-THE CHUCK

***
LOOKING FOR ARTISTS

To apply for the next Volume send images of your sticker design to: discordiamerchandising@gmail.com or check out the Event for Underground Blend Volume 16 on Facebook.

ONLINE HERE: LINK

Posted By: Cultural Ambassador Gavriel Discordia

How the Designer Toy Scene Ignores the Street Sticker Scene at its Peril

 

Street Stickers, or as I prefer to call them Designer Stickers, are the other side of the Indie Artist coin. These inexpensive mini silk-screened prints cost a mere $0.08-$0.17 cents each and have a global reach and public presence Designer Toys will never have. Seriously how often have you seen Designer Toy glued to a wall or stuck to a light post?

My company Discordia Merchandising can get anyone an assortment of designs for pennies a piece and we do so for dozens of artists annually going back over a decade. But from our experience we see very little cross over between the Designer Sticker and Designer Toy world.

There are a few exceptions, MCA comes to mind, as his toy design was featured on the cover of the last issue of PEEL Magazine back in 2007. An issue that tellingly hinted at a cross over between these two art worlds as it also featured ads by Rotofugi, and an article on Graffiti legend SEEN featuring some Art Toys of his design, called Spray Monsters. There is also a feature on early Dreamland Toyworks productions which brought street artist Olive47 to toy from with the Miss Cupcake Platform.

"Well not everyone is OBEY!" someone will inevitably exclaim. And yes this is true, very few street artists will gain that caliber of exposure and get offers from toy companies to produce their wares. But, stickers are how Shepard Fairey got to where he is now, so imagine the kind of reach Toy peeps could obtain if they did apply themselves to Street Stickers instead of acting like they are too good for such trivial pursuits and focus solely on the Gallery Scene aspect of the Art world.

Take my own side project Psychological Industries. Which admittedly hasn't seen a toy production yet, mostly because I have personally invested more in development of DIY Toy Platforms for other artists to work on and project themselves into the Custom Toy Scene, instead of keeping my toy productions self-centered. (Ahem, Toy Companies, I'm still waiting...)

Psychological Industries, with just Street Stickers, has, at my best estimate, launched 60,000 vinyl stickers since 2005. Through Sticker Trades it has spread around the globe and can bee seen in major city streets world-wide, including a University Archive based on Street Stickers as a Social Justice Movement going back at least 100 years. This is aside from the 30 plus Gallery Shows Psychological Industries has been seen at. How many Toy Artists can say that about their work? 

The allure of Designer Stickers can be witnessed at work in a Toy Artists career through the Suckadelic Stoopid Stickers project I ran for The Super Sucklord this year. But launching a Pre-Order Event on Kickstarter the 200 sticker packs I was willing to print up and package for the 'Bootleg Toy' Scene originator, became a high demand project and we ended up making 600 sticker packs instead! The fan base demanded much more than we could anticipate, and that is the beauty of Kickstarter. It is the PreOrder Platform that lets fans tell you what your reach SHOULD be, VS what you think it is.

Sucklord has been on the scene for quite a while and yet has not gotten the Street Sticker boost he should have and desires deeply. So I'm glad to help him put a dent in this dilemma by supplying the demand and putting a ton of street stickers in his greedy hands without applying any effort on his part.

I personally buy up all the Designer Stickers I can from toy artists, again, this is very few and the selection is also very thin in each artists online shop. So I strongly encourage Toy Artists to get their sticker game on and make the moves to get into the streets planet wide.

"How does one break into this scene?" you may ask. Well outside of locating and testing out silk-screened sticker printers, anyone can get in touch with Discordia Merchandising and get access to this niche art world in a snap. I print stickers, package stickers, sell sticker packs through Discordia Culture Shop, and even run a Sticker Drop.

This is a service whereby anyone can mail in, or have me print up, any volume of stickers. The Discordia Sticker Drop then sends back a small selection of stickers from all participants to anyone who sends in. But it doesn't stop there. The Discordia Sticker Drop also mails out assortments of stickers to various Sticker Art Shows globally, and throws free stickers into every order from Discordia Culture Shop, and our 'sister stores' Populous Ephemera and Planet Eris. Which amounts to dozens if not hundreds of orders each month for the last 12 years.

We also toss stickers into our Underground Blend Sticker Packs. If you send in more than 30 of any single design. Underground Blend Sticker Packs has just concluded collection for Volume 15 packs and Volume 16 is collecting now here: CALL TO ARTISTS UNDERGROUND BLEND Volume 16. This series has been going on since 2014 and just happens to be the longest running Street Sticker Pack series ever.

Another way anyone can jump into the Street Sticker Scene is by taking part in the Bootleg Posse Project. Pick up the Template from the PEEL Magazine site and email it in to get into the running to be included in the PEEL Has A Posse Special Issue already Unlocked in the Kickstarter PreOrder Event!

ONLINE HERE: BOOTLEG POSSE PROJECT

Posted By: Cultural Ambassador Gavriel Discordia

SSOSVA X UTOPIA - by Psychological Industries

The Welcome To Your Utopia campaign meets the Secret Society of Super Villain Artists!

S.S.O.S.V.A. X UTOPIA in Green on Unisex Gildan Ultra Cotton Black T-Shirt. Front printing in sizes S,M,L,XL,2XL,3XL,4XL,5XL Detournement by www.psychologicalindustries.org

ONLINE HERE: LINK

Posted By: Cultural Ambassador Gavriel Discordia

SLASHTHESLAPS - Sticker Liquidation Sale

Discordia Culture Shop has been in the Sticker Business for over a decade. So they have a huge selection of Designer Stickers including Psychological Industries, Pink Nightmare Squad, RX SKULLS, Buff Monster, Join the Much, Sticker Robot, and of course, is the exclusive source of all Underground Blend Sticker Packs featuring Vinyls from the entire international sticker art scene!

Unfortunately the weight of all these sticker packs is costing them copious amounts of jet fuel in their Floating Fortress of Designer Doom hovering over the Rocky Mountain range. They have to go. And their loss is your gain.

So hurry up and buy some sticker packs before they toss them all into the Yosemite area super volcano and destroy 2/3rds of the United States in a molten cataclysm of hellfire paving the way for the rise of a society of talking spider monkeys and killer robots who will scour the earth with the Great Monkey Robot War that will last 1000 years!

ONLINE HERE: LINK

Posted By: Cultural Ambassador Gavriel Discordia

UTOPIA X - T Shirts - by Psychological Industries

Utopia X - by Psychological Industries

A statement on the prevalence of CCTV cameras in the modern world and the ridiculous nature of robbing the people of privacy while doing nothing to address the root cause of crime itself, poverty.

Female Shirts HERE: LINK

Unisex Shirts HERE: LINK

Posted By: Cultural Ambassador Gavriel Discordia

Underground Blend - A Designer Sticker Pack - Vol13

An ongoing collection of Vinyl Stickers from the Designer Sticker Artist global community.

LIMITED EDITION of 25 - Numbered Packs.

Sticker Artists in this Volume:
-OBEY
-FACTORY SAMPLE
-PSYCHOLOGICAL INDUSTRIES
-STELLECONFUSE
-MOVE TO AMEND
-APOLOGY GIRL
-PINK NIGHTMARE SQUAD
-UNKNOWN
-DESIGNERSTICKERS.NET

ONLINE HERE: LINK

Posted By: Cultural Ambassador Gavriel Discordia

Underground Blend Sticker Set - Vols 07-12

Acquire the Second 6 Volumes of Underground Blend at a special price!
An ongoing collection of Vinyl Stickers from the Designer Sticker Artist global community. Curated by Discordia Merchandising.

Designer Stickers are made in small runs and are normally only available by direct trade between Sticker Artists. Discordia Merchandising made special arrangements with each Artist involved to bring these unique works to the public. 

Artists Include:
Pink Nightmare Squad - Psychological Industries - Join the Underground - Apology Girl - SSOSVA - DesignerStickers.net - MOVE TO AMEND - Jupey - Urban Medium - BEAS - Urban Vinyl Daily - Ban Comics Sans - Raw Inc - MCA - Eyeformation - DrChiPohPoh - ILOVETU - Jice - EmDub - Concreeps - RXSKULLS - Sladge - And Many More!

Volume 07-12 ONLINE HERE: LINK

Volume 01-06 ONLINE HERE: LINK

Posted By: Cultural Ambassador Gavriel Discordia

UNDERGROUND BLEND - Volume 012

This installment of Underground Blend - Vinyl Sticker Pack features Sticker Artists: BEAS, Pink Nightmare Squad, Em Dub, Cist One, Psychological Industries, Move to Amend, and a super rare Orange Glitter version of the anti-trump design by Urban Medium produced by special arrangement with Discordia Merchandising.

To join the next pack email: undergroundblend@gmail.com
OR
Event page for Call to Artists - UNDERGROUND BLEND Volume 013

Purchase VOLUME 012 ONLINE HERE: LINK

Posted By: Gavriel Discordia

Culture Jammer 2007 Sticker Pack - by Psychological Industries

Psychological Industries - Culture Jammer Sticker Pack - 2007 Edition
Featuring the earliest selection of Vinyl Stickers from Psychological Industries first two Series. All printed between 2005 and 2007.

ONLINE HERE: LINK

Posted By: Gavriel Discordia

Underground Blend - The Sticker Pack Series

Underground Blend got its start in Street Stickers, or as we prefer Designer Stickers. A few years back Gavriel Discordia began initiating sticker trades with Sticker Artists and gathering them together for these very inexpensive retail packs. The first 6 Volumes were editions of 100. As of Volume 07 all packs are Numbered Editions of only 25 packs.

Artist who have participated so far: 

SLADGE LE - BAN COMIC SANS - RX SKULLS X ANDRES MUSTA BEAS - Pink Nightmare Squad - Join the Underground - HANKSY - GLUE Squad - Sticker Vault - NVAZN - Psychological Industries - ILOVETU - Quarter to Four - BIO EM - ARTIFICIAL - Apology Girl - Voxx Romana - Monster Little - DRCHIPOHPOH - Jice One BKC - Neon7 - God Bless Generica - ROC - EZ Graff - GARDE - SSOSVA - DesignerStickers.net - MOVE TO AMEND - Graff Hunter - Tenacious Ninja - DRCHIPOHPOH - Playful Gorilla - JUPEY - EYEFORMATION - TOPZTOY - BestBuyOner - Urban Vinyl Daily X Nathan Hamill - DOSA - EMDUB - URBAN MEDIUM - RAW INC - CONCREEPS aka DAVE PEEL - STUDIO MIDNIGHT - WHITE SUBURBAN FOLK - WKBM? 

All 10 volumes thus far are ONLINE HERE: LINK

Volume 11 is seeking submissions HERE: LINK

Posted By: Gavriel Discordia

RESPECT - Green on Ladies T - by Psychological Industries

RESPECT - by Psychological Industries

Finally, a Guevara-like image that is actually relevant to this day-and-age.
Because RESPECT for women is STILL a Revolutionary idea.

RESPECT in Green on Bella Ladies Short Sleeve Jersey Black T-Shirt. Front printing in sizes S,M,L,XL,2XL.

www.psychologicalindustries.org

ONLINE HERE: LINK

Posted By: Gavriel Discordia

Revolution of the Mind - 2015 Edition Zine - by Psychological Industries

Revolution of the Mind
by Psychological Industries

Memetic Mini Zine Promo Pack
comes with postcard, and vinyl sticker.
8.5x5.5 20 pages
This Edition - Only 40 produced

Being an Exhibit of Memetic Ideologies for Educational Purposes
A collection of Graphic Design imagery from Psychological Industries along with various quotations acting as a manifesto detailing the ideological statement of purpose of Psychological Industries itself. Detailing such issues as media, mental ecology, memes, cultural autonomy, and free thinking.

Published under Creative Commons License BY-NC-SA 3.0

ONLINE HERE: LINK

POSTED BY: Gavriel Discordia

10 Year Hustle - Vinyl Sticker Pack - by Psychological Industries

10 Year Hustle - Vinyl Sticker Pack - by Psychological Industries

Celebrating Psychological Industries 10th year. The 10 Year Hustle Vinyl Sticker Pack contains all new designs engaging in memetic and agit-prop elucidation.

Includes the unique '10 Years' design featuring the RESPECT icon in Vinyl Sticker form for the first and only time. As seen in Clutter Magazine NYCC 2015 issue.

6 Silk-Screened Vinyl Stickers
Sizes range from 4x2 to 5.5x3.5 inches.

Limited Edition of 100 packs.
-10 Years RESPECT
-Those Who Hustle - Lincoln Quote
-Define Your Mind
-MENGER
-Corporate Crime
-UTOPIA X on black

ONLINE HERE: LINK

Posted By: Gavriel Discordia

Underground Blend - A Designer Sticker Pack - Vol10

Underground Blend Presents the 10th Volume of curated vinyl stickers from the global Street Sticker Scene. This Volume featuring: Psychological Industries, emDUB, Ban Comic Sans, Sladge LE, Join the Underground, and Rx Skulls X Andreas Musta.

Join Volume 011 by contacting discordiamerchandising@gmail.com

ONLINE HERE: LINK

Posted by: Gavriel Discordia

UB Blogger Profile - Gavriel Discordia

Presenting Gavriel Discordia, Founding Manager of this new Blog, Underground Blend.

Along with Starr Mignon, Gavriel does many, many things. Most of which revolve around Designer Toys and Designer Stickers. Starting with Discordia Culture Shop, the Designer Toy Store. Now in its 10th year of operations, housing all of their independent capsule clothing labels/street sticker campaigns, including Psychological Industries, Apology Girl, and his wife, Starr Mignon's Pink Nightmare Squad. They make quite a team taking their operation on the road having appeared at over 30 Conventions and Pop-Up Store events since 2014. Mostly across the Eastern United States.

They also operate the sister company Discordia Merchandising producing Exclusive Designer Toy releases, Custom Goods for Independent Artists, Musicians, and non-profits. Having produced goods for Clutter Studios, Suckadelic, Smart Women Company, GIVERS, One-Eyed Doll, Cracked Apparel, ARREX SKULLS, SSOSVA, Sticker Kitty blog, Dept or Public Words, and Ban Comic Sans.

They have also produced an Artist Series of Button Displays, currently available wholesale from Disburst.com including; Mizna Wada, EyeFormation, Neon7, JUPEY, Join the Much, and DEAD CELL 84. As well as a New Artist Series of Enamel Pins featuring Underground Artists including and Monster Little aka ZiQi, EmDUB, and COLUS.

Gavriel is also responsible for the resurrection of the Join the Underground, the worlds first street sticker campaign started in 1966 by Grove Press. He Curates the ongoing Underground Blend Designer Sticker Pack Series, which is currently gathering for Volume 11. And Designer Stickers.net the niche vinyl sticker showcase website. He believes that Designer Stickers, much like Designer Toys, are a key part of the Underground Art world, by which artists can gain crucial exposure through trades, sticker drops and the ever constant stream of international sticker art shows. And he is doing his part to elevate the presence of the movement however possible.

Gavriel and Starr are also the minds behind Designer Toy Summit the new scene building event allowing Toy Artists to gather together in centrally located US cities. Having just taken place in Memphis this past March 2017.

Their many Websites are as follows:
www.discordiacultureshop.com
www.discordiamerchandising.com
www.psychologicalindustries.org
www.pinknightmaresquad.com
www.apologygirl.com
www.designerstickers.net
www.undergroundblend.com
www.jointheunderground.com
www.designertoysummit.com

Gavriel Discordia likes cats, hard cover books, vintage Fisher Price toys, and calculating launch trajectories while sipping ice-cold cups of Tang. His agit-prop think tank Psychological Industries has stickers in the permanent Historical Sticker Archive at St. Lawrence University.