Inspire, Aja, Transforme is a series of skateboard graphics inspired by three stages of the creative process. Made in collaboration with multi-media artist Beto Janz, the decks were commissioned by the Brazilian skateboard company Milk Skateboards to connect Canadian and Brazilian skateboard youth cultures.
Students looked at the work of typographer Wolfgang Weingard and vintage magazines for inspiration. They collected series of images inspired by the words Inspire, Act or Transform and laid out collaborative collages. Collages were then transformed into stencils and spray painted onto maple veneers.
These skateboards are rolling works of art, as well as a means of transportation. The graphics will be photographed and sent to Milk Skateboards where one will be selected for mass production to be distributed across Brazil.
