Thursday, August 16, 2018

Wikipedia dropped a surprise streetwear collab to keep knowledge free

Los Angeles streetwear brand and crystal shop Advisory Board Crystals has teamed up with Wikipedia to release a surprise clothing collaboration. The result is a single long-sleeve T-shirt with ABC pledging all proceeds toward the Wikipedia Foundation.

The shirt sports a combination of the Wikipedia logo and familiar visual elements of internet design to represent appropriated concepts. “Knowledge is power and awareness is survival,” says Advisory Board Crystals in their description. Wikipedia relies on donations to run, and while they do have an existing online store that sells everything from clothing to vision statement notebooks, you can now look cool while supporting open discourse and international cooperation. The question is, do...

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