With our recent trip to China, it’s been awhile since we’ve written about Janky, the new Huck Gee x Paul Budnitz vinyl love child, due on May 15th from Superplastic.The recent reveals of several artist editions have us really amped for more previews, the release, and of course playing with‘em.
So far, Superplastic has revealed Janky designs from Pete Fowler, Bubi Au Yeung, El Grand Chamaco, Junko Mizuno and just today, Joe Ledbetter. Diving right in, Fowler’s loud, energetic design makes mismatched sneakers cool. Speaking of the shoes, it appears there are at least two shoe sculpts – a sneaker design and a simpler, basic design. Superplastic highlighted Janky’s shoes in a fun video which cycled through all the footwear designs revealed so far. That has us wondering if the shoes are interchangeable… In the video the shoes and legs are shown together, almost as a unit. Perhaps one can swap out the shoes at the knee?
Bubi Au Yueng brings the soft side of cute with her fun yellow, blue and white design. Wacky cute is the name of the game for one-eyed El Gran Chamco Janky. And there’s the Junko Mizuno Janky!
Junko’s purple wonder is a stunner with six arms, detailed paint, and a curious one-eyed mini figure. With this reveal, Superplastic has us wondering what else they have up their sleeves.
If that’s not enough, today brought us a tease of Joe Ledbetter’s tiger design. From the partial shot, it appears Joe’s Janky comes with a binoculars accessory, making it the second accessorized Janky—Fowler’s design has retro-future pink shades.
Oh, did we mention the metallic gold ‘launch’ edition Janky (edition of 100) ? You can win one of these by signing up for the new brand’s mailing list over at Superplastic.co. Hmm, perhaps the May 15th date refers to the release of the launch edition rather than the series as a whole ? Or maybe everything is coming on the 15th… We’ll know soon!
