Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte have collaborated with Vans as part of Vans Custom Culture competition. The competition inspires high schools in the light of declining funding for art programs across schools in the US. The annual Custom Culture event asks students to design their own vans and the winner is awarded $50,000 toward their high school art program.

In our new August 2011 issue, we feature the work of photographer Autumn de Wilde, famous for her photos with Elliott Smith, on the set of Black Swan with Rodarte, and with Los Angeles' Beck. The latter work will be featured in a book published by Chronicle Books this fall, titled simply Beck by Autumn de Wilde. 

Felipe Lima, who shot some of the great Arkitip videos over the past few years, directed this piece, Rodarte: States of Matter, for the MOCA and their exhibition of the same name, the first West Coast solo exhibition of the work of fashion and costume designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte. As you may know, they did the costume design for the Academy Award-winning, Black Swan. More after the jump . . .