Pharrell: Places and Spaces I've Been

Redefining cool for a new generation Pharrell Williams is a creative force using music fashion and design to express his distinctive style. Originating at the crossroads of art design popular culture and street savvy Pharrell Williamss output is unique. By playing off different disciplinesnamely music fashion street art and designand using each as an element in the other Pharrell has redefined the role of the contemporary recording artist blazing a trail for other musicians and prominent cultural figures. Illustrated with lavish photography this book also explores his musical career in depth charting his many projects from his production team The Neptunes to the band N.E.R.D. and his collaborations with friends Kanye West Jay-Z Snoop Dogg and other hip-hop royalty. This unprecedented volume documents Pharrells prolific body of work and his contribution to contemporary culture. In his own unique graphic language he details his extensive creative pursuits including clothing lines jewelry and accessories designs for Louis Vuitton furniture and other product design limited-edition toys graphic designs skate graphics and collaborations with Moncler Marc Jacobs the artist KAWS and with architects Zaha Hadid and Masamichi Katayama/Wonderwall. The book includes ontributions from Buzz Aldrin Toby Feltwell Zaha Hadid Shae Haley Chad Hugo Jay-Z Masamichi Katayama Ambra Medda Takashi Murakami NIGO Loc Villepontoux Kanye West Anna Wintour Hans Zimmer Ian Luna and Lauren A. Gould. This book was originally published with three different colored covers and a year later reprinted with a new set of three colors. Customers will be shipped any of the six different colors at random.