‘praise the lord’ by plasticgod image via geeky gadgets
curated and produced by dov kelemer and sarah jo marks of DKE Toys, the vader project features 100 underground artists and designers who each customized a 1:1 scale authentic prop replica of the actual darth vader helmet featured in the star wars™films. the participants involved with the project include: shag, peter kuper, jermaine rogers, gary baseman, bxh, tim biskup, the pizz, dalek, paul frank, ron english, jeff soto, michelle valigura, frank kozik, plasticgod, tokidoki, bill mcmullen, secret base, joe ledbetter, alex pardee, suckadelic, cameron tiede, mister cartoon, marc ecko, and amanda visell.
‘untitled’ by wade lageose
‘son of the suns’ by suckadelic
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‘join the happy side’ by yoko d’holbachie
‘the revenge of mr. hahn’ by joe hahn
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‘hanus’ by jim koch
‘untitled’ by dalek
‘unavader’ by ferg
‘sunich’ by paul frank via fructose magazine
‘the vader project’ catalog
DKE toys in conjunction with freeman’s produced a 200-plus page, full-color, limited edition catalog that features all 100 helmets, artist bios and some history on the project. it is available now at the vader project website.
