Bomb Story: As far as we can remember, and we could be wrong here, Drop Adam never made it as an official T-shirt graphic for The Hundreds. In fact, we don't even remember the inspiration or reasoning behind the artwork. Our only thought is that this started off as part of a larger design that got scratched. We debated on including him in the collection, but he's so different, so odd, that we feel like he can make his home in the Adam Bomb Squad.| Background Story:
In the early 2000s, all-over-prints reigned supreme in independent streetwear. The trend was a response to the boring solids and understated color-blocking of the dominant skate and urban market. It also followed the footsteps of Nigo's A Bathing Ape camos. Smaller, T-shirt-based brands like ours tapped into the ancient screen-printing techniques of roller-printing, oversized screens, and belt-printing to execute messy patterns over seams, collars, and hemlines. In stretching our imaginations around repeating patterns, Bobby thought of Escher and tesselations. At the time, we were traveling a lot between LA and New York. Since The Hundreds was heavily influenced by the artists and culture that anchor these cities, Bobby drew a skyline that represents Los Angeles. When flipped upside down, it calls out New York City.
