- Eric Haze
Eric Haze is a well known
graffiti artist and designer fromNew York City. During his early years as graffiti writer in the 70's Haze was tagging the name "SE3" before taking on his more popular identity as "Haze". He is also known as one of the earliest designers of streetwear clothing and has a Haze Brand store in the Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan.Some of his works include the now iconic early hip-hop logos for Public Enemy,
EPMD , andMTV as well as album covers for theBeastie Boys andTommy Boy Records . His handwritten text for the cover of the Beastie Boys "Check Your Head" album is probably one of the most imitated handwriting styles to this day.Haze is very well known in Japan for his art and graffiti.
He has his own limited edition versions of G-Shock, Nike, and
New Balance shoes. [http://www.e-casio.co.jp/shop/goods/goods.asp?goods=G%2D304EH%2D7JR&category=101010 [1] , [http://www.pickyourshoes.com/casual/new_balance_547_haze.htm] .His graffiti was featured in both
Jet Set Radio andJet Set Radio Future External links
*http://www.interhaze.com
*http://www.at149st.com/haze.html
* [http://www.riottt.com/thewire.do Haze's online blog]
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