HYPETALKS: Hiroshi, Errolson, Matt Williams, John Elliot, Nigel Sylvester in "Art of Collaboration"

One of the most anticipated chats of HYPEFEST, jeffstaple sat down with a host of the industry’s most in-demand creatives to break down the science of collaborations. Matthew M. Williams of ALYX, Errolson Hugh from ACRONYM, Hiroshi Fujiwara of fragment design, John Elliott and Nigel Sylvester all took part in the sprawling, hour-long discourse.
Topics ranged from Elliott underlining the storytelling aspect of collaboration, while Fujiwara discussed the birth of his HTM line with Nike. In fact, all of the participants have collaborated with Nike, resulting in a series of references to their individual time spent with the Swoosh.
Later, Hugh broke down what makes a good collaboration, describing it as “Two people, who are good at doing what they do, [make] some new thing that they couldn’t do without each other.” By the end, the panelists agree that there are too many collaborations in the industry, perhaps even too much product. “I think it’s our job to create product that really means something,” said Williams. “It kinda should deserve to be in existence and collaborations should check that same box.”

[@cacaulaymulkin7724]

"Are there too many collaborations at the moment?" Hiroshi: "yes" Everyone else on the panel *sweats profusely*

[@parisflacko]

Hiroshi on they ass

[@marshall7590]

These episodes don’t have enough love for the knowledge we get given

[@resellcartel9010]

Only the real ones will appreciate all the gems.

[@Blingblow_779]

Hiroshi the legend and he wants his respect.

[@missconceptions]

Favorite part: “I was waiting for these young guys to say my name... on the collaboration... because they didn’t... ... yes, Errolson, can you say something???” - Hiroshi 😂

[@parisflacko]

Calling that shit out

[@RenanPacson]

Powerful panel!!! The creativity and energy is brimming out of my screen!!!

[@skaijuice3714]

This session was long but amazing. Big ups and even bigger kudos for bringing those on the table together.

[@onlykens]

Errolson legend

[@stylezwithace.fisher895]

Even after 3 years. Knowledge is still, and will be always powerful.

[@JM-zz4ts]

Is the crowd sitting on the floor? the fuck? LOL

[@eamonn4677]

This is probably the best content from hb. keep producing and supporting the bridge between youth and the industry!!

[@aw2390]

Love this series

[@NovaSupplyCo]

knowledge is power.

[@tripleaura8083]

facts

[@vegangwane2172]

great discussion

[@DaSkillaBros]

more of these please

[@parisa8330]

definitely soooo many more people who would do justice to this type of interaction. Please keep it coming! I'm excited to see who you reach out to next.

[@Snicfresh]

Already 2023, still a lot of collaborations and is great!

[@hehezzh4591]

Errolson‘s shades grabbed my attention

[@paulvass3419]

John Elliot looks like rick owens normal not evil twin

[@nkojima]

ACRONYM took 3 years just for R&D

[@MAR2TV]

Those guys, HUGE SETUP!

[@rintaroimazato3064]

Full of legend

[@lilbape]

common Hiroshi? that black toe revolutionized converse from that moment on!!!

[@leejungkil4387]

They are missing Ronnie Fieg.... This would have been perfect. I know he is more hypebeast like, but you can't deny how many collabs he has done.

[@archiecorpuz_]

Lee Jungkil how is Ronnie Fieg more ‘hypebeast like’?

[@rudebwoi1]

His collaborations are not major culture shifters, nor are his collections really classic like that. He outputs so much and essentially only changes the color way of things that already exist rather than designing new things. Feels like his projects are more about driving sales and flooding the streets than pushing the art of design forward. imo anyway@@archiecorpuz_

[@izzysteez27]

39:22 Jeff Staple, how dare you stop the Godfather from finishing his sentence...

[@NiinjaSheep1]

Errolson and Hiroshi 😱😱😱

[@wok138]

When Hiroshi called on you..you answer should be, "yea God?" 😁😁😁😁

[@allen-jr4366]

54:14 Matt Williams looks like he took an edible and it finally kicked in 😂

[@bitcoinkush6045]

Sean Paul playing in the background 🙌🏾🤗

[@PRANGRY]

21:39 Hiroshi the goat 😂

[@ピザこそチーズそのもの]

ヒロシの語学力は向上し続ける！！！

[@watchyoutubeaccount1]

Don't forget John Elliott, GAP was your first collab don't play it off ;)

[@Vstrum]

Matthew you should do another interview on showstudio or something similar in that realm

[@tripleaura8083]

Facts, checkout our channel we just made a video on Matthew at Givenchy

[@itzsamuelx]

how was there no clap for hiroshi? just proves how little the audience knows.

[@buzzlightyear29]

Hiroshi by far the funniest even though English is far from his comfort zone. Probably due to all the wisdom. GOD indeed

[@airp6183]

Nike got Collabs w everyone on stage crazy

[@andrewkang4091]

nike > adidas for real

[@ohyes25]

fragment design ⚡

[@yeshuarc]

Just letting y’all know ima have a Nike collab soon…

[@juanvergara1592]

What is crazy is that you almost have too much legendary people in the fashion game on these Hypetalks, it leaves people like Nigel only saying like 12 words through out the whole talk lmao.

[@hanoimenace]

Nigel doesn't even do fashion that much he rides bikes lol

[@tripleaura8083]

Facts, checkout our channel we just made a video on Matthew at Givenchy

[@aw2390]

You should get me on here lmao

[@hehezzh4591]

Lol

[@cacaulaymulkin7724]

Lol. All I hear is is Sean Paul playing in the background.

[@harison7778]

Haha

[@TheCNSR]

🧐

[@ZachJJames-hc1cf]

Chicken Connoisseur yes.

[@soundplusvisiontvaronstardust]

Fraser is basically the british equivalent of Hiroshi do your googles my G

[@Youngbaked551]

Wow

[@daman0]

Its must've been hot af in there cuz Nigel was drenched.! 😂

[@ECHONOMICS]

What shoe is John Elliot wearing?

[@khareemoliver]

Nike LeBron Icon

[@jcamacho7227]

woman in crowd: you guys all have very unique style them: all wearing black (jk these are legends)

[@user-ni7nd3fo1b]

ここにマーチンを履いてくのが良いんすかね

[@xKiDDiamonDx]

Nike boyz

[@Private-kt6hk]

Nigel was nervous as FUCK

[@MikaleHicks]

Take 2 steps forward if your a hypebeast

[@replicamargielas4186]

Mober take 2 steps forward if you don’t know the difference between your & you’re

[@fromflowers]

41:25I guess Nike finally listened LOL

[@xavierclarkxoxo]

[@MargotLifeDIYMore]

imma the only one who finds the music on the back super annoying ????

[@BuSh24MiN]

they're just laughing at hiroshi the whole time

[@ピザこそチーズそのもの]

oiおいっ

[@ピザこそチーズそのもの]

ヒロシざコメディアン

[@emmanuelclausellllavona350]

Next we need: Asap Rocky Raf Simons Jerry Lorenzo Rick Owens Yoon Ahn Kim Jones Virgil Abloh Aleali May

[@eye_need_jesus817]

Emmanuel Clausell Llavona 🤣Get off of Instagram and read a book my guy that shit was embarrassing

[@kevk4908]

DA_GR8EST lmao for real

[@kevk4908]

CORNELIUS CHOO Rocky has impacted/influenced the fashion scene WAY more than Travis. Travis even copied some of rocky looks.

[@kevk4908]

LuckyHit what fashion books do you recommend?

[@alexanderbogenschutz1641]

sponsored by nike?

[@parisa8330]

definitely need Virgil, Aleali, Jerry Lorenzo, Dj clark kent, pharrell, don c, sooo many more.

[@OIOIOIIOOIOOOOOIOIOOOIII]

I'm dyslexic i want free stuff i don't understand but same

[@gravity__zone]

All this guys talking about being selective (nothing wrong with that) then Hiroshi is like mutherfuckers I collaborated with you wen y’all were nobodies 😂😂😂😂 Hiroshi is god. Humble while Being the shit!

[@andyi6188]

you know..you know.. lul

[@rareseed24]

mfs

[@bizyizziaz4831]

this styled like our generation and culture and how we grew up is weird as fuck

[@codyddd3634]

hate how they keep pronouncing 'collab'

[@wmcroy3306]

Oh well lol

[@tripleaura8083]

facts

[@TheGreg991]

So fucking tired of the word collab it’s not a collaboration of creative innovative minds actually working together to creat cool Shit it’s just brands slapping their names on each others already basic universal classics