Staple Design
{{short description|American fashion designer}}
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|foundation = New York City, U.S. ({{Start date|1997}})
|founder = Jeff Staple (born Jeff Ng)
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|location_city = New York City, New York
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|industry = Design, Consultancy
Fashion, Retail
|products = Clothing
Accessories
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|services = Branding, Editorial Design, Product Design, Packaging Design, Corporate Identity, Web Design
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|homepage = [http://www.stapledesign.com/ www.stapledesign.com]
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Staple Design is a visual communications agency based in New York City, founded in 1997 by Jeff Staple (born Jeff Ng). It has three main divisions: a clothing collection, a creative agency, and a retail store. Staple Pigeon is a menswear collection designed and distributed globally by the firm. Staple Design Studio is a creative and consulting firm that has worked with many brands including Nike, Microsoft, Sony, Lotus, Timberland, New Balance, and LVMH, alongside others. Staple Design also owns and operates a retail store called Reed Space on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, which features an art gallery.{{cite web |url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/Top100/The-Reed-Space-New-York-New-York |title=Top 100 Galleries/Museums |publisher=Juxtapoz Magazine |date=9 September 2009 |work=Best of New York |accessdate=11 February 2010 }}
History
File:Jeff Staple by foto-di-matti-3375.jpg
Jeff worked as an intern with the streetwear clothing company PNB Nation and as a graphic designer at c.i.t.e. design. He established his brand, Staple, in 1997 while silk-screening T-shirts in his spare time. Later that year, Jeff started Staple Design. Staple Design opened the retail store and art gallery Reed Space in downtown Manhattan in 2002.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://jeffstaple.tv/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=jeffstaple |language=en}}
In 2005, Staple Pigeon released the NYC Pigeon Dunks sneakers in collaboration with Nike.{{Cite web |title=Jeff Ng “Jeff Staple” {{!}} ‘NYC Pigeon’ Nike Dunk Low Pro SB Dual-Signed by Jeff Staple {{!}} Size 10 {{!}} Cult Canvas {{!}} 2020 |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/cult-canvas/jeff-ng-jeff-staple-nyc-pigeon-nike-dunk-low-pro |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Sotheby's |language=en}} Only around 200 pairs were ever released, exclusively in New York City. Riots erupted at many of the stores where the shoes were sold. The market value of a pair of the shoes today is reportedly over US $64,000.{{Citation
| last = Yuan
| first = LinYee
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| title = X-Pollination of Streetwear
| newspaper = Theme Magazine
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| date = Winter 2007|issue=8
| url = http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/x-pollination/
| accessdate = 10 February 2010
}} Staple Pigeon has since manufactured and sold original works and products online.{{cite web |url=http://staplepigeon.com |title=StaplePigeon America }}{{cite web |url=http://staplepigeon.eu |title=StaplePigeon Europe }}
Products
Staple Design produces a globally-distributed lifestyle menswear collection. The collection is split into two main lines: Staple, which is mostly graphic and print-focused with t-Shirts and tanktops, and STPL, a cut-and-sew collection.{{cite web | title = STAPLE DESIGN "Science of Life" | publisher = Qubic New Zealand | date = November 22, 2008 | url = http://www.qubicstore.com/news/18/ | accessdate = 2008-11-22}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.solediction.com/2008/09/commercial-for-staple-design.html Commercial for Staple Design]
- [http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/jeff-staple-on-the-accident-at-psfk-conference-asia-2008.html/ Jeff Staple on PSFK TV: 'The Accident']
- [http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/in-conversation-with-jeff-staple/ Design, Streetwear, and Big Ideas: A Video Interview with Jeff Staple]