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The Cool S is started by drawing six short line segments in two groups of three mutually parallel segments each, spaced evenly and separated by a gap approximately the same length of each line segment. On a
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The double 'S' markings on the center piece resemble other marks and gestures found in
Basquiat's paintings from this time While it became less and less a part of Basquiat's art production, there are continued references to graffiti style in his paintings and works on paper, such as the 'S'
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No, this is not an original Stussy Logo I personally get asked this a lot, but people have been drawing this S long before Stussy was established. People have just assumed it was Stussy and it's sort of spread from there. It's actually quite
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in July 2020, but Mark May, the trademark owner, says he does not wish to own the trademark for financial reasons but rather "to preserve it and to truly revel in its irreverence".
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Two vee shapes are drawn at the top and bottom of the shape, connecting more line segments. One is upright: (0,1)–(1,0)–(2,1) and the other is inverted: (0,4)–(1,5)–(2,4)
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on children's notebooks or graffitied on walls. The exact origin of the Cool S is unknown, but it became prevalent around the early 1970s as a part of graffiti culture.
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since 1985) has stated that it was never a symbol of Stussy's
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Two diagonal lines are drawn, connecting two of the line segments drawn in the prior step: (0,3)–(1,2) and (1,3)–(2,2)
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