Palace Skateboards — Palace Product Descriptions: The Selected Archive

Palace Skateboards — Palace Product Descriptions: The Selected Archive

Published by Phaidon, this is the printed archive of Palace Skateboards' famously off-kilter product descriptions — the loose, very British, often absurd copy that has accompanied the brand's product drops on its online store since founding. Organised into twenty-two tongue-in-cheek themes (Animals, Etiquette, Romance among them), with shots of Palace product and behind-the-scenes photography between.

The volume is from Palace co-founder Lev Tanju, with an introduction from the writer and literary critic Sam Buchan-Watts that locates the descriptions inside a broader tradition. A genuine streetwear-publishing rarity, and one of the more interesting brand-as-book objects on the shelf. Hardcover, 320 pages. Published 2022.