
Allow us a quick "duh" moment: Money and fame open doors. Case in point: Pharrell has been able to collaborate with some pretty talented designers in the world of furniture, jewelry and fashion to create some pretty...um, interesting products. The latest is a puffy piece that resembles a bullet proof vest, made in conjunction with Moncler (shown above).
Now you would think, given their track record, that Moncler and Pharrell would produce something dope—at least as dope as any other Moncler or BBC product—but no. What we got was an odd, and presumably super-expensive product that only Pharrell would be able to rock without looking like an idiot. But this isn't the first time Skateboard P has created some off-the-wall shit. It's all he knows how to do, really! Don't believe us? Take a look at five of his other ridiculous collaborations below...
Perspective Chair (Pharrell x Domeau & Pérès)
YEAR: 2008
• When asked about the idea behind this series of chairs that were shown at Emmanuel Perrotin Galeries gallery in France, P said: "I had often wondered what it's like to truly be in love, not lust for once...So I decided not to ask what it was like in someone else's shoes or what it was like to sit in their seat...I decided to sketch out my own experiment; the perspective chair." That's odd, because from our perspective, looking at the leg positions, it looks like a girl getting hit off from behind.
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The Blason collection (Pharrell x Louis Vuitton x Camille Miceli)
YEAR: 2008
• Although Kanye named himself The Louis Vuitton Don, Pharrell was the first rapper to be asked to design anything for the iconic French fashion house. One of collaborations was the Blason jewelry collection which ranged in price from $2,000 to $621,000 and featured, among other things, a cool pair of door knocker looking earings we wouldn't mind buying for our girl... and an odd gold ring with a cherub holding a big ass diamond (check it HERE). We're guessing that was one of the pieces on the six figure side.
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Hand Candle Collection (Pharrell Williams x Atelier WM)
YEAR: 20098
• Almost as famous as the Roc-A-Fella diamond sign is the Vulcan Salute Pharrell co-opted for his Star Trak label. Now, we think it's a cool sign and all, but Pharrell must really like it as he went and made a series of candles molded after his hands. The run of 200 made with French design house Atelier WM featured the Vulcan sign along with some other random ones like, the West Side symbol, the rocker symbol and, of course, the flipping of the bird. All in all, it was pretty damn weird.
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The Tank Chair (Pharrell x Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin)
YEAR: 2009
• Pharrell took another stab at chair creation, but this time he went with a more military look. Made out of plexiglass and full grain colt leather with Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, the chairs are definitely better than the Perspective chairs.
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Pharrell x Takashi Murakami x Jacob & Co.
YEAR: 2009
• To call this piece of art a "collaboration" is a bit of a stretch. Unveiled at Art Basel, the sculpture part was done by Takashi Murakami while Jacob the Jeweler recreated some of P's favorite objects—Doritoes, Pepsi, Ice Cream sneakers and condoms—in fine metals and diamonds and placed them in the mouth of the sculpture. It can be interpreted a thousand ways, but it could only be purchased one way: with a $2 million check.
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Matt December 15th, 2009 at 07:04 PM
Mann yall hatin! Those chairs are so ill! I get it tho, you're suprised he doesn't have a vodka and a cologne like all other rappers/singers. blaow!
SupaSeon December 15th, 2009 at 07:24 PM
Y'all basically just named all the DOPE creative shit Pharrell did outside of music...stop hatin and eat dick Complex
johngone December 15th, 2009 at 07:31 PM
damn y'all got n's mad with this post.. lol F YALL DICKRIDERS though.. a bad product is a bad product
DeShawn Stevenson December 15th, 2009 at 09:08 PM
dunno about y'all but all of this stuff looks cool to me.
Kentageous...no disease! December 15th, 2009 at 10:21 PM
The first chairs need to go. Other than that...STAR TRAAAAAAAACK!
arenas December 15th, 2009 at 11:09 PM
wow im disappointed with this article from complex. the shit is creative. the murakami shit is whack though but the chairs are cool.
Rush December 16th, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Thank you Complex! I'm glad Glad to see someone else noticed Pharrell is using his name to sell bullshit .
Gamora December 16th, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Pharrell hasn't made anything good in the past 3 years. His latest Christian Louboutin sneaker is evidence of that.
London Calling May 20th, 2010 at 06:40 PM
Art is subjective. One man's masterpiece...
Vix August 2nd, 2011 at 11:27 AM
i like the chairs but not the candle or the cherub ring... it's all about the person looking at the piece