LES BENJAMINS x FUTURA: A Meeting of Lines and Memory

In a dialogue stretched between continents, Les Benjamins and Futura meet not through nostalgia, but through a shared instinct: that tradition and rebellion are two sides of the same gesture. Istanbul’s hand-crafted İznik tiles and New York’s aerosol abstraction are not opposites — they are part of the same restless search for meaning across surface and form.

At the heart of the collaboration is an idea of movement — cultural, artistic, emotional. Founded by Bünyamin Aydın, Les Benjamins has long been a platform where East and West are not blended but allowed to coexist, where memory is treated as material. With its Japan Project laying the groundwork, the brand now opens a new chapter with one of graffiti’s most iconic pioneers.

The limited-edition collection — featuring apparel and exclusive skateboards — weaves İznik’s historic geometry through Futura’s kinetic lines. The motifs aren’t preserved under glass; they are pulled onto bodies in motion, into streets, into daily life. Past and present collapse into something textured, urgent, alive.

The collaboration will debut at BRED Abu Dhabi, a five-day convergence of music, fashion, art, and street food, where Les Benjamins and Futura will host book signing events, inviting audiences not just to consume, but to encounter.
It’s a natural setting — a living, breathing space where global culture isn’t theorized, it’s felt.

For Futura — a name inseparable from the evolution of contemporary graffiti and abstraction — this project is another extension of a lifelong practice: pushing visual language into new territories without ever abandoning instinct. For Les Benjamins, it’s another testament to a philosophy that refuses to separate craft from conversation.

At a moment when cultural exchange is often reduced to buzzwords, Les Benjamins and Futura remind us: real dialogue is messy, layered, and alive — and it moves through every thread, every line, every surface we touch.

The collection is available to shop at BRED Abu Dhabi and online store.