Stu Smith founded Lovenskate 25 years ago. What started as stickers and zines has grown into a fully-fledged creative studio based in North London, producing everything from limited-edition skateboard decks to apparel. Rooted in screen-printing and skateboarding culture, Lovenskate champions DIY ethos and creativity, an approach we share at Marshall.
s a screen printer and skateboarder, Stu's approach to both is grounded in the same principle: taking what's available and making something from it. A sketch on a napkin becomes a graphic. A curb becomes a line. Screen printing is unpredictable work. The screen will do what it wants; the artwork develops its own character. With Lovenskate, he can let loose, letting the process surprise him rather than trying to control every outcome. Skating works the same way. You plan a trick, think through the movements, but the ground and the board have their own ideas.
We've collaborated with Stu for years, and he's a regular at festivals like 2000trees, where he live-prints alongside us, giving festival-goers the opportunity to walk away with one-of-a-kind prints still warm from the press. When he's there, bringing Lovenskate to our stand and screen-printing live with music playing around him, it all connects: his work, the community, the culture. It’s always felt like a natural fit.
Stu's always on the go, moving between the kitchen, studio, workshop, and garden. Materials get wet, inky, and knocked around. Music is a constant presence in his studio, so Stu needs a speaker that can withstand those conditions and move with him, keeping the energy going wherever his work takes him. Stockwell III is built for exactly that. When he held it, he immediately recognised what it was: a durable, portable speaker that’s made for the way he actually works.
It’s about creating things that are ready for whatever comes next. Stu’s prints and the Stockwell III both keep going, no matter where the work takes them.
