Nat Geo & Element // "Future Nature" Collection
Skateboard brand Element and National Geographic join forces for the "Future Nature" collection: a Spring 2020 capsule that brings iconic Nat Geo photography onto decks, hoodies, tees, caps and outerwear, starting from $12, with a portion of every sale going directly to science, exploration and conservation programs.
What Is the Element x National Geographic Future Nature Collection?
The "Future Nature" collection is the third instalment in Element and National Geographic's ongoing collaboration series, each edition exploring humanity's relationship with the natural world through the lens of skate culture. This Spring 2020 capsule features graphic tees, long-sleeves, hoodies, outerwear, caps, skate decks, wheels and grip tape, all carrying imagery drawn from National Geographic's archive of photography, combined with Element's own skate visual heritage.
The message is explicit: we share one planet. Every piece in the collection doubles as an invitation to reconsider our impact on the natural systems that sustain all life. The accessible price point, starting at $12, was a deliberate choice to make the conservation conversation available to the broadest possible audience rather than positioning it as a premium lifestyle product.
Design and Photography
What distinguishes the Future Nature pieces from standard branded collaboration drops is the quality of the source imagery. National Geographic's visual library contains some of the most recognized photography of the natural world ever made: ecosystems, wildlife, landscapes and the human communities that depend on them. Applied to skateboard graphics and streetwear, the imagery creates an unusual visual tension between the urgency of the conservation message and the casual, expressive medium of skate culture.
Full details and the original lookbook were covered by Hypebeast at the time of release, and Highsnobiety covered the collaboration's graphic design approach in detail.
Art-Led Skateboards at TheArsenale
At TheArsenale, the intersection of art and skate culture runs deep. The Hieronymus Bosch Triptych Skateboards bring fifteenth-century masterwork painting onto functional decks, while the Vintage BB Skateboard 1960 connects modern skate form to the visual language of a specific era. Both approaches share the same core premise as the Nat Geo x Element collection: the skateboard as a canvas for ideas that extend beyond the sport itself.
Browse the full Skateboards collection for the most design-forward decks curated by TheArsenale, or explore the Boom Art collection for skateboard art sculptures that have crossed fully from sport into gallery-grade fine art. For apparel with a similar ethos, the TheArsenale International Motion Authority Hoodie is the brand's own take on the same design-meets-culture brief.
