Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Fashion Commerce
Roland Barthes said “I am today what you will be tomorrow.” Now there is no tomorrow in fashion. There is only today. There’s a whole industry now of cheap fashion producers who can create pieces in eight weeks. This weakens our relationship with our customers and it undermines the idea of a master craftsman. Creating clothes used to take months; it used to be a labor of love; it required an expertise learned over years. As a result, the clothes were works of art. Customers would save up to buy them because they knew they would last forever. When you see what is produced today you have to ask: Can we blame the customer if today they don’t respect fashion anymore?
Read the rest of the truth here. Via Wall Street Journal
Street Art No More
The end of street art as we know it and the beginning of a new commercialized street art is taking root, read about it here. Words of advice, more money..more problems
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Skateboard P
As if being one of the world’s foremost music producers, trendsetting fashionistas, streetwear entrepreneurs, ladykillers, and Louis Vuitton designers wasn’t enough, the starmaking PHARRELL “SKATEBOARD P” WILLIAMS has now added high-end modern furniture design to his extensive resume with the official debut of his “Perspective” chairs at GALERIE EMMANUEL PERROTIN in Paris this week. A seat supported with the legs of both a man and a woman, the “Perspective” chair was created to resemble a street-level view of a couple in the midst of getting it on, is rendered in slick acrylic, and available in four colors with the choice of leather, incredibly un-PC veal skin, or velour leather for the seating material. Priced well out of reach of Pharrell’s loyal legion of young streetwear zombies (the chairs cost a wee bit more than the most expensive pair of Bapes), these pricey walkers are sure to be the furniture of choice for a new wave of rap videos to come.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Cool Concept
As election day approaching fast here in the U.S. The folks from Upper Playground just created an interesting contest, a daily giveaway of exclusive prints featuring the current leader in the polls and the likely winner on November 4th, Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama. Works from 6 renowned artists - David Choe, Morning Breath, Munk One, Sam Flores (seen above), Alex Pardee, and Justin Bua. Upper Playground is giving away 5 units of that day’s selected prints each day. To enter, simply visit the NEWS section on Upper Playground’s website and wait for the contest’s daily instructions at 10 am Pacific Time. Don’t miss your chance to win some these highly prized limited edition prints, all of which are retail for US$ 200 per piece and some have sold out already.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
MVP
The best player in the game just got the sickest shoes in the universe. The Nike Hyperdunk only 36 were released. Black Mamba is gonna bring home a championship this year.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Brixton
Brixton Ltd. is the collaboration of three friends, David Stoddard, Jason Young and Mike Chapin who wanted to convey their lifestyle through hats. Inspired by the music, cultures, and people who surround them, the designs are timeless. The Brixton collection comes in a variety of styles; each piece is constructed with quality and detail. Inspired by vintage designs, David Stoddard is the creative force behind Brixton.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
In Search of Robert Johnson
“…As he pored over the mass of texts and thumbnail photos that the eBay search engine had pulled up on that day in 2005, one strangely worded listing caught Schein’s eye. It read, “Old Snapshot Blues Guitar B.B. King???” He clicked on the link, then took in the sepia-toned image that opened on his monitor. Two young black men stared back at Schein from what seemed to be another time. They stood against a plain backdrop wearing snazzy suits, hats, and self-conscious smiles. The man on the left held a guitar stiffly against his lean frame. Neither man looked like B. B. King, but as Schein studied the figure with the guitar, noticing in particular the extraordinary length of his fingers and the way his left eye seemed narrower and out of sync with his right, it occurred to him that he had stumbled across something significant and rare… the more convinced he became that it depicted one of the most mysterious and mythologized blues artists produced by the Delta: the guitarist, singer, and songwriter whom Eric Clapton once anointed “the most important blues musician who ever lived.” That’s not B. B. King, Schein said to himself. Because it’s Robert Johnson.”
Read the rest of the story from Vanity Fair
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Lets get a tattoo...Russian Style
During his lifetime as a guard in St Petersburg's notorious Kresty Prison, Baldaev diligently recorded over 3,000 criminals' tattoos and their coded meanings. His drawings form a unique gallery; a passport into a hidden world of shovel-faced politicians, fornicating devils, messages tangled in barbed wire. Tattoos on hands, feet, legs, torsos, foreheads, eyelids, buttocks and genitals all take their place in this fascinating document of a rapidly disappearing criminal society, where history, status and even sexual preference are indelibly etched on
the body.
Buy this set of three books here.
Help Google Save the World
If you have a cool idea, you can get paid banksy to make it happen. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, internet giant GOOGLE has created PROJECT 10^100 (pronounced “10 to the 100th”), a campaign that aims to solicit and fund new ideas that can radically benefit people’s lives.
If you're to lazy to read the article, here's a video
My idea will save the polar bears. All of them.
If you're to lazy to read the article, here's a video
My idea will save the polar bears. All of them.
Ready for another borefest
Tonight is the final debate between big Johnny Mac & Obamadamalinglong and its sure to be a scorcher.
Here are some ways we could spice up these things.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Banksy's making Bank $$$
Anyone else want to start graffiti all over Los Angeles with me and start making Billions?
The Banksy effect is unbelievable. He has a first time exhibit in New York City right now, its pretty tight. Check it out here....Where Fish Sticks Swim Free and Chicken Nuggets Self-Dip
But before you do and if you haven't heard of the man and his effect on the art world (and why I cannot afford any piece of art), you have to read this article.
For the Love of Art by Mark Schiller
Gimme the Loot
In the last little while, it seems like the custom toy game has just exploded with fresh talent. Case in point: this custom MAD*L by Montreal’s own NVC Crew. Using real wood to flip the toy’s head into a mini-television screen, NVC decided to make the sculpture a tribute to Brooklyn’s finest, the one and only Biggie Smalls. Impeccably sculpted and painted, this is just one of the many customs you can peep at the upcoming MAD*L Custom Show, which opens on Oct. 25th at Detroit’s LiFT Gallery.
I said I had a good LUNCH!!!!!!
So I stumbled upon this unbelievable site the other day and decided to share it with you all, because I'm nice like that...
50 Dollar Lunch is a VORCAN promotion where they put an original VORCAN collaboration up for sale every weekday for $50... To buy the painting for $50 you must be the first to comment on 50DollarLunch.com indicating you want to buy the painting. "50 Dollar Lunch" lasts until the next "Lunch" is posted.
This is what I had for lunch today...
Monday, October 13, 2008
Unleash the Furie
Matt Furie is unbelievable....his art is just taking off. You can check out more on his website..this guy is theee shit...everyone else is poop stains
http://www.mattfurie.com/
http://www.mattfurie.com/
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