I’m sure that most of you have already heard this…
Shepard Fairey has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti. He was arrested on his way to the Institute of Contemporary Art for a kickoff event for his first solo exhibition, called “Supply and Demand.”
If that wasn’t bad enough…
Shepard’s Obama image (below) is the [...]
Archive for February, 2009
free vector pack
24Feb09Bittbox have released a great set of free vectors!
Example of the floral collection.
The pack includes the following: buildings, cute animals, floral, seamless retro patterns, seamless boroque patterns, and musical instruments.
Check it out here>>
OBEY x DILLA – Obey Giant
19Feb09Following on from my post the other day about J Dilla, I just found this post on the obey website.
Please take a minute to read and if you are in or around the Los Angeles area then please try and make it on the 22nd.
J Dilla was a great music producer who died of lupus. [...]
Up to much this weekend?
If you’re around London then make sure you pop in to Selfridges and take a look at the Urban Art on show, featuring the one and only KEV MUNDAY!!!
Kev Munday is being exhibited at Selfridges in London starting Friday (20th Feb), with an auction of the art on Thursday 26th February.
Other [...]
J Dilla changed my life – Cargo
16Feb09I must admit, I am pretty gutted that I missed this event…
Last night (Sunday 15th Feb) Cargo held – what is now being called – the event of the year:
A night in tribute to the life & work of a true Hip-Hop genius.
J-Dilla
In his brief 32 years J-Dilla, otherwise known as Jay-Dee or James Yancey [...]
with the dates for the forthcoming carhartt / stonesthrow europe tour comes the first interview from one of the acts, james pants. he’s put together an exclusive mix for carhartt radio that is well worth a listen and demonstrates james’ love for “fresh beat”: 80’s Soul, Electro Boogie, Early Rap, New Wave, & Post-Punk Disco, [...]
my name is?
08Feb09My name is? issue 2 has just been released by the lovely people over at graphotism
ISSUE 2 Featuring: Jeff Soto, Kris Kuksi, Chaz Bojorquez, Patrick Martinez and Madeline von Foerster. Plus a mix of news, reviews and photos from around the world…
Check it out here>>
design view
06Feb09Found this nice blog the other day, for the intellectual designer…
Check out Design View here>>
The blog is run by Andy Rutledge a designer, a writer, a composer, and bonsai artist. There are lots of nice articles covering design culture, professionalism, and technique from the perspective of how human perceptions govern the fundamentals involved.
If you like a [...]
Carhartt X Montana Colors
04Feb09streetwear giants carhartt have teamed up with paint specialists montana colors to produce a limited edition can in carhartt brown. parisian Kool Func ‘88, Carhartt contributor, Ultra Boyz member and painter n all round decorator designed the artwork for the collaboration, the result being “Cosmic Dust Brown”, which is printed directly onto the can then [...]
iQuit 09 – had enough?
04Feb09we all come to that point in our lives when we think…f**k it man, whatever…i’ve had enough! well now you don’t haveto go through the painful, labourious process of actually handing in your notice/taking your girlfriend to one side/explaining to your friend/___________ (fill in blank!). stewdio bring you the all new iQuit ‘09, the pain [...]
