Make you sure you do your bit…

This print was made for www.artistsforpeaceandjustice.com. This is a collaboration with Studio Number One’s Cleon Peterson, Casey Ryder and Shepard Fairey. Photography by Tao Ruspoli. All proceeds of the sale of this print go to Haiti.

Released on the 5th February 2010

$50, Signed and Numbered

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The fourth, annual If You Could exhibition is underway, yeah I know, I slept on this one. The exhibition, If You Could Collaborate is running until 23 January 2010, 12–6pm (open late on 21 January, 12–9pm) exhibited at the A Foundation Gallery at Rochelle School, London E2 7ES. The idea of this project was to push the boundaries of the normal working life of the contributors. There were no briefs, no restrictions on medium and no particular format. Each of the 33 contributors chose a partner to work with, from any profession, discipline or background and set about creating a piece for submission within the generous 12 month deadline. Works range from classic framed pieces to more ambitious, experimental sculpture, film and installation.

Presented alongside the exhibition is an accompanying 312 page catalogue, documenting the process of each of the pieces along with the final piece submitted. The catalogue is published by It’s Nice That and be bought online for £15 (1500 printed).

As the birthday celebrations come closer, Stussy have teamed up with Ricoh to put out a limited edition GR Digital III. There will be 500 released in Japan in February next year which will mark the iconic brands birthday. As far as spec goes its a straight up GR Digital III with a Stussy twist, you’ll get a 10MP 1/1.7-inch CCD sensor, a 28 mm/F1.9 “GR” lens, 4x digital zoom, ISO sensitivity between 64 and 1,600, a 3-inch LCD display and SD/SDHC/USB ports.

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RCA Secret 2009

Here’s the deal:

THE EXHIBITION

RCA Secret is an annual exhibition and sale of original postcard-sized art, made and donated by professional artists, designers and illustrators, plus up-and-coming students from the Royal College of Art. Last year’s exhibition of 2,700 works, included original contributions from Yoko Ono, Paula Rego, Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry, Olafur Eliasson, David Bailey, fashion designer Paul Smith, Stone Roses guitarist John Squire and animator Nick Park to name just a few.

Each buyer may purchase up to four cards, at £40 each.

The exhibition is open for viewing only from Friday 13th November to Friday 20^th November, 11am to 6pm (Thursday till 8pm). The postcards will also be available to view at www.rca.ac.uk/secret from Friday 13th November.

The sale will be on Saturday 21st November 8am-6pm. Raffle tickets for a chance to win a place in the First Fifty in the queue, will be on sale at the exhibition, until one hour before closing on each day, with a maximum of 10 tickets per person.

Please note the following important information:

It is not possible to purchase cards before these dates or on another’s behalf.

You must attend the College in person to buy a card.

You must present your Registered Buyers Number at the sales desk to purchase a card.

Cards are removed from the sale once sold, so we recommend making a list of choices in advance of the sale.

Thank you for supporting RCA Secret and future students at the Royal College of Art.

www.rca.ac.uk/secret

No s**t, straight up, Marge Simpson is this years November cover for Playboy. The move marks the 20th anniversary of America’s favourite dysfunctional family and also, reportedly, an attempt to appeal to a younger audience. She joins the ranks of sex symbols like Marilyn Monroe and Cindy Crawford. Along with the cover shot and 3 page inside spread(!),  Playboy also promises a story inside called ‘The Devil in Marge Simpson’. Make your own mind up!
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For me, this is really a sign of things to come…

Just a heads up, it’s the 2nd week  of the DC X SE FIXIE comp that Sneaker freaker are running. All you have to do is send in a flick of your bike…get to it!

Anyone in or around Berlin this week should hit up the “Alive with Pleasure” exhibition of Berlin based photographer Alex Flach. Along with the exhibition there will be a Nike SB pop-up store and indoor mini-ramp. The exhibition documents the German Nike SB teams journey around Tokyo, Dubai, Capetown and Cairo. There will be a limited & signed book, shirt and poster available at the store. Launches next saturday….

Nike SB Exhibition + Pop-Up Store
Torstrasse 72
Berlin

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One afternoon I was at Lookout Mountain right here in Hollywood, and I got a call from a Woody Mark. He said ‘George, I need you out here tomorrow for a special test.’ I got there that night and he said, ‘Tomorrow morning you’re going to go out with five other guys and you’re going to be standing at ground zero.’ I said, ‘Ground zero?’ He said. ‘Yeah, but the bomb’s gonna go off 10,000 feet above you.’ I said, ‘Well, what kind of protective gear am I going to have?’ He said ‘None.’ I remember I had a baseball hat, so I wore that just in case. He gave me a still camera, and two motion picture cameras. These were 35mm Eyemos. I set up the two Eyemos, and had little trip wires that I could trip with my foot starting about 5 seconds before the blast. And the still camera, I also had a trip wire so that I could trip it. I could get one exposure only. The five other guys were scientists and they volunteered to be there. I wasn’t a volunteer. I didn’t find out until I got there. -George Yoshitake

Castle Bravo detonation, March 1, 1954. 15 megatons. Largest nuclear test conducted by the United States.

Troop maneuvers during Operation Tumbler-Snapper were covered extensively by the media including a color featurette entitled “Operation A-Bomb” produced by RKO-Pathe. Twenty-one hundred marines participated in the test. May 1, 1952.

Crossroads Baker, 21 kilotons Bikini Atoll, July 24, 1946.

Plumbbob Hood, 74 kilotons, Nevada Test Site, July 5, 1957.

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