The custom boutique hotels around the world all took notice to the Hotel des Arts in the heart of San Francisco's downtown Union Square when it launched last year. Last year they showed their project called "
Continue Reading →On my last night in Vancouver I had the opportunity (really, the pleasure) to stay at The Opus Hotel, located in the up-and-coming Yaletown district. I've stayed at hundreds of boutique hotels around the world and was really quite surprised…
Continue Reading →If I had a Cease and Desist order from Louis Vuitton, I'd probably be a little scared-- but not the folks at The Hotel Des Arts in San Francisco. Remember that hotel? Packed full of customized rooms from floor to…
Continue Reading →The story of a rejected artist finally making it big time is as familiar as the tales our grandparents like to tell us: "I walked 17 miles, barefoot, through three feet of snow; I dog-walked in New York through rejection…
Continue Reading →Tomorrow evening in San Francisco will be the opening of the Last Painted Rooms Art Show at the Hotel Des Arts. Artists have been painting up those rooms for about two years now, and this show will mark the end…
Continue Reading →Last Fall, a good friend of mine pointed me to artwork of Jeremy Fish, a super-talented artist and designer out of San Francisco. I hadn't spent much time on his memorable website for quite awhile until yesterday, when I heard…
Continue Reading →Shepard Fairey, who you know from the Obey Giant campaign, recently worked his mural magic at the Hotel Des Arts in San Francisco. Shepard painted both an outside mural and an in-room mural as part of the hotel's Painted Rooms…
Continue Reading →Is it an art gallery or a store that sells Helio handsets? The answer: both. At Helio's newly opened (today) flagship store in Santa Monica, CA, you can of course buy the touted Helio devices that will change the way…
Continue Reading →Time to kick off the year in review. Here are some of the most popular Art posts on JoshSpear.com as well as some of my favorites! They're in no particular order... Acquired Art Crusade Jason Thielke Meet The World Dee…
Continue Reading →Start Mobile is the first company to ever offer actually good art from credible emerging independent artists--downloadable to your mobile phone. They have quite the collection of artists with art and wallpaper from guys like David Choe, Shepard Fairey, Yoffy,…
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