Adam Haynes at OkOk

Posted on August 11, 2006 Under Art

This Saturday, August 12, Seattle Art Studio OkOk will be hosting Oregon artist Adam Haynes' "Walks with Evad", his first gallery showing. Haynes recently finished the illustrations for the NKE 6.0 campaign and Nike actually built the car he illustrated…

Continue Reading →

Banksy Update

Posted on August 10, 2006 Under Art

Who would have thought that a graffiti artist would actually be responsible for the raising the house prices of an area? This is exactly what's happening in London's trendy Shoreditch area where secretive graffiti artist Banksy is single-handedly pricing local…

Continue Reading →

The Pattern Man

Posted on August 8, 2006 Under Art

There isn't to much negative press floating around about "The Pattern Man" Dan Funderburgh these days and the recent publicity on Design Sponge and interview with pingmag.com have definitely rejuvenated our interest since our first report back in July '05.…

Continue Reading →

Helvetica: The Documentary

Posted on August 8, 2006 Under Art

Helvetica is a full-length independent documentary film that investigates the deeper and more subtle ways in which type affects our daily lives. Using the now ubiquitous font helvetica as the thematic centerpiece, the film explores urban spaces with regards to…

Continue Reading →

Adult Puppet Shows: Calgary

Posted on August 7, 2006 Under Art

Puppet shows are popping up in the most unlikely places, and this one, recommended by a French friend, has me considering a trip to Canada. The Calgary-based Old Trout Puppet Workshop puts on quite the metaphorical and innovative performance with…

Continue Reading →

Crushed Can Art

Posted on August 6, 2006 Under Art

Using acrylic paints on flattened beer and soda cans Charles Kaufman creates truly one of a kind works of art on crushed cans. The often quirky painting is on one side of the crushed can, while the other side reveals…

Continue Reading →

Magnum

Posted on August 4, 2006 Under Art

Formed in 1947 by photographic luminaries like Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David "Chim" Seymour, Magnum Photos is an elite group of photographers who have documented major events both past and present (above are from the conflict in…

Continue Reading →

Coroflot Version 4.0

Posted on August 3, 2006 Under Art

The good folks over at Core77 recently relaunched Coroflot-- a career and community site for creative professionals. If you're an artist or designer it's an awesome place to build and promote your creative portfolio and check databases of job and…

Continue Reading →

Outer Edge Studio

Posted on August 2, 2006 Under Art

Outer Edge Studio, the creation of fine artist Andrew Jackson, is a wonderful space enveloped in eye-catching art and people happy to engage in intelligent conversation about it. Previously the youngest gallery owner in Carmel, Andrew's background in art includes…

Continue Reading →

Dalek Supersampler

Posted on July 31, 2006 Under Art

Back in the winter of 2003, the good people of Lomography lent a Brooklyn gentleman by the name of Dalek a white color-splash camera to customize as he pleased. So impressed were they by the jazzy black and white number…

Continue Reading →