Ridehouse Clothing

Posted on November 9, 2006 Under Fashion

Coming to us out of Quebec is new clothing label Ridehouse, who's board-sport inspired designs scream function, but also blend art and style. Their collection is called Heartwood, named after the central, supporting pillar of a tree-- 'It will not…

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Mekanism: Sk8 or Die!

Posted on November 9, 2006 Under Art

Mekanism's last collaboration with Invader (covered here) was such a huge success that Invader decided to create a fourth and last piece to complete the set. Sk8 or Die, shown here, is a deck covered with black and white micro…

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Mauro Gatti: The Brain Box

Posted on November 8, 2006 Under Design

We at JoshSpear.com are on a never-ending quest to find the world's most talented emerging artists/designers/animators. To date, we have uncovered our fair share. Here's another to add to the list. Mauro Gatti (website = The Brain Box) hails from…

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Miya Ando Stanoff

Posted on November 8, 2006 Under Art

We don't think postage stamped sized images of Miya Ando Stanoff do her work any justice-- but until we get the 3D version of our site up and running in Second Life, they're going to have to do. A graduate…

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Written On The City

Posted on November 8, 2006 Under Art

Written On The City is a simple yet compelling project driven by city-dwellers with cameras. They make it easy to upload images, categorize them with a city and open them for commenting. Right now, San Francisco has the most images--…

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Scott Rench Is For Sale

Posted on November 7, 2006 Under Design

Our friend Scott Rench, aka Yosoh, the 'computers and clay' dude, also happens to be an insanely talented art director and all around advertising creative guy. Unfortunately, some knuckle-heads at an agency that will go unnamed laid him off last…

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Peter Callesen’s Paper Cuts

Posted on November 6, 2006 Under Art

I'm absolutely blown away as browsing the intricate paper work of Danish artist Peter Callesen. The series called 'Papercut' shows off an amazing attention to detail (and patience) with nothing but Acid-free A4 sized paper and glue. This piece is…

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Diem Chau: Carved Crayons

Posted on November 3, 2006 Under Art

These are Storytelling Crayons, carved meticulously to show the absolute finest details of honor, courage, and sometimes humor in the characters faces. The artist Diem Chau was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1979, and says "I consider myself an artist…

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Gwon O-sang

Posted on November 3, 2006 Under Art

Korean artist Gwon O-sang calls his work a new method of playing with illusion and reality. We agree-- his 3 dimensional paper sculptures are mind boggling. You can read an interview of him here or an in-depth article here. The…

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Ryder Robison: PantherAttack

Posted on November 2, 2006 Under Art

Ryder Robison was born in Oslo, Norway, currently lives in New York, and is an artist we dig. He spent the greater part of the last decade as the bass player in the Denver-born, major label band VAUX, but he…

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