Peter Mitchell Updates

Posted on January 18, 2006 Under Art

Peter Mitchell has some new intriguing work up. If you're not familiar with Mitchell's work, he's a freelance illustrator for clients like the LA Times, Boston Globe, Saturday Night Live and several other major media outlets. I really adore the…

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Faesthetic Magazine Issue 5

Posted on January 17, 2006 Under Design

Issue 4 was hot, and finally about a year later Faesthetic Magazine's 5th anniversary issue is ready for purchase. This issues is 174 pages of original black and white art, photography, graffiti and design. As with all the other issues…

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Tembokbomber

Posted on January 9, 2006 Under Art

The great thing to me about the whole "street art" scene is how it is a truly global phenomenon. Language barriers are virtually non-existant because all communication is made via the art itself. And in that sense it's always interesting…

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Space Invader Goes Big in Paris

Posted on January 6, 2006 Under Art

I've been covering the progress of the crazy French guy with an addiction to the Space Invader character for quite some time. The Rubikcubism pieces were amazing, the mosaics are great, even the sneakers were hot. Wooster Collective has some…

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Best of JoshSpear.com ’05: Art

Posted on December 27, 2005 Under Art

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…

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Start Mobile

Posted on December 12, 2005 Under Design

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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Tank Theory Update

Posted on November 7, 2005 Under Fashion

Zach Johnsen, the artist behind the Tank Theory t-shirt and poster line is showing some of his work at the Subject Matter Gallery in Costa Mesa, California. The showing will also feature work by Dan St. George and Tra Selhtrow.…

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The Alife Brand

Posted on November 1, 2005 Under Fashion

Freshness Mag has a great feature about the past, present, and future of the Alife brand. If you're unfamiliar with Alife -- that brand has been at the forefront of 'cool' trendsetting for a long time. They recently opened a…

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No Pattern & MAKR

Posted on October 27, 2005 Under Design

By now you probably all know I'm in love with Jason Gregory's handmade MAKR leather wallets-- it's really my all around favorite wallet. Great too look at, smooth to the touch, and incredibly functional. Gregory, a self taught leather worker…

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Ice Cream Spoon

Posted on October 6, 2005 Under Design

Sian Matthews, a graduate from The Royal College of art recently took a shot at redesigning the ice cream scoop-- this is what he came up with. He created these spoons while training to be a silver smith, and I…

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