Time Travel Posters

Posted on July 16, 2008 Under Art

Amy Martin designed these irreverent Time Travel Posters for McSweeney's 826LA and the newest branch of the non-profit literary institution, the Echo Park Time Travel Mart in Los Angeles. With tongue wedged deeply into cheek, the voyage-themed posters feature vintage-feeling…

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The Big Black Cloud x Joshua Gorchov

Posted on July 16, 2008 Under Art

Joshua Gorchov has already done some impressive editorial/commercial graphic design work that has graced the pages of several major magazines, but his next project promises to be epic. In preparation Gorchov has launched a new website, The Big Black Cloud.…

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Indulgences @ "246 and Counting"

Posted on July 15, 2008 Under Art

When curator Henry Urbach joined the staff of the SFMoMA in the autumn of 2006 he began collecting a wide variety of objects ranging from architectural drawings and models, industrial-design objects, books, posters, photographs, and furniture. All in all he…

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Obama HOPE Originals for Auction!

Posted on July 15, 2008 Under Art

Here's the other Shepard Fairey news: three original prints of his iconic Barack Obama "Hope" illustration are being auctioned off for Russell Simmons' performing arts charity, Art for Life. The 4' x 6' prints are the only three in existence,…

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Subliminal Projects Video

Posted on July 15, 2008 Under Art

Yesterday there was a lot of Shepard Fairey news to cover. Today we have an update from his better half. Shepard's wife Amanda, the curator and co-founder of Subliminal Projects gallery in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles, takes…

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The Presidio Motel

Posted on July 14, 2008 Under Travel

Most motels across the country are unique reminders of an era in roadside elegance long gone. Their rooms are adorned by Bob Ross-esque landscape paintings and beds that vibrate for the small fee of a nickel. The Presidio Motel seeks…

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Update: Steven Harrington's Our Mountain Video

Posted on July 11, 2008 Under Art

Fresh off returning from his traveling art exhibition in support of his Our Mountain book release, Steven Harrington (National Forest Design) has thrown more visual stimulation our way. With the help of his friends at Element Skateboards, Harrington gives us…

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Zoe Regoczy's Girls

Posted on July 10, 2008 Under Art

Zoe Regoczy is a U.K.-based designer with a load of new prints available in her shop. Her style doesn't include a lot of variation, mostly layered colors of girl's faces. Well -- not just any girls. These girls are dangerous,…

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Light Photography x Alan Jaras

Posted on July 10, 2008 Under Art

We've all had these moments -- you're a little tired or jetlagged, and a trance of light reflecting through a plastic container captures your attention for 10 minutes at a café. Most of us snap out of it and realize…

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SUDS Party!

Posted on July 10, 2008 Under Music

If a party at a car wash sounds like the perfect method to cool down during the West Coast's forecasted heat wave, check out Sam Spiegel's (a.k.a. hot music producer Squeak E. Clean, a.k.a. half of the NASA DJ duo)…

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