60, Unite for Children

Posted on October 22, 2007 Under Books

To commemorate its 60-year anniversary of fighting for children's rights, UNICEF used its exceptional talent in organizing people for a worthy cause to gather the work of 60 renowned artists for a just-released anthology called 60, Unite for Children. Illustrators…

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Gocco

Posted on October 22, 2007 Under Art

The methods of printing date back centuries, and if it weren't for this extensive history, we might be printing today's hot graphics onto tees using rudimentary rubbings of impressions from wood blocks instead of the modern silkscreening from which we've…

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Charles Krafft

Posted on October 22, 2007 Under Art

Have you ever been to Slovenia to make a black market weapons deal? No, neither have. But Charles Krafft has. As soon as I read the little blurb about him here, I was interested in learning more. Krafft is an…

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Hand Job! + Obsessive Consumption @ Jen Bekman Gallery

Posted on October 19, 2007 Under Design

If you take a moment to think back to May of this year, you may recall us telling you about Mike Perry's typography compilation, Hand Job! A Catalogue of Type, which featured the work of Spear Collective Compatriot RoyalRemarkable and…

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Jonathan Harris at Pop!Tech: The Whale Hunt

Posted on October 19, 2007 Under Art

The highlight of today's first session entitled "The Pursuit of Happiness" was seeing friend, JoshSpear.com regular and sure-fire genius Jonathan Harris present one of his latest projects entitled The Whale Hunt. Whale Hunt tells his story of visiting the Northern…

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Lomo Diana+ Camera

Posted on October 18, 2007 Under Art

Retro camera overlords Lomo have re-released the cult 1960s Diana camera from Hong Kong, keeping all the glorious hallmark characteristics that, to this day, get amateur and pro photographers alike clamoring for the nostalgic- and romantically-fuzzy photos it produces. Lomo's…

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Keats' Solar Systems

Posted on October 18, 2007 Under Art

In his latest conceptual arts foray, Jonathon Keats is "formulating new miracles at a cosmic scale for gods to license and implement." Huhhhh? The way he explains it -- and I'm not so sure I could do much better --…

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The Moleskine Project

Posted on October 17, 2007 Under Art

Anyone who fancies themselves a poet or painter will probably agree with the fact that inspiration seems to strike at the oddest of instances; most artisans will tell you that it's important to have a notebook on hand to record…

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Showcase Spotlight: Energetic Baby No. 59

Posted on October 17, 2007 Under Design

I can't really explain to you why I love this album art so much; maybe it's because it looks like this stone this sweetheart of a guy randomly gave me once (sappy, I know), or maybe it's the retro 60's…

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If You Could @ Design Event '07

Posted on October 17, 2007 Under Design

In July, we told you about If You Could, an annual publication that turns 112 artists' answers the the question, If you could do anything tomorrow, what would it be? into a limited-edition book. More recently, the men behind that…

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