Illustrious: Portland

Posted on January 30, 2007 Under Art

Our friend OGI just dropped us a note about a group show he's in from Feb 1st through Feb 25th at the Compound Gallery in Portland, OR. The group show has Deth P. Sun, Jack Long, Manny Silva, Monica Canilao,…

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Red Bull Illume: Aspen

Posted on January 29, 2007 Under Art

From January 25th to February 4th, the Little Nell run on Aspen Mountain is the place to go to see the creme de la creme of action sports photography. Red Bull Illume is a photography contest that puts the top…

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Andy Warhol Meets Burton

Posted on January 25, 2007 Under Fashion

Even though I have a hard time imagining Andy Warhol drop into a half-pipe, I'm a huge fan of all the Warhol fashion collaborations we've seen coming out over the past few months. The latest in the Warhol-celebration-epedemic is the…

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X-Dance Film Festival

Posted on January 19, 2007 Under Art

As Josh mentioned earlier today, The Sundance Film Festival is going on in Utah right now. Yes, it's hyped beyond belief, and yes, you can see a lot of the action online. But I thought it's also worth mentioning that…

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Jeremiah Palecek: Nerd Art

Posted on January 19, 2007 Under Art

Many of you know about Tom Judd's successful quest to illustrate one page per day for an entire year. Well, Jeremiah Palecek had the same goal, but he is a Czech painter specializing in nerd art. To Jeremiah, 'nerd art'…

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Jose Parla Cityscapes: The Book

Posted on January 17, 2007 Under Books

I'm still buzzing about my recent art purchase-- a gorgeous Jose Parla watercolor I fell in love with at the Cityscapes exhibit we covered during Art Basel in Miami (recap here). I almost forgot to mention I picked up a…

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Hello Color!

Posted on January 17, 2007 Under Art

Hello Color (previously Norbb) is the design portfolio of 22 year old Pawel Nolbert-- a freelance graphic designer, interactive, branding 3D genius based in Poland. You're probably thinking to yourself "another 20-something graphic design mad-man?", us too. With tools like…

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Prickie: Unique Button Badges

Posted on January 15, 2007 Under Art, Design

Finally, a nice way to buy designer buttons (great gifts) in a mix 'n' match way-- Prickie. Not only does all the art make us smile, the drag-and-drop shopping cart technology they're using is pretty stellar. Prickie has more than…

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Perttu Murto: Crazy Talented

Posted on January 12, 2007 Under Art

Perttu Murto is a 20-year-old Finnish graphic artist, and his portfolio 'Overmode' is nothing less than breathtaking. He only recently started (2003) working with graphics and photography-- and he clearly has a gift. When he's not doing work for a…

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Banksy Shop: Where Everything Is Free

Posted on January 11, 2007 Under Art

International prankster, super-star artist, and borderline Bond-esque graffiti writer Banksy recently opened up his online shop, a unique place where everything is free. He provides small, medium, and large versions of his most popular images-- encouraging users to download, print…

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