Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre

Posted on November 17, 2006 Under Books

As soon as the 'Clint Eastwood' video came out in 2001, I was impressed by the Gorillaz-- in my mind, they really are the pioneers of the visual integration of digital arts into the musical landscape. The Gorillaz are, to…

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Victionary: Zoom In Zoom Out

Posted on November 17, 2006 Under Books

Zoom In Zoom Out, the latest book from the folks at Victionary, explores design from a couple of different perspectives to create what appears to be a seriously hot book. They went through works from what they thought to be…

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Boogie: It’s All Good In Vancouver

Posted on November 14, 2006 Under Books

Boogie, the infamous street-photographer has a show coming up on November 17th, 2006 at 36 Powell Street in Vancouver. Boogie originally born in Serbia migrated to the US in '98. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Vice, among many…

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New Books from Victionary

Posted on November 6, 2006 Under Books

Victionary recently launched these two new excellent looking titles, Nice To Meet You (left) and Neighbourhood (right). Nice To Meet You is somewhat of a reference/inspiration book which helps tell the secret on how to design a business card to…

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Faesthetic #6

Posted on November 6, 2006 Under Books

Faesthetic issue 6 is now on sale. This issue packs 160 pages of original black and white art, photography, graffiti and illustration from 94 different artists with the daunting theme of "Love & Death." The book is printed on very…

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Stingermania The Book

Posted on November 1, 2006 Under Books

This is a new and entertaining book called Stingermania by Jan Willem Wennekes, known for his fun and wacky illustrations. Wennekes studied Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and runs his own design studio…

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ROJOair

Posted on October 27, 2006 Under Books

Our pals in Barcelona at ROJO just launched a new book called ROJOair, a special 160 pager done in collaboration with Nike. They selected artists to interpret the brand, creating original artwork for the best known American sports brand around.…

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Vintage T-Shirts: The Book

Posted on October 25, 2006 Under Books

If you read this blog a lot, you probably know that we are big fans of great t-shirts. I would wear a t-shirt every day if left to my own devices--I like to think of them as comfortable little canvases…

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Worldchanging: The Book

Posted on October 18, 2006 Under Books

I've been a WorldChanging blog reader ever since I learned of them through my first invitation to the TED conference last year (I wasn't able to make it, but can't wait for this year's lineup). They just released their first…

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Hotel As Home

Posted on October 6, 2006 Under Travel

As you all know, we are very passionate about travel. Josh's world-wide journeys were -- and continue to be -- the inspiring force behind joshspear.com. Hotels play a large role in every trip we take--they can make or break the…

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