Ten Thousand Cents

Posted on April 15, 2008 Under Art

We make no pretense about being "all about the Benjamins." However, we are particularly about this Benjamin because it's actually the work of 10,000 international artists (each paid one cent using Amazon's Mechanical Turk labor distribution tool), who could only…

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Surface 02

Posted on April 4, 2008 Under Design

I was going to write about Domestic's rad-times-100 vinyl wallpaper, a topic we love to talk about here, but after being getting to know their Surface 02 collection, I feel we ought to thank them for not, um, sticking to…

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De La Espada x Matthew Hilton

Posted on April 2, 2008 Under Design

When we heard about the partnership that had been formed between Spanish-Portuguese designer/manufacturers De La Espada and Brit-bred furniture designer Matthew Hilton, we didn't bat an eyelash. Sure we were thrilled about it, but we can't say we were surprised.…

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Behance Inspiration: Art Direction for International Red Cross

Posted on March 31, 2008 Under Art

Art Directors Pier Madonia (UK) and Stuart Macmillan (Montreal) teamed up with photographer Roger Stayte and created a rather captivating print campaign for the International Red Cross. Prescribing the values of "awareness," "compassion," and "tolerance" was achieved through some pretty…

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Peter Gregson x Fujitsu-Ten: Spemcast

Posted on March 31, 2008 Under Music

While older Rock & Roll souls R.E.M. and Portishead prepare to drop new tunes on a clamoring public, we've kind of got a hankering for some seriously classic tunes from a newer talent. No we're not talking about Beirut covering…

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POVeditions

Posted on March 31, 2008 Under Art

Maybe you're not exactly a starving artist, but a rather malnourished one with all of the top ramen you inhale on a daily basis. The fact of the matter is, being an artist is a tough gig and the money…

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Dr. Romanelli Converse

Posted on March 28, 2008 Under Fashion

L.A. designer Dr. Romanelli hasn't been to an "accredited medical university," but Chuck Taylor has decided to let the good doctor operate on a pair of limited edition Converse. The sneaker giant has teamed up with Bono's African AIDS charity…

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Claw Money X Boosted

Posted on March 27, 2008 Under Fashion

After dropping out of the Fashion Institute of Technology Queens-born NYC grafitti artist Claw Money hooked up with her PMS crew and took up bombing urban landscapes. Despite being a fashion school dropout, she hasn't dropped fashion altogether. Not only…

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PULPHOPE: 2089

Posted on March 24, 2008 Under Fashion

Paul Pope (aka Pulphope) went from being a DC comics virtuoso (including his excellent Batman: Year 100) to designing his own clothing line. And, while Bruce Wayne did have certain debonairly style about him, we're pretty sure the bat cowl…

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Jeremiah Palecek Hearts Youtube

Posted on March 11, 2008 Under Art

It's been a little over a year since we mentioned Jeremiah Palecek and his unique brand of pop surrealism or nerd art. The Czech painter with a fondness for Nintendo and Google has his name on the tip of our…

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