And you thought the most interesting thing about vintage porn was the music (or possibly the glaring lack of pubic grooming). Well, think again; thanks to South African artist Brandt Botes' (aka Von Brandis) latest Flickr set, Obscene Interiors, we…
Continue Reading →Tavis Coburn is kind of a big deal. Not just because we're writing about him twice in a week, his (unknown) stance on the use of Sex Panther or his inevitably discerning taste in sneakers -- but because Nike, the…
Continue Reading →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…
Continue Reading →On the first of October, Pantone will launch their latest color system, Goe. Featuring over 2,000 new Pantone colors, Goe promises to offer users a "simpler, more complete, user-friendly workflow from the moment of inspiration to the realization of a…
Continue Reading →Do you design in the janitor's closet of a strip joint in between showtimes? Yeah? Then maybe you should enter I.D. Magazine's I.D.40: Designer Workplaces competition, a face-off between the most interesting studios/garages/shacks around. The rules are pretty lenient, with…
Continue Reading →Last night, around ten o'clock, I swooped a copy of Charlotte Rivers's Poster-Art; three hours later, I set it down, not even halfway through the 150+ pages of incredible poster design. A compilation of mass-market, personal, and limited-edition work by…
Continue Reading →Josh Brown and Jeff Rooney, founders of creative agency Capacitor Design Network, formed their roots at a well-known Vermont studio called JDK. Sometime in the middle of working on some minor stuff -- like working on the Xbox logo (in…
Continue Reading →A few years ago, two backpacks, each carrying a 350-page blank book, video camera and a T-shirt, were sent off by Barcelona creative studio Vasava in totally opposite directions to artists and groups in 35 cities, from Medellin to Montreal,…
Continue Reading →My sisters and I used to love inflatable toys because they could be kicked and thrown around without causing too much damage (always good for staing un-grounded) to both furniture and ourselves. Sao Paulo artist Pinky Wainer has the same…
Continue Reading →Okay. This is hard to swallow, but there once was a time when the words "peanut butter" and "jelly" didn't really sound right together. And, as much as the thought of a PB+J-less life makes us all feel like withering…
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