Pop Cling: Too Pretty to Ride?

Posted on November 14, 2006 Under Design

Pop Cling is a company full of talented artists and designers, humorous quips, put-anywhere prints, and limited edition skateboard decks so pretty you may cry after your first front-side board-slide. Their decks use a fresh digital printing technology, and as…

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JB Classics: Laser Cut Madness

Posted on November 10, 2006 Under Fashion

The JB Classic brand has always impressed me-- low quantities, high quality, hand construction with beautiful materials and an always slick and ahead-of-the-curve packaging. They're a breath of fresh air in a saturated footwear market. This laser-cut shoe shown here…

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Mekanism: Sk8 or Die!

Posted on November 9, 2006 Under Art

Mekanism's last collaboration with Invader (covered here) was such a huge success that Invader decided to create a fourth and last piece to complete the set. Sk8 or Die, shown here, is a deck covered with black and white micro…

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Mimobot Stormtrooper

Posted on November 7, 2006 Under Gadgetry

A few weeks ago Mimoco announced the kick-off to their Star Wars series mimobots with Darth Vader, an instant classic. Our wish was granted with the second addition, the chewbacca-bot, we could have sworn the third was going to be…

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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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Bottega/Paul Smith Skateboard

Posted on November 3, 2006 Under Design

The boys at Product Dose pointed out these bad-ass skateboard collaborations between Bottega Montana (luxury skate decks) and Paul Smith (luxury everything but skate decks, until now). Each one of the 77 decks are made with black walnut and one…

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Chuck Anderson: Good Parts of Bad Dreams

Posted on November 1, 2006 Under Art

Chuck Anderson has a nice little update to his site No Pattern, including a pretty bad-ass print titled Good Parts of Bad Dreams (left). It's an 18x24 signed matte print in a limited edition of 300. $25, a small price…

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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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FLY: Words Remembered

Posted on October 26, 2006 Under Fashion

On the heels of their sell out Zero Issue, FLY just launched its next limited edition issue-- Words Remembered. The easiest way to conceptualize this digital media experience is by thinking of it as a moving image fashion magazine--it includes…

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