If we can trust what Wikipedia has to say on the matter, people born in the Chinese Year of the Monkey have it made. They are smart, quick witted, inventive problem-solvers, and they come with a side of sharp-shooting, horribly…
Continue Reading →Rebellion, in any form, has a few consistent characteristics. The color black, for instance, is a common accomplice, as are hot tempers, cool demeanors, and five o'clock shadows. However, the most important element to rebellion is the one thing that…
Continue Reading →Jan Willem Wennekes, also known as Stinger, crafts a killer monster. Well, "killer" in its most docile, endearing sense -- because the creatures of this Netherlands-based designer have always had more success drawing aww's than arghh's! As founder of Zeptonn…
Continue Reading →From an organizational perspective -- even a musically inclined one -- the odds of finding three beautiful girls, all long-locked, well-worded, and in possession of keyboards, seem slim. The odds of them finding each other -- that seems near impossible.…
Continue Reading →There are people in the paintings of Joe Sorren, but they're not quite human. We have ways to relate -- they hold instruments, they take pictures, they build sand castles by the sea -- but there is something in them…
Continue Reading →From the looks of things, Chris Rubino knows how to mix work and play. The NYC based designer, a 2006 ADC Young Gun and possessor of a shining list of lustworthy clients, hasn't abandoned his personal pursuits in order to…
Continue Reading →JW and Melissa Buchanan are the husband and wife team known as The Little Friends of Printmaking. Known for their God-like mastery of screen printing, their brightly layered imagery, and their quirky sense of humor (take that, douchebaggiezz!), this Milwaukee-based…
Continue Reading →Several months ago, we about lost our crap when we heard that Beautiful Losers "“ the museum exhibit-turned-most brilliant coffee table book ever bound by mechanical means "“ would soon be joined by another extension of arty rectitude. Beautiful Losers,…
Continue Reading →Up until a few weeks ago, there were only a few words that I associated with startup companies. One was "balls," another was "brains," another was "heart attack." There are elements that lead up to those associations, first and foremost…
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