Tagür
A friend from South Africa introduced me to a pretty distinct new line of footwear called Tagür. As they put it, they aren't claiming to be the originiators, they're just going to 'do it right'. They fuse some new school…
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Freudama and Sodele
Freudama & Sodele have a very beautiful collection of jewelry-- their rings, or 'Finger guests' are really the gems. They're described as pleasantly wearable acrylic rings, and a piece of slide film loads into the top and locks in, adding…
Continue Reading →Cartel Goods NYC
Cartel Goods is a new online t-shirt shop with a nice variety of products in stock. They hand pick goodies from designers like Mishka, Ju$t Another Rich Kid, Irak NY, Mighty Healthy and others. Drop by the site if you're…
Continue Reading →Stock Art Books
YouWorkForThem has a wonderful new book on Japanese Traditional Stencil Designs-- and not only is it beautiful to look at, the book comes with a CD which contains 100 royalty-free jpeg files of the stenciled patterns for use in your…
Continue Reading →X-Ray Picture Contest
My German is a little rusty, so I don't have very many details about this X-Ray Picture Contest, but it looks really interesting. Apparently you submit your best x-ray photograph (I don't know anyone with an x-ray camera, do you?),…
Continue Reading →Vinyl Killers
Vinyl Killers is an international show of stencil art on old records by over 100 artists from around the world. They furnish the artist list on their website, and it's pretty comprehensive. Remember the Hotel Des Arts? They've even have…
Continue Reading →Josh Spear Consulting
Over the past year, I 've been overwhelmed by emails and calls asking for my opinion on brands, products, design, etc. Several large companies, that will remain nameless (for now), have sought me out for my thoughts on how to…
Continue Reading →Review: Tumi Flow Messenger Bag
It's no secret that I've been on the hunt for the perfect bag for some time now. I've tested so many it's hard to keep track of them. I've seen a lot of great bags lately, but the Tumi Flow…
Continue Reading →Help, It’s Broken!
Are you rendered useless when you're faced with unassembled furniture? A leaky faucet? Broken lamp? If this sounds like you, I've got the book for you that I saw floating around the blogosphere a little while ago. I wasn't going…
Continue Reading →Bringing the world together, one second at a time.
The 1 Second Film is an interesting project to create the largest collaborative work of art ever attempted. Basically, it's a non-profit collaborative bringing thousands of people from around the world together to all create a one-second animation--the animation consists…
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