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Eco-Dermy Benefit for 826LA

Posted on April 21, 2008 Under Eco

From our history of posts, you know we love a great cause. But we'll especially love it if it's promoting the type of thing we do here at JoshSpear, like writing. In an unexpected pairing, Anthropologie is throwing something called…

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Kleber Matheus: Neo Ornamental

Posted on April 17, 2008 Under Art

Just what we need right now "” someone to shed some light on the situation. Art director Kleber Matheus, whose graphic designs have found their way onto apparel from kingpin Brazilian labels Ellus and Neon, is getting props for his…

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Mix and Match Table

Posted on April 16, 2008 Under Design

For something so important, your coffee table goes through a heck of a lot of abuse. Look at yours now. Magazines from six months ago are left forgotten under bills and junk mail. Assorted coins have become permanently glued to…

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Eduardo Kobra: Wall of Memories

Posted on April 14, 2008 Under Art

Sao Paulo artist Eduardo Kobra shares a hip-hop influence in his graffiti training, but beyond that, forget about drawing any other similarities between him and his contemporaries. While they're bombing the town with imaginary characters, Kobra has been working on…

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ReadyMade: All Digital, All The Time

Posted on April 10, 2008 Under Eco

Word to those out there who left their hearts in woodshop class and happily gobble up every new issue of Make magazine: ReadyMade is now totally and uninhibitedly free through a digital version. To mark the occasion of their new…

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Loronix

Posted on April 9, 2008 Under Music

There are things in Brazil -- like favelas, the horrible degree of traffic in Sao Paulo, and some of the bum sizes I've seen -- that I don't think will ever cease to amaze me even if I live here…

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Bruno Borges

Posted on April 9, 2008 Under Design

Bruno Borges' designs are destined immediately for tees as soon as they're realized, and we're talking about every single one of them being cotton-worthy. The Sao Paulo graphic design artist has done some incredibly good font treatments that have made…

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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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Nubrella

Posted on April 2, 2008 Under Life

The hands-free Nubrella looks as dorky as a grown man playing with G.I. Joes (note I didn't say anything about Star Wars and light sabers), but when you're confronted with pulling winds and fighting to reverse an inside-out umbrella, you're…

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OrienTales

Posted on April 1, 2008 Under Design

With its surreal moments, life can become quite cinematic at times, and depending on which side of the bed you wake up on and which happenstance you find yourself in as the day goes on, you could draw a parallel…

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