Sample pics from the just released BAPE book.
via deadstockdon.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Kaws Bronze Head Sculpture
"Gering & Lopez, the New York gallery that will be hosting the upcoming exhibition of artist Kaws, has announced that they will be releasing a Kaws Head Bronze Sculpture for the show. The self portrait first surfaced with the Skull Kun figure that Kaws made in 2006 in collaboration with Bounty Hunter. Limited to 33 pieces, each piece will be uniquely painted, and has a price tag of $25,000 USD."
KAWS
Untitled (Self Portrait), 2008
bronze (painted)
11 x 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
Series of 33 unique colors
Via The Art Collectors and highsnobiety.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Robert Pimple AKA Barry McGee x Oakley
San Francisco based artist Robert Pimple AKA Barry McGee has teamed up with Oakley to create a pair of signature sunglasses.
“Featuring wraparound styling and polarized lenses for maximum protection on Mr. Pimple’s lengthy fixed-gear runs through the streets of San Francisco, the extremely limited-edition eyewear comes in custom R. Pimple designed packaging and are also officially certified beer goggles.”
Via Supertouch.
OriginalFake 2008 Autumn/Winter Collection on Warp
Some of OriginalFake’s 2008 Autumn/Winter collection can be seen in November’s issue of Warp Magazine.
Michael Lau Toys in Royal Mail Commercial
Michael Lau, one of the pioneers in the vinyl toy movement, has his vinyls featured in a commercial for the Royal Mail. Check it out!
via hypebeast.
Ursus by Bape x WTAPS - Nigo’s Favorite Shop Tees
Nigo’s Bape teams up with fellow Japanese label WTAPS. The collection is based on simple, basic color graphic tees. All three are now available at Cliffedge.
Takashi Murakami
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt/Main presents the most comprehensive retrospective to date of the works of Takashi Murakami.
via cpluv.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Sleep under a cardboard box!
"A large proportion of the proceeds from the Le Clochard duvet cover go to SZN, the foundation for homeless youngsters in the Netherlands. The income is used to fund housing projects which prioritise supporting young people in finding work or continuing their education.
The high quality duvet cover features a photographic print of a cardboard box and is made of pure soft cotton (144 Strands per Sq Inch). This produces an extremely sharp image that stays flexible because the ink is printed directly in the cotton. The image will stay crisp after frequent washing."
via surfstation.
HIROSHI FUJIWARA X TAKASHI MURAKAMI X VISVIM KIEFER HI
Takashi Murakami and Hiroshi Fujiwara have worked with Visvim on the Kiefer Hi. The iconic Murakami flower was added to the subtle Visvim high top sneaker.
YouWorkForThem redesign
YouWorkForThem has updated their site. YouWorkForThem has grown from a two man operation into a worldwide collective of designers, artists and illustrators. Part stock library, bookstore and art dealer, their new site features over 1,800 products.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Ben Jones Celebrates the New Dark Age
"Ben Jones, one third of art group, Paper Rad, is currently showing off his solo skills at AMP Gallery in Athens, Greece. Celebrate the New Dark Age (a title which may be another nod to 90s indie band Polvo), is a multimedia day-glo installation of vibrant painting, sculpture, and video, which Jones will evolve as it travels to further locations in 2009. To accompany the exhibit, PictureBox has published Jones’ first book, which can be purchased here. Show runs till Oct. 23. "
via TAC.
Conor Harrington
The incredibly talented CONOR HARRINGTON made his presence known on the streets of NYC while in town for last week’s STEVE LAZARIDES-hosted “Outsiders” show with an amazing downtown mural.
via supertouch.
Buns And Guns
In a perfect example of tongue in cheek capitalism we give you Buns and Guns, an actual restaurant in Beirut.
"At the "Buns and Guns" fast food restaurant, deep in Beirut's Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs, the chefs wear military helmets, the food is wrapped in camouflage paper, and the motto is "a sandwich can kill you."
The glossy camouflaged menus feature burgers with names like "the mortar" and "the 155 mm howitzer," while grilled chicken sandwiches can be a "magnum" or a "rocket-propelled grenade."Lebanon's most common and popular weapon, the AK-47 Klashnikov assault rifle, is a beef steak sandwich served in long baguette-style bread."
via geekologie.
Spoken Word
"This elegant and poetic piece, directed by Shilo, mixes an amazing performance by international spoken word artist Ainsley Burrows, with flowing, metaphorical cg elements and a cinematic live action location. Working with Saatchi & Saatchi London, Shilo has crafted some impressively integrated moments that add a nice visual spin to accompany Burrow’s voice. It’s such a nice breath of fresh air to have spoken word drive the audio and create the tone vs. the typical monotone voiceovers that we hear soo much today in TV spots."
via motionographer.
Double Life
My good friend Jaime pointed out this "classic" Playstation commercial. While we never got it here in the states, I wish we had- it's really a fantastic spin on those who say that those who play video games have "no life". Check it out!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Cursor Kite
Yes, it's an actual product you can get from WindFire Designs. This one is called the "Windfire Cursor" and is part of the Windfire OS series of kites.
via geekologie.
A Font For Android
"The custom-made font took almost as long to create as Google's mobile platform, Android.
The font, dubbed Droid, is the product of a two-year collaboration between the Mountain View, California based Internet giant and Ascender, a digital typeface company based in Elk Grove Village, Ill."
Full article on Forbes
via cpluv.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Skulskin by Ajee
"ExtendedPlayZ, a new label from Bonustoyz, presents Skulskin by Ajee. Ajee is a female artist who was one of the secret artists in the French Dunny Series. There are two colorways available: Green and Dark. The figures are 11" tall, including the mask, and limited to a run of 300 pieces each. Look for them to be released in mid-November and retail around $115."
via plastic and plush.
Mia Nilsson: Levis 501 “Live Unbuttoned” Art Wall
"Two years in the making, Levis found their creative mind to showcase his/her artwork at a wall in Stockholm. With the help of Vice Magazine, a list of 200 contributors was narrowed to the winner, Mia Nilsson. Her illustration can be seen at Grevturegatan 8, on a 5 X 11 meter wall for the next couple of months. Following an inspiration of childhood memories, Mia’s Levis 501 campaign showcases a nostalgic experience of kids trying to be cool in their 501’s."
via hypebeast.
Christopher Wool For Supreme
"Born in Chicago, Christopher Wool relocated to New York City in the early 1970’s. During that time he studied painting and worked as an artist’s assistant to Joel Shapiro. In 1984, Wool had his first solo show at the legendary Cable Gallery. Working mainly in black and white, Wool works with a mixture of painterly styles. His earlier works include tightly controlled, gestural drip paintings and canvases utilizing decorative rollers on white backgrounds to produce floral and gate-like images.
In 1987, Christopher Wool began his black and white stenciled word paintings. Wool carefully chose words and phrases for these pieces and the letter composition he applied set his work apart from the stencil art category. Examples like “Riot”, “Prankster”, or “Sell The House Sell The Car Sell The Kids” force viewers to go one step beyond reading into deciphering.
Since his first one-man show Christopher Wool’s work has been shown at the Whitney Biennial 1989, Museum of Modern Art, New York, the New Museum of Art Lucerne, Switzerland, and Contemporary Museum of Art, Los Angeles.
This Fall, Supreme will release a series of three limited edition skateboard decks designed by Wool.
Available at the NY, LA and online shops on October 2nd. Available in Japan on October 4th."
via highsnobiety.
Madvillainy 2: The Box
includes
CD: Madvillainy “2″ The Madlib Remix. 25 tracks.
7-INCH: “One Beer (Drunk Version)” Madlib’s original 2004 version, lost until recently on the floor of his Bomb Shelter studio. If you saw the studio you’d understand.
CASSETTE: The Madvillainy Demo Tape. 12 tracks, 36 minutes. This is the first and only official release of the infamous Madvillain demo that “leaked into cyberspace,” while the album was still in progress, as DOOM alludes to in the lyrics of “Rhinestone Cowboy.”
T-SHIRT: Nominated. Best Rolled L’s. Madvillain shirt.
COMIC BOOK: Meanwhile… the continuation of the All Caps video, included with the CD.
“Some might say its sacrilege to revisit a classic album like Madvillainy. You know, like George Lucas messing around with Star Wars and digitally inserting Jabba The Hut rapping with Han Solo. But Madlib’s never been one to respect convention - and he made this one for headphone listening before a ten-hour plane ride to Tokyo. But this reworking (we hate to say remix) was so good that, after we sat with it for a while, we decided that we had to make it available.”
Look for this at select Stones Throw accounts including colette.
Source: Miss coletteStar Wars x ECKO Collection
I was waiting for the day someone would do this. Marc Ecko has released a collection of Star Wars products. Among the items is a Storm Trooper full-zip hoodie. Available now at ShopEcko.com.
via hypebeast.
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