Scion is fairly well known for supporting the arts and working with artists and designers to bring some amazing events to cities all over. I’ve been to two or three of the events now and would recommend that anyone in the Philly area swing through and check this show out. Scion Installation 5 runs from July 3rd-July 25th. Make sure to check out the official site for more information on this event as well as recaps from previous. Yeh!
So… a month or so back, I was asked by Tony & Tuyet of FM Magazine if I would like to do some live painting during the Launch party for the 6th Issue of FM Magazine. Above is a video filmed by the Lockerpartners documenting all of the events that took place throughout the night. My wife and I both make brief cameos! A huge thanks to the FM crew for bringing me on to paint, the Lockerpartners for the filmed radness, and to the guys over at DVLP Clothing for letting me make sweet acrylic love to one of the walls in their space.
Lately, I’ve seen more than a handful of sneakers that I’ve quite thoroughly enjoyed and would love to eventually purchase. Take a quick look below and some of the swell footwear that is either in shops now, or soon to be released by various companies.
Creative Recreation – DiCoco in Black Patent (above)
Nike - Terminator Hi Jersey (above)
Nike – Summer 2009 Dunk Hi Splatter (above)
Nike – AM1 Hold Tight (above)
I find most of these gems on some super duper blogs such as Highsnobiety, Hypebeast or Sneaker Freaker. These sites cover a wide range of topics surrounding “urban” fashion, or streetwear. If you are in or around MPLS, check out VS Social Standard or Status. When I’m in Chicago, I usually hit up Saint Alfred or Leaders. When I roll through Denver, The 400 or Family Affair (Sorry if I left anyone out). These of course, aren’t the only places to read about or shop for sneakers but make me happy.
My Artcrank poster is now available online for your purchasing pleasures!! This poster is proven to increase your sexual prowess while riding a bicycle. You NEED this. Also available as trade in exchange for gold and/or unicorn horns. Buy now!
Matt W. Moore has been a fairly influential piece of inspiration in my ambitious efforts as a designer. Matt is handling both, an art career and a design career pretty smoothly. I like that, it motivates me to see others do great things, especially when geometry is involved.
Photo above is from Matt’s recent trip to Sao Paulo for his Parallel Universe show at Pop Gallery.
The title of this post is a mouthful, but for me, it’s a good description of what’s been cool and interesting in electronic music in the past few years. These genres share intertwined histories, and have recently come together in beautiful ways. Rooted in hip-hop, drum & bass, idm, garage, dub, experimental, and lots elsewhere, they’ve changed the definition of cutting-edge underground electronic music. The most established and interesting producers like Starkey, Joker, Rustie, Harmonic 313, Disrupt, Rusko, Martyn, 2562, Hudson Mohawke, edIT, Flying Lotus and Kode 9 (and Lazer Sword as mentioned by Lifter Baron’s recent post) all succeed because they blur the lines and have cultivated their own bass-heavy, beat freaking, experimental sound.
The documentary above is a few years old, but captures the vibe of the rise of dubstep, which is the most popular of these new-ish genres. Its fan base has exploded, while the creativity of its producers has surged. All the while, most other dance music has become a bit of a formulaic bummer. This is the state of the art.
If you want a taste of the real goods, check out these 2 half-hour mixes that helped propel the art forward last year: Joker’s mix from Skream’s radio show, and Rusko’s Cockney Knees Up mix. Bad, bad tunes.
Some of you may already be familiar with a gentleman by the name of Jeff Soto. After years of loosely following his momentum, I still find myself excited by his painting. You might see his work in a handful of mediums in various places, whether it be on a vinyl toy, a t-shirt or a print, but nothing will do it justice like the real thing. Don’t miss the chance to see his work up close, it’s swell. Until then, make sure to satiate your sticky interests with a book. Jeff’s book. Entitled, Storm Clouds. Get a copy on the Murphy Design site.
I was introduced to these brilliant works of art a while back now but wanted to share them with those unfamiliar with Polish film poster artwork. In a nutshell the state-owned nature of the film industry in Poland meant that its poster makers were freed up from the usual constraints – resulting in some outstanding work, far removed from their big budget counterparts.
Just a couple I’ve chosen from a huge collection (from left to right): Harry and the Hendersons, Eyes Wide Shut, The Fly, Weekend at Bernies
Beautiful/Decay is releasing a 164 page magazine called Supernaturalism featuring a pretty outstanding line up of artists from all over planet Earth. The book will be in a limited run of 1500, hand numbered and including the work of one of our favorite Minneapolis illustrators, TheWorkSteady aka Colin Strandberg. Keep your eyes peeled, it should be up for grabs quite soon.
Layer Tennis is down to the final four… the matches are gearing up and getting under way NOW!!!. Swing by and root for BWLT extended fam Mr. Greg Hubacek as he battles against Aaron Draplin.
Winners will be decided by your votes. To vote for our player simply post a Twitter message that includes #LYT and Hubacek’s name with the “hash” sign in front of it.
We are pleased and equally excited to welcome our newest collaborator, Geoff Allen, on BWLT! Geoff is originally from San Francisco where he worked with Hybrid Design and built quite an awesome body of work including projects for Nike, Super7, Fifty24SF, Upper Playground and Jeremy Fish among a handful of others. Geoff recently relocated to Denver and is currently working with Ellen Bruss Design where he helps hold down the Denver design community as creative mercenary and visual vigilante. Nice, huh? You can also check out a little more about him on his blog as well as more examples of work on his site.
Cohort: Geoff Allen
Location: Denver (Via San Francisco)
Special Powers: Hi Fives / Beard Shaping
Website: funisok.com
From the looks of the recent press and somewhat recent FWY Studios website refresh, Friends With You is getting after it and producing a lot of solid work. On the top of the list is this limited series list of posters and some really handsome apparel for your picking, all of which is conveniently located on the Kid Robot site. Not only are they kicking ass in the merch side of it all, but have been building up a really amazing body of work (as it seems on the Studios site.) Also, make sure you take a peek at their appearance on the Walker Channel from 2007, if you haven’t already.
Another great vid from Arkitip. Hunter Gatherer has always been someone I’ve been excited to keep track of. Very cool process and very outstanding work. Respect.
