Blu Mural in Berlin
So basically globally warming causes polar ice caps to melt due to greenhouse gases. Blu’s mural indicates that like sand in an hour glass, time is running out. Beyond that, he sums up global warming and it’s effects.
Marcus Burrowes | The Great Insurrection
Marcus Burrowes, founder and creative director of Rockers NYC. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Raised in the Rasta faith and was heavily influenced by Jamaican reggae culture. Hence, Rockers a style of 1970s reggae. As a child he was drawn to the aesthetics on album covers of his favorite reggae artists, which fired his creative passion and led him to experiment with art.
The Original Hipster x Julia Chesky
The OG Hipster. Picture-perfect representation of a Clean Mess. Because you’re homeless, it doesn’t mean you have to look homeless. That goes for anything. And fuck all those label whores, men and women.
Parson School graduate Julia Chesky presents a fantastic series of photographs, entitled “The Original Hipster”. She shot the series with art director Ali Lee and homeless model Chris.
“Our lovely model, Chris, has lived on Mercer Street for a few decades by choice. I’m calling this series The Original Hipster because on most days he doesn’t even look like he’s truly homeless.“
Source via: High Snobiety
Video: And He Gets The Girl – Lupe Fiasco
I recently stumbled across this video at PMD. It’s a classic Lupe without the “fear,” one of my favorites at that. The video was expressive, Matthew Metoyer does well with typography and use of visual-aids.
Video: Art is Life pt. 2
Marshall Gary’s Art is Life travels to Washington, D.C., for episode 2 and introduces the folks at SpaceStudioGallery.
Check out Art is Life pt. 1
What does a “finished” piece mean anyway?
The Hole NYC present ‘Not Quite Open for Business’. Is you roll’n?
The show is not about process-based art or deliberately “unfinished” artworks, it is about getting caught with your pants down and your lipstick smudged and your armpits sweaty because you didn’t have time to take a shower before YOUR FIRST GALLERY SHOW.
KAWS at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut proudly hosted KAWS’ first solo museum exhibition, which opened this past weekend. The museum exhibition displays a number of different pieces by Brian Donnelly better known as KAWS.
Stefan Sagmeister x Levi’s Button Fly Poster
A part of the 2010 marketing campaign for Levi’s 501, the “Button Fly” poster featured a giant common house fly in mosaic with none other than Levi Strauss & Co. buttons, large and small.
Video: “Art is Life” Artist Spotlight Series Teaser
“Art is Life” is a new video series by Marshall Gary. He’s tipped Marc Roman as his first subject for the project, which has the simple premise of highlighting up-and-comers and giving them a new platform for exposure.
Balance
“Balance” wall-hang by Steve Harrington, National Forest
Nice design, I always feel that Taoism/”yin and yang” correlate with Cancer’s zodiac sign [69] or the crab.
Apex x Black Scale x MTN Colors USA
check out their new summer collection
“The Autobiography And Sex Life Of Andy Warhol” x John Wilcock
The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol first published in 1971, and republished this year, the book assembles a prismatic portrait of one of modern art’s least knowable artists during the early years of his fame.
Rosson Crow “Bowery Boys” Book
OHWOW presents their latest publication – the “Bowery Boys” book by Rosson Crow.
“Write The Future” Crayola Crayon
These crayons, beautifully crafted by artist Diem Chau who is so apt at expressing the subtlest nuances in details, will inspire a great sense of creativity, but at the same time, evoke a protective desire to cryogenically preserve these gorgeous Crayola crayons till the end of time. Commissioned by Nike for the sportswear giant’s “Write The Future” campaign to celebrate the 2010 FIFA World Cup, packaged by Wieden + Kennedy (W+K) and created by Diem Chau, one of the childhood favorites, Crayola crayons are carved into tiny sculptures of Nike’s greatest football players and heroes of speed– Rooney, Ribery, Cannavaro, Ronaldo, Drogba and Robinho.
Video: RISD Senior Narrative inspired by Cudder
Evan Polivy (PolivisionProductions) is a student at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and as part of his groups final project they put together this great “music video narrative” that was inspired by Cudi’s debut album “Man on the Moon: The End of Day”. Here’s what he had to say:
The video is a collaborative senior thesis project between Matt Cavallaro, Christin Neal, and myself (all students at The Rhode Island School of Design – we graduate in 2 weeks). We felt a strong connection to Cudi’s music and wrote a story based on the narrative Cudi tells in Man on the Moon: The End of Day. We call it a “music video narrative,” because it’s partially a music video and partially a narrative short film. It’s about a troubled teenager who uses music to escape into his own space fantasy where he finds the girl of his dreams.
Complex June/July 2010 x M.I.A.
M.I.A is on the cover of the 2010 June/July issue of Complex Magazine, which trilly & truly a dope ass cover. You gotta really look into the lining of her top to see who’s featured this month. M.I.A of course, J. Cole, Common, and many more. She’s back from a little break after giving birth to her first child.
ABSOLUT’ x Spike Lee
ABSOLUT gets together with Spike Lee to design their latest limited edition vodka bottle – ABSOLUT Brooklyn.
“The bottle features a depiction of a brownstone with the number from Lee’s childhood home in Cobble Hill and bears his name on the bottle. Inside the bottle is a vodka flavored with apple and ginger. It has a retail price of $29.99 . Each of the city editions of Absolut has a charitable initiative attached, as part of this campaign Absolut is donating $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity to help fund an affordable homes project in Bedford-Stuyvesant.”
Scrap work
pencil on parchment paper
pencil on parchment paper
I’m never doing what I’m suppose to be doing at the right time. I’m not drawing when I should be, working when I should be – I don’t follow instructions, haha. Damn, something like a fuck up. The one good thing about this community service is my doodles. When I’m bored, I try to find anything to draw or write on. When it doesn’t have any value I work best because the outcome isn’t important. Scrap paper, napkins, whatever it is. I guess value means it has to account for something. I don’t want to give it any meaning.
Church Ave.
I went to Stella’s Bar & Restaurant in the city to watch the game. Good beer and good eats, great combo. I wish I would have taken a picture. However, that’s not what I wanted to discuss. The mosaic murals on Church avenue are just example of great art throughout the city. In a melting pot like New York City, I’m glad you can find a little culture outside of the hustle and bustle. I’m always looking for culture – this is home.
Stop’n Traffic
How powerful are books? Well they can apparently stop traffic if there’s enough of them. The clever folks at Luzinterruptus, put together temporary light-infused guerrilla art installations that are surreal and create a lovely scene in Brooklyn that I wish I could’ve encountered in person. More pictures and information about the piece can be found HERE.
Chad Harris
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