Shapeshifter | Brian Jungen

So what do you do if you have a huge collection of sneakers like me yet you grow tired of the over-saturated market and trend that has become too popular. Do what Brian Jungen does and make beautiful art out of them. He takes what was already a very fashionable icon, the Air Jordans, and puts his own unique twist to them. The results are very reminiscent of aboriginal art. Check out the story on them here.

Summer Mixes

So I am sort of a dork when it comes to my music collection. I make a bunch of mixes/playlists all the time. Lately I have been favoring really chilled out music and put a bunch of mixes together. Over the next few weeks I will upload these mixes for you to download. I call these chill out mixes "Bohemian Modern" which I ripped off this cool book that I bought about Silver Lake and its surrounding areas. The secondary name is Ocean Park, the street I live on, because this breezy mix I listen to while at Santa Monica beach. Whatever the case may be these songs are perfect for the summer. Sit back, sip on some Heffe Weisen and enjoy!

(01) Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy
(02) Kings of Convenience - The Weight of My Words (Four Tet Remix)
(03) Broken Social Scene - Looks Just Like The Sun
(04) A Band of Bees - Punchbag
(05) AIR - Les Professionals
(06) AIR - All I Need
(07) Caural - Our Solstice Walk
(08) Nobody - You Can Know Her
(09) Caural - Red Sunshine
(10) Lily Allen - Smile
(11) The Pastels - Windy Hill (Cornelius Remix)
(12) Savath & Savalas - Why She'd Come
(13) Hope Sandoval - Cherry Blossom Girl
(14) Gustavo Cerati - Paracaidas
(15) Ray Barbee - Let's Preserve
(16) Sean Lennon - Breeze
(17) Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line
(18) Four Tet - I'm On Fire (Part 1)

Here Comes the Sun

So my boys Matt and Aaron have just unleashed the hurtin' at I-Manifest. This line is ill and I am not just saying that because I contributed a tee for them. Portals is the design I did. I am also feeling Urban Decay which changes colors in sun light and interior light. Please do my friends and me a favor and go buy some. It's summertime, you need new tees anyways.

Hand Job by Mike Perry

Mike is a friend I met online. He is a designer/illustrator who pretty much does everything by hand. Mike has recently released a cleverly titled book called Hand Job. Hand Job documents all of Mike's hand lettered type as well as found type. It's on sale at Amazon for pre-order and will be shipping in November. I can't wait to have it in my hands. Kudos Mike!

Since78 + I-Manifest Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak of the t-shirt I designed for I-Manifest that should be on sale soon at their online boutique as well as a new crop of other dope tees. I can't wait to get everyone a copy of it. Email me your size and I will do my best to get you one.

Dave White iPod GelaSkins

So I am sort of phasing out of the whole sneaker craze. I feel it is too saturated and everyone in LA has Jordan's with a matching tee some dark denim and a stupid bandana around their neck (it's the new popped polo apparently). If I see one more douche with a bandana I am going to give him a red bull special to the kidneys and make him piss blood for a week. Anywho, Dave White still did an outstanding job on these ipod gel skins. Drop by the GelaSkin site to see these dope Jordan IIIs and others.

Leo Kempf

Leo Kempf creates some really simple and cheap furniture solutions from card-board. Created for the masses for inexpensive solutions using recycled material that are innovative and inexpensive.

Genevieve Gaukler & Beck Sketchel Bag

In the market for a new bag? One of my favorite designer/illustrators Genevieve Gaukler and one of my favorite musicians Beck have teamed up to release this rad messenger bag. Sketchel, an ongoing art-bag project, has brought these two heavy hitters together and released a bag for $92. Not too bad considering it's functional art. You can buy it here on Beck's online store.

Air Force 25

My homie Justin Blythe led this web only animation over at Star Dust. What a blasty blast he must have had getting to work on this project. I love the transitions and trapper keeper looks of it. Keep truckin holmes! Just go watch it already!

Jen Stark

Jen Stark creates beautiful 3D paper based sculptures with vibrant colors and incredible depth. Her work is very simple and elegant with a charming that feels universal. With so much esoteric art out there it is refreshing to see something that easily pleases the eye while still maintaing a very current and fresh perspective. I am a big fan.

Stash 30

Psst! Pass it On 2 is in the new Stash 30 DVD magazine. It’s a great deal of exposure for all of us who worked hard on our contributions to the series.

Psst! Pass it On Trailer

The Psst! Pass it On Trailer is up, you can catch a very quick glimpse of what is to come March 10th.

I-Manifest

I-Manifest is a small designer tee boutique that specializes in creating limited edition silk-screened tees. I have been invited by the founders, Matt and Aaron, to design a tee for their upcoming line and I am super stoked. Keep an eye out for that in the near future. Until then check out their online store or their studio which is located in Brooklyn, NYC. Good guys, good work!

SOFT GOLD

Soft Gold, a studio in NYC has done some really great work. As I was sifting through their work I came across a piece they did for Complex magazine that features Louis' sister Barbara as one of the "Bond Girls". Pretty rad huh, there are a couple other photos of her in this set among some other really great work.

Monthly Mix

My buddy Bran and his buddies put this fun little project together for everyone's listening pleasure. It’s called Monthly Mix, do your ears a favor and CHECK IT OUT NOW!

Ray Caesar

Ray Caesar makes unbelievably beautiful and haunting images with precise detail and charm. What’s crazy is that these are not paintings, they are 3D renders that are texture to the finest of details. His site isn’t designed very well but nevermind that, his artwork is some of the most inspiring I have seen in some time. AMAZING!

Inspired Hip-Hop Album Covers

Hip-hop has been and always will be about sampling. What I find interesting is the visual sampling artists have done by taking an image and twisting it just enough to give it new meaning. Read more about it at Format Mag.

Nom de Guerre

Nom de Guerre's collection is simple and uses different materials, cutting, and patterns to make their brand differentiate from other labels with simple styles. Their slim and sleek look will be quite popular as both Streetwear and high fashion are certainly leaning towards that style.

Squeezebox

Not everyone knows about Pandora, but if you don't go check it out asap. It's an online radio station that allows you to enter a song in that you like then Pandora finds songs similar in mood, style, genre, whatever. And what is even better is the new wireless transmitter Squeezebox. Squeezebox by Slim Devices is the affordable way to stream digital music and Internet radio to your stereo. So it picks up a station like Pandora or my other favorite radio station KCRW and transmits it to your stereo.

Psst! Pass it On Works in Progress

Psst! Pass it On is an exquisite corpse project involving many of the top designer/animator/directors in my industry. I was honored to be included as a contributor to this fun and experimental project. I myself collaborated with my friends Stephen Kelleher, David Lewandowski and Juicy Wang. I am most excited that I have fulfilled one of my life-long dreams which is to make and star in a zombie flick. The series of movies will launch in March but you can view our works in progress at my and Ashley's Flickr now.

Home Star Pro

The high qualtiy "HomeStar Pro" is the 21st Century Home Planetarium. HomeStar Pro can rotate the plates in slow motion and show shooting stars. With a full dark environment, HomeStar Pro allows you to focus and project sharper images. Adopts an adjustable stand for variety of shooting angles. It comes with a Full Moon sidereal original plates, one of the unique plates that only comes with HomeStar Pro. A great gift and present for friends and families to enjoy a clear night view right at home. Available 2 stylish colors. AudioCubes has it in stock as well as many other awesome Japanese import items to drool over.

Bill Sullivan

New York photographer Bill Sullivan has created a fascinating set of images with his series titled More Turns. As subjects passed through a subway turnstile, during the split second that the bar was pushed forward, their picture was taken. Standing eleven feet away and pretending to read a magazine, Bill Sullivan creates portraits of New Yorkers unaware that they are being photographed. The result is an honest look at a cross section of New York. Be sure to visit his site to see more of his work.

Self-clone

I am fascinated with the process that Bert Simons has gone to making a clone of himself. Check out his seemingly simple process here.

Open Edition LED Clock

Most alarm clocks don't really catch my eye. This digital LED clock has the perfect balance of contemporary and retro 70s/80s influence for me. It's designed by a boutique technology brand called Open Edition and you can pick it up at You Say Tomayto.

Nixon Rotolog Watch

So I am not much of a watch person, I have a cell and an 3 ipods that help me tell time. But I decided that this is the ILLEST watch of all time. It reminds me of an Eames Lounge chair because of the wood grain and simple modern style. Nixon has a plethora of amazingly stylish and quite affordable watches to choose from, as well as other accessories.