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July 17th, 2008

COMPFIGHT

Ryan & Bryan claim they fashioned COMPFIGHT with glue sticks, rubber bands and a love of advertising. I believe every word. Whether or not this is a re-post, COMPFIGHT is an invaluable inspiration resource and a nicely re-engineered conduit of the Flickr API.

my toner weighs a ton

Gathered no wave and punk flyer miscellania.

July 15th, 2008

crazy smiles: beijing 08 bmx

The Nike SB crew threw a party at the Brooklyn Project shop on Melrose. The show marked the 20th anniversary of BMX's all time great, Freestylin' mag. Which also served as the breeding ground for the creative power trio, The Master Cluster.

Mark Lewman, Spike Jonze, Matt Hoffman, Eddie Fiola were all on hand to sign special limited edition books of Freestylin’ as well as exclusive boxes filled with custom goodness. Plates from the Lightning Bolts show were also on display.

Andy Jenkins designed an amazing retrospective on the Freestylin' publication. Produced by Portland's best kept secret (for now), NEMO.

video here

via: Bend / Nemo

June 16th, 2008

There is Xerox on the Insides of Your Eyelids

Working with the incomparable Rich Jacobs to disseminate old work with old friends in new environs. The zine meme is spreading (again).
Official site: There is Xerox on the Insides of Your Eyelids

June 6th, 2008

Foam and Typography

Really intriguing type forms by John Caserta. Given the fact that these were created in 2002-03, they've probably been posted somewhere by someone before. The re-post police might whine, but whatever. These are great enough to bear a repeating viewing.

From John's site:

I spent two semesters experimenting with a hot-wire foam cutter. Using this room-sized machine, I applied speed and space to the familiar 2-D letterform. Five different results are included here: bi-directional letterforms, Helvetica cut when the cutter is moving quickly, type cut around a corner, type cut through punctuation, and the results from interstitial forms.

Interesting video frame grab implementation too. Have a look.

May 23rd, 2008

Yard Sale of the Century

The ever-killer Aaron Draplin of Draplin Design Co. is having the the Yard Sale of the Century tomorrow, Saturday, May 24th, 2008 at his Portland HQ/residence. Like everything else the DDC schemes up, it's gonna rule. Rain or shine!

May 19th, 2008

RSRVS VERSE ST

Verse ST is a very versatile stencil type, an all-caps well proportioned geometric sans developed in OpenType format with a full set of ligatures, basic fractions, various stylistic alternate characters and hand kerned.

via: fb/RSRVS (dl/info) + RSRVS

May 5th, 2008

(PRODUCT) Girl in RED™

Girl Skateboards collab with (RED)™ in the global fight against AIDS.

Video + Product

via: bend

March 28th, 2008

DESIGN CODING

client satisfied like they eatin on a snicker

via: Justin Spohn/Nemo".

March 7th, 2008

come across

“Painted on translucent rice paper these ethereal images recall faces of audience members from the perspective of the performer.”

KIM GORDON
come across
March 8 - April 9, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday 3/8, 6-8PM
KS ART: 73 Leonard Street New York, NY 10013
212-219-9918

more at s|b

March 3rd, 2008

adam haynes

Adam fills out Nemo's Nike 6.0 work with his sick scrawls, but that's not all (at all) — as evidenced at his site, Stick Fort and in his upcoming show this Friday, March 7 at Life and Limb here in PDX/OR.

February 12th, 2008

There is Xerox on the Insides of Your Eyelids

There is Xerox on the Insides of Your Eyelids opened last Saturday (2/9) at the Needles and Pens gallery in San Francisco. Billed as, “an art exhibition exploring the realm of 1980’s skate zines & xerox art from a small space in time (about 20 years ago), + what they do now.” and featuring_ “the zines & art of the original makers and xerox tweakers / stamp lickers / mail artists…”,_ the show was curated by artist/curator and zine maker, Rich Jacobs (Skate-Edge + Move).

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