5 Dec
Only 200 pieces of the limited edition multi-colored striped deck

Paul Smith lends his fine English touch to a limited edition Alien Workshop skateboard deck. Incorporating Smith’s signature multi-colored stripe motif to the maple wood layers, the deck will be limited to only 200 pieces. Pick up the Paul Smith x Alien Workshop Skateboard over at Smith’s online shop for $115.


2 Aug
Creative taxidermist conflates animals for artistic expression

From the deranged mind of Enrique Gomez de Molina we are treated to animals that look like malevolent pets plucked from the hellish fires of the underworld. The taxidermist stitches together a menagerie of animals into ones we could only dream of… or more likely, have sweat-inducing nightmares about. With names like “Sunday Morning”, “Crabby” […]


28 Jul
Alien abductions, sex tents & getting out-partied by Steven Stills

Anthrax acolyte, resident New York hooligan and Official Editor of All Things Metal, the nefarious Matt Hanrahan gives us the low down on Van Halen’s other exiled singer’s bio… As anyone who knows me knows, I am a die-hard fan of the Mighty Van Halen. I have seen the band live with Roth and Hagar […]


21 Jun
Vertebrata's skeletal creatures in desolate & sullen human spaces

Marc Da Cunha Lopes, a photographer based in France, may be known for his editorial and commercial work, but it’s his personal artistic work that has led to recent interest. Considering TNT’s heavily hyped Falling Skies series debut this past Sunday, we can’t help recognize the similarities between the constant references to alien vertebra in […]


3 Feb
Film-inspired high tops a somewhat questionable endeavor

Whereas Adidas went with Boba Fett, Chewbacca and Jabba the Hutt on your feet, Reebok is going a completely different direction with their film-inspired sneaker line. While aesthetically all of the above are highly questionable, I wouldn’t mind seeing any on someone’s feet at a party… as long as they weren’t my feet. Reebok takes […]


20 Jan
When plush bears go Cosplay

For adult toy collectors and fans of Gloomy the Bear, the creator Mori Chack has put a new spin on this original character. A little bit of a background story for those of you who are not to familiar with Gloomy: he’s an abandoned bear left to fend for himself in the wild. But then […]


12 Nov
The dark master of design puts his touch on Atelier Morpheus' Swiss watch technology

Renowned Swiss artist and sculptor H.R. Giger, perhaps best known for designing the aliens in the film Alien, has come out with this new collection of wristwatches. Fitting the Swiss artist would design a watch for Swiss watchmaker Atelier Morpheus, of which several styles will be made. This black PVD model (above) — featuring a […]


8 Sep
Singaporean aritist GaenKoh's "Tat-ris" couch

I guess there’s some unspoken video-games-as-furniture zeitgeist going on in the world, what with industrial designer GaenKoh‘s incredibly Tetris-like ”tat-ris” furniture seeing the light only weeks after that famed Space Invader couch. The Singaporean designer created this piece of interactive modular seating after seeing kids at play, and how they couldn’t sit down for more […]