Juan James is the moniker for the collaboration between Chilean-born New York artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz and New York artist and musician J. Carlton Dewoody. Together they created these two limited edition skateboards — called the Burka Board and Prayer Board — which are to be exhibited and auctioned off for a charity called […]
23
Aug
Juan James' Burka Board and Prayer Board
20
Aug
...and you'll help send a kid to college
Jay-Z and Nike have teamed up to create these 5 pairs of all black sneakers to celebrate the inaugural World Basketball Festival in New York City. Dubbed the “All Black Everything” HOVs, each unique pair corresponds to one of the nations taking part in the festival (Brazil, Puerto Rico, France, China and USA), and are […]
18
Jun
Towards abolishing the Death Penalty
An incredibly well made and powerful ad from Amnesty International petitioning for the worldwide abolishment of the Death Penalty. Really nice stuff. See, we’re not all about E3 booth babes and expensive Scotch. We got a heart too…
16
Jun
Unique watch from Bonhams set for charity auction in December
UK auctioneers Bonhams presents their unique red Silverstone Calibre 11 Chronograph, designed as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of TAG Heuer. It is set to be auctioned for charity on Wednesday 15th December, and is estimated to fetch between $9,000 to $12,000. The special edition chronograph is based on the newly launched Heuer Silverstone […]
19
May
The Vader Project hits Los Angeles and Philly
For its fourth (and final) edition, the annual Vader Project commissions world class artists to re-imagine a lifesize replica of Darth Vader’s iconic helmet. This year the customizations were unreal, provided by superlative artists like Jeff Soto, Gary Baseman, Joe Ledbetter, Peter Kuper, Jermaine Rogers, BXH, The Pizz, Dalek, Paul Frank, Ron English, Michelle Valigura, […]
28
Apr
A tribute to the late punk king
The human rights organization Humanade have collaborated with the late-great Malcolm Mclaren’s family to bring us the “CASH FROM CHAOS” Mclaren tribute shirt. The t-shirt is meant to commemorate his performance of “You Need Hands” in The Great Rock ‘N Roll Swindle. Though the formerly contraversial Englishman was best known as the former manager/publicist of the Sex […]
27
Apr
Proceeds go to Bahati Foundation to inspire cycling with kids
Renowned tattoo & graffiti artist Mike Giant has teamed up with Cannondale to create the Cannondale X Mike Giant Graffiti Bike, a one-off cycle to be auctioned for The Bahati Foundation. Their Giveback program works to inspire cycling in youth, which seems like a pretty solid charity — although when I was a kid, you […]
14
Apr
Enough said.
As a fledgling youth in Boston, there were many a day I found solace in the angular guitar chords of Walter Schreifels. As the guitarist for New York hardcore luminaries Gorilla Biscuits and Youth of Today, he added joy to my life in ways unexplained. But it wasn’t till he formed Quicksand in the early […]
