Original Fake releases some cleverly branded high quality leather gloves for Fall/Winter 2011. The gloves come in two shades of its premium leather, brown and black, and utilize an embossed “X” on the gloves’ upper in reference to artist KAWS’ signature look. Very nice gloves with only a suggestion of the artist behind the look […]
7
Nov
Premium gloves with cleverly suggestive branding
5
Oct
A collection of indelible skull themes in fashion, art & culture
From Alexander McQueen to Powell Peralta to mastermind Japan to Damien Hirst’s infinitely over-discussed For the Love Of God sculpture, skulls have dominated the cultural landscape unlike any other singular motif. Of course this is nothing new — mankind’s obsession with the macabre certainly predates the proto-heavy metal tropes of the 70s. English freelance editor, […]
20
Jan
Truly creative lighting from Brooklyn-based artist
I’ll be honest with you, I like KAWS’ work but I also think he’s a bit guilty of being one of those guys who rehashes his same idea in different colorways or slightly different design and calls it a collaboration. Such is clearly not the case for this collabo with Standard Hotel, where he takes […]
3
Dec
Elevating the magazine to new heights
To call Visionaire a magazine is like calling Lawrence of Arabia a movie. They take the medium and elevate it to another level — literally. Oftentimes the issues aren’t even books, printed on paper or even contain readable text. For instance, some “issues” have included the Sound Issue (53) which consisted of five 12″ vinyls […]
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May
They Just Lowered Their Bar Rather Than Raising The Roof.
Coming up with a definitive list of a 100 of the most creative peeps in business has got to be crazy hard. The fact that Tyler Perry made Fast Company’s list is proof of that—or it says that Fast Company’s editorial staff lives in some sort of Bizzaro World. Because “creativity” implies a dose of […]
If you’re in LA there’s a great show coming up at the Carmichael Gallery (1257 N. La Brea Avenue) featuring works by a stellar line up of artists: Antony Micallef, Banksy, Barry McGee, Bast, Beejoir, D*Face, Dalek, David Choe, David Choong Lee, Faile, Ian Francis, KAWS, Nick Walker, Paul Insect, Shepard Fairey, Sixeart, Skullphone, Space […]
LA gallery Honor Fraser will host A Long Way Home, a new collection of work by world renowned street artist and fashion designer Kaws. The show opens TOMORROW, February 21, 2009 much to the delight of LA’s Kaws fans. (It’s his fist solo show in LA ever!) The exhibition will include paintings and sculpture. Be […]
