The Barack Obama campaign asked Scott Hansen (ISO50) to do a print for the “Artists for Obama” series. The print entitled “Progress” is limited to 5000 and can be purchased for $70. All proceeds go to the Barack Obama for President Campaign. You can purchase yours in the Obama store. Better hurry I’m sure these won’t last long.
Just received my new issue of Inc. magazine and the cover story labels Threadless as The Most Innovative Small Company in America. With $30 million in sales and a 30% profit margin I think CEO Jake Nickell and chief creative officer Jeffrey Kalmikoff are doing something right, thats a lot of t-shirts.
The folks at Polanoid are building the biggest Polaroid-picture-collection any of us has ever seen. Helping to save the fun and history of instant film before it becomes extinct. So dig up your old photos or better yet take some new ones before its to late.
James White has been showing up everywhere lately and for good reason. When he’s not making art prints for all of us James is a full-time graphic designer at ThreeTon in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. James frequently makes available new prints of his work in his online store Signalnoise.com Check him out and buy something.
My recent Etsy find is Digital Artist John W. Golden. With over 400 items for sale you will surely find something for your walls or a piece of custom jewelry. John is known for reproducing traditional styles and methods digitally. Very cool and interesting work.
Hey all you freaks out there. Many of us have had, or still have, a pair of Doc Martens. Use this opportunity to express your creativity by taking part in the Dr. Martens design contest. You could see your design distributed world wide.
Starting June 6th-7th the Clack Mountain Festival (formerly Bluegrass ‘n More) begins in Morehead KY. The event schedule includes arts and crafts, music contests, and features a performance by the great Ralph Stanley. Come out and enjoy traditional, acoustic and other music from regional talent and nationally-recognized musicians and songwriters.
Check out this swim mask. It has an integrated waterproof digital camera, eliminating the need to carry an underwater camera, keeping your hands free as you swim. This could be a lot of fun with some interesting results. The process of taking a picture from your forehead would be a different process as well.
Does Simon Oxley’s work look strangely familiar? Maybe its because he has uploaded more than 4000+ images and illustrations to iStockphoto.com as well as designing their logo mark and instructional video. On top of that he has produced imagery for clients all over the world. This guy is busy to say the least. Visit idokungfoo.com to see and read more about him.
Tiffany Bozic is an Oakland, California based artist with an impressive portfolio and list of exhibitions. Her solo show, Bedtime Stories, will open this Saturday at the Kinsey/DesForges Gallery.
