Stina Perrson says her illustration style is basically about “finding the right balance between the edgy and the elegant the raw and the beautiful.” This Swedish born artist has quite an impressive list of corporate clients ranging from Coca Cola, Sony Music to Bloomingdale’s and Target that she creates work for in several different mediums- inks, watercolor, cut paper, and gouache. Each work is scribbly yet simple and adorned with stunningly fashionable female forms. Stina gives you a chance to purchase one of her originals at the Cosh Gallery. We are so inspired that we may purchase one of these works for the office.

If you are going to be in Los Angeles Area on May 10th you can catch some Stina Persson’s new work at the opening of Le Femme at the Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California. Admission is free and this sounds like a really great Mother’s Day activity. They will even have complimentary flowers for Moms.

In an increasingly crowded marketplace product customization has become the catch phrase of the day. If Gwen Stefani and J-Lo can “design” their own clothing lines why shouldn’t we be able to pick a few color swatches and make our own products? Now you can take your bling to a whole new level by designing your own tailor made Ferrari through the company’s Ferrari Atelier program.

In an increasingly crowded marketplace product customization has become the catch phrase of the day. If Gwen Stefani and J-Lo can “design” their own clothing lines why shouldn’t we be able to pick a few color swatches and make our own products? Now you can take your bling to a whole new level by designing your own tailor made Ferrari through the company’s Ferrari Atelier program.

With his own typically cheeky answer to Cannes, underground mischief maker extrordinaire Bansky has answered in kind with his own “Cans Festival” in London. Our favorite graffiti impresario brought together more than three dozen internationally renowned graffiti artists to take muster a “a street party of stencil art” in a tunnel underneath Waterloo station last weekend.

Eye catching is it. Maya Wild is definitely making moves. As you would imagine the Japanese are eating it up. Her poppy style can be seen in the likes of Nylon Japan & US, Dazed & Confused Japan, Elle UK, and Spin Magazines among others. Hailing from London, Maya currently collaborates with the artist Lung on The Boos team. Her most recent group exhibition opened in March ‘08 at the Stolen Space Gallery in London.
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Recently Behance Outfitter recently released the “Action Book” (Above) to accompany their Action Method, which is designed specifically for creatives. Behance notes “many creatives lose energy amidst unclear tasks, half-finished thoughts, ideas with ambiguous next steps, cluttered references, and little follow-up in a team environment.” I concur. Having known a few creatives in my day, I will say that a personal method of organization is definitely necessary to get things done, especially when your work may not conform to traditional methods of organization. Kudos to the Action Method as it sounds like it will help keep us organized. My question is…Do creatives prefer to “create” their own method to the madness or would they welcome some aid. So is it going to be the Action Book or the Good ol’ Moleskine?

Both can be puchased Here for about the same price.

Where were you on Monday, May 5th at 12:00 A.M.? Hopefully (just like me) losing sleep and downloading the absolutely free NIN album, the slip, at nin.com. Marketing and musical genius Trent Reznor has done it again, but this time he’s giving back to all us loyal fans by ’slipping’ the album for no cash exchange whatsoever. The final digital product comes complete with album art and lyrics. Each song has its very own simple logo that conveniently displays itself on your iPod screen during the song. Can’t do without your physical copy in this budding digital music age? Vinyl and CD formats will be available for purchase in July.

In my constant search for well designed paper products, I came across Paper+Cup. They are producing eco-friendly place settings of birch. Each utensil can be hot stamped with custom lettering. This would be perfect for next years Earth Day party. I’d better start planning…

Our friends at Opportunity Green are hosting a fantastic networking event for young green-minded professionals at the Architecture and Design (A+D) Museum downtown. The speaker is UCLA’s own Michael Danenberg from GOOD Magazine. There’ll be an open bar, organic nibbles, a live DJ, free admission to A+D’s new main exhibit “After the Flood,”
When: Tuesday, May 6, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Where: A&D Musuem, 5900 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
Cost: $20 for advance online registration, $25 at the door. Use the promo code “greenopia” to get a free copy of Greenopia, given to the first 100 registrants.

Part dress shoe, part running shoe, the sporty yet refined USAN by Puma can take you either down the track or down the runway. Hopefully, we will get to see these beauties in action during the Summer Olympics, which was actually the source of Puma’s inspiration for this collection. Puma takes pride in their enviro-friendly, UNI construction technique, in which the upper part of the shoe is stitched to the outsole of the shoe. This makes for a more durable, streamlined look.

Function and fashion unified in one sweet, lightweight package, USAN by Puma will definitely be turning heads. Available on Puma.com for $90.00.

A new Los Angeles ordinance which takes effect next week makes it illegal for taco trucks to be in the same location for more than an hour. Those who do not comply are subject to fines or even jail time.

The taco truck has become a staple of LA’s identity. Whether it’s a break from a hot summer afternoon or a bite on your way home from the club, to lose this experience would be a blow to our city. There is a communal aspect to gathering together and eating on the street.

If this upsets you as much as it does us, add your name to this online petition which already has more than 5000 signatures.