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This 59 foot tall Gundam robot is the dream come true of our inner 10 year old. This is an actual sculpture in Tokyo will be open to the public in July. If you’re a Giant Robot fan, buy your plane tickets now.
This rug is so graphic and colorful that it makes you want to sprawl out on it with a stack of design books. Entirely handmade. You can pick it up here.
AKDMKS new summer 09 line has some hot looks that cool kids like MIA and Rye Rye are already up on. We know, you live on the Venice boardwalk, you’ve already been living this look for the last 9 months, and the rest of the world is finally catching up. But hey, not everyone can be a sexy as you right?
After hearing about Galco’s Soda Pop Stop for years we finally made a visit and were thoroughly delighted by what we found. Located in Eagle Rock, Galco’s carries hundreds of long forgotten soda as well as brands and flavors from around the world.
We talked to Mr. Galco himself who recommended (among many things) a soda called Hot Lips, made by a pizza company in Oregon with 100% organic fruit and cane sugar. We were sold when he turned the bottle upside down and held it to the light, “It has pulp from the fruit and you have to mix it around before you pour it.” As he was doing this, I glimpsed an actual strawberry sinking to the bottom. Sold. I bought it as well as a few others (the pear soda is a favorite).
While these sodas are not cheap, they are fantastic as an occasional treat and few bottles would make a perfect gift. We’re already planning a “bring a few sodas from Galcos” party just to try and get a taste of all the different flavors.
Phoenix- 1901 from the album “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”
Fri, June 26th / Sat, June 27th / Sun, June 28th (times / add’l info below)
Thinkspace presents:
CA Boom INVASION
The Robinsons Store in Beverly Hills @ 9900 Wilshire Blvd
http://www.caboomshow.com/
Featuring new works from:
Hannah Stouffer, Seth Armstrong, Brett Amory, Rebecca Hahn, Matthew Feyld, Nathan DeYoung, Tony Philippou, Craig “Skibs” Barker, Cherri Wood, & Dan-ah Kim
Thinkspace is pleased to announce its participation at this year’s CA Boom Show, the West Coast’s largest design & architecture show. The show takes place in Beverly Hills, June 26th-28th, and combines the best of modern design, furnishings, artwork, design panel discussions and architecture tours into three action-packed days. Friday is ‘trade only day’, but the Friday night opening gala and all of Saturday and Sunday are open to the public.
Fri, June 26th 6-10PM (opening event)
Sat, June 27th 11AM-6PM
Sun, June 28th 11AM-5PM
Discounted advance tickets are available at http://www.caboomshow.com/ for $20 ($25 at the door). Thinkspace guests receive an additional 20% off the preshow sales price by typing MC in the discount field (only $16 after discount).
Whether you love or hate Shepard Fairey’s work it’s always interesting to see how and artist works. This video put together by our Friends at Arktip shows Shepard busting out the glue sticks and glitter to put together some pieces for an upcoming show. Directed by Felipe Lima and featureing the song ‘Everybody’s Down’ by No Age, watching this made us want to jump on the nearest skateboard and spray paint something.
Recently, we stumbled onto Antti Uotila, an illustrator hailing from the chilly country of Finland. Throughout his work, Uotlia uses unexpected shapes to create familiar designs of animals and human faces – for instance, in one magazine illustration he created the illusion of a face by drawing scents rising from perfume bottles. In another, he merely superimposed eyes, hands, or lips atop black geometric shapes to convey a human form. The result are images that are both slightly disturbing in their strangeness but captivating in their uniqueness and we’re hoping that his matchup with apparel brand Girls of Boredom makes it over here to the States so we can snag one of his designs for our own closet.
Face it, your wetsuit probably isn’t a real reflection of your personality. While you can find a surfboard that fits your design aesthetic, most wetsuits come in the yawn-inspiring colors of black and blue that will serve to camouflage you in dark water as you splash around.
In response to this boring standard, Dutch designer By Diddo has created a lineup of cozy suits that will have those Emmas doing a double-take. The first four to be released are the spotted blue suit that will transform you into part whale shark part Hellboy’s Abe Sapian, the gory, shark-chomped printed design, the suit that has a rocky, retro appeal, and finally one that will make you appear to be all muscle, literally. Later, look out for suits featuring prints of rocks, lizard scales, tree bark, and other designs culled from nature. But, whatever your preference, at least you know you’ll stand out, even if you can’t stand up on your board.
Directed by David Wilson for the band We Have Band. Even crazier is that all the music video’s frames are available on flickr for people to re-edit. Concept by Fabian Berglund and Ida Gronblom. Animation by Joanna and Katie Anne Harrison. -Via Creative Review
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