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.

We’re desktop junkies (as you can see here) and we’re about to overdose. While Desktoptopia isn’t necessarily new, it has just become every junkie’s favorite- a free fix. Desktoptopia is a plugin for Mac or PC that automatically loads new desktop art, as often as you want, with a seemingly endless supply. We’re like an addict in post-op with the morphine button, we just keep hitting it and can’t get enough. Check out Desktoptopia.com for your fix, but don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Sat, April 19th, 6:30-10PM
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd in Los Angeles / 310.445.9276
“Deharavath: Zombie Children” featuring new works from Dehara X David Horvath + Sun-Min Kim
(On view through May 14th)
www.gr2.net

Sat, April 19th, 5-7PM
Richard Heller Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave, Space B-5A at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica / 310.453.9191
“Mapping The Great Hush” – new works from Randall Sellers
(On view through May 17th)
www.richardhellergallery.com

Sat, April 19th 4-8PM
Monkeyhouse Toys and Art Gallery
1618 ½ Silver Lake Blvd in Los Angeles / 323.662.3437
“Having Fun With Animals” featuring new works from Douglas Alvarez, Paul Torres, L. Croskey, Jeremy Szuder, Walt Hall, Catherine Brooks and many more
(On view through May 4th)
www.monkeyhousetoys.com

Sat, April 19th, 7-10PM
Project:
8545 W. Washington Blvd in Culver City / 310.558.0200
“Familiar Friends” featuring new works from Lisa Alisa, Cherri Wood, Erika Yamashiro and Lindsay Cambell
www.projectgalleryla.com

Via Sour Harvest

23 year old Gianluca Fallone, a young Argentinian illustrator and designer, has already accomplished much in his short career. Beautifully fluid motion graphics and inspiring & very detailed illustrations, for Cartoon Network, Mtv, and Punga™, are sprinkled throughout his stunning portfolio.

“I love type and design, and particularly when they are both present,” Fallone says. We couldn’t agree more!

More pix after the jump
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We can’t believe its taken us this long to post on Hydro74, but better late than never. From his humble beginnings doing editorial cartoons to starting Hydro74, in 1994, Joshua M. Smith has proven time and time again he can throw down with the best of them.

When you’ve got clients like Nike, ESPN, Quicksilver, IdN, and YouWorkForThem start shilling out your left overs you know you are at the top of your game. “Over the past 10 years of working as a designer, there have been highs and lows to getting to where I am right now…this is something I would never dreamed up when the first clicks of the mouse started,” says Smith.

You can check out his blog here, which he updates regularly (with humor), and you can check out his book, Hydro74 The Collection, Thus Far…, here.

And click here to see more images of his work.
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Thurs, April 3rd
Munky King Melrose
7308 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.938.0091
Marka27 will release the new MG2 MEXICO (edition of 200) plus new original paintings, custom toys, and prints
www.munkyking.com

Fri, April 4th 8-11PM
La Luz De Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles / 323.666.7667
New works from Yumiko Kayukawa
(On view through April 27th)
www.laluzdejesus.com

Sat, April 5th 6:30-8:30PM
Robert Berman Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave, Space C2 in Bergamot Station in Santa Monica / 310.315.1937
“Brad Benedict’s Sideshow Part 2” with Van Arno, Attaboy, Anthony Ausgang, Colin Christian, Sas Christian, Ron English, Lori Field, Andrew Foster, Gregg Gibbs, Colin Johnson, Chris Peters, Mark Dean Vecca, Eric White, Robert Williams and more!
(On view through April 26th)
www.robertbermangallery.com

Sat, April 5th 8-11:30PM
Copro Nason Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave, Space T-5 at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica / 310.398.2643
“Blight” from Jeff Gillette + “The Start; or Where We Begin” from Noferin
(On view through April 26th)
www.copronason.com

Sat, April 5th
DDR Projects Gallery
1532 E. Broadway in Long Beach
“18 K Jungle” solo show from Hannah Stouffer
(On view through May 3rd)
www.ddrprojects.com

Sat, April 5th 8PM – 1AM ($6 at the door)
Hive Gallery
729 S. Spring St in downtown Los Angeles
3 Year Anniversary Show – The Denzians of Hiveland with featured artists Ken Garduno, Joshua Clay, Michelle “Mia” Araujo, Naomi Nowak and Dan Bigelow plus tons of add’l artists in the monthly group show and live performances, live painting, burlesque action and more
www.thehivegallery.com

Sat, April 5th 7-10PM
Kinsey / DesForges
6009 Washington Blvd. In Culver City / 310.837.1989
“From Fur To Bone” new works on paper from Ryan McLennan
(On view through May 10th)
www.kinseydesforges.com

Sat, April 5th 7-10PM
Melt Gallery
7522 Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles / 323.851.7223
“Gag Me With A Toon” - Come out to the opening to check out all the celluoid inspired art
www.meltcomics.com

Sat, April 5th 8-11PM
Subliminal Projects
1331 W. Sunset Blvd in the Echo Park region of Los Angeles
“Art Is Not Peace But War” featuring new works from Blek Le Rat
(On view through May 2nd)
www.subliminalprojects.com

ADDENDUM: Apparently this is hoax. According to Wired, Skullphone paid Clear Channel to put up his work rather than hacking their network. So much for street cred pal, I think it’s fair to says your days as a street artist are done.

Graffiti is apparently going high tech these days. Street artist Skullphone found a way to hack several Clear Channel Billboards in Los Angeles and insert his own art into them. While this won’t last as long as spray paint, you could potentially tag every electronic billboard in America at once. How’s that for street cred?

Thanks to the punx over at Swindle for the tip

Watch this video and learn everything you need to know for a career in web design. This guy actually does all the coding for Neu Black, while Too $hort is pimpin our ad space, and Kayne West is busy with Art Direction.

An uncut and unedited interview with Steve Jobs about his experience working with Paul Rand while developing the logo for Next. It is as interesting to watch Steve Jobs answer the questions as it is to learn about the graphic design giant. Read the rest of this entry »

Our friends at Obey Clothing and Metropark are holding a T-Shirt Design contest that’s open to the public. Winners will get their T-Shirts made by Obey Clothing and sold exclusively through Metropark stores, and will get paid in cold hard cash. They’re even giving away Obey Clothing and Metropark gift cards to to 4 lucky runner ups.

This year’s contest includes submissions for both Men’s and Women’s categories, which means your shot at winning is twice as good. You can submit your design or just rate other peoples on Metropark’s website. Good luck!