* Retna Opening Tonight

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by John. Filed under Art, Los Angeles, R&R.


Retna has an opening at Rivera & Rivera in less than an hour. Go, go, go! Via the art collectors.

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* Sea No Evil

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by John. Filed under Art, Los Angeles, Read the Signs.


This year’s Sea No Evil Art Benefit for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society opens this Saturday at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium. The list of donating artists includes the likes of Audrey Kawasaki, Camille Rose Garcia, Friends With You, Gary Baseman, Jeff Soto, Munk One, and many more. Catch Shepard Fairey DJing too. Arrested Motion have a preview of some of the art.

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* Living Proof #5

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by John. Filed under Art, Books, Design, Photography.


It’s great to see that Living Proof Mag issue 5 is out! Yes, that’s Todd James on the cover. Get yours here.

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* The oFFice

Posted on July 28th, 2010 by John. Filed under Clothing, Design, Los Angeles.


If you live in or around LA you should stop by the Foreign Family oFFice, where they’re opening the doors each weekday afternoon (3pm-6pm) so you can stop by and check out merchandise from them and several other brands from LA and around the world. It’s also a great way to spy on some creative people while they work!

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* This Is Real Art

Posted on July 28th, 2010 by John. Filed under Design, Flicks, Siteseeing.


This is Real Art is a London-based firm which attempts to bridge the gap between design and advertising. They’ve produced a series of 7 absolutely beautiful videos all about satellites, for their client Astra, a satellite operator. Via Not Cot.

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* Jim Houser Record

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by John. Filed under Art, Music, Siteseeing.


I had no idea Jim Houser made music, but since I like vinyl and I love his art, this one seems like a bit of a no-brainer. 10″ vinyl & booklet out now from Free News Projects. Via The World’s Best Ever.

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* Diplo – Chasing The Dragon Mix

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by John. Filed under Music, Siteseeing.


I’m really digging this mix of ’60s and ’70s rock & soul songs by Diplo, which isn’t really a big surprise. It’s for Pomp & Clout, a Brooklyn-based design/direction studio. Download it here. Via High Snobiety.

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* Misspelled: An Alphabet By Victor Reyes

Posted on July 26th, 2010 by John. Filed under Art, Siteseeing, Typo-graphy.


Speaking of letters, check out Arrested Motion’s coverage of Victor Reyes‘ exhibit at the Robert Berman Gallery in SF.

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* Special K’s

Posted on July 26th, 2010 by John. Filed under Design, Typo-graphy.


LetterCult’s Alphabattle – K went live a few days ago. There are some incredible submissions as always. Here are a couple of my favorites…

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* Jose Parla Does Complex

Posted on July 25th, 2010 by John. Filed under Art, Books, Design, Typo-graphy.


Complex Magazine have made up for leaving Jose Parla off their list of the The Top 25 Artists of 2010 (So Far) by featuring his work on the current issue’s cover, enveloping rapper T.I.

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