We are very pleased to announce that our collaboration with wonderful and talented map-cut artist, Karen O’Leary, has resulted in this amazing Manhattan Barcode Map, which has just been made available to purchase as a limited edition print. Using a variety of black ink pens–ranging from 0.25 mm, 0.30 mm, 0.35 mm, 0.45 mm, and [...]

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British fashion designer, and regular popular-brand-collaborator, Sir Paul Smith, has just come together with Apple to release a line of products that feature his signature color scheme. Available to purchase are three items of note: the Mini Cooper Macbook sleeve (shown, 15″ version; $145.00 — Purchase), knitted socks for the iPod Nano, and a beautiful [...]

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Back in early November, we wrote about a set of Christmas tree ornaments that depicted politicians dressed up like wrestlers. They were fun: each had a really clever and appropriate alias, and to be honest I’m surprised more people didn’t discuss them. The makers of those, Yee-Haw Industries, have just released this Presidential Heavyweight Championship [...]

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Today, Bobby from Kitsune Noir announced the first edition of prints from his inaugural Poster Club have gone up for sale. In collaboration with Society 6, he asked five artists to interpret a book they love and turn it into a print. The results range from a chaotic and emotional rendition of David Foster Wallace’s [...]

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*This post will be updated daily and stuck to the top of the home page until December 25th. Check out all previous entries from December 1 – December 12 here. December 13 onwards is included under the cut. Otherwise, please scroll down for non-Christmas-related features.
December 16 — Artist Jim Datz’s 50s Style Posters

Manhattan and Brooklyn posters [...]

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Although it’s difficult to imagine such, this installation by artist P. Williams called, “The Finishing Touch,” is actually quite large at 400 square feet. The city scene is made entirely from cardboard, and was featured at an exhibit at the Huntington Beach Art Center in mid-2008. Part of the installation was a performance aspect, which [...]

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Working under the notion, “The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword,” the Poster 4 Tomorrow campaign asked people to design posters concerning the lack of freedom of expression in certain countries around the world. Here are 10 of the 100 posters they decided best fit the initiative. Please read more about this cause. It’s a [...]

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Ron English [interviewed] is collaborating with Tools of the Trade on a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle of his original Mandala Grin painting. The puzzle will be released this Saturday (Dec. 12) at Medicine Agency in San Francisco. Click here for more info and here to buy ($34.00) a puzzle.
Click through for a video clip of English [...]

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Yesterday, Barbara Walters held her annual celebrity interview extravaganza and crowned First Lady Michelle Obama the most fascinating person of 2009. Tell us something we don’t know, Babs. We’ve dug Michelle for a while, and her level of pure fascination is simply one of the many reasons we’ve immortalized her as an action figure. And [...]

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Yes, that’s the rangy face of insufferable and brilliant deceased writer, Kurt Vonnegut. He of Cat’s Cradle, Breakfast of Champions and my personal favorite, Bluebeard, fame. Vonnegut is one of three odd characters to be given the “ripped” treatment by Winona Lake, Indiana-based artist, Jason Rowland. His one-of-a-kind pieces find Rowland using a variation of [...]

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