On Sunday September 12th, Opera Gallery on West Broadway in New York will turn into a pop-up preview for Ron English’s Status Factury.
This happens ahead of the official exhibition this November at Frank Doyle Arts Pavillion in New York.
English will share 100 new pieces of “Postmodern Propoganda” at the Opera Gallery event.
Read the original blog post here on highsnobiety.
Toy Tokyo in the East Village in New York is back.
The original New York store for Japanese Kyju and vinyl toy culture has a new East Village storefront showcase for cutting-edge designer sculpture.
Along with other luminaries such as Kid Robot, Toy Tokyo has filled the gap between the comic book shop and the art gallery with some of the most fascinating and affordable art created.
If you want to see and find out more about the store, visit their website or if you happen to be in New York:
121 Second Avenue
East Village
New York
10003
This Picture via NYCgo.com
Read the original blog post here on Lost At E Minor.
It’s said that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but there’s no such cliché governing album art. Since the late 1930s when Columbia Records invented the concept, record sleeves, gig posters and branded merchantise have become as much a part of the rock’n'roll experience as the music itself.
Seattle-based duo Jeff Kleinsmith and Jesse LeDoux of Patent Pending Industries are part of the new guard.
In the past decade they’ve produced a slew of unmistakably contemporary posters mixing a very Adobe-era sense of clean typography with the more hands-on technique of screen printing.
Their current list of clients include stalwarts such as Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and Nine Inch Nails.
The Design Commission Gallery in Seattle is now hosting a retrospective of Patent Pending’s innovative oeuvre, showing until September 15th, 2010.
Read the original blog post here on Nowness.
Brazilian artists Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, also known as ‘Os Gemeos’ and graffiti legend Futura have just completed an 80-feet-high mural on the wall of a New York school.
The project was driven by New York-based creative studio AKANYC and street art website 12ozProphet with support from Nike.
The overall theme is a message of international unity. Of the design, Os Gemeos says, “We are using different flags painted with non-traditional colors.
AKANYC creative director Allen Benedikt hopes “to create a regular mural series that we believe will inspire and enrich the creative communities throughout the city”.
Read the original blog post here on CreativeReview.
When it comes to creativity, the Netherlands punches well above its weight.
What makes this small country stand out?
The video below, commissioned by the Dutch Design Fashion Architecture (DutchDFA), tries to describe the historic and cultural reasons that lead to high profile design work. If you don’t mind the narrator and background music, this video can give you a good idea about the Dutch approach to design and fashion.
Read the original blog post here on PFSK.
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