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Manifest Hope
Art plays a pivotal role in creating cultural momentum. The Manifest Hope Gallery celebrates that role and shines a spotlight on artists across the nation who use their voices to amplify and motivate the grass roots movement surrounding the Obama Campaign. The Manifest Hope Gallery highlights the central themes of the progressive grass-roots movement- Hope Change, Progress, Unity and Patriotism.
The Manifest Hope Gallery will be open to the public in Denver, CO at the Democratic National Convention, between Monday August 25th, 2008 through Thursday, August 28th, 2008 between the hours of 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Manifest Hope
Burn After Reading
Bullseye Bodega
Target brings great design at pay-less prices to New York with four limited-time Bullseye Bodegas staged throughout Manhattan.
Shop the Bodegas for chic deals in home, fashion, accessories and beauty from our acclaimed roster of design partners.
Sept 11-14
10am-10pm, Daily
Alpha Coffee Table
You read it here first. This one-of-a-kind conversation table was inspired by a Paris flea market find, then designed exclusively for us by a London graphic designer with a penchant for, and a large personal collection of, antique printers’ blocks. Iconic top is carved from one single piece of wood with raised letters and numbers painted in 10 different colors. Vintage crackled finish varies slightly from table to table and adds to the “as found” charm. Top is protected with tempered glass and framed modern in a soft black powdercoated steel base.
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Kaiju Big Battle Brooklyn
After Godzilla emerged from the ocean to wreak havoc in the horrible 1998 film bearing his name, New Yorkers have longed to see large creatures duke it out on their shores once again. Even though that radioactive lizard is long gone that chance has finally come again. On Saturday, August 23rd Kaiju Big Battle emerges from the murky depths of it’s usual home at Manhattan’s Webster Hall to descend upon Brooklyn. The event sponsored by MeanRed and Studio Kaiju, takes place at The Yard in Carrol Gardens and combines an enthusiasm for Japanese comic book monsters with the violently entertaining spectacle that is the wrestling match. For a small fee you’ll be able to see beasty hand-made behemoths locking horns with gruesome movie prop giants on the Bay of Gentrification known as the Gowanus Canal. Attendees will also be able to privy to some premium musical performances from by the likes of Peelander Z, Junk Science, Nick Hook and Team Facelift. Be there or be bodyslammed.
(Source: Josh Spear)
Bourbon Old-Fashioned
The Old Fashioned is one of six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury’s classic The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks (the others being the Martini, Manhattan, Daiquiri, Sidecar, & Jack Rose).
If you own a bar, learn how to make it. And when you don’t know and you ask me and I tell you, don’t tell me you don’t have sugar. You own a bar (for now) so have it on-hand, retard.
3 dashes bitters
1 tsp water
1 sugar cube
3 oz bourbon whiskey
1 slice orange
1 cherry
In an old-fashioned glass, muddle the bitters and water into the sugar cube, using the back of a teaspoon. Almost fill the glass with ice cubes and add the bourbon. Garnish with the orange slice and the cherry. Serve with a swizzle stick.
Joseph Blake
I met Joseph today in the office and had a chance to look at his work up close and personal. To see his artwork in person really allowed me to see the detail in his shading, coloring and technique. He mentioned that he has a show currently on exhibition somewhere in Philly but I don’t have any of the details. Joseph, if you’re reading this, drop me a line and give me the details.
Joseph Blake
Buy prints here.
Pangaea Project’s Charitable Tees
T-shirts are a dime-a-dozen these days, but when you see Pangaea Project’s designs, you’ll instantly know they’re special. Spearheaded by Chrissie Lam, the Pangaea T-shirt Project is an effort to “connect artists and activists, communities and causes,” and profits benefit her efforts in Rwanda and other developing nations. Made from super-soft organic tees donated by Save Khaki and others, with some made in Uganda, the shirts are emblazoned with quirky graphics by artists like Bryan Collins, Steve Green, Chris McNally, and Jon Theiss (pictured above, left).
—By Nicole Schlomann
Read more at Refinery29
Create for a Cause
J.Crew Tribeca Men’s Shop
Today (Thursday) at the site of the long-closed Liquor Store bar in New York City, J.Crew will hold the grand opening of its first mens-only store.
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J.Crew Tribeca Men’s Shop at the Liquor Store
235 West Broadway (at N Moore St) Map
(212) 226-5476
Hours of operation TBD
Fast Friday
The film is named for the monthly event, “Fast Friday”, which was started by clothing designer Dustin Klein (Cadence clothing) as a way to bring together Seattle’s fixed gear riding community. In 2006, the year Fast Fridays got started, director David Rowe started showing up and participating, camera in tow. A year and 30 hours of footage later, he had the material for his documentary about the emergence of Seattle’s fixed gear community. Not to mention footage showing off some of today’s most talented riders.
More at Blackbird
Cityspeed
Industrial designer Michael Young has designed Cityspeed, an urban bike for Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant.
More at Dezeen
Kapital Brooklyn
I bought a pair of Kapital jeans back in February 2008 (in Tokyo) and have pretty much worn them every single day since (and no, I have never washed them).
Kapital
Le Corbusier Le Grand
Le Corbusier Le Grand is an enormous and enormously appealing monograph on one of the greatest and most controversial visionaries of the twentieth century: Le Corbusier (1887-1965). Publisher Phaidon’s super-sized volume features thousands of stunning photographs of the seminal architect, his buildings and plans, writings, and related documents (sketchbooks, personal snapshots, even postcards). With the turn of each page, readers can follow Corbusier’s trajectory from revolutionary young artist and prolific writer to globe-trotting, celebrity-crusader for modern architecture and urban planning. Esteemed architectural historian and Corbusier expert Jean-Louis Cohen provides an elegant introductory essay to this veritable archive of images. We learn that although the Swiss-born Le Corbusier hailed from a small town in a small country under the modest name Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, he was destined for greatness–largely of his own design. A prime mover behind the International Style (perhaps the first truly global architectural-design language), Corbusier brought modern design principles and their promise of improved living standards to the world stage. Futuristic high rise apartment complexes, office towers, highly functional streamlined interiors and furniture made primarily of industrial materials may all be attributed in part to him and his controversial utopian mission to transform our daily lives into a highly functional and beautiful system. Le Corbusier Le Grand is an extravagant, yet essential tome for libraries, those interested in modernism, city planning, and especially those with a really big coffee table. –Lauren Nemroff
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Man on Wire
Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center.
Man on Wire
David Byrne & Brian Eno Teaser
A short film with David Byrne and Brian Eno focusing on their new record “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today” and on their creative partnership.
HillmanCurtis posted the teaser version of the film. The full version is included in the deluxe CD/DVD package, designed by Stefan Sagmeister and available at www.everythingthathappens.com
Maestro Dobel Tequila
Great packaging from Maestro Dobel.
“Maestro Dobel is a luxurious silver tequila with the complexity of an aged spirit. Created by Juan-Domingo “Dobel” Beckmann, the sixth-generation leader of the world’s most prominent tequila-producing family, Maestro Dobel Dobel is diamond-clear – a result of a proprietary blending and filtration technique. Hand-crafted in Jalisco, Mexico, Dobel is a distinctive blend of three aged tequilas: Reposado (rested 15 months), Anejo (rested 24 months), and Extra-Anejo (rested for 36 months). Maestro Dobel will be available in August 2008 at the finest evening establishments in Los Angeles, Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta as well as online where legal. Dobel is 40% Alc./Vol. and has a suggested retail price of $74.99. ”
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Replica of Belstaff’s ’50s Jacket
Now available at Oi Polloi: a replica of Belstaff’s fifties motorcycle jacket. The vintage style is more than worthy of a trawl through the archives, but this one also has some history to recommend it: Che Guevara wore the original during his famous motorcycle ride across Latin America. Self-styled revolutionaries are now only $800 away from hanging up that Che tee for good.
About $793, available at Oi Polloi
via GQ
EarthRoamer Xpedition Vehicles
If you’re looking for a way to set up camp in the middle of post-apocalyptic New Jersey, check out EarthRoamer Xpedition Vehicles ($110,000-$230,000). Available in two models — the Ford F550-based XV-LT or the Jeep Rubicon Unlimited-based XV-JP — these four-wheel-drive powerhouses can get you where you want to go, and utilize solar energy as a primary power source for lights and appliances, removing the need for a noisy generator. The XV-LT is designed for two adults and two children, and offers granite counters, a convection microwave, a king-sized bed, an enclosed shower/bathroom, and more, while the two-person XV-JP offers features like a queen-sized bed, an inside cassette toilet, indoor shower, sink, and cooking facilities, just to name a few.
– via Uncrate
Dazed Digital
Dazed & Confused has re-launched their digital website (well, it is a website so I guess it has to be digital). Anyway, check it out.
Barney’s Warehouse Sale
Thank God I’m busy at work and can’t go to this. I don’t have any money anyway.
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