The WWAF (World Wide Arts Federation) Presents:
Paint, Sketch or Draw…Blood 2nd Annual Art Battle at the Stuart McClean Art Gallery in Atlanta, GA.

“An Art Battle is a love art competition where artists paint in front of an audience. An Art Battle is a platform allowing emerging artists to break down barriers, connect with art lovers, and change the way the world views art.”
-The WWAF

“An oasis amidst the wholesale stores on the block, the boutique is like a fashionable traveler’s dream hotel gift shop and boutique all in one.”

Try it Out

Ace Hotel, known for their creative suites designed by fashion and art designers recently opened their “traveller-friendly boutique” by Opening Ceremony (NYC).The stores merchandise includes apparel, accessories, candy and toothpaste.

The party ended with Solange performing with the Dirty Projectors in the hotel’s downstairs party space

Bodega and Converse have joined forces again to re-imagine the Poorman Weapon as a sophisticated beast yet unseen by the world. Transforming the original silhouette into a super high-top that can be worn rolled down, the focus of this project was to achieve harmony between the chosen materials. An extra high refined waxed canvas upper is paired with a supple deerskin lining to make this Poorman’s Weapon seem not quite so poor.

Most kids believe being in a place like this would be like a dream come true, but realistically its a gritty, mundane and shitty place of work. Where people work for low pay in an assembly fashion. China is responsible for 70% of toys made int he world. Recently largest toy maker Mattel recalled 8.8 million Mattel’s China toys after discovering considerable amount of lead in the toy paint. Check out these photos…

As your Sex on a Sunday approaches, be prepared with these funky condoms from Jeremy Scott. These rubbers match Mr. Scott’s spring collection.  Available at Opening Ceremony for $18.

This will be a nice good-bye gift for my move to California. Auto + USBoombox by Superdeux, mixes toys and music both implicitly and explicitly. Each edition of the figure comes with its own exclusive soundtrack on USBoombox’s concealed 1GB USB flash drive. Only 350 available for $60 @ KidRobot!

Your walls will tremble with the Wall Of Sound (WOS) by Brothers or the biggest ipod speakers ever!

“After repeatedly losing my glasses and being forced to pay astronomical prices for uninspired frames, I decided to do something about it,” said Andy Hunt.

Affordable stylish eyewear. A line of boutique vintage-inspired frames and lenses for savvy urbanites at a revolutionary low price point.

Upload a photo of yourself, and try out looks from the collection.

All are custom made from cellulose acetate (more durable than plastic) with antiscratch polycarbonate prescription lenses (thinner and lighter than glass).

$95 (including shipping).

For every pair sold Warby Parker donates a pair of eyeglasses.

“The founders didn’t enter into the eyewear business blindly.”

Neil Blumenthal spent five years with the non-profit foundation VisionSpring (providing low-cost eyeglasses in developing countries. the first line of reading glasses for populations living on less than $4 a day).

Prices are lowered by cutting out middlemen like optical shops and licensing companies and selling the glasses exclusively online,

After the opening of the very first Chanel boutique in Shanghai in last November and a short imaginary movie about Coco Chanel going to China to communicate around.
Karl Lagerfeld designed a collection of accessories inspired by chinese arts.
Below : the bag inspired by the Chinese restaurants’ Take Away boxes.

Pretty cool to bring back your rice home right?!

Brilliant.