The Standard Shops will be selling 1,000 sets of 3 bulbs each, limited edition KAWS light bulbs. Each set contains a red, purple, and green filament bulb in KAWS signature XX mark. The bulbs will retail at $65 a set. The Standard special edition KAWS light bulbs are now being sold at the Standard Hotel retail shops in New York, LA, and Miami, and is also available on their online store.
The Tourist is a new publication that “covers the subject of entertainment and travel within an approachable and affordable zine format. ” The concept is simple – one subject, one photographer and one writer per issue. Issue 1 features The xx with 40 pages of exclusive photos by Jamie-James Medina, alongside original hand written lyrics by Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim, and a foreword by Sasha Frere-Jones. It’s limited to 500 hand numbered copies and available here.
Marc Jacobs is doing a lot of cool stuff right now. First that jacket with the Jay-Z lyrics I featured last. Now we have four new skate decks featuring photos by Juergen Teller. Taking images from the Marc Jacobs Advertisement archives the decks feature photos of Lisa Marie (Marc Jacobs Spring 2000), Kate Moss (Marc Jacobs Fall 2000), Stephanie Seymour (Marc Jacobs Fall 2001) and M.I.A. (Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 2009). These will be available in New York at Bookmarc (400 Bleecker Street) and Marc by Marc Jacobs Men’s (298 W. 4th Street) stores and in all Marc by Marc Jacobs stores nationwide now. The 7-ply Canadian maple decks are limited to 100 of each.
For the launch of his autobiography “Decoded”, Jay-Z turned the marketing for a book into interactive art and even a scavenger hunt that rewarded his most die-hard fans. As part of a scavenger hunt they hid all 320 pages of Decoded in plain sight in 13 cities: on a rooftop in New Orleans, a pool bottom in Miami, cheeseburger wrappers in New York City, and more. Fans who found them all got a chance at two tickets to any Jay-Z concert anywhere, for life! You can buy “Decoded” here.
I forgot to blog about this when it was released. Only after it arrived on my front step did I think about blogging about it. Giant Artists just released this hard bound, 160 page book featuring photos, artwork, and interviews with their artists: Aaron Ruell, Blake E. Marquis, David Black, David Calderley, Emily Shur, Glynis Selina Arban, Jeremy & Claire Weiss, Jess Holzworth, Keren Richter, Lauren Dukoff, Michael Schmelling, RJ Shaughnessy, and Seth Smoot. You can get yours here. More after the jump.
Dallas Clayton is an awesome dude. Coincidentally he wrote “An Awesome Book,” and it took off. After being so widely received (I’ve heard rumors of him selling more than 100,000 copies all on his own), he started giving away one book for every book he sold. Well, he’s back with a new book called “An Awesome Book Of Thanks!”. You can find more info at his website.
I’m really interested in seeing what he does with MOCA.
“After being appointed the new director of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) this January, former New York dealer and downtown impresario Jeffrey Deitch needed some digs on the West Coast. Seasoned aesthete that he is, to truly feel at home he needed to surround himself with the art he loves (click play above for a sneak peek of the pieces by Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Aaron Young and Andy Warhol, among many others). Deitch’s new “movie star” home, in LA’s Los Feliz neighborhood, isn’t just any old Spanish revival house—it’s the former residence of Cary Grant. (Meanwhile, another prominent figure in the art world is buying into Hollywood history: Larry Gagosian recently purchased Gary Cooper’s old abode, in Holmby Hills.) Deitch is particularly interested in where art and entertainment merge. As part of his early activities at MOCA, he allowed his friend James Franco to film an episode of General Hospital within the museum; and the first show under his leadership was a major Dennis Hopper retrospective. For today’s short, filmmaker Alison Chernick and food artist Jennifer Rubell toured Deitch’s house—including his “super Tudor-pop” party room, as he calls it—and sounded out his theories on celebrity, his new vision for MOCA, and his belief that you need a painting of Jesus over your bed.”
David A Smith creates high quality, hand crafted reverse glass signs and decorative silvered and gilded mirrors. He’s truly an artist and one of the last people doing this type of work. Something like this I appreciate as I was the last darkroom printer (color and b+w) at the last professional photo lab in Philly. Knowing a craft that’s been forgotten by the rest of world is pretty special.