Art

Nike has teamed up with the Korean vinyl figure artist Coolrain to create figures dedicated to the 2012 Olympics USA Basketball Dream Team. Read more

Michael Phelps has been tapped by Louis Vuitton for its latest ad campaign. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the Parisian luxury label, the 27-year-old 18-time gold medal-winner is seen wearing a Speedo and goggles in a bathtub with a Louis Vuitton monogram tote nearby. Read more

Cintia Dicker features in Wildfox’s campaign for Swimwear 2013, ‘Diamonds Are Forever’. Designer Kimberley Gordon says “The new collection is inspired by a totally American girl who lives for Read more

Anthony J. Thomas, also known as TheBedStuyDandy, may only be 21, but he’s on the move to make his mark in the art world. The Brooklyn based artist has just begun his art journey and after only 6 months of painting, he has gained a nice backing. His collegiate minor in art history seems to have been the spark of his new endeavors. Read more

Chanel has just released a short video entitled Chanel Obsession starring Karl Lagerfeld’s new muse, Edie Campbell. Read more

Complex may be a sensory and information overload most of the time, but today they came through with a nice photo gallery featuring street style picks for this week from Monsieur Jerome, Tucked, I’m Koo, Racked etc, and I’m not ashamed at all to share some of them with you guys. Read more

By now I’m sure most of you had gained wind of the Agenda Trade Show that happened this week in Long Beach, CA. We covered it here in anticipation of its arrival, and now, by virtue of a few of my personal favorite label blogs, we bring to you a little photo recap of some of today’s hottest streetwear giants showing at the expo. Read more

Bongo Design is the brainchild of industrial designer, Magdalena Chojnacka. Based out of Cracow, Poland, her designs aim to get you to contemplate and respect the threatened, natural world around us. Read more

Kanye West releases the cover art for G.O.O.D Music’s compilation album, “Cruel Summer”. The aesthetics of the cover are no surprise Read more

A borderline homeless man waltzes in & announces, “I never seen anything like THIS before.” Hell yeah you haven’t. Welcome to the future. Read more

David Simms directs Alexander Mcqueen’s, Fall 2012 campaign. The video cause some discomfort to the senses. The futuristic clashes of sounds and psychedelic visuals emphasizes the complex of beauty. Read more

As it draws closer and closer to the looming season change, our favorite brands are slowly releasing their goods to the masses. Today, Original Fake announced their first drop of their 2012 Autumn/Winter collection. Read more

Puma releases their newest collection in collaboration with renown artist Ron English. The eccentric and electrifying models comes in both the high and low top silhouettes, boasting unique details such as a micro-reptilian pattern for the upper, contrast dotted laces, and Ron English’s signature and graphics to round out this one-of-a-kind collaboration. Read more

All you MF Doom fans need to check this out. Brooklyn-based graffiti writer and designer KEO sat down with Frank 151 to talk about his involvement with Doom’s art direction and, without a doubt, the history behind that infamous mask. Read more

This year, the automotive company BMW arranged an art booth at the Hong Kong International Art Fair hosted by Art Car Program where BMW is one of the long time sponsors. It displays several of cars designed by like Jeff Koons, Frank Stella and Roy Lichtenstein to design cars for their flagship store. Read more

Can’t eat a meal without documenting and uploading it? Have hundreds of people seen your newest lipstick shade? Let’s face it: Instagram has become a way of life. Read more

Found in various places around London, the pieces are classic Banksy and the messages are quite clear. One look at the child sweatshop worker sewing real Union Jack flags falling off a wall and it is obvious Banksy is calling attention to the exploitation and underbelly of the Olympic culture and the United Kingdom as a whole. Read more

What better way for Rag and Bone to launch their first ad campaign than using the iconic Miss Moss. The cult grunge brand for the uptown girl decided it was time to go back to their roots and this month not only launched their heavily influenced Brit ad campaign but also opened its first store in London. Read more

Kenzo teams up with the ever eclectic film director Quentin Jones. The partnership resulted in a beautiful collage of wearable art, ranging from mini skirts to light jackets, for those chilly summer days. Read more