Been busy over here in the land of the ice & snow… getting a couple sites together for our newest clients, Ninthward Skis which you’ll get to see real soon. Also working with Dale @ NXTZ on a whole slew of stuff which you won’t get to see for a year or so but oh how fancy it is….
But anyways, check this out. On a recent roadtrip I came across this amazingly awesome sign at Wind Cave National Park, just sitting there above the entryway to the giftshop. A million people a summer probably walk right underneath it & never even notice, how sad…
A few weeks back our amigos at the Shadow Conspiracy released their Back to School 2010 line and, once again, we’ve got a few shirts in their collection. Read Between, Bloodbath, and a hat & t-shirt of the Pinstripe design are available at Dan’s Competition if you wanna buy them.
Saw this over on Werd and it’s just too AWSM to not post. Apparently Canon, being the photography badasses that they are, decided to make these up for the photographers at the recent Vancouver Olympics. Pretty dang amazing in my book, almost makes me want to start drinking coffee…
A while back, we did a post on vintage packaging (here). Looking around on the treasure trove known as Lovely Package today while doing some research, we came across some more jewels from yesteryear. Follow after the jump if you want to see more!
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The bi-annual brofest known as ASR is going down in SD right now and, as hard as we tried, we were sucked into it once again. This year wasn’t especially any different than any other years, still lots of dudes rolling around trying their hardest to be seen by anyone willing to look. More after the jump with a slew of pictures to keep you abreast of the art that seemed to be the theme this year.
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We came across Jeff’s work somewhere in the last few days and thought we’d post it up on here. These are cut paper people, not multiple layered photoshop documents. Nice to see someone getting their hands dirty (or bloody when fingertip & xacto meet, you think the red on this one is blood?) and doing some amazing stuff for people to see. More of his artwork after the jump! Read More
The Ampersand symbol, every designer’s long-time beloved friend has an interesting story. Around the world, it’s known as “the and sign” but did you know that it was once the 27th letter in the alphabet? What about how it got it’s name? Read more & see some cool examples inside. Read More
The world’s longest post delay here. Drove around the Mile High City after SIA and came across a pretty nice looking skatepark. More inside. Read More
This may be old news to the super-Shepard or Hillcrest Regular crowd but I was down there the other day & noticed a gigantic wall of his on the side of the new(ish) Urban Outfitters on 5th. The thing is huge, like 120′ x 30′ huge. More inside
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We don’t post a ton about surfing on the blog but we saw this over on Todd Richard’s AWSM site today and thought it was pretty relevant to our deal. Great title graphics, interesting editing & random Iron’s brother looking like Eazy E in a couple quick snippits make it look like an interesting view. Julian WIlson’s Quiksilver Movie Projectis premiering up in HB during the US Open of Surfing…
File this under “most awesome things anyone’s ever done, ever.” More inside
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We finally got up our book of the month for June…. in mid-July! Yep, that’s right. We’re sure that everyone’s been hanging on the edge of their seats for the past month or 6 weeks waiting for us to post it up, well the wait’s over! This one’s been worth the weight though. The Whimsical Works of David Weidman and some serious ones, too is an amazing book. Check out more here!
Saw this article while perusing the interweb yesterday. Apparently a skatepark not too far from Valhalla HQ in Poway, CA recently implimented a thumbprint scanning entry system for people wishing to skate the Poway Skate Park. Really? A thumbprint to skate? Wow. Child predators lurk around school campuses but yet skaters have to register & give a thumbprint to skate. Hmmmmm, glad to see that California cities have their priorities straight.
E3′s going on right now. We rolled up there last week to meet up with some people and check out what’s going on in the world of video games. Microsoft’s Natal Kinect was everywhere & it was pretty a impressive deal. By the looks of the sheer amount of games released at the show, there’s going to be a lot of synchronized dancing going on in the world next year.. Lots more inside. Read More
Got a call a little while back from Olympic commentator / wiseguy / business owner / pro skiboarder, Todd Richards needing a logo for his new project, AWSM. The creative brief was pretty epic, “bright and colorful and fun. not really needing an icon as the the awsm is the logo too.” Check out AWSM here or check after the jump to see the logo we did in larger format. Read More
