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New issue of GR. Behind the scenes just a bit: Yes, it’s an Obama cover, by David Choe, most of you may have seen his other image, but this is actually a water color that was almost like a study, but sometimes, the studies turn out to be great. This is one of those examples. Upper Playground worked with this image as well, in their huge quest in helping the ascension of Barack Obama as a candidate and President. Why an Obama cover? Perhaps some of you are sick of seeing pop culture images of the President-Elect. I honestly was getting to that point, and that’s when I thought maybe I could learn more about it, and explain it to others who maybe felt the same way. I happen to have the access, so I actually wrote an article about how Street Art worked with the Obama movement. I tried to explain the story of how artists like Shepard Fairey, Date Farmers, David Choe, Ron English, and many many others, with the help of brands like Upper Playground, Obey Giant, and an artist friendly PR dude, Yosi Sergant helped make street art play a role in this election. It’s one of my longer articles, and I did the best I could to construct stories from different angles. Part two, we have an exclusive interview with Barack Obama’s sister – I guess “The First Sister” Maya Soetoro-Ng. Her words are great too and we have a couple of cool photos of her and her brother in his old crib. Yep, he eats cereal just like us. Hope you like it.
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Heath Ceramics has been around since 1948. Part of the mid-century modern lifestyle, this brand has always been a mark of great design and high quality work. Friday was their grand opening at 7525 Beverly. Fairly anticipated, it's been written about in magazines and newspapers. The space is vast and clean, and is in the perfect area which matches home furnishings and people with hopefully a few...
Heath Ceramics has been around since 1948. Part of the mid-century modern lifestyle, this brand has always been a mark of great design and high quality work. Friday was their grand opening at 7525 Beverly. Fairly anticipated, it’s been written about in magazines and newspapers. The space is vast and clean, and is in the perfect area which matches home furnishings and people with hopefully a few extra dollars. For those of you who are on a budget, Heath wear might not be the most affordable, but at the same time, it’s a standard by which a lot of other brands try to match. Heath Smiling with Adam Silverman. I met Adam years ago when he was a co-founder of the X-Large store in Los Angeles. A graduate of RISD in architecture, which he did for a few years, he also worked on ceramics at the same time. He left the clothing industry, and decided to pursue his hobby of pottery. He’d probably classify himself as just starting since his pottery career began in 2002, but his work look masterful. One great fact about Adam’s efforts is that he’s branching the worlds of a generation of “kids” who are into clothing, art, and design with a venerable ceramics brand. We’ll see how this next phase of his career and Heath’s brand steps into a new future. Here’s a sample of Adam’s personal work that’s available at Heath. There’s plenty of it throughout the shop. I like his glaze technique. Who knew he made hanging lights! Geoff Mcfetridge drawing of Adam. Vintage Heath not for sale. Ironically, years ago, I bought a couple of mugs that looked cool and were inexpensive, I had no idea what make or model they were. I looked at them the other day, and lo and behold, they’re by Heath!
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Amazing Post-Its... Seriously. Even the Heska on the bottom left, it's painted and insane. The bottom right by Matt Furie? Also amazing. I expect a lot of people to Post-It 3. Don't you? It's going to be amazing.
Amazing Post-Its… Seriously. Even the Heska on the bottom left, it’s painted and insane. The bottom right by Matt Furie? Also amazing. I expect a lot of people to Post-It 3. Don’t you? It’s going to be amazing.
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