Ocupop

I am trapped in LA…while the situation is not ideal, I would like to commend the LAX Four Points Sheraton on a number of fronts…

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Hour long mp3 from Chicago Public Radio featuring Jim Coudal discussing reading, writing, looking, listening and design.

Via Coudal, of course.

Recommended.

Hope everyone went out and voted today.

In the spirit of “Out with the old. In with the new” I pass on a link (via the wonderful photography lighting blog Strobist) to a neat-o DIY gridspot project for your external flash, using the coroplast that tomorrow’s worthless campaign signs are contructed of.

I am headed out to round some up after the polls close tonite.

One of my earliest memories of connecting with the world of modern art was discovering a back issue of “Art in America” in my high school freshman art class featuring “Rabbit” by Jeff Koons on its cover. Fast forward 15 years and I find Koons creating a series of limited edition decks for Supreme.

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Honeyee is a website run by Hiroshi Fujiwara, a former Japanese pop star turned streetwear tastemaker. The site is mostly comprised of Japanese language posts about hipster Japanese events but also has a selection of blogs written by a group handpicked by Fujiwara which can be interesting on a daily basis if you are into the street art/streetwear/skate/sneaker/coolkid toy cultures. It sort of gives you a documentary style view into the lives of the people running the games.

The full list of contributors can be found here.

I recommend checking out Jeff Staple (Staple Design, Nike, Reed Space), Paul Mittleman (Supreme, Stussy), Kaws (KawsOne, OriginalFake), Keith Hufnagel (Huf, Real Skatebaords, DVS), and John Mayer (who I am just beginning to forgive for “Your Body is a Wonderland”)

In what is being touted as an absolute coup, OCUPOP designers wrapped up fashion week with the introduction of their much-anticipated soccer line. The buzz in both the prized Soccermom and Hypebeast demographics seems positive so far…and now, oddly enough, look what Major League Soccer decided to do today.  It is about time they caught up, OCUPOP is so Euro-forward.
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