Star Wars Episode 7: Adidas Sweet Feet

I have to admit that this match seems as bizarre as Justin Timberlake and Rihanna, but whatever floats your boat. Adidas and Star Wars have teamed up to launch a new line of shoes named after favorite characters, set to be released in 2010. More info here.

Tattoo Art

These are some of the remarkable oil paintings by Shawn Barber from his collection acclaimed as “Tattooed Portraits”. He received his B.F.A. from the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, FL.

Music Video: Shout Out Louds "Walls"

Directed by: Ted Malmros. Filmed by: Christian Haag "Walls" is the first tasting of Shout Out Louds' new album "Work", which they're currently working on in Seattle with Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, The Shins, Modest Mouse). "Work" will be out in early 2010

Tick Tock

Chromalab out of Boston has created these colourful and contemporary clocks. You can purchase the above rainbow version here.

Patchwork Clock — $65.00 — Purchase

Twilight Zone Clock — $65.00 — Purchase

Coffee, Table

Awesome Coffee Tables by Made in Hollywood. More info here.

Tonight - Films that Move: Lemonade

Tonight is the Toronto premiere of Eric Proulx's debut film project, Lemonade.

"More than 130,000 advertising professionals have lost their jobs in this Great Recession. Lemonade is about what happens when people who were once paid to be creative in advertising are forced to be creative with their own lives."
More info here.


Get FREE tickets here.

The Antlers: Kettering

This viral vid for The Antlers' song Kettering was created by Dan Sully using just his favorite photos from Flickr. Great song, haunting vid. Well done!

Music Video: Chromeo "Night by Night"

:-)

Garrett Perry

via Booooooom!

Music Video: Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood

Here's a great song and cool video from Marina and the Diamonds directed by Kinga Burza

Poney Poney - Cross The Fader

PONEY PONEY "Cross The Fader"
by Institubes

Not new but a cool video nonetheless

Via Analog Giant

The Fun Theory: Piano Stairs

More on The Fun Theory here.

Short Attention Span Wins Best Branded Entertainment Award at The CNMAs

Short Attention Span, the Critic-Cal track created for the Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival has just won the Best Branded Entertainment award at the Canadian New Media Awards.

The track was composed by Tattoo's Tommy Zee specifically for the campaign.

More info on the CNMAs here.



AGENCY: doug
COPYWRITER: Andre Bell | ART DIRECTOR: Solly Bulbulia
TRACK DIRECTOR & COMPOSER: Tommy Zee
VIDEO DIRECTOR: Tamir Moscovici

LET'S TRASH THE PLACE

The Dutch artist Zeger Reyers' installation "Rotating Kitchen" is a kitchen that rotates slowly and will continue to do so through February, its objects let loose in the containing cube. It's part of the program "Eating the Universe. Food in Art." at Germany’s Kunsthalle Düsseldorf that features a whole series of exhibits, performances, and lectures centered around food art. Closes February 28th, 2010. See the videos that include a behind-the-scenes and a closeup view:

rotating kitchen from Zeger Reyers on Vimeo.

I'm kind of fascinated by this. I think it's catering to my destructive side.

The installation of "Rotating Kitchen"

installing the rotating kitchen from Zeger Reyers on Vimeo.

Art at Bay Station

Next time you take a subway ride, try and hop off at Bay Station [Bellair exit]. There's an awesome exhibit of paintings that are part of City on the Move, a program put on by the City of Toronto to encourage urban arts and culture.

For more on City on the Move, click here.

HippoShark

I don't know why...but I don't know why not.

This Hip Shark is eating a hot lady torso in fur mini dress. But she’s not a victim she’s hitting the hip head with a bone club. This necklace is great on women or men. Very detailed 7 super unique wearable art jewelry. For those that have almost everything.


Purchase at the verameat online store.

Tonight: Friendly Fires and The XX Afterparty

WRONGBAR | 1279 Queen Street West, Toronto
Get tickets here.

Ran Hwang: Installations

Created using buttons with pins, Ran Hwang's installations are insanely beautiful & intricate. Check out more here.

Emptees Tees

Check out more here.

Just for Scooter

It's the blog post you've been waiting all year for. Forget DJ Hero. Forget 2Fresh Showcases. Forget hot tracks, record releases and rad illustrators...

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is playing at the Bloor Cinema on Friday, December 18th!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!



Shame we'll be at the Christmas Party! Even bigger shame that I'm serious about being disappointed.

For showtimes, click here.

Hi My Name Is....Tote

Adding a bit of customization to its army of bag creations, Japanese bagmakers Porter develop a new series of bags alongside FLAVOR, each playing off the classic “Hello My Name Is” theme with the ability to outfit them in your selected name choice. Two different sizes are available, each produced in nine different two-tone hues. All look to soon become live through Anout Commune.

via HypeBeast

The Story of "The Pink Lady of Malibu"

One Saturday morning, on October 29, 1966, a massive 60-foot-tall painting of a nude pink lady holding flowers suddenly appeared as you headed into the tunnel on Malibu Canyon Road.

As word of the massive pink lady spread, and the traffic on the highway grew to a halt, city officials decided "The Pink Lady" had to be removed. Firefighters were called to hosing her off the rocks. It didn't work. Buckets of paint thinner were thrown on the rocks. It only made her pink skin pinker.

As county officials worked on figuring out a way to remove The Pink Lady, a 31-year-old paralegal from Northridge, a woman named Lynne Seemayer, suddenly showed up on the road and admitted that she was the artist who did the piece.

Seemayer said that she was annoyed by the graffiti that was all over the canyon wall ("Valley Go Home" was a memorable slogan) and so, over a 10 month period, she started to secretly climb up under the moonlight and suspended herself by ropes to remove the graffiti.

At 8 P. M. on October 28 Seemayer painted the Pink Lady using ordinary house paint. By dawn it was done.

The Pink Lade lasted only a week. Seemayer sued LA county for $1 million for the destruction of her work, and the county counter-sued for $28,000 in removal costs. Since the painting was on private property, both cases were dismissed by the court.

On Thursday, November 3, workers covered the painting with 14 gallons of brown paint.



via Wooster Collective

Amazing Stop Motion

Colenso BBDO for the New Zealand Book Council.

Ta2 Gallery: Katherine Piro

Have you come down and checked out some of the artwork currently hanging on the walls at Tattoo? I'm going to be showcasing some of the artists who are showing work in our space. If you're in the GTA, you really should come and check it out.





Born in the USA. She moved to Canada at 19. She is a multidisciplinary artist, including painting, portraiture and illustration, and sculpture, murals, and make-up arts.

She has attended various schools including; Nazareth College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Ontario College of Art and Design, and the Toronto School of Art.

She currently lives and works in Toronto.

You can find more of Katherine's work on her website.

Zoo Art

‘Zoo Art’ is the term Amsterdam-based artist Esty Gertzman might prefer to call her plush characters. It is a collection of fantasy figures and animals, which are hand-made of wool, felt and plush fabrics since Esty started to share her passion in 1991.


Via collect3d