April 28, 2010 • 11:45 am • POSTED BY spenning
Our friend Nick Zegel had a chance encounter with Shepard Fairey in NY last Thursday. Next thing he knew he was back in Philly filming him and his crew installing a mural on the side of his friends print shop, Awesome Dudes Printing. Check out the video Nick shot and cut.
April 21, 2010 • 2:32 pm • POSTED BY ahartley
Forty years ago, on April 22, Earth Day began as a massive grassroots movement (please excuse the pun) to raise awareness about environmental issues. The original demonstration attracted nearly 20 million people who engaged in marches and teach-ins. Today, Earth Day is a global phenomenon. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. Perhaps you’ve even used phrases like “carbon footprint” [...]
April 7, 2010 • 3:54 pm • POSTED BY Cory McCall
April 7th is Repeal Day, the annual celebration of our freedom to go out and get Mel Gibsoned anytime we want. On this day in 1933, after a long, dry, violent 14 years, Prohibition was repealed and alcohol was officially back on the market for legal sale, proving that the world is in fact a [...]
October 5, 2009 • 3:11 pm • POSTED BY stephen penning
Don’t miss out on your chance to bid on one of the limited-edition De’Longhi Artistas. The Artista series, a line of laser-etched Perfecta espresso machines, features the designs of ten internationally recognized artists and designers including fashion designer Nicole Miller, jewelry designer John Hardy, interior designer Kelly Hoppen and illustrator Mike Perry. The collection of [...]
September 28, 2009 • 9:45 am • POSTED BY spenning
Please join us at 160over90 as part of Design Philadelphia on Tuesday, October 13th from 6:00-9:00 pm for Counter Culture, an exhibition of the De’Longhi Artista Series. 160over90 in collaboration with De’Longhi commissioned designers across varying disciplines to create original works of art to be laser-etched onto the De’Longhi Perfecta Espresso machine. Beginning on Sunday, [...]
August 3, 2009 • 12:08 pm • POSTED BY stephen penning
By now most everyone has seen the AT&T commercial featuring Blake Mycoskie of TOMS Shoes. For those of you who need a refresh check out the video below. After seeing this several times I started thinking about the effect of this spot on the TOMS brand and mission. Naturally I did some digging around online. [...]