Jason Mark Jones

This is nuts! And only makes me more excited for my trip to see Art in the Streets at the Geffen Contemporary today.

So, we were given $10 to the iTunes store and I went through it pretty quick buying those apps in my previous post, but I just found Eliss. It is $4.99 and I might have to give in and spend my own money to test it out. The simple geometric shapes and retro color palette is quite enticing.
Visit the Eliss site.

One of my favorite prints in our house is this letterpress world map from These Are Things. They have put out an exceptional set of designs and prints, all of which are worth checking out. I was lucky enough to purchase one of the letterpress prints after they had initially sold out. A couple months later they posted on twitter that there were a few they had uncovered that were hiding in their inventory.

Maps have been “in” for awhile now, but for the most part they have been swap meet finds of maps salvaged from renovated classrooms. These Are Things however have designed several modern, simple maps and they are doing it right. The world map in aqua was sold out when I made my initial order, but it is back in stock as of recently. A 20″x30″ silkscreen print of this quality for $99 is just what your boring living room could use. Go get one.

All images by These Are Things.

Twin Peaks is on Watch Instantly and I started my marathon last night. I’ve been wanting to watch the series for awhile, but it keeps getting bumped down my DVD queue because I have a hard time committing to a multiple disc series that I will have to wait a day or two between discs. So no more waiting and I’ve only started, but so far Special Agent Cooper is a pretty genius character among many others.

Following a dream I had three years ago, I have become deeply moved by the plight of the Tibetan people, and have been filled with a desire to help them. I also awoke from the same dream realizing that I had subconsciously gained knowledge of a deductive technique, involving mind-body coordination operating hand-in-hand with the deepest level of intuition.

Also, I don’t know what these Nikes have to do with the show yet, but I like them.
And I want them.

Everyone could use a teepee greeting card! My friend Karis is rocking these cards on her letterpress…the colors and illustrations are all perfect. Go buy some thank you cards and show someone your gratitude.

Etsy shop: tabletopmade.etsy.com
Website: tabletopmade.com

Video + Singing Kid + Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros. Hard to beat.

Yep, giveaways are everywhere these days and even though I am selective in which ones I enter, there are alot of good ones to be selected. And I’ve had my eye on The Exquisite Book for awhile now. Buy it on Amazon or check out the giveaway on the Mint Design Blog

From the Post

By now you may have heard of Julia Rothman, Jenny Volvoski, and Matt Lamothe‘s newest project, The Exquisite Book. It’s based on the Surrealist game Exquisite Corpse, which you might remember from an art class back in the day? The book is a modified version of the game, played by 100 artists, illustrators, and designers.

The artists were divided into ten groups, and each artist contributed one page to the book. The first artist was given a few words to inspire their drawing and the following artists only saw the page that immediately preceded their own. They then created a continuation to the story, and the inspiration for the next artist in line. The one rule? Each artist has a horizon line in their work that starts on the left side of the page and ends on the right. Where the horizon line of the first artist’s page ends, is where it begins for the next artist.

Video of how the book works

The Exquisite Book from ALSO on Vimeo.