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Killa Queens is taking over the world these days, thanks in no small part to Queens alum Craig Costello, aka KR, aka the KRINK-Master! Moving beyond his homemade drippy inks, those signature KRINK drips are everywhere these days. So, when Arkitip magazine and Incase wanted to partner up to create limited edition MacBook cases, under the Curated by Arkitip name, who better to have tweak your inaugural product then KR himself? The end product is as sweet as they come, and is available for both the 13″ and 15″ MacBook’s and bulkier MacBook Pro’s, for $79.95 a pop.
(I have a 15″ MacBook Pro if anyone wants to send me a case.)
See the detailed images after the jump.
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Not to be outdone by Olafur Eliasson’s NYC Waterfalls, Judith Supine went back to his old river antics with this latest production.
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Did you spot both examples? (Answers after the jump.)
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I love tattoo’s and I cannot wait to get my ribcage inked this fall, but what the hell is Tattoo Yes doing advertising. And not cool street advertising, but like paid and serious advertising. Not only is this come bizarre conforming of tattoo’s but the tats in the ads aren’t even real. Can anyone say posers!?!? I can just see the creative ad nerds who got all excited when they thought using fake tattoos was a cool way to show how talented the artist at the shop are.
See more lame fake tats and what I consider to be much cooler tattoos after the jump.
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“In the recently ended session of the Legislature, state Rep. Anthony Ligi of Metairie successfully sponsored a bill that skyrockets the penalties for graffiti. Currently the maximum fine in New Orleans is $500, plus community service, restitution and a possible six months in jail. Beginning Aug. 15, the maximum fine increases to $10,000 with a prison term of up to 10 years.”
First let me say I am not advocating graffiti nor the destruction of anyone’s property, but you have to wonder how can this creative outlet be punished so harshly. Sure graffiti can be ugly and bring down property values, but isn’t the chance of community service, a small fine and six months in jail enough to deter most people from this “crime”? Wouldn’t cities across the U.S. benefit more from having this part of urban culture around? Shouldn’t they look to provide ways to incorporate graffiti into parts of their cities to help control the problem and create a tourist attraction? Retail has been doing this for decades and some of todays top artist have their roots in street art. Cities need to realize the change in culture and stop suppressing creativity. Learn from NYC’s mistake. When NYC implemented their zero tolerance procedures, pulling trains immediately out of service if they have any graffiti on them, tourism fell sharply. Millions of people flocked to NYC to see the art cars they had heard about and seen in movies, until they were gone. I don’t want to see graffiti legalized by any means, that would kill the rebellious nature of it, but don’t ruin some kids life by locking him up for a decade over this non-violent crime.
Source: [nola.com]
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Street artists and world traveler ABOVE has teamed up with Italian screen printing company, STUDIOCROMIE to produce a new set of prints, titled MOBILE series. Above (no pun intended) are the images of the available four lettered prints. Limited to a run of 100, with a one per customer limit, I am sure every art geek will snatch these up and then sell them on eBay. All prints are signed by ABOVE and are approximately 13″ x 19″. The prints are sold individually for about $238- or as a set of three for $477-.
