The Font Feed comes through with another good post. This time it’s about the fonts used in Monocle magazine. Plantin and Helvetica are the fonts in discussion and as a lot of people know, Moncole is one of Defgrip’s favorite magazines, so you know we are psyched on this article. Check it out here.
Andrew Holder is an illustrator I recently came across via Arkitip, and some web browsing. I really enjoy his work, especially the colors, shapes and textures that seem to go really well together in his stuff. Click below to check out a Q&A with Andrew Holder.
A new Fit site has gone live, and you can check it out HERE. There’s also a new team blog page where you can keep up on the progress of their next video.
Rory Ellis S&M web video from Chris Long on Vimeo. Check out S&M flow rider and ComeUp warrior Rory Ellis in the above web video, courtesy of S&M.
Andrew McMullen and I took a trip to Portland last week to meet up with a few people, hang out and work on some new video interviews for the site. We had an amazing trip and we really enjoyed Portland. We happened to be down for First Thursday, where all the galleries have their new [...]
Do you think this is all an act? I’m begining to think it is…
Fit just posted a scan of Edwin from the newest Nylon Guys magazine. I haven’t seen the issue yet but it’s always dope to see BMX in mainstream magazines especially when it’s someone that’s a great representative for BMX. On a similar but kind of random note, I came across a behind the scenes video [...]
Fourdown Distro has compiled all of their 2008 videos, done some re-edits and packaged the whole thing together for their Vol. 1 DVD that is avalible now. They have a rad trailer on their site with some beautiful HD footage. Keep an eye out for the DVD and check out the trailer after the jump.
There is a pretty good post on The Font Feed about the Grammy that was awarded to best packaging and music video. They give their two sense about the Metalica album that won for best packaging and put up a few of their favorite album covers from the past year. They also have some good [...]
Here is a very interesting firsthand account of Shepard Fairey’s untimely arrest at his ICA opening in Boston.
I’m a sucker for sweet packaging… Go HERE and click on “watch the hands-on video” to check out P.O.S’s “Never Better” album art.
If you can make it through the broken links, you’ll find some awesome images and great work on Kevin Lyons site. Just make sure you don’t miss the studio section. Check out Kevin Lyons work here.
This has been floating around the web, but it’s to good not to post. Fifty People One Question is a project based on the idea of going to one place, asking 50 people the same question, and filming their responses. There are four videos so far, two in New York, one in London, and the [...]
Risto from Simpel Sessions just sent over this edit. “Here’s a short video of most riders mugshots at Simpel Session 09. We used these 360degree shots in the rider runs/introduction/scores in our live screencast and webcast. And thought it would look pretty cool as a one edit too.” Simpel Sessions has a bunch of other [...]
Vimby just did a piece on Front St. and Geroge K in New York. Check it out here.
I have never heard of Junkfood before, but I just got a link to their fourth zine from the the Lotek site and I’m stoked! Check out their zine here and their site here.
Marco Svizzero hooked up a rad video of Wolfman for the MacNeil site. Check it out here.
Check out the Cookie Monster remix of Jay-Z’s 99 Problems. Oh man, the Cookie Monster on the Spree at .48 seconds…. Via- The Rap Up
M/M Paris is a design studio out of (you guessed it) Paris, that has some amazing work. They are rumored to be taking over artistic direction at Interview magazine now that famed creative director Fabion Baron is leaving. mmparis.com
Vinnie Sammon sent this video through. Basically… “A 50-something year-old woman by the name of Patty Mayo sent out a desperate plea over YouTube. Her cries echoed through cyber space, receiving over 8,000 hits in just 2 days. Her wish was simple: for her favorite graffiti artist, Rime aka Jersey Joe, to paint a peeing [...]
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