If you read my post the other day about the new Surfstation site, you know that Obey Giant/ Shepard Fairey really inspired me to get into graphic design. I don’t follow his work these days as much as I did, but he’s definitely not slowing down and I still really appreciate all his work. Notcot has a pretty amazing look into Shepard’s office. I’m not sure how the whole Obey thing is set up, with all the prints and the whole clothing label, but this looks more like his personal office. He has an amazing art collection and his space is quite inspiring. Notcot posted super big photos where you can pretty much read every title of his book collection that you can see by clicking here, or you can check out smaller photos after the jump.
Head on over to the Odyssey site to check out a nice Chase Hawk edit.
Also, if you haven’t been over there yet, check out the Aaron Ross edit too! Keep an eye out for bi-monthly web videos from the whole ODSY team on their site.
This is a Defgrip Exclusive edit in conjunction with MacNeil Bikes and 5050 BMX. Filmed and edited by Jason Eichhorst, featuring Salt Lake’s Jayson Johnson. Jayson hits some parks and a few dirt jumps and throws down some serious stuff. They claim that is’t just typical every day riding, but it’s looking pretty amazing to me.
Cooper from Focalpoint in Australia hit us up to share some photos of snow near his house. He’s 26 and up until now, it’s never snowed near him… Crazy!! He shot some rad photos and put a nice little feature together.
Sam Adams has just launched his first newsletter. He put a nice little pdf together with a bunch of recent photos including a trip to Europe, some new BMX stuff, and a cool behind the scenes look into one of his photos. Make sure to sign up for the newsletter because Sam’s going to be putting them out on a regular basis.
Cartype is a really dope site that I came across last week on Surfstaton. The site focuses on emblems and type related auto stuff. They have an amazing archive of all sorts of emblems and you can brows their site by car type where you can find old ads, graphics and a bunch of fun stuff.
Tate’s video part from “Thats It” has recently made it’s way onto youtube (of course), and rather than posting the youtube version, Jordan Utley hooked us up with a good quality version of it for your viewing pleasure.
Fudger set his iPod to shuffle, and writes down the first 10 songs that come up.
Elliott Smith - Elliot Smith - “Christian Brothers” Rainer Maria - A Better Version Of Me - “Thought I Was” The Elected - Me First - “Greetings In Braille” Cursive - Such Blinding Stars For Starving Eyes - “Ceili” Feist - The Reminder - “The Water” Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique - “Shake Your Rump” Misfits - Misfits - “Ghoul’s Night Out” The Decemberists - Her Majesty - “The Chimbley Sweep” Beck - Sea Change - “Lost Cause” Moldy Peaches - The Moldy Peaches - “On Top”
I’m sure some of you Defgrip viewers ride fixed gears, and most of you probably think its a gay trend. Regardless, I’m posting this little clip/promo for it’s simplicity, the fact that I didn’t know what was gonna come and that controlled skidding like that is impressive.
Chris Arriaga hit me up the other day, he was searching the web for Brett Walker, the BMXer and randomly came across a photographer by the same name. The photographer Brett Walker has some amazing photos that are definitely worth checking out.
