If you’re a former gang banger looking to permanently leave that life behind then you know how that ink you carry on your body can hinder that progression. That’s not who you are anymore but what can you do about the ink that still adorns your skin? Removal is expensive and time consuming. So you   Read More …

How can you not love Alvin the Third? Let me count the ways in which he has become my favorite 21st century Renaissance man. He’s a DJ from Chicago house and anything Chi-Town is Jersey fresh so I already knew I’d dig his musical tastes. Alvin is a generous man and thus provides a few   Read More …

I’m old school…all day. It’s cold as hell outside and any chick worth her door knockers doesn’t get caught past October without a stash of warm, comfy, versatile hoodies. In the past Champion brand hoodies always did it for me..it’s the hood staple and has been for years but now that hood is synonymous with “couture” I’m gonna need   Read More …

The Associated Press may have beaten me to it with their recent article on the use of photos as designer wall art but just the other day I was having a G-chat discussion with my homie baloney @alvinthethird about this exact same thing. One of the easiest ways to dress up a wall is to   Read More …

Zanele Muholi was born in Umlazi, Durban, in 1972. She completed an Advanced Photography course at the Market Photo Workshop in Newtown and held her first solo exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 2004. She has worked as a community relations officer for the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), a black lesbian organisation   Read More …

A half dozen out-of-state artists have added color, design and edge to four houses on the city’s east side with $180,000 from San Francisco‘s Juxtapoz art magazine, following in the footsteps of several local artists who found inspiration amid blight. The magazine’s upcoming February issue will feature their efforts. Participating Artists: The Power House Graem   Read More …

I’m having an design industry love affair all thanks to the coolest dude you ever wanna meet. I want to thanks Maximo of Designer Pages for inviting me out last night to their monthly meet and greet. Designing and I have long shared a secret affair. We haven’t spent as much time together as we   Read More …

This is Dee, owner and principal designer of Dee Makes Jewelry. Not only is Dee a talented and passionate artisan; she’s also the best girl friend in the entire world (she’s mine, you’ll have to get  your own BFF!) She’s a Taurus woman; a natural fighter. And though pint sized and every bit of girly   Read More …

South African-born and now Brooklyn-based photographer Warwick Saint has been around the traps for quite a while shooting campaigns for the likes of Puma, Nike and Diesel and for Magazines such as Interview, Dazed and Confused, Flaunt and Citizen K.

You can find some good things on Craigslist…a toaster, a decent used Ipod and a even an amazingly talented and sweet goth black girl. I like to think of myself as unique until I meet a person like Brooke Thorne. Brooke and I met while I was answering ads for artists seeking artists for collaboration.   Read More …