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NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE: SUSIE GHAHREMANI – WORK AND NON WORK There are well over 100 pieces of carefully done work. It’s all beautiful and Susie’s installation is one of the best we’ve ever shown. They’ll make great gifts for the holidays. The exhibition runs until December 5th, 2012. Click to see the artwork.
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Mike Kelly (Le Merde) has always made the coolest shirts. Sometimes, it’s with an apparel company, but sometimes it’s just by himself. But every time I wear one of his shirts, I get “Cool shirt” all day long. Really. Get one on saturday!
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The idea of a cash mob sounds just as great as a flash mob. Imagine, people pooling together to shop at a single place that might not get their business at all in a year. It might only last an hour, but that hour might help out a shop for a week. Yes, maybe you’re not getting that exact brand or it might even cost a bit more, but the extra money spent is the same as a single beer that you drink at an expensive bar and you probably pound down 3 or 4. That designer truck taco that you eat standing up in the cold, the expensive single slice of pizza (and you eat 2), all this is money that one can say you’re wasting. Shop local. Instead of Walgreens, KMart, Target, or Burger King, why not for an hour, pool together with friends and go somewhere else just for an hour. (Palo Alto Online – Cash Mob)
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A story about how one man, Lee Nam-yul, his weird shop and his strange quirks and habits continue no matter what. It’s tradition over modernity. He uses a straight razor from 1880, draws pictures and his shop looks disgusting. Traditional shops like these are becoming more scarce especially in the time of K-pop hair cuts, yet the idea of family continuing their family businesses is romantic and great. In a way, you’d wish there were grants or funds for people who continue traditions. (LA Times – Barber in Korea)
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Daily Picks Here’s a few more Kool Things: Nikki McClure. Nikki McClure Calendar 2012. Every year like clockwork it comes out. The originals are paper cuts carefully created with sharp utensil on paper but flat with a single color, they look brilliant. It’s page after page of images that give you something to think about. In a month you get 12 ideas that’ll hopefully grow into great things. ($16) Mama, is it Summer Yet? There’s more than this one as well. Stories are the logical step especially with the text that often goes perfectly with the images. As McClure’s own child grows, so are the characters in her tales. (17.95) We also have other Nikki McClure books as well. McClure Seal Poster. Nikki McClure also makes her artworks into affordable posters. We have some of these as well. Take a look. ($8) We have a few more Nikki McClure items. You can see them all including some T shirts.
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