I remember the first time I saw my first SMEAR piece on Wilshire Blvd. (which is right down the street from where I live in Los Angeles), I was late to work, my car was running on empty and I was pissed off at the guy in front of me. Just as I was about to lose it, I looked up and there it was: a pimpled faced cartoon masquerading as street art… uh it’s kind of interesting, I guess - whatever, I need to get gas.

SMEAR’s blurbs:

Born in the late 60’s and forced to live in the caves of Allateena in Northern Europe, Federo Campizzi (SMEAR) began drawing with rocks in the dirt. His mother amused by her sons constant fixation decided to move to AMERICA. After hitching a ride on a horse drawn wagon and begging their way aboard a bus and then a boat the Campizzi’s soon found themselves in AMERICA. Broke and poor living in the South Bronx a young Federo could be found reliving his toddler days sitting under a tree or by a broken down swingset drawing his name in the dirt over and over and over and over again…. He was looked out strangely by the other kids.

It wasn’t till later that day as I was driving back home from work I got the chance to take a really good look at the piece again; my car was still running on empty but this time the pimpled faced frowning SMEAR looked different to me and that’s when I got it…

Found on: SMEAR’s Myspace page

Must reads:

Some hate mail…….. (view more)

I AM NOT AN ICON

Created in a software company in Tokyo, he was supposed to serve as a generic face for software interfaces, a simple non-offensive design but something happened - a group of rogue Designers discovered him and gave him a name, his name is TEEDO.

Teedo’s blurbs:

Before August 13 2006, I was an Icon! Yes! I was trapped in a world of Software. You may have seen me on a Pocket PC, Smartphone, Palm or maybe a chat room; this was my prison, this was my living hell. But then I was freed, giving a real identity and removed from the confinements of digital software. Now I have been unleashed into the world, a place where none of my peers have ventured before a place where I plan to reek havoc and destruction. The corporations that created me now fear me, fear what I might do, fear what I already know. My name is Teedo, I am not an icon.

With dreams of being hit up on walls of every major city on the planet, in the form of street Art, my boy Teedo is well on his way and remember, he’s not an ICON.

Found on: Teedo’s Myspace page

Must reads:

Teedo’s Flickr Photo Gallery

Bansky “Wall And Piece” Book

Aloha from Hawaii, the island of pixels and the home of KG the ultra fresh designer and creator of islandpixels.com. KG designs and contributes to various types of media, mainly pixels and podcasts.

His latest project is a collaboration with Ceito ATV another hot designer I discovered on Myspace.

If you’d like to get more information about the project, click on the link below.

HOW TO GET:

the IPXLS vs C ATV collab sticker

Found on: IPXLS Myspace page

Must Reads:

IPXLS Flickr pics

IPXLS Blog

For sneaker freakers that are into HBO’s hit show, Entourage, the recent episode “What About Bob?” must have piqued your interest. In it, Turtle and Vince try to get some limited- edition Nike Air Force ones and Vinny winds up dropping $20,000 to get his boy some custom-made jumps from the mysterious Fukijama. In actuality, these Fukijamas are the result of a collaboration between Mark Smith and kicks store, Undefeated, made especially for the show. This wearable high-class art is definitely the holy grail of sneakerheads and is so hot, we had to put it in the Hive even though they can’t be purchased.

Where In The Hive: bookmark/31058

Who: 4 people have hived Entourage’s Fukijamas, Mochipopstar (that’s me) was the first to add it to the Hive

[Via. Freshness and TMZ] Posted by Sabrina Yeung

Found on: Stylehive blog

Must Reads:

“What About Bob?”

Freshnessmag Post

British graffiti phenom Banksy is planning a mid-September warehouse show in Los Angeles. The world isn’t too surprise as he has left is mark on over here on the West Coast recently with some sweet messaging found on Melrose. Banksy’s last show, “Turf War,” featured vandalized police vehicles and live, painted farm animals, and caused quite a stir in London. The location for the Los Angeles event, titled “Barely Legal,” will be on Hunter St, Los Angeles, Friday 15th-Sunday 17th, 12-8PM

Found on: Mangopop

Must Reads:

ArtofState website

Bansky “Wall And Piece” Book

Bansky’s Myspace page