I Heart Cool Stuff

I’ve officially mentioned it a billion times now– Upper Playground is the bomb! =) Their latest addition to an already exceptional product line are pillows that sport some fancy art from two of my favorite artists; David Choe and Sam Flores.

I find that Choe’s pillow is a little too artsy for my home (although, in my head I have a dozen photo-ops), but Flores’ Fatima will go perfect with what I seem to have going on in my home. Each of the pillows measure 20″x20″ and cost $40 a pop. I really don’t think that’s a horrible price for some art in your home decor. To purchase either pillow follow the links below.

David Choe’s “Hair Do” / Sam Flores’ “Jumping Tiger“

p.s. Upper Playground should pay me for the free advertising, I’m just saying. =)

David Choe-- Hope

A while back I posted about JR making an appearance in my neighborhood. I thought that he had direct ties to the pop-up gallery: The Outsiders, and I soon found out that such was the case. In my post I shared how impressed and mesmerized I was by the artist’s photographs. Well, I finally made my way to The Outsiders Gallery located on the corner of Houston and Bowery in lower Manhattan, NY. The group show hosts numerous well known street and graffiti artists, all brought together by LAZ, inc.

The piece I was most interested in checking out was David Choe’s Hope piece. I’ve spotted numerous Obama pieces, but I really did feel a change about the whole politics situation when I saw his first HOPE piece, hit the jump to see it. (more…)

On Monday, on my way to meet up with the Mr. for some yummy Japanese food (food critique coming soon), I walked by Giant Robot NY, which is seriously down the block from me– and realized that something was different. GRNY used to take up two shops– the actual store and the gallery. I noticed that now the gallery was both shop and gallery and next door I’d spotted something familiar– Upper Playground. (more…)