click ^
As the flyer states, Sunday 22nd July is gonna be a “Buff Fest”.
From 12noon to 3.00pm – The official release of the awesome looking MINDstyle Buff Monster vinyl.
Then from 4.00pm to 7.00pm – Limited edtion toys, prints and apparel can be purchased at Barracuda. There’s also a chance you could win one of five hand paint Buff Monster toys.
Damn, you Americans have got it real good haha.. be sure to be there and take some pretty pics for us folk that can’t make it 
Palace of the Brine is a new exhibition by Attaboy. It opens with a party on Friday 8th June 2007 at Rotofugi. Atta will be on hand to sign his Arctic Shmee Qee Toy (from 7-8pm) with the gallery open 7-10pm. Free sodas are supplied by Goose Island. The exhibition Continues through to June 30, 2007.
Palace of the Brine delves into Attaboy’s ongoing conflict between the guilt-ridden worker bee drones and the remorseless cephalopods for the attention of the Brine Queens. It’s a world where hairy bursts of color float in the corner of your eye. The exhibition will showcase new paintings and drawings hovering off moldy walls, casting shadows behind them. Attaboy’s transparent spraypainted plastic works will also be shown as well as the release of the Arctic Shmee Qee figure designed by Attaboy.
A reminder to all in and around London to get to Exposure on Thursday 31st May 2007, from 7PM.
The Thunderdog Collective arrives…
Latex for fun?
“The project started with a simple idea: create disposable “designer toys” with pure d.i.y. ethics. We started drawing over balloons what we would like to draw over vinyl toys, but we couldn´t afford. That´s how the Latex for fun project was born… and in a few months 135 designers from over 20 countries participated; Their work reflects various styles, personalities and cultures, but all of it shows how vibrantly creative the collaboration of a spontaneously generated global design network can be.”
The show will be open untill june 2nd and includes a selection of works featured in the book (Latex for Fun, die gestalten verlag, 2007) in addition to large scale prints by Jeremyville, Gastón Caba, DGPH, Gregori Saavedra, Sauerkids, Michele Angelo and Comte d´Urgell.
To complete the show, latex toy designs will also be created especially for the occasion by Jeremyville, Jon Burgerman, Sauerkids, Gastón Caba, DGPH, Pulcomayo, Hello Bard, Craig Atkinson, Christian Lindemann, Oli / ICFF, Miss Lotion, Lala Ladcani, Gregori Saavedra, Zosen and Max-o-matic.
Read on for exhibition pics courtesy of max-o-matic..
Reach was the special guest artist at the 7-Days shopping centre (Shanghai), thanks to adFunture. In addition to the #84 opening, the display was made up of a wider collection of artwork, alongside the latest designs for the new adFunture toy and clothing lines.
Reach was on hand to sign.
FUSQ pink is revealed with its graphics applied, this is the Reach pink edition. There will be 3 other colourways available – a second official Reach x adFunture release and two special store exclusive editions (one in Japan and one in Europe).
If you are in Shanghai tonight, head to the Seven Days Department store and you may be one of the lucky few people to pick up one of these:
What is it? If you don’t already know, you don’t yet need to know. If you do already know, then this is the premiere version exclusive to the AdFunture Shanghai event.
Seven Days, Changning Road, No.1018, 2F, Room2203.
The rest of you will find out more in July…!
Beautifully vivid colors on classic dark backgrounds make up Sam Flores’s latest additions to Upper Playground’s FIFTY24SF spring apparel line. These eye-catching shirts are available for men in sizes small–XXL, and for the ladies in small-XL. Set to sell out fast, so head to your nearest Upper Playground whilst you can, or visit www.upperplayground.com
More of Sam Flores’s additions to the spring line include housewares, books and New Era’s.
…big wood is better…
The ORIGINALFAKE / NEXUS7, 400% Wood Bearbrick will be available today (25th May 2007) on www.kawsone.com. Black wood with the iconic X X eyes and Nexus7 logo and Kaws signature carved into the classic Be@rbrick form. It’s release is to mark the 1st Anniversary of the Original Fake store.
Latest price point info: approx $437 USD or 52,290 Yen.
If you really want one, be prepared to miss out… it’s likely to sell out in seconds the minute it becomes available on the site (if it hasn’t already sold out).
The new Pity Rolitoboy figure is an exclusive collaboration between Mori Chack and Rolito from Toy2R. This new figure shows Pity after a a severe mauling from Gloomy. The figure is limited to 500 pcs worldwide.
Upper Playground today launched a new set of tshirts featuring designs by Jeremy Fish as part of their ongoing FIFTY24SF apparel line. In keeping with his recognized style of striking, bold lines and unique image combinations, this new collection of shirts highlights Fish’s innovative imagination.
Pick them up online at Upper Playground, or visit their stores. UK people can now head to the new Upper Playground in London (more about that coming soon in our London City Guide).
The VA team would like to apologise for the downtime today.. we got pretty scared ourselves.
So if the site craps out at any time, just hold onto ya pants n keep hitting that F5 key!
Good news is, some cool stuff is on the way and was the cause of the site going offline 
VA team
