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When art and film collide, good things invariably happen!
Chasing Cotards is a high profile short film, beautifully shot, with stunning production design, cinematography evoking classic Hollywood elegance. Read more…
March 3, 2010 | Tags: Absolute Art Gallery, British Film, Chasing Cotards, Christine Comyn
Project in aid of UNICEF’s Haiti Earthquake Emergency Fund
We love design, we love art and we’re pretty partial to large helpings of creativity. Those ingenious creatives, Thunder Chunky and Ben The Illustrator, have come up with a creative, imaginative and really freakin’ awesome idea to help raise awareness and, more crucially, funds for Haitian little people affected by the recent earthquake. Read more…
February 4, 2010 | Tags: Art, Ben The Illustrator, Haiti Appeal, The Renmen Project, Thunder Chunky, UNICEF
Exclusive Mitch Plush from Neon Monster
Neon Monster kicks off 2010 with an all-ages, eco-friendly plush rendition of their monstrous character, Mitch!
Founded in 2007 by four collectors who wanted to share their love for limited edition collectibles, Neon Monster continues to solidify its place as San Francisco’s premiere destination for art toys with its own line of exclusive character figures. And today is the day they unleash Mitch on the public! Read more…
January 25, 2010 | Tags: Art Toys, Lauren Venell, Mitch, Neon Monster, Plush, Reuben Rude
A new generation in the design industry’s trade awards
The brand new “Working Class Awards” created by Monsieur Cabinet (Dave) and Tigz, both emerging talents in the field of illustration, aims to be “the people’s people guide to the year in visual communication” which includes, though is not limited to: Advertising, Graphic Design, Digital Media & Illustration. Read more…
January 8, 2010 | Tags: Graphic Design, Illustration, Packaging Design, WCAwards, Web Design
Land & Sky | Lizzy Stewart & Christopher Bettig
Here Gallery, Bristol
21st January – 27th February 2010
Christopher Bettig, the highly acclaimed artist, designer and member of the Vannen crew, will be doing a mini tour of the UK this January; he’s got an exhibition with the brilliantly talented Lizzy Stewart @ Here Gallery in Bristol. The exhibition, entitled Land & Sky, opens on Thursday 21st January from 7-9 pm. Read more…
January 8, 2010 | Tags: Art, Christopher Bettig, Exhibition, Here Gallery, Lizzy Stewart
Matt JOnes a.k.a Lunartik presents… Custom Tea Tour
Curated by Scooter & Jinx
Yesterday, we took a day trip along the south coast to Hastings and dropped in on designer art toy curators, Scooter & Jinx – we got to hang out, chat incessantly about toys and have a sneaky peek at what was brewing in Lunartik’s Custom Tea Tour… Read more…
December 30, 2009 | Tags: Art Toys, Custom Tea Tour, Lunartik, Matt JOnes, Scooter & Jinx
Chris Bettig has judged you little blaggers and the winner is…
Holly!!! Congratulations Holly, you just blagged yourself a Vannen!
Holly’s prize winning blag was, “All I want for Christmas is Bettig’s Vannen because… it’ll sell for more than coal. (I’ve been bad this year).” Clearly Chris likes a bad girl! Read more…
December 19, 2009 | Tags: Art, Christmas, Christopher Bettig, Competition, Fashion, Vannen
Lunartik’s Custom Tea Tour at Scooter & Jinx
27th December 2009 – 4th January 2010
A touring exhibition celebrating the release of Matt JOnes’ New Vinyl Toys on tour with an amazing selection of Tea Toys customised by some of the world’s favorite artists! Read more…
December 15, 2009 | Tags: Art Toys, Custom Tea Tour, Lunartik, Matt JOnes, Scooter & Jinx
Blag yourself a Collector’s Edition “Winter Exclusive” Vannen Watch by Chris Bettig for Christmas! Only 100 Worldwide.
The competition is very simple, all you need to do is complete the sentence and then the very “Best Blag for Bettig” wins this cracker of a prize! Christopher Bettig will be your judge, so please, be inventive. Complete the following sentence: Read more…
December 12, 2009 | Tags: Art, Christmas, Christopher Bettig, Competition, Fashion, Vannen
Eva and Franco Mattes a.k.a 0100101110101101.ORG
The group’s comically unwieldy name stands for the letter “K” in binary code, and the possible joke reference to the hero of Kafka’s The Trial (”K.”) is perfectly appropriate – the young artists behind the group, Italian-born Eva and Franco Mattes, make performances and web art that play on the inscrutable, Kafkaesque power of the corporate media. Read more…
December 7, 2009 | Tags: Art, Books, Creativity, Eva & Franco Mattes, Inspiration, Toys








