before you hit the deck: supreme skateboards


before pulling the trigger and getting the WKR decks we posted, consider this: supreme annually issues a series of artists boards that run about $80 to a $100 not much more than the beautiful and minimal WKR’s. above, and all sold out at this point are the robert longo decks above the previous damien hirst issues. no one knows what the next series will be. it’s a tough one as you have a collectors item vs. a truly beautiful “now” piece. so, just some food for thought. by xy

CATEGORIES: art, design, perfect gift, surf-skate

ogawa kazuma – geisha

we already made a post about the wonderful hand painted over photographs pictures of flowers from ogawa kazuma, but there is also the geisha series. In 1891, he was charged with taking 100 pictures of Tokyo’s most attractive geisha, and that is really nice as well. by pp.

CATEGORIES: art, photography

benoit pailley – morpholight

our friend photographer benoit pailley presents his latest work “morpholight” in soho, it’s beautiful, minimal and somehow very strange. it feels very fresh to use photography as art in this fashion. between james turrel and close to fashion still life photography without product. love it! by pp.

CATEGORIES: art, photography

meert – forget laduree

since laduree became such a tourist’s place, selling in airport duty-free and being now closer to disneyland rather than parigot, it’s a good time to go back to the basics.  the real deal is meert, it’s not in paris, it’s further north, in lille, and even if you can find some of those waffles (not the ones you think about when reading waffles) in paris, lille is the place to have the fresh ones and check the great boutique. like laduree, meert is not forgiving for your summer diet but let’s face it, guilt is totally part of the enjoyment 😉 by pp.

CATEGORIES: perfect gift