The Regulars

4 July 2009

by Sarah Stolfa, published by Workman

Ace Hotel + Arkitip + GNRC Boutique

4 July 2009

A delegation is out in Palm Springs, Ca for the launch of our first collaborative shoe with Generic Surplus.

We designed a temporary pop up shop at the onsite Ace Boutique next to the main pool to reflect the overall aesthetic of the project. A limited amount of men’s and women’s shoes will be available for purchase.

A series of photographs reflecting the Palm Springs surroundings hang next to the product.

Using furniture and elements of the hotel, the small Boutique is open for business.

Triple Birthday

3 July 2009

New York (Chinatown Newswire) — Chinatown Soccer Club stars Kevin “Keveronesi” Trageser, Duncan Hamilton and Dan “The Danimal” Funderburgh celebrated a triple birthday prior to the club’s practice session this morning, the Newswire has learned.

Even though the trio reached a combined age of 107 today, Coach Stochl insisted that all of them have consistently maintained fitness levels that should qualify them to continue their careers at the highest level for the foreseeable future.

“Trageser, Hamilton and Funderburgh are pillars of our club and we are extremely lucky to have them in the squad,” the Austrian said.

The birthday boys pose with a box of healthy cupcakes from the nearby Babycakes bakery.

Ace Hotel + Arkitip + Generic Surplus shoe launch

3 July 2009

Come celebrate the launch of the Ace Hotel + Arkitip + Generic Surplus shoe 4th of July weekend 2009 at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, Ca.

We will design a temporary pop up shop at the onsite Ace Boutique next to the main pool to reflect the overall aesthetic of the project. A limited amount of men’s and women’s shoes will be available for purchase.

Friday night music at the Amigo Bar will be provided by Nite dog and Lovefingers (Blackdisco Dj’s) continuing poolside throughout the weekend.

When booking please use discount rate code: ACESHOES to receive 15% off your room rate.

Hope to see you all there.

TdF.

3 July 2009

Tomorrow is the start of a little race that some of you may or may not be watching. For those looking forward to it, I think this year could potentially be one of the most interesting tours of the past few years. Actually for the past many years since Mr. Juan Pelota rose to his firm seat on the throne. Here is a quick list of the reasons why I think this may be a very exciting race.

1. Boonen is in! This just came across the newswire, but Tom Boonen who is quite infamous for his loving of very young women, very fast cars, and very speedy extra curricular substances is allowed to race. Finally, a possible proper chance to see him go up against the Manxster, Mark Cavendish (and Tyler Farrar needs a proper mention with these guys as well).

2. Astana. Are we going to see what could be another La Vie Claire episode? Never has a team been so formidable ever started the Tour de France, and never has there been so much confusion as to who is going to lead and who will lead. Alberto? Lance? While Alberto could easily dominate the whole race, I doubt Lance will let him do it easily. Hello, Hinault/Lemond episode number 02.

3. Radio Free days. Finally, we shall see what real bike racing is like. I wrote about this a while back, but the organizers have decided on two days of radio free racing. This could either be really good for the peloton or really bad. I am leaning towards bad, since most of these riders have never known racing without orders being given through an ear piece.

4. The Biological Passport is working. Riders, even from a few years prior, are being caught by irregular blood samples. Hopefully this means it is a totally clean peloton and the racing should be human.

5. Christian Vandevelde. Why? Because I am a huge fan of this guy, and he has the ability to stand on the podium.

// Jonathan

Tangier, my restaurant opens Saturday!

2 July 2009

After 6 months of work, I am opening finally my restaurant…

For this project, I decided to design everything, from the plates to the tables and chairs…

The food will be a mix of french and Morrocan food…

For this project, I hired the right hand of one of the best chef in France…

I will keep you updated!

Additional print offer

2 July 2009

Today we are making an additional print available with the edition.

This second print is a completely new design that has never been seen before. It is the same size as the first print (7.5 x 10 In.) and fits snugly in it’s intended packaging.

Customers who pre-ordered the issue can purchase the additional print for $10.00 (inside USA) and $15.00 (outside USA) and these prices include shipping. You cannot buy this print as a stand alone product, you must enter your order number in the notes field during checkout to confirm your original order. Any orders that do not have this information will be canceled.

If you purchased more than one issue, please reference all order numbers and you can only purchase as many prints as you have purchased magazines to the limit of 4 per customer.

You can purchase the additional print at Arkitip and we will either ship it to you separately (if we have already shipped your order) or together, if we haven’t.

If you have not yet ordered your issue, you may order the issue with or without the additional print. If you would like the additional print, you do need to add it to your order and it will ship together.

We hope you enjoy this additional print, we think it really rounds out the package and is both a powerful and clever design. As a set, these two prints go well together making the whole package a must buy for any Shepard Fairey fan or art collector.

Lameness

2 July 2009

Getting towed.  Some asshole fucked up my spark plugs with pliers for no reason.  I understand stealing them (well, they cost $2) but really. This ruined half my day on Saturday.  

Ended up going to a gas station where a guy with one arm used his foot and arm to get them out, so it was kinda worth it to see this guy at work.

Anna Wolf and Mike Perry

2 July 2009

Ace Hotel is the crossroads of the world, I swear.  Had a couple fun nights with Anna and Mike this week.  Mike has a show in Portland on Friday at Grasshut and did a workshop today at Weiden.  Such a cute couple it makes me sick. I don’t use the word ‘cute’ lightly.

Broke.

2 July 2009

(First image found under “berlin track bike” search on Google Images, and one Lily and I worked on for the Macaframa Premier here in Berlin)

Berlin Polizei have been in a love affair with confiscating track bikes and fixed gears throughout the city recently. I first heard through emails from friends while I was traveling in the States, that fines were being issued and bikes withheld for indeterminate amounts of time. After getting back, and post ECMC, I found out that they had taken about 18 bikes from various people throughout the city. Luckily, from what I know, a lawyer stepped in and found that the confiscation of the bike was illegal, so some were returned to their owners. Now, I hear it is a mandatory fine, and they are specifically going after track bikes and fixed gears for the next two weeks.

Germany has a lot of rules (especially for bikes), so this shouldn’t come as a complete surprise, but the attention the police are giving this matter now seems pretty silly. As a whole the track bike scene is still pretty small here, and Berlin is relatively safe with proper bike paths and lack of any terrain (meaning hills). Plenty of people who can’t control themselves like every city with fixed gears, but it is rarely a situation that is dangerous. When you see 10 officers standing around chatting and waiting for a track bike, you have to wonder is this is an appropriate measure for them.

// Jonathan