Carson Ting aka Chairman Ting presents a video where he paints his studio apartment wall in Vancouver, Canada – it took about 10 hours finish this awesome illustration. The music you hear is “Metrorail Thru Space” by Cut Chemist.
Kanye West teams up with famed illustrator Bill Plympton to create ‘Through The Wire’, an illustrated book documenting his rise from obscurity as a dropout from Chicago State University, to being chained at Roc-A-Fella Records. Love him or hate him, he’s one of the biggest names in the game today, and this book gives you an intimate understanding of his rise. The book will be available through Amazon on November 10th, 2009.
Source: Highsnobiety
Check out ‘Living Decay’, a documentary chronicling the work of street artists Dolk & Pøbel in rural Norway. In the summer of 2008, Dolk & Pøbel discovered a few abandoned buildings that were ready to be demolished. Before seeing their destruction, the two artists erected some impressive stencils on them. All street artists know that their work is ephemeral, ready to be wiped at any minute, but that sense is just amplified when watching these artists paint on buildings they know will soon be demolished.
Source: Wooster Collective
Jeff Soto has announced the release of two new prints. The first is a colorful 14-inch by 14-inch piece called ‘Nature’s Splendor’, and the second piece is a three-print set called ‘The Three Friends’. Both pieces are signed and numbered by the artist, and will be available on October 26th, 2009 at Jeff Soto’s PotatoStamp.com.
Def Jam Recordings is 25-years old, and to commemorate this milestone, Format and Cornerstone Promotion are giving away a Def Jam 25th Anniversary Box Set to one of our lucky US-based readers. The box set is an aural museum, putting 25 years onto five CDs, with hits from Def Jam artists such as Slick Rick, Jay-Z, EPMD, Ja Rule, and Young Jeezy. Along with the CDs, you’ll also get a special commemorative adidas t-shirt, and a Def Jam branded mini-milk crate to hold it all. This prize pack is one-of-a-kind, not available in stores, only available through this contest (for readers in the States only) and Def Jam Online! Want to know how to win? Drop an email to paperboy@formatmag.com telling us the names of Def Jam’s two co-founders, to get entered into a random draw for the prize! Act quickly though, this contest closes one week from now, on October 27th, 2009.
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Download: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - “Heads Will Roll” [A-Trak Remix]
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OBRA Architects recently completed a residence in Southampton, New York arranged around a hollow center "as if the heart of the house had somehow fallen outside its body".
Yeah…Hey….”Forever”
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