THE CHALLENGE: to revamp the iconic 55DSL Shield logo, spinning it into a visual remix that reflects 55DSL’s culture and spirit.
Contestant’s designs submitted to http://logoremix.55DSL.com will be evaluated by a distinguished panel of 8 international judges, ranging from acclaimed graffiti artist Emit to 55DSL’s very own creative director Andrea Ross, who will select the top 5 submissions. The Grand Prize winner will receive a receive 1,055 Euros award and see his/her logo design produced by 55DSL on a T-shirt for the 2010 Spring/Summer collection.
There will also be a People’s Choice Price for the contestant whose design receives the most votes via the online gallery who will win a special 55DSL goodie bag filled with items from 55DSL’s limited edition collections.
The entry period and online voting has already begun and all entries must be submitted no later than 11:59pm PST on December 5, 2008 and online voting will remain open through December 12, 2008.
Here are some images from Friday's Project at Dolce Vita, Porto. The brand of shops has organized a graffiti event named Arte in Situ held on 25 and 26 October between 11 and 22 o'clock.
Besides the wall paintings, the artists also personalized Friday's Project sneakers for those who wanted.
A supermarket soup painted by Bristol-born graffiti artist Banksy topped the bill at an urban art sale that looked to have been hit by the credit crunch.
The street painter's oil canvas, entitled Tesco Value Tomato Soup, was sold at auction for £117,600 – smashing its £80,000 estimate.
It was the most expensive item at the Bonhams' sale in London on October 23, and while other Banksy pieces were also sold nearly a third of the auction's items failed to find a buyer. A total of 74 of the 122 lots were sold.
Video from JetSetGraffiti where Invader explains his new Binary Code street art. This new media utilizes hi-tech Binary Code technology combined with his trademark lo-tech ceramic tile work as seen in urban centers all around the world.
The Web Festival of Performing Arts/Trama Festival de Artes Performativas will take place on October 24, 25, and 26. This year’s edition will feature a greater number of projects, partnerships and venues, in events brought to Porto once more by initiative of the Serralves Foundation, brrr_ Live Art, Lado B Producers, and Matéria Prima.
In this Web the crossing threads are renewed and structured as a route that includes venues such as Serralves, Culturgest, ESMAE/IPP, Fábrica da Rua da Alegria, FBAUP, Hotel D. Henrique, Loja da Pensão Monumental, Maus Hábitos, Mosteiro São Bento da Vitória and Passos Manuel. The crossings will also be disciplinary, comprising different associations of music, dance live art, theatre, improvisation, cinema and interventions.
This year’s Web is under the sign of fabulation and the collective, claiming a place between fiction and reality, between the evoking of imaginaries and the sublimation of the “here and now”.
Here's the trailer of a movie due to debut on the 26th of November on theaters - Transporter 3 [see official site]. For lovers of action-packed movies featuring great cars!
Starring Jason Statham, that returns to the role of Frank Martin, the ex-Special Forces operative who specializes in high-risk deliveries of Transporter and Transporter 2.
After 4 successful biennales in its native Lisbon, Experimenta Design headed over to Amsterdam, full of events, exhibitions, urban interventions, lectures and debates. Until the 2nd of November you can still enjoy some of those events. Check out the official site of Experimenta Design to choose the events to attend.
All kinds of signs, from around the world. Funny. Absurd. All kinds of signs that you can view and rate, spotted by an observant community at Signspotting
The music used in this video is such a cliché - it's Rocket Man by Elton John, but it is the most adequate for it. The video introduces Yves Rossy the swiss guy who became first person in the world to fly with wings under rocket power.
Started yesterday night, and it will continue until tomorrow, Sunday 19th, an event at Centro de Congressos de Lisboa (old FIL) called Clash and it will have the participation of the Clash Collective. The event is an extreme sports show with skate, bodyboard, surf, parkour, snowboard, kitesurf, windsurf and it will have an exhibition of some graffiti works by the Clash Collective [watch their Flickr].