Weird. Strange. Wonderfully beautiful. The iLLUSEUM hosts a varied agenda of art, performance and the unimaginable. A surprising place that’s definitely worth a visit. Witte de Withstraat 120, Amsterdam.

I am stealing this entry from my friends at Urchin as it was on their blog. But when its about spreading the word about great design I’m sure they would say “steal away!” This mag designed by Scott Massey looks amazing! You can check out more pages on the nohawk site. Nice find Trav.

When Monkey last visited me he had this large sketchbook under his arm. Inside it was filled with a collection of heavily tattooed page three girls that he had amassed while living in London and illustrations he had made. “Why the girls?” I asked him. “Practice” he replied. While I grunted back in reply I decided to have a closer look and noticed that Monkey had painstakingly drawn the tattoos on the girls himself. Above is a close-up of his handy work. He also decorates the streets of Melbourne with his beautiful art.

Two groupies had arranged little badges on the merchandise table to read WE ♥ FRIENDLY FIRES. They were waiting for the band to come on and were hanging out with the merch guy who had put them on the guest list. “We have to be nice to him now” one of them said to me with piercing blue mischievous eyes. Both of them had seen the Friendly Fires six times before and promised me that I would not be disappointed. And boy was she right. Best gig in a long, long time. Cheers Martijn for getting the tickets.

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One of my favourite pieces from one of my favourite artists and good friends Daan of Naad Artworks. We were lucky enough to have her in our studio for a couple of weeks until the new owner collected her. I was so flattered when a client who visited our studio asked if it was me! Ha…haaa. No it’s not Dolly, but Rogers really likes it.