VENTILATE asked several artist to produce a poster with the theme 2000 in mind, posing the question “What inspired you a decade ago?”. Needless to say some beautiful poster were produced but best of all they are available to download for free via YouSendIt.

My clear favorite has to be the Ruff Neck Vader print designed by Joshua Smith (HYDRO74), all the posters are available to be downloaded at 300dpi HERE.

Tonight Lamington Drive are hosting the Melbourne leg of “Where The Wild Things Are” a collection of film stills captured by renowned skateboard photographer Mike O’Meally. O’Meally was asked to join the set of Where The Wild Things Are for a week to capture some candid images of Spike Jones and the result was a collection of amazing stills which have been signed and printed at 30×40 inches and 30×30 inches.
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Australia’s biggest street wear party is back, aptly named AWW SHIT!

Following the success of last years Simply Bread series, the Fat Kids are back and bigger than ever! With free donuts, live tattooing, $15000 worth of free giveaways, live painting from Adnate and music provided by B.two, Mugen, Ms Butt and 25th Hoodlum why wouldn’t you want to be there?

Details can be found at www.awwshit2010.com, tickets are $15.oo and can be pre-purchased HERE.

There’s nothing quite like a nice ampersand, it’s even better when proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders to help the Haiti earthquake victims. The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) have released a font that consists entirely of ampersands to represent the idea of people coming together to help one another. Artist and designers from around the world have contributed artwork to the font.

This collection can be purchased at Ascender Fonts, Veer, FontShop and MyFonts for $20US.

If I had to name one label that inspired me to design it would undoubtedly be Stussy. I drew the logo over everything and since then I have always had a couple of logo tee’s on high rotation. Since working in the apparel industry, however, I’ve had numerous meetings with licensing companies, some which represent Stussy, and can’t help but feel the soul of a brand I have loved for so long isn’t really there anymore (more…)