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With a nod to that goofy grade school
rhyme, Chicago based I See France is a new
line of “Cute Underthings” freshly launched in conjunction
with the t-shirt kings from Chicago, Threadless.
Founded just before Valentines 2003, by Patrick Filler, Brandie
Heinel, and Jeffrey Kalmikoff, I See France’s designs are created
by top-notch designers. The designs manage to be appealing in
a fresh and comfortable way with a humorous touch, as evident
in the “Phil” design that features the head of a cute
balloon-like polar bear on the top and a playful paw print
on the bottom.
Designs created by Jeffrey of iFDLab, Phil of Some Odd Pilot, and Kipi range from cute,
cuddly critters, to compositions involving bubbling vials of
red liquid. Look forward to more designs from other talented
designers in the future. All designs are printed on American
Apparel cotton and come in women’s sizes 0 to 16.
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Karen Ingram
W+ I See France |
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New York based designer Deanne
Cheuk is the publisher and editor of everyone’s favorite
pocket-sized inspirational design magazine, Neomu. She’s
also the art director of the wonderful bi-lingual art and culture
magazine, Tokion.
A Plenty Product is the name of her merch company and
she’s introduced it with a set of five, cute patches. Each
set includes 4 owl-themed patches, and a cracked egg patch that
actually glows in the dark. Wonderful accents to your messenger
bag or to patch up that hole in the tush of your favorite rag-tag
jeans. Patches are a steal at $7 per set at Alife in NY and
Giant Robot in L.A.
— Karen Ingram
W+ A Plenty Product |
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Half Empty is a wonderful magazine
that’s been floating around since 1998. Until now
the magazine has been purely web-based, but Spring 2003 celebrates
its first printed publication. Half Empty is a bag-encased paper,
printed on newsprint and stuffed with loads of stickers from
various contributors. This magazine succeeds in being artistic
and interesting, with a loveable ’zine/punk rock feel, in nature
of content and delivery.
Section one is for the literate appreciators, with loads of
articles on motion artist Mumbleboy, type designer Pablo Medina, a
discussion between the curators of the Deisel
Denim Gallery in NY and Nike Presto Showroom in Toronto
on Art in Retail, as well as some of the half empty treats you’ve
enjoyed online like Half Empty’s answer to the fashion
spread. This time Jon Burgerman does Diesel’s
Spring/Summer collection.
Section 2 of the ’zine is dedicated entirely to visual
art and comics made for Half Empty, by James Paterson, Neasden
Control Centre, Kate O’Connor and many others.
Large enough and interesting enough to take up quite a bit of
space on your walls.
Innovative and inspiring.
Half Empty may be acquired for $5 + S&H at Insound’s zinestand
or you can get a 4 issue subscription for $20
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Karen Ingram
W+ Half Empty |
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