Topic: Andy Warhol

Keepsake Skateboards Produce Brand Impressions

As a vehicle for branding and promotion, the skateboard is anything but a slacker.READ»

• On a Roll
• Eco-Friendly Skateboards

James Franco's "General Hospital" Character Heads to MOCA; Jeffrey Deitch Co-Stars

Yes, it's happening. James Franco's angsty, arty General Hospital character is getting a show at MOCA. And new museum director Jeffrey Deitch will star in the episode, of course.READ»

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Rainer Hosch On his eighth birthday, Rainer Hosch received a camera from his father, a photojournalist. The gift sparked a passion that carried Hosch from his family home in Austria to his current live-in studio in New York's ...READ»

Seattle’s Best Coffee Logo Is a Blend of the Bland

In the spirit of full disclosure, I confess that I drank my last cup of coffee 35 years ago. So I shouldn’t care about the re-branding of a legacy Seattle coffee merchant. However, the new logo introduced last week by ...READ»

Your "15 Minutes," That Comes Standard...Can You Extend Your Time in the Spotlight?

In 1968 Andy Warhol famously said, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." And every day it seems like he’s a little bit more on target. We would more likely say that everyone is given the stage and ...READ»

"Jurassic Park" Creator Michael Crichton's Art Collection Sets Record, Nets $93.3 Million

Yesterday's sale of author Michael Crichton's art collection netted a whopping $93.3 million, setting a new record for a Jasper Johns artwork (as we predicted on Monday). The writer, who died last year and was a longtime friend of ...READ»

Michael Crichton on the Block: Record Haul Expected from "Jurassic Park," "ER" Creator's Collection

Most people know Michael Crichton as the guy who threw over his medical practice after hitting the big time as author with a knack for penning movie-ready novels, first with The Andromeda Strain, then with Jurassic Park and State of ...READ»

Dennis Hopper's Art in Jeffrey Deitch's First Show at MOCA

Actor and artist Dennis Hopper died of complications related to prostate cancer on Saturday. He was 74. We recently covered his debut at MOCA under new curator Jeffrey Deitch. Here is that report revisited.READ»

Jeff Koons Previews His BMW Design

The new car will be the 17th in BMW's fabled "Art Car" series.READ»

Jeff Koons to Design Car for BMW

The pop artist has been tapped to create the latest in a long line of "art cars." Should be wild, judging from recent history.READ»

screen printing History

Untitled DocumentScreen printing first appeared in a recognizable form in China during the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). Japan and other Asian countries adopted this method of printing and advanced the craft using it in ...READ»

New DWR CEO: "Mean, Dictatorial" Predecessors Left Team "Hand-Shy, Like a Dog That's Been Hit" [Exclusive]

In an exclusive interview, new Design Within Reach CEO John Edelman talks about knockoffs, DWR's desperate need for a better Web presence, and China.READ»

• The Rise and Fall of DWR
• Redemption for DWR?

With New CEO at Design Within Reach, Is Redemption Within Reach?

Design Within Reach, the modern furniture retailer that developed a nasty habit of knocking off famous designs, has taken one more step toward reviving its ailing business and repositioning itself as a trustworthy brand with ...READ»

Step Aside, Britney! Today I Will Smell Like Edmond Roudnitska

You wouldn't buy a book without knowing its author. Why wear a perfume without knowing its designer? A new store in New York now reveals the noses behind the names.READ»

How to Run Your Brand Like a Therapist

To keep consumers coming back, companies should consider getting in touch with their feelings.READ»

• Graham Button's blog Like it or Not

Shopdropping at Wal-Mart: A Retail Experiment

Debbie Millman takes products of her own design to a Wal-Mart Supercenter to see how they hold up to the competition.READ»

• Debbie Millman's Look Both Ways blog

Nokia Rocks the World: The Phone King's Plan to Redefine Its Business

Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»

• Infographic: Big -- But Not Bulletproof

iJango Idaho

Ijango Registration For nine weeks now, I've been meaning to write this column, but I kept getting distracted by stuff like the Keyboard Cat and Pretty Ricky's latest round of furniture-humping histrionics. And that's somewhat fitting, given that this column is about Cobra Starship, a band that has turned messing around on the Internet into an absolute art form. READ»

The Self-Prescribing Media Doctor #16

What is there left to say about the King that has not been said, other than the music he left behind is as immortal as anything that be dared be called immortal.  "My Way" is an obvious song for the independent of mind but a ...READ»

Ijango - Cameron Sharpe

 Ijango Sonic - Ijango Pizza Hut Jimi Hendrix's former roadie James '"Tappy" Wright has claimed that the late guitar legend was murdered by his manager, Michael Jeffrey. In his new book Rock Roadie, Wright claims that ...READ»

Weirdness Goes Uptown: Tim Burton Artwork to Debut at MOMA

A European journalist at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) this morning asked filmmaker Tim Burton, "What was it like growing up in Burbank, California?" "Have you ever seen Dante's 'Inferno?'" he shot back.Actually, he said, ...READ»

Plastic Fantastic: Barbie and Kartell Rock Milan

The world's favorite plastic party girl and the furniture industry's favorite plastic purveyor have teamed up in a brilliant collaboration to celebrate their respective birthdays at the big furniture fair in Milan. ...READ»

3 Tips any Business can use to let Customers in the Conversation

Movies are so compelling. There’s a reason for that. They’re distilled stories we can identify with and feel something about - the hero, the villain, even the lover. It’s all so simple in a movie. They tell us something about ...READ»

The Getty's Made for Manufacture Exhibition

Long before Andy Warhol and his soup cans or Damien Hirst and his one-man auction show, art and commerce were intimate bedfellows. This Getty show reminds us just how long, with 23 drawings done by Renaissance and Baroque artists ...READ»

Shepard Fairey Strikes Back! The Artist Breaks His Silence on the AP, Obama, and Warhol

We don't have to remind you of chapters 1 through 15 of the Saga of Shepard Fairey, in which the artist saw a photo, made a poster, got famous, got sued by the AP for seeing that photo, and subsequently suffered scathing criticism ...READ»