Call it a mass market backlash, a reaction to having the same stuff no matter how much it cost, than everyone else, but there is an ever growing trend, desire even, to be custom. From uber expensive small label jeans, to blinged cars, there is a growing sector of the market that doe not wan to be off the shelf, for all the obvious reasons.

So it should come as no surprise that Tobias Wong, for CITIZEN:citizen, has created the fantastically limited edition ccPhone….. a custom blinged out iPhone. Limited to only 50 world wide and with a price tag of US2k, you’re going to feel pretty damn special with one of these in your pocket. What’s so spesh about thisAs well as the new case, the ccPhone comes with selected software, music and wallpaper art….

Check out CITIZEN:citizen

Art, one might think is all a bit high brow. After visiting the ‘Sydney Art’ expo, it’s nice to see that seeing some great ‘art’ is probably more accessible than it has been in the past, even if the price tags are not.

Amongst the range of interesting work present, we discovered Joel Rea, who unveiled a new work at the show. What was most striking about Joel’s work was the combination of painting skill, strong concept, almost a bit Dali if we dare to say, and the odd mix of hooded street people and corporate suite types. His work is the sort that sits in your mind, nagging away at you to try and decipher the message.

From Joel’s site:

” Born in 1983, Joel has been painting in oils since graduating with a degree in fine art from the Queensland College of Art in 2003. Living on the Gold Coast and painting along side Brett Lethbridge at the Lethbridge Gallery in Brisbane, Joel is fully committed to his creative practice to which he generously engages anyone interested with insight into his fine art paintings.

Joel successfully exhibits his paintings in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney & Melbourne with Lethbridge Gallery.

Be Joel’s friend, find him at - www.myspace.com/joelreafineartist”

See more work here.

The artist states:

“I think that our distance from nature is already a cliché. City dwellers often have no relationship with animals or greenery. As a public artist I feel a sense of duty to draw attention to deficiencies in our everyday life. As a cultivator of eco-urban sensitivity, I usually go back to the sites to visit my “plants” or “moss”, sometimes to repair them a bit, but nothing more generally as they tend to get enough water from the air, condensation, and rain - especially in certain seasons. I also like to let them live by themselves. From the moment I put them on the street they start to have their own life. For me, the reaction of life on the street is also very important. I am curious about how people receive them, if they just leave them alone, or if they want to, take care of them or dismantle them. This is what makes my work similar to graffiti, although I am searching for a deeper social meaning and a dialogue with memories of the animals and gardens of my past in a small town in Central Europe. I believe that if everyone had a garden of their own to cultivate, we would have a much more balanced relation to our territories. Of course, a garden can be many things.”

For those that know it, Top Gear, the legendary UK based automotive ‘review’ (a term used loosely as it’s more a show about me driving fast exotic cars and being silly), is a weekly dose of automotive related TV genius. Jeremy Clarkson (love him or hate him), Richard Hammond and James May deliver an automotive based show in what can only be described as an odd mix of highly amusing, very polished and, usually, pretty informative. Of course, it would not be Top Gear if it were not for ‘The Stig’, the white helmeted, white race suite, test driver that hammers cars in a skillful and athletic fashion around the ‘Top Gear test track’.

Now it seems, PS3 players of Gran Tourismo will be able to throw the car of their choice around the ‘Top Gear test track’….

“Top Gear has hooked up with Sony to make our iconic test track part of Gran Turismo 5. And as an office with the permanent distraction of a Playstation 2, race seat, force-feedback wheel and a copy of the current GT4, it’s the best news we’ve had since Alonso missed out on the F1 championship.”

So, you think you are as fast as The Stig? Time to find out.

Welcome to the increasing world of blending mediums.

See also BBC News

Originally via http://jalopnik.com

Yes, how wonderfully, totally wrong is this, huh? I guess the ‘about’ says it all (in a tongue in cheek way)…

“Founded by a female US Army veteran known only as “Glambo,” GlamGuns.com was put together to mock stereotypes of women and girls and what they really like. Photoshopping of weapons and other “products” was done by Twitch who shares the madness. “Glambo” mascot provided by the brilliant artist behind Platinum Grit.

You can be glamorous and strong wearing camo and combat boots as well as you can wearing pink frills. Just remember the most important thing: the AK-47 NEVER goes with plaid. ”

Find some Gun love of your own here.

The largest industry in the world is the military; it seems that we humans are very good at spending large amounts of money and energy finding new ways to kill one another. What’s more, some of mankind’s greatest achievements come directly off the back of military development and some might argue that if it were not for World War Two, we might not be where we are technologically today. Read the rest of this entry »