VNA Magazine 15 Launch Party

VNA 15… featuring Shepard Fairey, Elph, Nychos, MOCA Art in the streets, Jordan Seiler, Logan Hicks, Dabs and Myla, Ripo, Burning Candy. Plus street action from Berlin, LA and London.

132 pages… £5.00 available online and in stores from the 27th of May 2011.

With support from Kopparberg, Asahi and Popup-projects Very Nearly Almost are having another little launch party… this time at Black Rat Press on Thursday the 26th of May.

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Alex Pardee Awful Resilient Book

Still warm from the printers is the newest book from Alex Pardee, "Awful / Resilient." Open the cover and enter the incredible world of Pardee - inhabited by a disturbing menagerie of misfit monsters and improbable superheroes plucked from the very nightmares of childhood. Available now at the Upper Playground online store.

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Hush Twin Show

British artist, HUSH has just opened his solo show in LA at New Image Gallery (May 21st) and it looks to be a good one. He's still running with the Asian flavour in his art, but these pieces seem to be less cute/manga-esque and on much more of a serious tip. 

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Shawn Smith Pixel Art Sculptures

Shawn Smith makes amazing 3D pixel-art sculptures out of wood. 

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POW WOW Hawaii Video

Hypebeast have released a great lil video about the recent POW WOW event that took place in Hawaii. Artists included Ekundayo, Meggs, Will Barras, 123 Klan and many more....

HBTV POW WOW Hawai'i 2011 Part 2

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Rotobox Custom Qee Voltron Robot

The Rotobox Crew have made something fantastic...they have created a Godaiqeen Golion (or Voltron). Its massive and is made of a Jumbo Qee and 4 smaller ones. Not only that, but it can actually transform as well! (See the video at the end of the post)....

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Android Controlled Lightbulb

Google has just unveiled their Android-Controlled lightbulb that uses the company’s new open-source wireless networking protocol from any Android device. "The search giant worked with Lighting Science Group to develop the omnidirectional 60-watt equivalent bulb, which can be dimmed or brightened on the fly by an Android-equipped smart phone, tablet, or laptop. The smart bulb is the perfect test bed for Google’s new protocol, which stands to open the door to a new wave of energy-efficient home systems."

"Artificial lighting accounts for about 11% of your home’s energy use, so smarter lighting systems are a surefire way to reduce the carbon footprint of our built environment – which accounts for a remarkable 38% of CO2 emissions in the US."

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