I gotta’ say, this has been a pretty good year for myself and the blog. My first big accomplishment was having an art show, and now my second notch on the bed post is being featured in Dwell… well, the Neverend Clocks I collaborated on with Furni Creations and Dan Funderburgh. I’ve been reading Dwell magazine since just about the time it started and it’s slightly surreal and amazing to see Kitsune Noir written in there. A big thanks to Kyle Blue and Sam Grawe who may or may not have had anything to do with it.

And just as a heads there will be more clocks coming out in the coming months, we’re just taking a little break for the moment. But I can tell you the next two artists will make you poop yourself… yes, poop.

Bobby

About a week ago I mentioned I’d be in Portland and I wanted to throw a little party, so with the help of some friends up here I’m having a little get together at Aalto Lounge and you, my lovely, amazing readers, are all invited. I know it’s short notice but if you’re free from 7PM onward then come on out and grab a drink with me! The party will go on into the wee hours of the night, so if you can’t be there early it’s not a problem.

Aalto Lounge
3356 SE Belmont St
Portland, OR 97214 (map)

Come out and say hi, meet tons of great creative folks, and have some yummy drinks with me!

Bobby

On Wednesday night I’ll be travelling to the fine city of Portland for a little R&R as well as to visit all the artsy friends I’ve made over the years. I haven’t been to Portland in over 15 years so I’m extremely excited to explore the city and see what everyone’s talking about. I know a lot of things to do there but I’m reaching out to you for suggestions of places I should visit. I’ll be staying in the Southeast part of the city so I’d prefer suggestions around there. So please let me know in the comments of happening places and yummy eateries!

Also, I’ll be having a get together of sorts somewhere in the city on Saturday night, so if you’re in the Portland area save the date and I’ll update with more information soon. I’m hoping to give away some free stuff but you’ll have to show up in order to see!

Bobby

Currently I’m sitting in my room at The Mercer writing this and I feel amazingly lucky. To be completely honest I was given the room to stay at in The Mercer while I was out here for the ICFF, and it was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. It’s still amazing to me that I created this blog over 3 years ago and that I’m getting these amazing opportunities like staying in a crazy hotel like this. If someone told me 3 years ago that I’d be sitting here I would have told them they were nuts.

Anyhow, I’ve posted some photos of my room and the lobby of the hotel. And to be clear, I’m in no way obligated to do say or write any of this, I just really wanted to share this with you because I think it’s so rad. So far everyone has been amazingly courteous, their bar and bar staff were extremely helpful and the room is stupid amazing. I have doors in my bedroom area that open to my two person bathtub… so ridiculous.

This is just the first in series of NY posts I’ll be doing. There are a ton of great little places to check out around here so I’ll be updating over the weekend as well. There will also be some posts while I’m at ICFF so there’s going to be lots of fun stuff to check out. Sorry if this posts come off like bragging, but this is currently where my life is and I like sharing.

Bobby

I’m really happy to announce the second edition of Neverend, my little endeavor with Furni, and this month we’re proud to be working with UPSO. This is by far one of the most amazing clocks I’ve ever seen, but amazing in a different way from our first edition with Dan Funderburgh. This time the “face” of the clock is that of UPSO’s while the two parts of his mustache are the hands of the clock. We’ve also got two colorways yet again, this time around is a bright ass yellow, which is so very UPSO, as well as a natural version for the purists out there.

Here are the details:
- Limited edition of 88 / 44 natural & 44 yellow
- Measure 16″ high x 9″ wide / These are HUGE!
- Laser cut, black acrylic hands
- Solid birch body, handcrafted in Canada
- Battery operated
- Ships Globally

I have to give a big thanks to UPSO for making such an outrageous clock. I know I’m biased because I had something to do with this but I think this is so clever and amazing. You can get one for yourself for $198 and purchasing it in the Furni Online Shop.

Bobby

The fun of Los Angeles, I’m Yours continues tomorrow night from 7 to 10pm with a live performance by Portugal. The Man playing in the courtyard. If you’re a fan of their music or not you should come and see the show, cuz’ hey, they’re amazing and it’s totally free. We’ll also have the gallery open so if you missed the opening last week you should come on by and see what we’ve created.

Bobby

Right before the opening of Los Angeles, I’m Yours on Saturday Anh of Space15Twenty filmed me doing a little walkthrough of the space, explaining the different parts of the show. I thought I’d post this for a couple reasons, like the fact that a majority of you have actually never seen what me moving and talking, thus making me a real life person. It’s also a really great way to see what the show looks like if say, you live in Copenhagen. I’ll be working with another friend of mine to get a little more in depth coverage of the space as well, but I think this is a nice little preview.

Bobby

I just wanted to write a little note saying thank you to, well, all of you. The blog actually turned 3 years old at the beginning of April but I didn’t make a fuss about it really. But it’s still amazing to me that there are so many of you out there who continue to enjoy what I’m doing, it still kind of boggles my mind. I feel like I’m just a kid who likes good design, but then I meet so many of you who really appreciate what I do and make me realize it’s more than that.

Thanks to everyone who came out tonight and supported myself, Poketo and all of the amazing Los Angeles based artists. Thanks to all of you who read the site and help make it what it is. And thanks to all my wonderful friends who came out to support me even though I’ve basically dropped off the map because I work so much. I had such an amazing night, my first art show!, and I can’t wait for the next big thing.

Sincerely,
Bobby

It’s our second big day of setting up Los Angeles, I’m Yours and things are definitely looking solid. We burnt midnight oil last night and had a lot of help from some of our friends. We had Steven Harrington stop by and drop of some of his handmade teepees, Scott Barry and Neil Doshi dropped by late to provide some last minute help and David from Driftwood brought a ton of great furniture into the space. We still feel like we have a ton to do (of course) but come 7pm tonight it’s going to look soooo amazing!

Also don’t forget to take a photo next to the giant astronaut that Brian Scott created! He’ll be representin’ at the door!

If you’re in the Los Angeles area I hope you can make it out.

Space15Twenty
1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028

7pm to 10pm

Bobby

I wanted to start posting some previews of Los Angeles, I’m Yours so everyone can get a sense of what we’re up to. We’ve been busy all week putting together the show and I think it’s really starting to look great. The first image is a giant chalkboard wall we’ve got that we’re going to putting the names of the artists on as well putting some shelving to display the work.

The second is a better photo of the space showing sort of the vibe we’ve got going on. On the right you can see the giant chalkboard, then in the far right corner is going to be our swap meet display area. On the left side we’ve kind of got a more traditional gallery style wall. That being said there’s still a bunch of stuff to do but we’re confident we’ll have most of it done by tonight.

I’ll be posting more photos throughout the day so keep checking back to see what we’re up to. We might even set up a Ustream so you can see the action as it’s happening.

Updated 5:40pm:

Bobby